Every year the BEVA president appoints a committee responsible for the programme. A Committee Chair is appointed and is supported by our programme guardians to identify the right topics and speakers for the programme.
Michael Schramme, Committee Chair
Michael qualified from the Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium, in 1985. He has since worked as an equine surgeon at the University of Ghent, the Royal Veterinary College, the Animal Health Trust, Cornell University, North Carolina State University and the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Lyon in France, where he is a full Professor in Equine Surgery and Orthopaedics. He is a Diplomate of the European and American Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons and of the European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, and an Associate of the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging. He is the current President of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons and a past President of the European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He has an interest in all aspects of equine surgery, lameness and diagnostic imaging, with special emphasis on MRI and regenerative medicine.
Andy Fiske-Jackson, 2023 Committee Chair
Peter Clegg, Programme guardian for orthopaedics and sports medicine (including surgery)
Jane Boswell, Programme guardian for imaging and anaesthesia
Simon Curtis, Programme guardian for farriery
Derek Knottenbelt, Programme guardian for internal medicine
Bruce Bladon, Programme guardian for orthopaedics and sports medicine (including surgery)
Camilla Scott, Programme guardian for reproduction
Marie Rippingale, Progamme guardian for veterinary nursing
Tim Barnett, Programme guardian for dentistry and current affairs
Rose Tallon, 2024 Committee Chair