Upcoming Events Calendars
Use the buttons below to switch between the Shelter Learniverse calendar (at www.shelterlearniverse.com) and the broader Industry Events calendar (at www.sheltermedportal.com).
Shelter Learniverse Calendar Features: Webinars, Shelter Med Live! events, SCS session dates, and other Learniverse platform events.
Industry Events Calendar: gathers webinars, trainings, online meetings, and national events from across the field. Many listings are from partners and other organizations; inclusion isn’t a review or endorsement. For details, on industry events calendar listings please contact the organizer listed in the event description. Have an event to add to the industry calendar? Email events@sheltermedportal.com.
Events
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Maddie’s Fund Presents: Financial hardship, transportation barriers, limited veterinary services, and competing social needs can result in delayed or forgone care, affecting the health and well-being of both people and their pets. This presentation examines pet care wrap-around services as an integrated, community-based approach to addressing these barriers.
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Life of Riley at Spring Point Presents: How can we leverage our personal and professional roles as animal advocates to advance a broader humane ethic that encompasses all human and non-human animals? Join experts in animal sheltering and conservation in a discussion of the role each of us – as dog parents, birdwatchers, wildlife enthusiasts, or cat colony feeders – can play in building a humane future for all animals.
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Outcomes for Pets Consulting Presents: Please join us every first Friday of the month to discuss AI use in animal shelters, share new AI developments, and join your peers in discussing creative solutions to common problems.
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Community Cats Central Presents (small fee applies): Led by Neighborhood Cats’ experienced and knowledgeable presenters, this workshop is packed with practical advice, field-tested techniques, and inspiration to help you develop your trapping skills make a real difference for community cats. If you’re new to TNR, you’ll gain the essential skills needed to kickstart your TNR journey, while experienced trappers can refresh and sharpen their techniques.
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Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us every week to learn, share, collaborate and make new friends! These calls are a collaborative place to connect with peers in the industry, share exciting new programs and research on a variety of topics including foster, access to veterinary and behavior care, community partnerships and more. If you registered prior to July 2026 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
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Open Door Veterinary Collective Presents: Join us for live (and lively) discussions of important topics and research about strategies for increasing access to veterinary care.
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HASS Presents: articipants will learn practical strategies for building effective Return-to-Home (RTH) programs, from offering free microchipping and creating simple reunification pathways to using data to identify barriers and improve outcomes. Along the way, Shyanne will share real-world examples of how small changes can make a big difference for pets, the people looking for them, and the shelters working to support their communities.
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United Spay Alliance Presents (fee applies): Join veterinarians, nonprofit leaders, community cat advocates, shelter professionals, and animal welfare organizations from across the country for two days of practical learning, collaboration, and inspiration—all focused on expanding access to affordable, accessible, and timely spay/neuter.
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Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us every week to learn, share, collaborate and make new friends! These calls are a collaborative place to connect with peers in the industry, share exciting new programs and research on a variety of topics including foster, access to veterinary and behavior care, community partnerships and more. If you registered prior to July 2026 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
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Pedigree Foundation Presents: Why are dogs staying longer in animal shelters and rescues? How should we be analyzing length of stay? What characteristics make dogs at risk for long lengths of stay? Most importantly, what can we do about it? This panel of experts will discuss all of this and more, sharing the latest findings on length of stay and offering new ways to think about length of stay.
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UC Davis KSMP Presents: Shelter Med LIVE is the place where vet professionals connect around what it takes to make shelter medicine happen every day—from intake triage to MacGyvering creative fixes. Every third Wednesday, join your UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program host Dr. Jenn Bennett and special guests for real talk and real solutions. This isn’t a lecture—it’s a conversation for everyone who wants to talk shop about shelter medicine. Kick back and recharge with your colleagues in the middle of a long week!
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Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us every week to learn, share, collaborate and make new friends! These calls are a collaborative place to connect with peers in the industry, share exciting new programs and research on a variety of topics including foster, access to veterinary and behavior care, community partnerships and more. If you registered prior to July 2026 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
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HASS Presents: From staffing shortages and volunteer engagement to community trust, and the evolving role of shelters, this session invites candid dialogue, shared learning, and collaborative problem-solving. Whether you’re leading a municipal agency, nonprofit organization, or national initiative, your insights and experiences are vital to finding solutions.
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Maddie’s Fund Presents: Join us every week to learn, share, collaborate and make new friends! These calls are a collaborative place to connect with peers in the industry, share exciting new programs and research on a variety of topics including foster, access to veterinary and behavior care, community partnerships and more. If you registered prior to July 2026 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
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