1st edition of conference
WARSAW EQUINE ACADEMY
NECK & BACK DYSFUNCTION IN SPORTS HORSES
Airport Hotel Okęcie in Warsaw | 26-28 June 2025
Organizator contact:
warsawequineacademy@gmail.com
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Warsaw Equine Academy
Conference program
Neck & Back Dysfunction
In Sports Horses
The conference will be translated simultaneously
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Day 1
June 26, 2025
8:00
Registration
8:45
Opening
9:00 - 11:00
Practical aspects of horse examination - is orthopedic examination sufficient? (S.Dyson)
11:00 - 11:30
Break
11:30 - 13:30
Cervical spine diseases based on clinical cases - stiff neck is not everything!
-pain and stiffness of the neck (P. Benoit)
-lameness of the thoracic limbs associated with neck disease (P. Benoit)
-pathology in the cervical spine associated with riding (S. Dyson)
-ataxia, ECVM (S.Dyson)
-pain and stiffness of the neck (P. Benoit)
-lameness of the thoracic limbs associated with neck disease (P. Benoit)
-pathology in the cervical spine associated with riding (S. Dyson)
-ataxia, ECVM (S.Dyson)
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Imaging in diagnostics - necessity or support?
- Ultrasonography and computed tomography (P. Benoit)
- Radiography (S. Dyson)
- Ultrasonography and computed tomography (P. Benoit)
- Radiography (S. Dyson)
16:00 - 16:30
Break
16:30 - 18:00
The last step to success - methods of treating pathologies in the neck:
- Injection and surgical treatment (P. Benoit)
- Manual therapies (K. Żukiewicz)
- Injection and surgical treatment (P. Benoit)
- Manual therapies (K. Żukiewicz)
18:00 - 18:30
Discussion
19:30
Dinner and integration meeting
Day 2
June 27, 2025
Day 3
June 28, 2025
The conference is dedicated only to veterinarians
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Prelegents
Meet our experts
Sue Dyson
Sue Dyson is a graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge. She was involved in the clinical management of lameness and poor performance at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket, UK. For 37 years she has treated horses from all over the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Since 2019 she has worked as an independent consultant.
Sue's main interests are improving the diagnosis of lameness and poor performance in horses and maximizing their ability to fulfil their sporting potential, and a holistic approach to horse, rider and equipment. In addition to providing clinical services, she has also provided important clinical research and education.
She has published over 430 articles in leading journals. She is the co-author of Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse, Clinical Radiology of the Horse and Equine Scintigraphy, and Harmonious Horsemanship: Use of the Ridden Horse Ethogram to Optimize Potential, Partnership and Performance, in which she describes the equine pain ethogram.
She is a former president of the British Equine Veterinary Association and is currently a scientific advisor to the Saddle Research Trust and Moorcroft Rehabilitation Centre. She is certified as an instructor and stable manager by the British Horse Society (BHSI).
She has received a lot of international awards for her work, including induction into the University of Kentucky Equine Research Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to equine research, honorary membership of the British Equine Veterinary Association and the Societa Italiana Veterinari Per Equini in Italy, the 1998 award for the Frank J. Milne Award from the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the Tierklinik Hochmoor Award in Germany for outstanding, creative and long-term work in the field of equine treatment. She was also involved in clinical research and education.
She has lectured in Poland many times.
Philippe Benoit
DVM, MS, DACVSMR
He graduated from the National Veterinary School of Paris-Alfort, where he later worked as an associate professor. He holds a diploma from the American College of Veterinary Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation. For many years, he prepared horses in his clinic in France for prestigious show jumping competitions (including the World Championships and the Olympic Games).
He treated horses and was a consultant in the field of equine orthopedics for various equestrian federations (France, USA, Brazil, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Greece), where he also prepared horses for top-level competitions. He has been a member of the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) Veterinary Committee and the Board of the French Equine Veterinarians Association. He has served as FEI Vet Course Director (France 2014, Zimbabwe 2015, France 2016).
He was the President of ISHVA from 2011-2012 and 2016-2022. He is currently a member of the PR committee of the American Veterinary College of Sports Medicine, Equine High Performance Sport Group, American Association of Equine Practitioners and the Director of the Equine Sport Horse Foundation.
