HISTORY
The European Veterinary
Immunology Group (EVIG) was founded under the auspices of the European
Federation of Immunologic Societies (EFIS) in 2001.
EVIG intends to be a platform for
communication and exchange, enhancing European research in particular. While we
were not particularly keen to add new meetings to the ever-crowded scientific
calendar we felt that a European Veterinary Immunology Workshop provides the
best platform for direct scientific exchange.
With regard to the formal
organization of the EVIG, it has to be noted that veterinary immunology does
not have active or even formal groupings in most European countries (EFIS
members). Accordingly, we cannot build on any delegate system from which we
elect our boards. The only alternative we had, was to co-opt established
veterinary immunologists from the scientific community in Europe. Members for
the boards should be independent in their work, active in the scientific community,
have experience in scientific organisations, represent various scientific areas
by methods and species and their countries. Additionally member states should
include north, south, east and west Europe. Last and not least, many if not all
farm and companion animal species including fish and wildlife should be
covered.
A more detailed review on the
founding of EVIG was published (Steinbach et al., 2004; Vet ImmImm, 100, 99-103).
1st
European Veterinary Immunology Workshop, Berlin, 27.-28.09, 2003
2nd
European Veterinary Immunology Workshop, Paris, 04.09-06.09, 2006
3rd
European Veterinary Immunology Workshop, Berlin, 10.-13.09.2009
(report
published in Vet Imm Imm, 136, 3-4, August 2010, Pages 350-356) pubmed