Conferences

TechCare representatives will attend conferences, industry days, national and international SR shows; during these events, the latest project developments, progresses and results will be presented to the audience.

2023

1. 10^th International Sheep Veterinary Congress (Seville, Spain, 6^th – 10^th March 2023). Presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “New opportunities of using sensors in small ruminants”.
2. The Fuping International Dairy Goat Forum (Fuping, China, 6^th January 2023). Presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “Available sensor technologies for precision farming and welfare assessment in dairy goats”.

2022

1. 13^th International conference on goats (ICG2022), virtual conference (19^th – 22^nd September 2022). Presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “Available sensor technologies for precision farming and welfare assessment in dairy goas”.
2. 75^th Annual Society of Range Management Meeting, hybrid conference (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 8^th February 2022) Presentation (SRUC and MRI): “Development of LoRaWAN communication sensors for extensive livestock grazing in the Scottish mountains – opportunities for the science and practice of managing livestock and pastures in harsh environments”.
3. VI International Workshop of Precision Environments, hybrid conference (Campinas, Brazil, 1^st February 2022). Presentation by T. Waterhouse (SRUC): “Precision livestock data directly from the animal, and its environment, should be able to improve performance, welfare and economics of extensive livestock systems, but there a range of practical, affordability and ethical challenges to overcome”.

2021

1. International Sheep Veterinary Association 2021 (ISVA), virtual conference (25^th November 2021). Invited talk, presentation by G. Caja (UAB): “Sensors for Sentient Small Ruminants” (English version– Spanish version).
2. 44^th Congress of the Argentine Animal Production Association (AAPA), virtual conference (19^th November 2021). Presentation by C. Dwyer (SRUC) : “Future developments in animal welfare research”.
3. 8^th Congress of Welfare of Animals at Farm and Group Level, virtual conference (18^th August 2021). Presentation by C. Dwyer (SRUC): “Behavioural freedoms vs painful procedures: Essential trade-offs in the welfare of extensively managed animals?”.
4. Online meeting (04^th May 2021). Presentation by C. Dwyer (SRUC): “Update on welfare activities since AWIN”.
5. The challenge of change the new normal? BSAS 2021, virtual conference (12^th – 15^th April 2021). Presentation by C. Morgan-Davies (SRUC): “Precision sheep management in the uplands”.