Jul 24, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
Join BEVA President Imogen Burrows, Congress Chair Edd Knowles, Nursing Stream Lead Kassie Hill and long-time exhibitor Tullis Matson for an exclusive preview of BEVA Congress 2026. Hear how this…
Imogen BurrowsGuest
Cassie HillGuestTalis MattsonGuest
Ed KnowlesGuestSo I'm going to start with you, Imogen, again.
Could you tell us a little bit about your theme and your vision for this year's Congress?
I mean, obviously, at the start of this, you know, we are a good bunch of people that love to have a laugh and a joke.
But at the end of the day, the presidential theme for this year was everyday welfare.
And anyone that knows me and probably everyone that doesn't now, now knows that welfare is a really important thing to me.
being a vet, sticking with practice and wanting to share all the information I've learned and got from colleagues, with colleagues, with clients, you know, to better animal well-being for the animals under our care.
You know, we sort of think about the catastrophes and the emaciated horses and you know the abandoned horses are the real real disasters but actually it's something that we deal with every day you know every animal that we're taking care of and everyday welfare is about people as well it's about our team it's about our colleagues that we're with every day day in day out from the office staff to the grooms to the nursing teams to the veterinary colleagues, to the specialists in our hospitals, all the people we chat to in the labs and beyond.
And it really is just such a broad, we've tried to make it such a broad encompassing discussion.
So practically, I think it's something that has This year, everything for everybody from the specialist level, but really, really importantly to people like me, ambulatory vets who are first opinion clinicians who are just seeing cases day in, day out on the road.
And sometimes you just feel a little bit isolated, a little bit out of the discussion.
And I wanted it to really be grounded at grassroots foundational level and then build up layer after layer.
Brilliant.
Thank you, Imogen.
Yeah, I think that certainly from looking at the programme, that theme's come through really strongly and I think you've achieved what you set out.
It'll be really good to see that come to fruition.
So I'm going to start with you, Imogen, again.
Could you tell us a little bit about your theme and your vision for this year's Congress?
I mean, obviously, at the start of this, you know, we are a good bunch of people that love to have a laugh and a joke.
But at the end of the day, the presidential theme for this year was everyday welfare.
And anyone that knows me and probably everyone that doesn't now, now knows that welfare is a really important thing to me.
being a vet, sticking with practice and wanting to share all the information I've learned and got from colleagues, with colleagues, with clients, you know, to better animal well-being for the animals under our care.
You know, we sort of think about the catastrophes and the emaciated horses and you know the abandoned horses are the real real disasters but actually it's something that we deal with every day you know every animal that we're taking care of and everyday welfare is about people as well it's about our team it's about our colleagues that we're with every day day in day out from the office staff to the grooms to the nursing teams to the veterinary colleagues, to the specialists in our hospitals, all the people we chat to in the labs and beyond.
And it really is just such a broad, we've tried to make it such a broad encompassing discussion.
So practically, I think it's something that has This year, everything for everybody from the specialist level, but really, really importantly to people like me, ambulatory vets who are first opinion clinicians who are just seeing cases day in, day out on the road.
And sometimes you just feel a little bit isolated, a little bit out of the discussion.
And I wanted it to really be grounded at grassroots foundational level and then build up layer after layer.
Brilliant.
Thank you, Imogen.
Yeah, I think that certainly from looking at the programme, that theme's come through really strongly and I think you've achieved what you set out.
It'll be really good to see that come to fruition.
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