The convention will take place at the Centro di Formazione Protezione Civile in Rivera (Switzerland), 10 km from both cities of Lugano and Bellinzona.
Aerial view of the convention's location
THE INSTRUCTORS
LOUISE WILSON - NATURE GROUP Founder and CEO of Conservation K9 Consultancy, Louise Viljoen has pursued single-handedly the development of dogs to work in conservation in the UK and was able to secure work in Gabon and Tanzania. Now as an independent Consultant, she is the founder and Owner of Conservation K9 Consultancy - offering her services UK and worldwide for both wildlife Monitoring and wildlife Crime detection.
WESLEY VISSCHER and MARIO HASPELS - SUBSTANCES GROUP Founder and CEO of Scent Imprint for Dogs, Wesley Visscher is a young, yet experienced K9 Instructor for Detection and Tracking Dogs. He works as an independent trainer, and his dogs are deployed internationally.
Mario Haspels is a K9 Detection and Tracking Instructor working with Scent Imprint for Dogs, an independent organization from the Netherlands, providing trained K9 to many international institutions.
ILKKA HORMILA - HRD GROUP Founder and CEO of K9 IlMa Glibal Training.. During his police K9-career of over 40 years Ilkka worked for example at The Police Dog Training Centre in Finland as a teacher for K9 Scent Detection Unit training, tracking, search, ID-detection and Explosive and Arson and Cadaver detection dogs, and also served in operational duties with his own dogs.