The final-year COST Action LIFT workshop will be held on the 26th of June 2026 in London (UK).
The 2026 LIFT workshop will present and discuss the achievements of the COST Action LIFT “Lifting Farm Animal Lives – laying the foundations for positive animal welfare”. The program will include a mix of presentations on LIFT deliverables and outcomes related to Positive Animal Welfare and covering key concepts, methodologies, and on-farm applications. It will include oral presentations, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and poster sessions.
The workshop will take place at the Royal Veterinary College Camden Campus in London (UK) immediately following the UFAW Centenary Conference 2026. The event is organised in coordination between LIFT and UFAW.
Please follow this link to register: https://event.au.dk/events/cost-action-lift-workshop-london
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
9h00 Welcome
9h15 Plenary talk – Definition, key components and conceptual challenges of positive animal welfare
9h35 Panel session discussion
9h55 Plenary talk – Advances in and future outlook for methodologies of positive animal welfare
10h15 Panel session discussion
10h35 Poster session and coffee
11h35 Plenary talk – Current status and future for on-farm assessments of positive welfare
11h55 Panel session discussion
12h30 LUNCH
14h00 Explanations of break-out session
14h15 Break-out sessions
15h30 Posters and coffee
16h00 Summary of break-outs and closing
17h00 End
Local organizers: Siobhan Abeysinghe, Charlotte Burn, Christine Nicol and Berit Zimmermann.
Scientific organizers: Laura Webb and Margit Bak Jensen
