Workshop venue

Except for the ECG reading session on Wednesday evening 7 November, all workshops (7 & 8 November) and the Diplomate day (8 November) will take place at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University (Salisburylaan 133, 9820 , Merelbeke, Belgium).

Transportation between the NH Gent Belfort hotel and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will be arranged by bus (approximately 30 minutes, depending on traffic).
Busses will leave from the NH-hotel at 13.30h on Wednesday, at 7.30h on Thursday morning and at 12.00h on Thursday afternoon. Return transportation by bus from the Faculty will be arranged after the workshops.

A sandwich lunch is provided at the Faculty for those delegates that have a morning and afternoon workshop reservation and for Diplomates attending the Specialist Day on cardiology.

The evening session on ECG reading will take place at the NH Gent Belfort hotel.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

In 2017, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Ghent University was ranked as best Veterinary Faculty on the Shangai ‘Academic Ranking of World Universities’. It currently hosts over 2500 students with more than 250 new veterinarians graduating every year. The Veterinary School was founded in 1933 as "Veeartsenijschool" in the heart of the city of Ghent. The Belgian Nobel prize winner Prof. Dr. Cornelius Heymans, played an important role in the establishment of the Ghent Veterinary School. In 1996 the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine moved to a large clinical campus in Merelbeke, a small town in the suburb of Ghent, in order to provide and improve the housing facilities suitable for veterinary medicine.

Ghent University

Ghent University was founded in 1817, during the Dutch reign of Prince William of Orange-Nassau, and thus predates the Belgian nation as we know it today. Becoming ‘Ghent University’ in 1991, it currently hosts over 56000 students and around 9000 staff members. Ghent University has about 120 departments across 11 faculties, offering high-quality research-based educational programs in virtually every scientific discipline. Its appeal as an institute of higher education growing every year, Ghent University is now a top 100 university and the largest university in Belgium.