International
Conference
Quantification, Benchmarking and Stewardship of Veterinary Antimicrobial Usage
Fifth International Conference
9 - 10 February 2027, Bern, Switzerland
The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, the Veterinary Public Health Institute at Bern University and the One Health Institute at the University of Zurich are pleased to host the 5th AACTING Scientific Conference in 2027!
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Contact
For all queries about the Conference, please use aacting2027@blv.admin.ch.
Local Organizing Team
Anaïs Léger, Dr. med. vet. Dipl. ECVPH Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)
Luís Pedro Carmo, med. vet. PhD Dipl. ECVPH Veterinary Public Health Institute (VPHI)
Guy Schnidrig, PhD Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO)
Katharina Stärk, Dr. med. vet. PhD Dipl. ECVPH Executive Board of the FSVO
Thomas Van Boeckel, Associate Professor PhD One Health Institute University of Zurich
Registration
- Early Bird CHF 300 (Available until midnight 30th November 2026)
- Regular CHF 400 (From 1st December 2026)
- Student CHF 250
Registration closes January 31st, 2027
For inquiries regarding visa needs, participants are kindly requested to contact the local organisers directly (see contact details above).
Abstract submission
To prepare your abstract, follow the guidelines and use the submission template available here.
Submission is to be completed online using this link: Submit your abstract
- All registered participants are eligible to submit an abstract. Registration can be completed after the evaluation and decision.
- All abstracts will be evaluated by a review committee. Based on scientific merit, the scientific committee will select abstracts for the following:
- Abstract for Oral / Poster presentation: Authors of selected abstracts will be invited to present their work as an oral presentation during the resident session. In case of rejection for an oral presentation, the abstract will be evaluated for presentation as a poster.
- Abstract for Poster presentation
- Poster prizes: three poster prizes will be awarded.
The deadline for abstract submission is October 16th, 2026.
Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent electronically to the submitting author by mid November 2026.
Scientific programme
Venue
The Conference will be held at the Lecture hall of the Veterinary Campus: Länggassstrasse 124c, 3000 Bern (see Google Maps).
Information package
In the information sheet available for download below, you will find more information about
- reaching Bern and reaching the Conference venue;
- the social events for the evening of the Conference;
- accomodation options for Bern that could be helpful.
Find the sheet here.