Registration

Welcome to the registration page for the 22nd International Symposium of the World Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.

We are delighted to invite you to join colleagues from around the world for this prestigious global gathering of veterinary laboratory diagnosticians, researchers, industry partners, and policymakers. The symposium will provide a dynamic platform to share the latest scientific advances, diagnostic technologies, and collaborative approaches addressing animal health, zoonotic diseases, food safety, and the One Health interface.

The 2027 symposium promises an engaging scientific programme featuring keynote lectures from internationally renowned experts, cutting-edge research presentations, interactive workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. Delegates will have the opportunity to exchange knowledge, build partnerships, and explore innovative solutions to current and emerging challenges in veterinary diagnostics.

Whether you are an established leader in the field or an early-career scientist, ISWAVLD 2027 offers a unique opportunity to connect with the global veterinary diagnostics community and contribute to advancing laboratory science for the benefit of animal and public health.

We look forward to welcoming you to an inspiring and memorable symposium.

REGISTRATIONS WILL OPEN ON 4 MAY 2026.

The following registration categories will apply:

All persons attending the symposium must complete an online registration form.

Registration Payments
To be entitled to the super-early and early registration fees, you must have registered and paid by the respective closing dates. Payments not received by the closing dates will automatically be transferred to the next registration category.

Payment Options

Invoice (EFT)
Credit Card* – VISA, MasterCard (via PayFast or PayPal)
Credit Card* – Discovery and AMEX (via PayPal)
All fees will be processed in ZAR.

*All credit card payments will be subject to a 5% processing fee to cover the associated online card transaction charges.

Registration Details

Entitlements

Full Registration entitles delegates to the following:

Symposium promotional material.
Access to all sessions and exhibition area
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
1 x ticket to the Welcome Reception
Mobile app containing official Symposium information
Welcome Reception
EXCLUDED: Official Symposium Dinner

Day Registration entitles delegates to the following:

Symposium promotional material.
Access to all sessions and exhibition area on the day of attendance.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
Mobile app containing official Symposium information
EXCLUDED: Welcome Reception and Official Symposium Dinner

Accompanying Person Registration entitles attendee to the following:

Access to exhibition area
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea
EXCLUDED: Welcome Reception and Official Symposium Dinner

For group registrations, please contact corne@savetcon.co.za.

Procedure

Registration confirmation

Your completed registration and successful payment will be acknowledged via email with confirmation of your requirements according to your registration form. Your registration will only be processed or confirmed once payment has been made. Please contact us if you do not receive your confirmation as this may effect future communications from us.

All registrations must be paid by the close date to secure the discounted rates.

Name badge
Each delegate will receive a name badge when they check in at the registration desk. The badge will be your official pass to obtain entry to all sessions and social functions. You are responsible for having your badge clearly visible at all times and must be clearly visible at all times to obtain entry to all sessions and to social functions.

Payment Options

Payment Options

Invoice (EFT)
Credit Card* – VISA, MasterCard (via PayFast or PayPal)
Credit Card* – Discovery and AMEX (via PayPal)
All fees will be processed in ZAR.

*All credit card payments will be subject to a 5% processing fee to cover the associated online card transaction charges.

Cancellations & Refunds

Cancellations must be notified in writing to the Symposium Secretariat at corne@savetcon.co.za.

Note: there will be a ZAR 250.00 administration fee charged for refunds on duplicate registration payments.

Registration
Cancellations before 01 April 2027 will incur an ZAR 250.00 cancellation fee.
Cancellations from 02 April 2027 to 19 June 2027 will incur a 50% cancellation fee.
Cancellations on or after 20 June 2027 will receive no refund.

Accommodation
Individual participants make their own reservation via an online booking link. As soon as the booking has been done by the individual, the guest guarantees for this reservation with a credit card and this reservation cannot be cancelled free of charge anymore. In case of a no-show, the full amount of the stay will be charged to the individual’s credit card.

Disclaimer

The program is correct at the time of publishing. The organisers reserve the right to delete, modify or alter items from the program or to delete, modify or alter any aspect of the Symposium timetabling and delivery at their sole discretion and without notice. Neither the host organisation(s) nor the Symposium Secretariat will accept any liability for any loss or inconvenience caused to any party consequent to such changes.

Code of Conduct

Introduction:
The organisers and hosts of the Event (the “Event”) are committed to providing an Event that is welcoming and safe for allattendees; free from discrimination and harassment; where all attendees are treated with dignity and respect.

