CPD webinar series in Laboratory Animal Science

Norecopa and Rafael Frías, through his newly founded company R3FINED International, have partnered to run a series of CPD webinars in Laboratory Animal Science (LAS), which started in January 2026.

Our aim is to provide relevant, practical, and high-quality learning for everyone involved in the care and use of animals in science. The webinars follow Annex V of Directive 2010/63/EU and the learning outcomes of the EU Education & Training Framework, so the content is grounded in strong international standards.

Each webinar focuses on a key topic in LAS: ethics and the 3Rs, species biology and care, pain recognition and alleviation, humane endpoints, refinement of techniques, anaesthesia, surgery, experimental design, and good scientific practice. The aim is to offer knowledge which attendees can actually use, with time to interact and ask questions.

The series is open to everyone, whether you perform procedures, design or evaluate projects, care for animals, or support training and competence development.

There is huge interest for these webinars. The capacity is 1,000 registered participants. The first 500 who log in will have interactive access (full participation). Additional participants will join in a view-only mode. A recording will be exclusively available to all registered participants.
Certificates of attendance will be provided to all live attendees (interactive and view-only).

Recordings:
Registered participants will receive access to the webinar recording after each session for a limited time. To help us manage the webinar series efficiently, we are unable to provide recordings in response to individual requests.

All webinars are free, and anyone with an interest in LAS is welcome to join.
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Norecopa also provides what we believe is the most comprehensive global Webinars and Meetings Calendar within Laboratory Animal Science, and an extensive list of recorded webinars. 
Do you need a checklist and specific guidance about planning animal studies? Check out the PREPARE guidelines.

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Details of each webinar will be added below.

Details of the past webinars are available here.

Webinar 12 – 2026: Thursday, 3 December 2026

'HANDS'-on Refinements - Incorporating Innovations to Improve Rodent Welfare. Veterinary and Critical Care Refinements
Speaker:
F. Claire Hankenson, DVM, MS, MFA, DACLAM
Associate Vice Provost for Research and Executive Director of University Laboratory Animal Resources at the University of Pennsylvania
More information about the webinar
Pre-webinar survey
Registration

Webinar 1 – 2027: Thursday, 14 January 2027

PREPARE for better Science - How to Plan and Conduct Robust and Humane Animal Research
Speaker:
Professor Adrian Smith, Ph.D., Vet.M.B., M.A., MDNV
Secretary of Norecopa
More information about the webinar
Pre-webinar survey
Registration

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