Welcome to our Shelter Industry Events Calendar! Here, you’ll find a variety of webinars, learning opportunities, online meetings, and national events focused on animal sheltering and related interests. While some events are hosted by the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program, most are organized by other groups and agencies. Please note that being listed here doesn’t mean we’ve reviewed the material.
We’re here to provide you with a range of resources to help make your life easier. For more details about any event, feel free to contact the organizer directly (you’ll find their info in the event description). Know of any event that we are missing that you think should be shown here? EMAIL US at events@sheltermedportal.com
Humane Canada Presents (fee applies): Join us at Humane Canada's Summit for Animals in Montréal, Quebec, April 27-29, 2025, where you'll discover innovative strategies and practical solutions to enhance the well-being of animals in your community and beyond.
EveryCat Health Foundation Presents (fee applies): EveryCat Health Foundation and North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine are excited to partner once again for a feline health symposium! The focus this year is feline heart disease, including feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with some very exciting news being announced!
Maddie's Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to May 2024 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024
HASS Presents: et's explore Intake Triage strategies that help manage lost pet intake and streamline your intake process as a whole! Amanda Foster, HASS Programs Director, and Nichole Hazard, HASS Associate Director of Marketing & Communications, will discuss easy ways to better understand the "why" behind animals entering the shelter and the best practices for communicating effectively with your community.
Maddie's Fund Presents: From kids to grandparents, and even resident pets, there can be a lot of interaction going on in foster homes. So, how do we keep these environments safe and healthy for our foster animals? In this webinar, we’ll explore practical, safe, and effective sanitation tips tailored to foster homes. By the end, you’ll know even more than you already do about creating and maintaining clean, nurturing spaces that support your foster animals’ recovery and wellbeing.
The Bridge Club Presents: In this session we’ll explore the environmental impacts of the industry and ways to improve them, including actions to take to reduce climate change and waste in veterinary clinics and across the supply chain of medical supplies. we are so fortunate to have Margo Mosher, Senior Director, Global Sustainability with Mars Veterinary Health lead our discussion.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you ready to be part of the solution for feral and stray cats in your neighborhood? Our expert instructors will teach you best practices for Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) and colony management. Learn what TNR is and why it works.
Maddie's Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to May 2024 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024
California for All Animals Presents: On May 6, Director Alma Torres will discuss the Fresno Animal Center team's approach to community engagement. Join the call to learn how Fresno is fostering a more inclusive organizational culture and advancing welcoming practices, including reaching more adopters by offering bilingual support.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: During a disaster or emergency, every second counts in the animal reunification effort. A well-structured social media strategy can make all the difference in reuniting lost pets with their families. This webinar introduces an easy-to-use, template-driven approach designed for animal shelters to implement during a disaster or emergency, efficiently leveraging social media, maximizing online visibility, and reaching the right people when it matters most, supporting the animal reunification efforts from the start.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Using situational examples, this talk will review what is known about the role of companion animals in emerging infectious diseases in California, with a focus on H5N1 avian influenza. Opportunities for improved disease recognition by veterinarians and owner education on prevention strategies will be discussed.
CalAnimals Presents: Unlock the secrets to successful fundraising in this workshop! Discover the essentials of building a comprehensive fundraising program that delivers results. We'll dive into creating a powerful plan, unpacking the must-have elements to ensure a robust strategy that maximizes both funds raised and donor relationships. Take advantage of this opportunity to elevate your fundraising game!
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Our education experts will deliver a rich mix of insights on the latest in animal behavior and training science, research, challenges, and best practices. The conference includes in-person, livestream, and recorded access.
NACA/Justice Clearinghouse Presents: Participants will delve into essential principles that underpin effective and contemporary animal control programs. The curriculum offers a comprehensive framework intended to assist organizations contemplating the establishment of an animal control program or seeking to refine their existing initiatives. It serves as a strategic guide for evaluating and optimizing program architectures that effectively serve and support communities.
ASPCAPro Presents: This course will cover common toxidromes encountered in veterinary medicine, including anticholinergic, cholinergic, sympathomimetic, opioid and hyperthermic toxidromes. Dr. Hopkins will provide an overview of mechanisms, clinical presentations, treatment, diagnostic testing and considerations for approaching decontamination and unknown toxic exposures.
Maddie's Fund Presents: This talk will give background information regarding the online promotion of adoptable animals and will focus on the results of our recent study that analyzed the Facebook posts of several rural animal shelters to determine whether certain types of content (e.g., style/features of photos and videos, subject/tone of text, type/sex of animal, etc.) influenced engagement.
The Bridge Club Presents: Join us for a conversation on the future of accreditation for veterinary and veterinary technicians.
CVMA Presents (fee applies): Using situational examples, this talk will review what is known about the role of companion animals in emerging infectious diseases in California, with a focus on H5N1 avian influenza. Opportunities for improved disease recognition by veterinarians and owner education on prevention strategies will be discussed.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Our education experts will deliver a rich mix of insights on the latest in animal behavior and training science, research, challenges, and best practices. The conference includes in-person, livestream, and recorded access.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Our education experts will deliver a rich mix of insights on the latest in animal behavior and training science, research, challenges, and best practices. The conference includes in-person, livestream, and recorded access.
IAABC Presents (fee applies): Our education experts will deliver a rich mix of insights on the latest in animal behavior and training science, research, challenges, and best practices. The conference includes in-person, livestream, and recorded access.
Maddie's Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to May 2024 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024
Community Cats Podcast Presents (fee applies): After this conference, you and your agency will be prepared to implement a wildfire or other disaster response for cats in your community, including running a shelter-in-place program in the disaster zone, initial treatment and assessment after rescue, housing fire cats, pathways towards specific outcomes, reunification efforts and, ultimately, placement.