He has lectured at a lot of national and international scientific meetings and seminars, including: at the Royal Veterinary Conference in Dublin in 2007, as well as at the Dutch (2007), Italian (2008), Austrian (2009-2012) and Swedish (2006-2019) conventions.
He currently treats horses and provides private consultations in the field of equine sports medicine in California. He works closely with his wife Katarzyna Żukiewicz, thanks to which they provide a holistic approach to each patient.
He also consults the top sport horses in Poland.
Katarzyna Żukiewicz
A graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, where she began working at the Horse Clinic after completing her studies. At the same time, she began postgraduate studies in equine physiotherapy and chiropractic in Sweden and Germany.
Since 2009, she has been involved in sports medicine, physiotherapy and horse rehabilitation. Since 2012, she has worked mainly in southern California and Wellington, Florida, where she prepares horses for jumping and dressage competitions, working closely with her husband Philippe Benoit.
Specjalizuje się w terapii manualnej (chiropraktyka, osteopatia, integracja mięśniowo - powięziowa), akupunkturze, elektro fizjoterapii, rehabilitacji ortopedycznej, biomechanice oraz PNF.
Od 2012 roku jest czynnym lekarzem FEI.
She specializes in manual therapy (chiropractic, osteopathy, myofascial integration), acupuncture, electrophysiotherapy, orthopedic rehabilitation, biomechanics and PNF.
Since 2012, she has been an active FEI permitted veterinary doctor. She is a member of many associations and organizations, including: PTH, AVCA (American Veterinary Chiropractic Association), IVAS (International Veterinary Acupuncture Society), AAVA (American Acupuncture Veterinary Association), VEPRA (Veterinary European Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Association). Lectures at symposia and congresses in America (Brazil, USA) and Europe (France).
Visits Poland as a consultant many times.
Conference fees
Register till 15.04.2025*
2600 PLN gross (23% VAT)
Register after 15.04.2025*
2900 PLN gross (23% VAT)
Workshops 28.06.2025
on Trelavets Clinic near Warsaw
(Solec 222, 05-532 Solec)
limited number of places
1200 PLN gross (23% VAT)
*The fee includes participation in two days of lectures (26-27.06), coffee breaks, lunches, dinner at the Aviator Club in the hotel and conference materials.
You can book a place for the workshop by e-mail at:
warsawequineacademy@gmail.com,
and after the organizer confirms the booking, you can pay fee.
The conference is dedicated only to veterinarians
Conference venue
Hotel Airport Okęcie
The success of an event relies on many aspects. One of them is location.
Our conference will take place in the Airport Hotel Okęcie in Warsaw.
The hotel is conveniently located in the immediate vicinity of Warsaw Chopin Airport and close to the intersection of expressways S2, S7, and S8.
Many years of experience organizing various types of events, a large accommodation base, a rich gastronomic offer, fitness and spa areas, in our opinion, make it a perfect venue for the WARSAW EQUINE ACADEMY 'Neck & Back Dysfunction in Sports Horses’ Conference.
Since the comfort of our guests is one of our main priorities, the lectures will take place in a beautiful, spacious conference room with a private foyer, and a team-building meeting will be held in the hotel's Aviator Club - an atmospheric place with an impressive view of the city skyline.
We recommend accommodation at the Airport Hotel Okecie. Our participants will be entitled to a 20% discount.
Airport Hotel Okęcie
ul. Komitetu Obrony Robotników 24
02-148 Warszawa
Warsaw Equine Academy
About us
The WARSAW EQUINE ACADEMY project was born in the minds of professionals involved in treating horses, who wanted to broaden their knowledge and offer the same possibility to their colleagues.
Our motto: "PRACTICIANS TO PRACTICIANS"
We would like the WEA conference to become a recurring event in the international hippiatric calendar, dedicated to those who want to extend their knowledge and skills regardless of previous work experience. The speakers who will give their lectures are world-class veterinarians who deal with the treatment of sports horses daily.
We do our best to make the WEA conferences an elite event for specialists in horse treatment, organized annually in Warsaw. We will do our best to meet your expectations and have our ears open to suggestions regarding your areas of interest and topics that you would like to be covered during our future conference that would bring value to your practices.
We will be very pleased to develop this project together with you, focusing on a practical, holistic approach to our patients.
We diagnose, treat and rehabilitate.
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