Dear delegates,

It’s been a while, but here we are, finally able to meet up again at EVECC! We couldn’t have thought of a better place to reconnect than in the city of Ghent, one of Europe’s best hidden secrets, which I hope you’re ready to explore over the next couple of days. It offers a combination of the history offered by Bruges and the vibrant livelihood of Antwerp. Ghent has many squares with typical Belgian pubs, hundreds of restaurants offering the best food of any corner of the world, as well as plenty of museums, historical buildings, and even boat trips whilst all of these remain within walking distance in the historic, compact city center.

This EVECC congress offers parallel streams for veterinarians oriented towards emergency and critical care (advanced), general practitioners seeking applicable information for their clinics (refresher), and a stream focused on veterinary nurses. Delegates can freely move from stream to stream, in order to take the most out of the event. Moreover, during the congress, several wet and dry labs are organized on different topics such as resuscitation or point of care ultrasound. This should allow each delegate to return home feeling energized and enlightened with up-to-date knowledge and practical training in veterinary emergency and critical care.

Moreover, our exhibition gathers companies offering solutions for your everyday problems in emergency and critical care. Whether you are looking for nutritional solutions, state of the art equipment, continued education, or applications, you’ll be able to talk to representatives across the field and establish valuable connections. Regarding those connections, we’ve also gone out of our way to ensure you’ll have an enjoyable social programme. You can meet up in the central hub to discuss lectures or clinical cases, and hopefully we’ll celebrate a fantastic event during the gala dinner on Saturday evening.

On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, we truly wish you’ll enjoy your stay in Ghent, and will go back home afterwards with gained knowledge, new friends, and warm memories.

Kind Regards,

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Kris Gommeren

Chair of the Local Organizing Committee

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Céline Pouzot-Nevoret

Chair of the Congress Organising Committee