Adherence to this Code of Conduct is mandatory for all attendees and extends to all aspects of the Event, including (but not limited to) program sessions, catering breaks,
social events and all communications including email and social media.

Attendees of the Event will in respect of all attendees or others associated with the delivery of the Event:

treat all with respect, dignity, impartiality and courtesy;
not discriminate in respect of gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, gender identity or expression, or physical appearance;
maintain a cooperative and collaborative approach to interpersonal relationships;
respect the privacy of all;
ensure that they are not involved in or encourage discrimination against or harassment of any other persons;
ensure that their actions are not inhibiting, offensive, disruptive or negative towards other attendees or the organisers or hosts of the Event; and
ensure that they do not support, condone or encourage in any way any protest or potential protest against the Event or its subject matter.

Purpose:
The purpose of this Code of Conduct is to ensure that the Event is available for enjoyment and participation by all Event attendees.

Consequences of Breach of this Code of Conduct:
The Event Organisers and the Hosts, at their sole discretion, reserve the right to remove from the Event premises or to refuse entry to the Event to any person(s) who breaches this Code of Conduct. Such action will automatically preclude the alleged offending person from any claim for financial compensation including loss of right to any refund for attendance fees for the Event. Additionally, any offender will immediately forfeit any entitlement to deliver poster or speaking presentations.

Anonymity:
The Event Organisers and/or Hosts will use all reasonable precautions and endeavours to protect the anonymity of persons reporting violations, or potential violations, of this
Code of Conduct.

The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), Act 4 of 2013, is South Africa’s comprehensive data protection law, in full effect since July 1, 2021. It regulates how public and private bodies process personal information, requiring compliance with eight conditions to protect individuals from data misuse, with severe penalties for non-compliance.

The Symposium Secretariat comply with these legislations and are committed to protect the right of the individual to privacy of their information.

The Symposium Secretariat will not sell your personal information to third parties. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us and we will promptly correct the information. You may also withdraw your consent for use of your information by advice to us in writing.

Why do we wish you to provide your information?

We require your information to facilitate provision of information to you regarding the Symposium and to facilitate your participation in the Symposium. Information collected in respect of your proposed participation in any aspect of the Symposium will be used for the purposes listed below. You can give or withhold your consent for each or all of these uses. Please indicate your preferences when completing your registration form but please note that we will be unable to forward any information relating to the Symposium or to communicate with you regarding your registration if you select ‘no’ to point 1.

What we will do with your information?

Planning and conduct of the Symposium including arrangements for your participation;
In the Delegate List published for the Symposium;
May also be provided to organisers of future occurrences of this Symposium;
May be used to provide you with information of other relevant events in your area of interest.

Important Notes:

The parties who will have access to your information (subject to your preference selections on above points) are the Symposium Secretariat, the Symposium host organisation (points 1 and point 4), delegates, sponsors and exhibitors of the Symposium (point 2) and any future organisers of the Symposium (point 3).

The parties mentioned above will rely on your above consent indications for the purposes of compliance.

You may withdraw your granular consent at any time by notice in writing to the Symposium Secretariat.
You are entitled to access the information held by written application to the Symposium Secretariat.

View our privacy policy here.

Insurance

Registration fees do not include insurance. It is strongly recommended that at the time you register for the ISWAVLD 2027and book your travel you take out an insurance policy of your choice. The policy should include:

Loss of fees/deposit through cancellation of your participation in the Symposium or through cancellation of the Symposium,
Loss of international/domestic air fares through cancellation for any reason,
Loss of tour monies through cancellation for any reason including airline or related services strikes within South Africa,
Failure to utilise tours or pre-booked arrangements due to airline delay,
Force Majeure or any other reason,
Medical expenses (including sickness and accident cover),
Loss or damage to personal property,
Additional expenses and repatriation should travel arrangements have to be altered,
Medical expenses.

The Symposium Secretariat cannot take any responsibility for any participant failing to arrange their own insurance. This insurance is to be purchased in your country of origin.

*Student – To be able to register as graduate students, delegates must upload proof of full-time enrolment at a recognized university or college at both the time of registration and during ISWAVLD 2027. A copy of your student identification card must be sent to the Symposium Secretariat via email to corne@savetcon.co.za. Without this, the full registration fee will be charged.

#LMIC – Kindly click on the LMIC Countries tab to check if your country qualifies as a Low and Middle Income Country.

+Accompany persons receive access to all symposium refreshments and lunches. They cannot attend any of the lectures.

