The WCVD10 Organizing Committee, our professional congress organizer, our venue and our sponsors are committed to making WCVD10 as green as we can. We have implemented a wide range of sustainable initiatives to reduce our environmental impact. 

• You can offset the carbon footprint of your travel by buying trees for the Veterinary Dermatology Grove in Scotland, home of the WAVD. You can calculate your travel carbon footprint here.
• All Organizing Committee meetings were virtual or hybrid (held at national meetings), therefore decreasing travel throughout the past 5 years of planning.
• Venue West, our professional congress organizer (PCO) will donate 1% of their income from WCVD10 to One Percent for the Planet.
• Our congress venue makes efforts to be more environmentally sustainable. Non-dairy (oat) milk and plant-based foods will be available.
• No paper tickets for social events. Your badge is your pass to all things WCVD10.
• We are not preprinting and shipping registration badges. You will print them yourselves at kiosks during registration.
• All notes will be digital and available on the app or can be downloaded to your tablet or laptop. They will be available to registrants 10 to 14 days in advance.
• We will have a congress app with all needed information.
• Lanyards are made of recycled plastic. Ideas for how to repurpose them after the congress can be found here.
• The sponsored congress bag is a lightweight, packable cotton tote. It can be reused as a shopping bag after the congress.
• We are not stuffing congress bags. You can bring the tote bag with you to the exhibition hall and collect informational material.
• Except for offsite wet labs there will be no buses. All social events are within walking distance of the host hotels and the Hynes Convention Center.
• You can take public transit from Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS) to the Hynes Convention Center or share a ride.