Scottish Congress Gains An International Flavour

Delegate dancers BSAVA Scottish Congress committee celebrated their most successful event to date with over 200 delegates and almost 50 different commercial exhibitors joining them in Edinburgh last month. With main lecture streams covering Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics for vets and Nurtition/Nutraceuticals and Neonatology for nurses alongside a series of afternoon seminars, there was plenty to entice a wide range of delegates from Scotland, England, Isle of Man, Canada, Germany, Finland and the USA making Scottish Congress 2012 a truly international affair. Delegates and exhibitors were kept entertained with a pub quiz on the Friday and on the Saturday the Gala Dinner and Ceilidh dancing carried on into the early hours of Sunday morning giving a real Scottish feel to the event. Plans are already underway for 2013 with the event to once again be held at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot Watt from 30 August – 1 September and topics will include Cardiology and Neurology for Vets and Clinical Pathology/Laboratory Skills and Wound Management for nurses.

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