World Bank Country and Lending Groups

For the current 2026 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,135 or less in 2024; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,136 and $4,495; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,496 and $13,935; high-income economies are those with more than a GNI per capita of $13,935.

Please note: Regions in this table include economies at all income levels. The term country, used interchangeably with economy, does not imply political independence but refers to any territory for which authorities report separate social or economic statistics. Click here for information about how the World Bank classifies countries.

To explore the world by income and region with interactive tables and maps, please visit the World Development Indicators website.

Qualifies for LMIC Rates

Economy	Income group	Economy	Income group
Afghanistan	Low income	Ghana	Lower middle income
Burkina Faso	Low income	Guinea	Lower middle income
Burundi	Low income	Haiti	Lower middle income
Central African Republic	Low income	Honduras	Lower middle income
Chad	Low income	India	Lower middle income
Congo, Dem. Rep.	Low income	Jordan	Lower middle income
Eritrea	Low income	Kenya	Lower middle income
Ethiopia	Low income	Kiribati	Lower middle income
Gambia, The	Low income	Kyrgyz Republic	Lower middle income
Guinea-Bissau	Low income	Lao PDR	Lower middle income
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	Low income	Lebanon	Lower middle income
Liberia	Low income	Lesotho	Lower middle income
Madagascar	Low income	Mauritania	Lower middle income
Malawi	Low income	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Lower middle income
Mali	Low income	Morocco	Lower middle income
Mozambique	Low income	Myanmar	Lower middle income
Niger	Low income	Namibia	Lower middle income
Rwanda	Low income	Nepal	Lower middle income
Sierra Leone	Low income	Nicaragua	Lower middle income
Somalia, Fed. Rep.	Low income	Nigeria	Lower middle income
South Sudan	Low income	Pakistan	Lower middle income
Sudan	Low income	Papua New Guinea	Lower middle income
Syrian Arab Republic	Low income	Philippines	Lower middle income
Togo	Low income	São Tomé and Príncipe	Lower middle income
Uganda	Low income	Senegal	Lower middle income
Yemen, Rep.	Low income	Solomon Islands	Lower middle income
Angola	Lower middle income	Sri Lanka	Lower middle income
Bangladesh	Lower middle income	Tajikistan	Lower middle income
Benin	Lower middle income	Tanzania	Lower middle income
Bhutan	Lower middle income	Timor-Leste	Lower middle income
Bolivia	Lower middle income	Tunisia	Lower middle income
Cambodia	Lower middle income	Uzbekistan	Lower middle income
Cameroon	Lower middle income	Vanuatu	Lower middle income
Comoros	Lower middle income	Venezuela, RB	Lower middle income
Congo, Rep.	Lower middle income	Vietnam	Lower middle income
Côte d’Ivoire	Lower middle income	West Bank and Gaza	Lower middle income
Djibouti	Lower middle income	Zambia	Lower middle income
Egypt, Arab Rep.	Lower middle income	Zimbabwe	Lower middle income
Eswatini

Do not qualify for LMIC Rates

Economy	Income group	Economy	Income group
Albania	Upper middle income	Jamaica	Upper middle income
Algeria	Upper middle income	Kazakhstan	Upper middle income
Argentina	Upper middle income	Kosovo	Upper middle income
Armenia	Upper middle income	Libya	Upper middle income
Azerbaijan	Upper middle income	Malaysia	Upper middle income
Belarus	Upper middle income	Maldives	Upper middle income
Belize	Upper middle income	Marshall Islands	Upper middle income
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper middle income	Mauritius	Upper middle income
Botswana	Upper middle income	Mexico	Upper middle income
Brazil	Upper middle income	Moldova	Upper middle income
Cabo Verde	Upper middle income	Mongolia	Upper middle income
China	Upper middle income	Montenegro	Upper middle income
Colombia	Upper middle income	North Macedonia	Upper middle income
Cuba	Upper middle income	Paraguay	Upper middle income
Dominica	Upper middle income	Peru	Upper middle income
Dominican Republic	Upper middle income	Samoa	Upper middle income
Ecuador	Upper middle income	Serbia	Upper middle income
El Salvador	Upper middle income	South Africa	Upper middle income
Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle income	St. Lucia	Upper middle income
Fiji	Upper middle income	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Upper middle income
Gabon	Upper middle income	Suriname	Upper middle income
Georgia	Upper middle income	Thailand	Upper middle income
Grenada	Upper middle income	Tonga	Upper middle income
Guatemala	Upper middle income	Türkiye	Upper middle income
Indonesia	Upper middle income	Turkmenistan	Upper middle income
Iran, Islamic Rep.	Upper middle income	Tuvalu	Upper middle income
Iraq	Upper middle income	Ukraine	Upper middle income

