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Dear signers, friends and supporters, the Basel Declaration has a new home. After a successful decade as Basel Declaration Society, our organization has transformed into Animal Research Tomorrow. As such, we promote openness and fact-based scientific arguments in the international public debate on the necessity and value of animal research for both human and animal health and welfare. For more information please visit our new webpage under animalresearchtomorrow.org

Like the Helsinki Declaration, which forever altered the ethical landscape of human clinical research, the aim of the Basel Declaration is to bring the scientific community together to further advance the implementation of ethical principles such as the 3Rs whenever animals are being used and to call for more trust, transparency and communication on the sensitive topic of animals in research. The Basel Declaration Society, founded on October 5th. 2011, strive to promote the Basel Declaration.
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Pathway to more Transparency in Animal Research

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Scientific Program Committee

Prof. Adriano Aguzzi (University Hospital, Zurich)
Prof. Gerhard Heldmaier (University Marburg)
Prof. Paul Herrling (Novartis, Board member ETH Zurich and University Basel)
Dr. Mark Matfield, European Biomedical Research Association (EBRA)
Prof. Annette Oxenius (ETH Zurich)

Program:

Pathway to more transparency in Animal Research

Overview:

Sunday, Oct. 16: welcome dinner
Monday, Oct. 17: closed meeting for scientists by invitation only, including ECOPA and animal welfare groups 9:00 – 18:00
Tuesday, Oct. 18: Open, broad invitation to local academia including students, politicians and media journalists, NGOs, administration departments. 9:00 – 12.00;
Afternoon optional: Media training

Detail Program:

Monday, October 17
Location: Wissenschaftsform, Berlin
Meeting Chairs: Prof. Michael Hengartner / Prof. Stefan Treue

08:00 Registration, Coffee
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome, Introduction
Prof. Stefan Treue, Primate Center, Göttingen
09:15 – 09:30 Transparency in Animal Research
Prof. Gerhard Heldmaier, University of Marburg
09:30 – 09:45 Transatlantic Perspecitve on the Basel Declaration
Prof. Richard Bianco, University of Minnesota, USA
09:45 – 10:00 New EU Directive on the protection of experimental animals and
fundamental research
Susanne Louhimies, The European Commission, Bruxelles
10:00 – 10:15 Review: One year «Basel Declaration»
Prof. Dr. Michael Hengartner, University of Zürich
10:15 – 10:45 Break and Coffee
10:45 – 12:45 Working group sessions (Breakout Rooms)
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 16:00 Working group sessions (Breakout Rooms)
16.15 – 16:30 Break
16.30 – 18:00 Results (Plenary)

Working Groups:

WORKING GROUP TITLE	OBJECTIVES
3R Workshop	Assess how the concept of 3Rs can best be implemented in the context of fundamental research
Training and education	How can training and continuous education be implemented most effectively in today’s global and highly mobile science community? Can any recommendations be given to EU legislators who need to implement training?
Management of pain and distress; Severity degrees	Criteria for a well designed severity degree system. Impact of multiple genetic modifications on prospective severity degree assessment. Do different species experience pain and suffering differently?
Publication and transparency issues	Is it useful and feasible to publish negative results? How can lay summaries contribute to a more educated public dialogue?
Communication	How can communication at the level of individual institutions be better promoted? Do we need a German “Forschung für Leben”?

Dienstagmorgen, 18. Oktober
Ort: Schweizerische Botschaft, Berlin
Meeting Chair: Prof. Michael Hengartner

09:00 Willkommensgruss / Ein Jahr «Basler Deklaration»
Prof. Michael Hengartner, Unviersität Zürich
09:10 – 09:25 Die Revision der EU-Direktive für Tierschutz
Elisabeth Jeggle, Europaabgeordnete für Tierschutz
09:25 – 09:40 Transparency, the 3Rs and fundamental research: A perspective from the
European Commission
Susanne Louhimies, The EU Commission, Bruxelles
09:40 – 09:55 Im Dialog voneinander lernen: Zwei Beispiele
Thomas B. Cueni, Interpharma, Basel
09:55 – 10:10 Wie viel Transparenz erträgt die Forschungsfreiheit
Prof. Hans Wyss. Direktor Bundesamt für Veterinärwesen, Schweiz
10:10 – 10:25 Tierschutz und Tierforschung - die Stimmer der Forschung
Prof. Stefan Treue, Primatenzentrum, Göttingen
10:20 – 10:45 Kaffeepause
10:45 – 11:45 Präsentation der Resultate aus den Workshops
11:45 – 12:00 Q&A
12:00 – 12:10 Schlussbemerkung und Ausblick
Prof. Michael Hengartner, Universität Zürich