After four successful events, the DogRisk Evidence Based Raw Food Seminar will again be held in Helsinki this autumn! Helsinki is a beautiful place to be in and getting here is not hard either. So, once again, we welcome you to another 2 days filled with the newest research on dogs’ diets. There is evidence that diet really matters – come and listen to the latest within healthy dog nutrition. We have excellent researchers and lecturers coming sharing their knowledge. This is as interesting for people that care about dogs’ health, disease, or diets.
The DogRisk research group at the Department of Equine and small Animal Medicine, Veterinary Sciences at the University of Helsinki, welcomes you all to join! After four successful events, the DogRisk Evidence Based Raw Food Seminar will again be held in Helsinki this autumn! Helsinki is a beautiful place to be in and getting here is not hard either. So, once again, we welcome you to another 2 days filled with the newest research on dogs’ diets.
See below for the program, registration and other important information!
Friday 15th September 2023
8.00-9.00 Registration and coffee: Lecture hall “Pieni Juhlasali”, University of Helsinki main building
9.00-9.10 Program, welcome - Anna Hielm-Björkman, DVM, PhD, Docent, PI, Leader of the DogRisk research group; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki (UoH)
9.10-9.40 Vets talk about a disease, we think it’s a symptom – and diet might help! – Anna Hielm-Björkman, UoH
9.40-10.25 Is there an Anti-inflammatory Diet for Pets? – Susan Wynn DVM, DACVIM (Nutrition), Senior Director of Scientific Affairs, Instinct Pet Food, USA
10.25-10.45 Coffee and interaction
10.45-11.45 How the dog’s diet impacts their behavior – Conor Brady, PhD, Animal nutrition, Ireland
11.45-12.15 The speakers panel will discuss and answer questions on this morning’s topics.
12.15-13.15 Lunch (find your own lunch place nearby or BYO)
13.15-14.00 Inactivation of pathogens in raw pet food using High Pressure Processing – Susy Tejayadi, Ph.D., Consultant.
14.00–14.30 Do we find trace element deficiencies or excess of heavy metals when analyzing canine hair and blood samples? – Sarah Rosendahl, PhD student, DogRisk, UoH
14.30-14.50 Coffee and interaction
14.50-15.20 Obesity and mammary cancer: The Dog as a Model for translational research on Humans - Alessandra Estrela-Lima, Ass.Professor (Veterinary Pathology), Research Center on Mammary Oncology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil. (via ZOOM)
15.20-15.40 Mammary cancer and diet metabolomics - Robin Moore, PhD student at DogRisk.
15.40–16.35 The UK Pet Food’s Raw Certification Scheme – the new global standard? – Greg van Praagh, Chairman of the Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) and Michael Bellingham, Chief Executive UK Pet food
16.30-17.00 The speakers panel will discuss and answer questions on this afternoon’s topics.
17.30-18.45 Wine and salty in a park, weather permitting, when walking to the buffet
19.00 Dinner for all interested (Not included in the price, registration please!)
Saturday 16th September
8.00-9.00 Registration and coffee: Lecture hall “Pieni Juhlasali”, University of Helsinki main building
9.00-9.10 Program, welcome, etc. – Anna Hielm-Björkman, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UoH
9.10-10.05 Food is Not Just Food: Your Dog and Nutrition - Dr Nick Thompson BSc (Hons) Path Sci., BVM&S, VetMFHom, MRCVS.
10.05-10.50 The story of Newton - How diet helped a dog with laryngeal paralysis – Karen Read - BCCS Dip.HthNut, Ireland.
10.50-11.10 Coffee and interaction
11.10-11.40 Diet matters – Puppies’ and dams’ diets associate with adult tartar – Manal Hemida, DVM, Ph.D. (animal nutrition), Post Doc, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UoH
11.40-12.10 The panel will discuss and answer questions on this morning’s topics
12.10-13.10 Lunch (find your own lunch place nearby or BYO)
13.10-13.55 Platogram – How to use AI in nutrition research? – Jere Vento, Serial entrepreneur, ex-dog parent & Bookworm, Finland.
