An OIE/FAO/IZSVe scientific conference, co-organised and supported by the EC

This conference will be held from 20 to 22 March 2007 in Verona at "Palazzo della Gran Guardia". The objectives of the conference are to:

1. Explain international standards, regulations and guidelines with regard to AI vaccination and trade implications
2. Review the current methods and recent experiences in the use of vaccination as one of the tools to control and prevent avian influenza
3. Assess the need of vaccination and its epidemiological and socio-economical consequences
4. Exchange scientific information on the efficacy and development of current vaccines and those under development in conjunction with other prevention and control methods
5. Discuss the decision-making process for the implementation of a vaccination strategy

Further information on program, registration etc. will become available through the websites very soon.