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Cal Lai
Chairman & CEO
Ask.vet
AskVet
Website: https://askvet.app/
AskVet is the leading AI and data-driven technology company in animal health. We use AI and our proprietary companion animal and livestock data to build highly intelligent veterinary agents that will join the workforce – enhancing engagement, improving efficiency, and supporting revenue growth for animal health organizations.
In 2023, AskVet introduced VERA (Veterinary Engagement & Relationship Agent), the world’s only AI veterinarian. VERA is trained on over 2.5 million recorded conversations between veterinarians and animal owners, curricula from six veterinary colleges, and more than 180 curated medical, nutritional, and behavioral data sets. She currently converses in 50 languages.
As a customizable conversational AI, VERA powers medical triage, operational support, customer acquisition, sales, retention, and back-end automation – making her an invaluable asset across the animal health ecosystem.
Demand in the US for animal health care for both companion animals and food production animals is outpacing supply of qualified veterinarians and technicians. The US animal health industry needs to use data and AI to augment and expand the available supply of human veterinary expertise to close the supply and demand gap. And the problem is much worse if you look at the global growth of companion and food production animals. AskVet has created a suite of data/AI products on the VERA platform where companion and food animal businesses can use their propriety data and VERA’s veterinary expertise to create differentiation and competitive advantage.
Dr. Kimberly Simmons
Director Global Regulatory Affairs
Clinglobal
Clinglobal
Website: https://www.clinglobal.com/
Clinglobal is a global, science-based, quality-driven group dedicated to accelerating innovation by providing services and solutions to the animal care industry through the ever-expanding Clinglobal group of companies. Animals are our passion, and people are our strength. Together, we better lives by accelerating animal health innovation.
Our unique business model allows the animal health industry and community to benefit from simplified, comprehensive, and customisable contracting solutions for animal health and nutrition product development and registration.
Our group include companies such as Clinvet (preclinical and lab clinical studies in companion and production animals), Clindata (data management and statistical analysis solutions), Clinomics (molecular biology, clinical pathology and immunology R&D laboratory), rtilab (microbiology and clinical pathology R&D laboratory) and Clinglobal (product development consultancy, regulatory affairs and quality assurance services), as well as an extensive network of strategic partners across geographies and fields of expertise.
Paul Dick
President
Paul Dick & Associates
Dr Paul Dick D.V.M. M.Sc. obtained his veterinary medical degree with honours in 1984.
While working in clinical practice he completed his Masters in Immunology and Virology transitioning into the Pharmaceutical industry in 1988. Dr. Dick has over 25 years experience in the pharmaceutical space including general management and leadership roles, business development, commercialization, regulatory affairs, and product development encompassing medicinal, non-medicinal and natural health products.
His work in this sector has ranged from small “start up” companies to medium and large multi-nationals functioning in various capacities from research to COO and CEO.
Dr. Dick has worked extensively with Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on numerous regulatory submissions and on several Departmental Committees.
In addition he has been a recipient of the NSERC Synergy Award and has served as a peer reviewer of NSERC strategic grants. He is currently heading his own consulting firm ( Paul Dick and Associates Ltd.) and is the managing partner and president of a venture capital partnership (Vet Venture Capital Inc.).
Paul Dick and Associates
Website: https://pauldickassociates.com/
Paul Dick & Associates Ltd (PDA) was created in 2010 to meet the needs of large, medium and small animal health companies wishing to develop and commercialize new technologies and products. In 2017, PDA expanded into the human health space to offer its services to companies developing new technologies and services for the human health market.
PDA has a highly experienced team that, in combination with other partner organizations (Contract Research Organizations, Contract Development/ Manufacturing Organizations, Veterinary Colleges, Private Research Facilities), makes for a best in class Human and Animal Health consulting firm.
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Karin Jager
Senior Vice President, Strategic Client Partnerships
Circa Healthcare
Circa Healthcare
Website: https://www.circahealthcare.com/
We’re an Animal-health and Petcare focused, strategic marketing and communications agency. We know there’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ communications challenge. That’s why we unite a unique blend of strategy, collaboration, creativity, and understanding of the Petcare and Animal Healthcare worlds—and everything in them—that you won’t find anywhere else to produce abnormally brilliant results for our clients. It’s not normal. But that’s what we’re all about.
