Royal College Day 2023

On Friday, 7 July 2023 we held Royal College Day, our Annual General Meeting, Council Meeting and Honours and Awards Ceremony celebrating achievements within the veterinary and veterinary nursing professions. Recordings of both sections of the event are available to watch below.

Annual General Meeting/Council Meeting

1. Welcome and Opening Address
2. AGM notification statement and approval of 2022 AGM minutes
3. Presentation of the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2022
4. Questions from members
5. Council elections, new members and retirements
6. Announcement of date and venue for 2024 AGM
7. Address by RCVS CEO Lizzie Lockett
8. Meeting to elect President, Vice-Presidents and Treasurer

Honours and Awards Ceremony

9. Welcome back and overview of the Honours & Awards presentations
10. Presentation of RCVS Knowledge Awards for Quality Improvement
11. Presentation of books to the RCVS Knowledge Library from BSAVA
12. Presentation of the RCVS Student Community Awards
13. Presentation of the RCVS International Awards
14. Presentation of the RCVS Impact Awards
15. Presentation of the RCVS Inspiration Awards
16. Presentation of the RCVS Queen’s Medal
17. Address from Chair of VN Council
18. Investiture of new VN Chair
19. Address from the new VN Chair
20. Address from outgoing RCVS President
21. Investiture of new President and Vice-Presidents
22. Investiture of Officer Team
23. Remarks from the new RCVS President
24. Talk from Guest Speaker – Doris-Ann Williams MBE, Chief Executive BIVDA. Doris-Ann Williams' talk commences at 1h:17m of the RCVS Day Awards recording.

Guest Speaker

During the day, as well as celebrating with those receiving RCVS and RCVS Knowledge awards, we were joined by our invited keynote speaker Doris-Ann Williams MBE, Chief Executive at BIVDA whose presentation was 'Antimicrobial resistance: the hidden pandemic. A one-health perspective'.