13.55-14.40 How to start talking about non-highly processed diets with vet or owner, we already have scientific evidence. – Barbara Royal, DVM, Chicago, USA. The Royal Treatment Veterinary Center, Co-founder Royal Animal Health University, Adjunct Prof. California State University, CEO of College of Integrated Veterinary Therapies & co-owner of the Animal Diet Formulator.
14.40-15.00 Coffee and interaction
15.00–15.45 Choosing the nutritionally best fresh meat-based foods and recipes for your dog- Via Zoom – Dr. Susan Recker and Steve Brown, Author of the ancestral diet and creator of the ADF, USA. (Via ZOOM)
15.45-16.10 Unleashing the Secrets of Longevity: Lessons from Bobi, the Oldest Living Dog, 31 years old – Cristina Nistor, veterinary student, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden.
16.10-16.40 The panel will discuss and answer questions on this afternoon´s topics
16.40-16.50 Raffle for those present: Chance to win some books, a ticket to next year’s Dogrisk seminar and free memberships for the pet health web-app Pawesomer/TassuApu! Enter the raffle here: https://woobox.com/c36smp
16.50-17.00 Thank you and see you soon again! – Anna Hielm-Björkman
When?
Friday and Saturday, September 15-16, 2023.
Where?
The University of Helsinki main building (päärakennus), Fabianinkatu 33, 00100, Helsinki city center (Google Maps). The hall is called “Pieni juhlasali”. The room will take up to about 200 persons but those who are late in registering, might not fit in so please be early. If you fly in, it is Helsinki Airport (HEL), Finland.
You can also attend remotely. You must still register using the registration form. The prices are the same for both on location and remote attendance.
For whom?
Veterinary and human health practitioners and nutritionists, nurses, students, dog owners - anybody with an interest in multidisciplinary research on the relationships between diet and disease, in dogs, pets, humans. The course is part of the Veterinary study curriculum course “Eläinten pidon perusteet, etologia ja eläinsuojelu II”.
️ Language: English
Cost: Seminar fees
If you are faculty or a UoH student: The seminar is free for you. If you are some other student, you get 50 % off, so 25 € per day.
All others: 50 € per day (100 € for 2 days). (Please ask for reduced prices if the price is too high for you: sarah.rosendahl@helsinki.fi).
The prices are the same for both on location and remote attendance.
If you are a company and would like a table and/or a roll-up outside the lecture hall: 500 €, including 2 persons that may attend the lectures.
OBSERVE: The University is slow so you might get your invoice before the seminar, or after. This is not our fault, and we invite you to come anyway and then just pay after the seminar, when you get the invoice. Sorry for the inconvenience. Our seminar fee pays for the lecturer, the lecture hall, the coffees etc. so we never make a profit. But in case we someday would, all extra revenues would go to sponsoring the nutrition research done by the DogRisk research group at the University of Helsinki. The fee covers only lectures and coffees, but NO TRAVELING OR ACCOMODATION.
The organized drinks and dinner on Friday we try to get partly sponsored and charge you only 30 € (food only, you will have to pay for beer, wine…). Please enter this in the registration form when you register through the links above. You can also register for it later.
REGISTRATION
Please, only one name per registration, with name, e-mail, telephone etc. and which day/days each of you will participate. If you want to register several participants, please fill in as many registrations as persons attending, as all have different names and titles for nametags, dietary info etc.
For more info:
Please contact Anna Hielm-Björkman, Tel:-358-(0)44-3270462; anna.hielm-bjorkman@helsinki.fi or Robin Moore on robin.moore@helsinki.fi
About your stay in Helsinki:
Did you know that Finns have been voted as the happiest people on earth for at least 4 times in a row now? That Helsinki is one of the most secure and clean capitals to live in? That we Finns are curious and love nature? And that more than every second family has a dog… or many? So, it’s a great place to visit and the DogRisk seminar is even a better reason!
The lectures will be in “Pieni juhlasali”, University of Helsinki main building, Fabianinkatu 33, 00100, Helsinki
University of Helsinki main building on Google Maps
For cheap hostels close to the lecture hall try:
- Sky hostel Helsinki
- Hostel Diana park
- Eurohostel
- Arcadia hotel & hostel
These can also be found on www.booking.com
PLEASE, FEEL WARMLY WELCOME!
We are happy if you can spread the link as much as possible so that all those that are interested in a healthy diet can take part!
See you in September in Helsinki!