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Symposium 2015

Program November 10th 2015

Symposium 2015
Time	Title	Speaker	Presentation
09.00	Registration and breakfast
10.00	Welcome by moderator	Lisbeth E. Knudsen, The Danish 3R-Center	pdf
10.15	The Danish 3R-Center: Projects and plans	Christine Nellemann, The Danish 3R-Center	pdf
10.45	Experiences from the UK 3Rs Centre: Current activities and future plans	Ian Ragan, Dr., NC3R	pdf
11.30	Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of Animal Experimental Studies - improving research and implementing the3 Rs	Birgitte Kousholt, DVM, PhD, University of Aarhus	pdf
12.00	Lunch
13.00	Execution of Novo Nordisk Animal Ethics Ambition, The establishment of a 3R department	Stine Øvlisen, Director 3R Management & Strategy	pdf
13.30	Completely Replacing All Invasive Elements in Polyclonal Antibody Production - Possibilities and Challenges with Using Chickens	Otto Kalliokoski, University of Copenhagen	pdf
13.50	Development of an in vitro human skin model for evaluation of topical antimicrobial compounds	Mette Elena Skindersø, Assistant professor, Technical University of Denmark	pdf
14.10	Development of an in vitro model to predict acute lung toxicity of waterproofing spray products	Søren Thor Larsen, Cand.pharm., ph.d., National Research Centre for the Working Environment	Not available
14.30	Break
15.00	Teaching the Three R's - conveying the message to Danish students	Aiko Sho Nielsen, Biologist and freelance journalist	pdf
15.30	The 3Rs: on animal scientists perceptions, awareness and practices	Jesper Lassen, Professor, University of Copenhagen	Not available
16.00	Looking at data - 10 years of data from the Danish Experiments Inspectorate	Louise Bjørn Brønden, The Danish 3R-Center	pdf
16.30	Networking

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Program November 11th 2015

Symposium 2015
Time	Title	Speaker	Presentation
09.00	Moving forward with the Three Rs in the EU	Susanna Louhimies, Policy Coordinator, The European Commission	pdf
09.30	Filling information gaps with QSAR predictions for 600,000 chemical substances for Reduction, Replacement, Prioritization and Substitution	Eva Bay Wedebye, Senior QSAR Officer, Danish Technical University	pdf
10.00	Toxicogenomics approaches towards predicting chemical carcinogenicity in vitro	Jos Kleinjans, Professor, Maastricht University	pdf
10.30	Break - networking
11.00	Stem cell models – hypes and hopes in their potential as replacement for animal testing	Christian Clausen, Bioneer A/S, Chairman Board of Directors, Danish Stem Cell Society (DASCS)	Not available
11.30	Human pain experiments as an alternative to animal models	Asbjørn Mohr Drewes, Aalborg University Hospital	pdf
12.00	Danish 3R-award 2015
12.30	Lunch
13.30	Engineering of human 3D vascularized tissues including disease models	Angela Rossi, Dr. Fraunhofer Institute	pdf
14.15	The history of laboratory animals and the 3Rs	Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, University of Aarhus	Not available
15.00	Thank you and goodbye by moderator	Lisbeth E. Knudsen, The Danish 3R-Center	pdf

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Angela Rossi — Angela Rossi from Fraunhofer talked about "Engineering of human 3D vascularized tissues including disease models" (photo: Lars Bahl)

Christian Clausen — Christian Clausen from Bioneer A/S talked about "Stem cell models – hypes and hopes in their potential as replacement for animal testing" (photo: Lars Bahl)

Lisbeth E. Knudsen, Christine Nellemann and Tom Bengtsen — Lisbeth E. Knudsen, Christine Nellemann and Tom Bengtsen - all from the Danish 3R-Center - at the symposium 2015 (photo: Lars Bahl)

Lisbeth. E. Knudsen — Lisbeth E. Knudsen - board member in the Danish 3R-Center - served as moderator at the symposium (photo: Lars Bahl)