Shelter Animals Count Presents: To tackle the backlog of pets in shelters and rescues, boosting adoptions is essential. Join a panel of experts as they share the latest data-driven strategies for attracting adopters, matching them with the right pets and supporting them throughout the adoption journey. Gain insights into the adopter experience, from navigating online processes to visiting a local shelter, and walk away with practical tips to enhance adoptions at every stage while fostering community engagement.
Community Cats Podcast Presents (small fee applies): Are you deeply committed to ensuring that cats remain in their cherished homes? Step into the role of a certified Surrender Prevention Specialist and become a catalyst for positive change in the lives of our feline friends.
Outcomes Consulting Presents: This interactive, fast-paced session will teach you how to easily integrate AI into operations to save time, streamline processes, and improve outcomes. Whether you’re just getting started with AI or looking to expand your AI toolkit, this session will provide actionable insights and real-world examples to help your team work smarter and save more lives.
JYO Presents: The guided meditations happen every month and typically run 30-45 minutes. All are welcome to these very low-key sessions, with videos on or off, whatever feels most comfortable to you. No speaking is necessary unless you’d like to share at the end of the session.
The more cats you fix, the more impact your TNR program will have, right? Wrong! Spay/neuter volume alone is rarely enough by itself to keep consistently reducing a community's free-roaming cat population over time. Another aspect to the program needs to be identifying areas of high need (meaning, lots of cats) and then focusing TNR […]
Humane Network/UoP Presents (fee applies): Comprehensive behavior programs are essential to keep the animals behaviorally and emotionally healthy during their stay. This eight-week course will give you the knowledge and skills to develop an effective behavior program aimed at improving the welfare of the animals in your care.
Maddie's Fund Presents: Join us each Monday at 11am PT/2pm ET to receive support and learn about innovative ideas other organizations across the country are seeing success with. If you registered prior to May 2024 or are new to these meetings, please use this link to register:
https://maddies.fund/CommunityConvoRegistration2024
UC Davis KSMP Presents: A standing-room-only presentation at this year’s Animal Care Expo reinforced what we’ve all been thinking: It's time to move beyond the "gold standard" as the sole approach to veterinary medicine. While you may be familiar with spectrum of care and incremental care as methods to expand access, this workshop will advance those ideas by exploring contextualized care—what it is and how to implement it in shelters, community medicine and private practices. Join Dr. Sarah Mantovani, Kelly Bremken, MSSW, and Dr. Jennifer Bennett to identify barriers to care for companion animals, investigate the underlying causes of these challenges, and develop new strategies to reach underserved populations.
CalAnimals Presents: Join Gina Knepp from Petco Love and Sarah Aguilar, Director Santa Barbara County Animal Services Division, for an engaging session that will transform your approach to lost pet recovery! Discover the exciting enhancements of the Love Lost platform, packed with innovative features designed to bridge the gap between shelters and community members. Whether you are new to the platform or a seasoned user, this session promises valuable insights on maximizing its potential.
California for All Animals Presents: As food banks face funding cuts, communities are mobilizing to ensure individuals and families have access to food without judgment. At the next community of practice at the All Call, Laura Lampley, Miguel Ruelas, Jorge Delgado, and Cel Jimenez will share Pasadena Humane and Humane Society of Sonoma County's approaches to multicultural community engagement and supporting pet guardians experiencing food insecurity.
Open Door Veterinary Collective Presents: Join Open Door Veterinary Collective for lively conversations as we explore innovative and practical solutions that organizations are using to address barriers to accessing pet care and resources in their communities. This webcast highlights how Neighborhood Pets offers adaptable strategies for innovative community building in support of human and pet well-being!
Fear Free Shelters Presents: Join Fear Free Shelters for a webinar with Melyssa Allen, MA, NBC-HWC, DipACLM, as we explore the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and their role in supporting wellbeing. We’ll focus on the core behaviors of nutrition, physical activity, and sleep, and how they influence not only our physical health but the quality of care we provide to pets every day.
MCVMA Presents: Join MCVMA and shelter medicine professionals for an open panel discussion on the recently released WSAVA guidelines on pet sterilization and the broader, ongoing debate around spay/neuter practices. We’ll explore the implications of these guidelines for access to care, equity in veterinary medicine, and how structural bias shapes the way we define and approach “responsible pet ownership.” This conversation aims to bring diverse perspectives to a complex issue impacting communities, veterinarians, and the animals we serve.
CalAnimals Presents: To event or not to event—that is the question! Join us for an engaging workshop to explore whether special events should play a role in your fundraising strategy. Learn insider tips and proven techniques to plan unforgettable events that drive success and amplify your mission. Don’t miss this chance to take your fundraising to the next level!
National Kitten Coalition Presents: Specifically designed for foster families and kitten caregivers, this webinar will provide you with crucial knowledge on recognizing early symptoms, accessing timely care, and implementing effective vaccination and cleaning protocols to stop the spread of this devastating disease. Equip yourself with the tools and confidence to safeguard the health of the kittens you care for and make a lasting impact on their lives.
Maddie's Fund Presents: What do we mean when we recommend that puppies are ‘socialized’? Is there a role for mom in this? What about the home or environment into which the dog is born? Are the recommendations the same for puppies adopted young and older pups? When should puppies be adopted? What about pups that have some early trauma or neglect? What can we fix and what can we prevent? This webcast will review each of these issues, identify factors to which we should pay more attention, and discuss when interventions may help and what those could be.
MMPC/UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Shelter Learniverse Presents: Are you ready to take your career in animal sheltering to the next level? The Shelter Care Specialist Certification Program empowers frontline animal shelter workers to provide exceptional care, grounded in best practices, with a focus on improving outcomes for animals and communities.
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