On the 5th and 6th of October, a group of 10 motivated LIFT members convened at the University of Milan, Italy, to make progress on various subWG activities. The meeting was organised by WG4 leader Irene, and hosted by Monica Battini.
From SubWG 2.3, Bjorn, Pralle and Lisa worked on their perspective paper on positive animal welfare. They re-organised the manuscript with the hope to have a full draft in the coming 2 weeks.
From SubWG 2.8, Charlotte, Linda and Luca worked on the figures of the manuscript, using BioRender. They also challenged themselves by reducing the 80 pages of the manuscript into a more digestible form. They added a table to summarize the information. The in-person meeting allowed the group to keep the momentum to finish a submittable draft.
From subWG 4.5, Agnes, Irene, Monica, Lisa and Charlotte met to discuss the progress with the manuscript on translating Positive animal welfare and its definition across languages. The manuscript is nearing its final stages, and meeting in-person allowed to have more in-depth conversations about what changes were still needed. Meanwhile, Lena worked the full days to compose the different translations of the LIFT children’s book, produced by WG4. The book was translated in at least 5 different languages. Lena composed the translated versions together with the illustrations that she had made, while retaining the document in print quality.
Written by Irene Camerlink
