EARA CONFERENCE 2025: Shaping the future of animal research communication
This historic meeting brings together EARA members, the wider biomedical community and science communicators to shape the future of animal research communication.
6-7 November, 2025 Max Delbrück Center, Campus Berlin-Buch (image, https://www.eara.eu/eara-conference-2025)
Programme:
Thursday 6 November 2025, MDC Berlin Buch
Registration
Opening session
Opening keynote – Fiona Fox, Science Media Centre, UK
Coffee break
Session 1: Effective science communication and media
Chair: Fiona Fox, Science Media Centre, UK
Sascha Karberg, Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
Volker Stollorz, Science Media Center, Germany
Alba Morán-Álvarez, Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices, Spain
Andy Ridgway, University of the West of England, UK
Session 2: Flash talks
Networking lunch and exhibition
Session 3: Parallel workshops
Workshop 1: Media Toolkit for Openness
Workshop 2: Social Media Bootcamp
Workshop 3: Website Improvement
Coffee break
Session 4: Communicating ethics and legal frameworks
Chair: Lucie Côté, Research Institute – RI-MUHC, Canada
Athanassia Sotiropoulos, French 3R Center, France
Stefan Hippenstiel, Charité 3R Center, Germany
Klas Abelson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Emmanuel Procyk, CNRS / EU-Simia, France
Poster session
Session 5: Flash talks
Evening keynote – Lucie Côté, Research Institute – MUHC, Canada
Conference dinner (optional)
Friday 7 November 2025, MDC Berlin Buch
Registration
Opening keynote – Susanna Louhimies, European Commission
Coffee break
Session 6: Transparency and openness in animal research
Chair: Roman Stilling, Tierversuche Verstehen, Germany
Hannah Hobson, Understanding Animal Research, UK
Vera Glasser, Max Delbrück Center, Germany
Julia Biederlack, Charité Berlin, Germany
Michaela Dinboeck, Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland
Josep Solves, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Spain
Session 7: Flash talks
Networking lunch and exhibition
Special Session: Hot topics in science
Chair: Kirk Leech, European Animal Research Association, UK
Reproductive rights – Ailbhe Smyth, Ireland
Vaccine hesitancy – Michael Fitzpatrick, UK
Genetic altered organisms – Robert Hoffie, Germany
Climate change – Josef Zens, Germany
Closing session
Satellite Event
7 November 2025
Charité Berlin
18.00
Berlin Science Week with TVV and Charité BerlinZeitenwende in der Gesundheitsforschung: Verantwortung und Kommunikation im Umgang mit Tierversuchen (German only)
See more on the Berlin Science Week website.
Time of sessions subject to change
Participating Institutions
