Our Keynote Speakers
Prof. Brian Perry OBE, BVM&S, DTVM, MSc, DVM&S, FRCVS
Visiting Professor, Nuffield College of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford
Honorary Professor, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Emeritus Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Brian Perry, a British citizen, is an international development scientist, a veterinarian by profession and an epidemiologist by specialization. He holds academic positions of Honorary Professor at the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Tropical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Oxford, UK.
Since 2010 he has chaired the Scientific Advisory Board of Afrique One Aspire, a Wellcome Trust-funded African Research Consortium for Ecosystem and Population Health comprising 11 universities and research institutes in eastern and western Africa. He is member of the Technical Committee of the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed)-administered AgResults Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Challenge Project and sits on the judging panel of the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed)-administered AgResults Brucellosis vaccine prize competition. Prof Perry is also member of the Management Board of the Medical Research Council (MRC)- funded International Veterinary Vaccinology Network and a member of the International Committee of World Horse Welfare .
He has published more than 300 scientific articles in refereed journals, books and proceedings as author and co-author.
Keynote Presentation: Wednesday 24 August, 08:15
The quest for one health and one welfare in contrasting global livestock systems and market demands
Dr Tenzin Tenzin joined the OIE Sub-Regional Representation for Southern Africa on 1 May 2019 as programme officer and coordinator for the “Technical Support for Namibia in Eliminating Rabies in Dogs” project, which is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL).
Tenzin is a Bhutanese veterinarian who joins us at the OIE from the Bhutan National Centre for Animal Health. Besides his veterinary medicine degree from Kerala Agriculture University, India,
Tenzin also holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Veterinary Epidemiology and Animal Health Economics from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
He also has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in epidemiology and control of rabies from the Sydney School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Australia.
He developed technical expertise in rabies epidemiology and control, veterinary epidemiology, public health, zoonoses, one health, geographic information systems, data analysis and scientific writing during his PhD programme and post PhD field experiences.
Tenzin initiated mass dog vaccination campaigns against rabies and post vaccination monitoring along Bhutan-India border to create an immune buffer and cordon sanitaire, which resulted in reduced rabies outbreaks in dogs and human rabies deaths in Bhutan. As a result, Bhutan is now well on right track towards achieving zero human deaths due to dog-mediated rabies by 2030.
Keynote Presentation: Thursday 25 August, 08:00
Rabies elimination strategies and the WOAH procedures for endorsements of official control programmes for dog-mediated rabies and self-declaring freedom from a canine mediated rabies
Tennyson J. C. Williams Country Director for World Animal Protection Africa.
Tennyson has 25 years’ experience in international development and a background in zoology and zoonotic diseases. He previously worked for Action Aid as country director.
His goal is to enhance and establish World Animal Protection’s reach, influence and credibility as a leading animal welfare organization. In Africa, they work with governments, communities and partners to adopt solutions that include developing policies and encouraging responsible animal welfare practices.
Having grown up with animals all his life and studied Zoology, he has always endeared to see a world where they live free from suffering. Animals are sentient beings that play a critical role in sustaining the livelihoods of communities hence why we need to take more responsibility for them.
Keynote Presentation: Thursday 25 August, 11:10
Integrating Animal Welfare into World Welfare