RVT, VTS (Emergency and Critical Care) (Anesth/Analgesia) Harold Davis is a veterinary practice educational consultant and the former Manager of the Emergency and Critical Care Service at the UC Davis William R Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. He is a RECOVER CPR certified instructor. Harold has been in the profession for 49 years. As co-founder of the Academy of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Technicians, Harold was instrumental in obtaining from North American Veterinary Technicians Association provisional recognition for technicians as specialist. This is the first organization to receive this acceptance. He is also a charter member of the Academy of Veterinary Technicians in Anesthesia and Analgesia. He is the past president of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society. Harold is the first non-veterinarian elected to this position of this 5000 plus member organization. He is the Treasurer of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America. In addition, he is a past President of the Board of Directors for the North American Veterinary Community. Harold has served on various boards and continuing education program committees. Harold is the recipient of many awards and honors; most recently the 2020 Continuing Educator of the Year Award - Veterinary Technician at the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas Nevada, USA. Harold is proud of the fact that he was made an honorary member of the Veterinary Nursing Council of Australia during the 2023 Conference. He is an international speaker haven spoken in 16 countries. Harold has published several book chapters, journal articles. The second edition of his co-edited book entitled Advanced Monitoring and Procedures for Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care was recently published.

Marcia is a registered veterinary nurse specialist and an international speaker. Having 20 years’ experience in veterinary anaesthesia, she started her career working for the Massey University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in New Zealand and was the senior anaesthesia nurse there for over 16 years. In 2011 she became New Zealand’s first Veterinary Technician Specialist in Anaesthesia and Analgesia. She has been awarded New Zealand’s “Vet Nurse of the Year”, and several teaching awards including “Teacher of the Year”. Marcia is also a RECOVER certified instructor of both basic and advanced CPR. In 2020 Marcia left the university teaching life and created The Pink Stethoscope, her platform to elevate veterinary anaesthesia within the entire veterinary community. Through The Pink Stethoscope she independently provides postgraduate veterinary anaesthesia education, training, webinars and consultations both nationally and internationally. Marcia loves all aspects of veterinary anaesthesia teaching. Her passion has always been instilling anaesthesia knowledge to the greater veterinary profession - to make a somewhat challenging subject less stressful, and ultimately to empower veterinary professionals to continue their anaesthesia learning journey. Away from work Marcia is a busy kiwi mum, enjoying her home life with her husband, daughter, son, and very special “fur-daughter” Minnie the tuxedo cat.

Trish Farry is a registered veterinary nurse with specialist qualifications in emergency/critical care and anaesthesia/analgesia. She is a lecturer and clinical instructor in anaesthesia at The University of Queensland. Her areas of teaching include emergency medicine, anaesthesia, analgesia and clinical practices for undergraduate veterinary and veterinary technology students. Professional positions held include: Past-President of the Academy of Emergency and Critical Care Technicians and Nurses (AVECCTN) and past Board member of the Academy of Veterinary Technician Anesthetists (AVTAA), the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (IVAPM) and VNCA. In 2018 she was honoured to receive the VNCA Veterinary Nurse of the Year and the AVECCT Speciality Technician of the Year awards. Trish is a passionate advocate of lifelong learning and is active in the development of CPD opportunities for nurses and technicians both nationally and internationally. Her belief is that fundamental to the future of veterinary nursing is having a strong national association that is active in recognising the challenges faced by our profession and is proactive in discussions and collaboration with the membership and other stakeholders.