Economy	Income group	Economy	Income group
American Samoa	High income	Kuwait	High income
Andorra	High income	Latvia	High income
Antigua and Barbuda	High income	Liechtenstein	High income
Aruba	High income	Lithuania	High income
Australia	High income	Luxembourg	High income
Austria	High income	Macao SAR, China	High income
Bahamas, The	High income	Malta	High income
Bahrain	High income	Monaco	High income
Barbados	High income	Nauru	High income
Belgium	High income	Netherlands	High income
Bermuda	High income	New Caledonia	High income
British Virgin Islands	High income	New Zealand	High income
Brunei Darussalam	High income	Northern Mariana Islands	High income
Bulgaria	High income	Norway	High income
Canada	High income	Oman	High income
Cayman Islands	High income	Palau	High income
Channel Islands	High income	Panama	High income
Chile	High income	Poland	High income
Costa Rica	High income	Portugal	High income
Croatia	High income	Puerto Rico (U.S.)	High income
Curaçao	High income	Qatar	High income
Cyprus	High income	Romania	High income
Czechia	High income	Russian Federation	High income
Denmark	High income	San Marino	High income
Estonia	High income	Saudi Arabia	High income
Faroe Islands	High income	Seychelles	High income
Finland	High income	Singapore	High income
France	High income	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	High income
French Polynesia	High income	Slovak Republic	High income
Germany	High income	Slovenia	High income
Gibraltar	High income	Spain	High income
Greece	High income	St. Kitts and Nevis	High income
Greenland	High income	St. Martin (French part)	High income
Guam	High income	Sweden	High income
Guyana	High income	Switzerland	High income
Hong Kong SAR, China	High income	Taiwan, China	High income
Hungary	High income	Trinidad and Tobago	High income
Iceland	High income	Turks and Caicos Islands	High income
Ireland	High income	United Arab Emirates	High income
Isle of Man	High income	United Kingdom	High income
Israel	High income	United States	High income
Italy	High income	Uruguay	High income
Japan	High income	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	High income
Korea, Rep.	High income

Attendees will have the option to participate in either a single Workshop or choose from two parallel Workshops, based on their preference indicated during registration.

A 2-3 hour Workshop on Use of Point-of- Care Diagnostics in Emerging Economies (Establishing Global Standards for Field-Deployable Diagnostics of FMD as a Transboundary Animal Disease (TAD)); and
Full day Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Laboratory Automation (Integrating Smart Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Workflows for Enhanced Precision and Efficiency)

REGISTRATION TYPE

Delegates
Students
LMIC Delegates
LMIC Students

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

R 2,500.00
R 1,500.00
R 1,800.00
R 1,500.00

REGISTRATION
TYPE

Full Registration

Delegates
Students
LMIC Delegates
LMIC Students
Welcome Rec. – Acc.
Gala Dinner – All

SUPER-EARLY
REGISTRATION

Full Registration

R9,000.00
R4,500.00
R5,250.00
R4,500.00
R 650.00
R1,650.00

EARLY
REGISTRATION

Full Registration

R10,850.00
R 5,000.00
R 5,425.00
R 5,000.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

REGULAR
REGISTRATION

Full Registration

R12,500.00
R 5,450.00
R 6,250.00
R 5,450.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

LATE
REGISTRATION

Full Registration

R13,495.00
R 6,000.00
R 6,750.00
R 6,000.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

REGISTRATION
TYPE

Day Registration

Delegates
Students
LMIC Delegates
LMIC Students
Welcome Reception – Day
Welcome Rec. – Acc.
Gala Dinner – All

SUPER-EARLY
REGISTRATION

Day Registration

R 3,100.00
R 1,600.00
R 1,800.00
R 1,600.00
R 650.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

EARLY
REGISTRATION

Day Registration

R 3,700.00
R 1,700.00
R 1,950.00
R 1,700.00
R 650.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

REGULAR
REGISTRATION

Day Registration

R 4,200.00
R 1,850.00
R 2,100.00
R 1,850.00
R 650.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

LATE
REGISTRATION

Day Registration

R 4,500.00
R 2,000.00
R 2,250.00
R 2,000.00
R 650.00
R 650.00
R 1,650.00

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