**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS CONFERENCE GRANT PROPOSAL IS OF RELEVANCE TO THE DISEASES OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS PROGRAM PRIORITY AREA (A1221) AND IS TO SUPPORT A VETERINARY VIROLOGY THEMED SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE JUNE 24TH 2024, AT THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR VIROLOGY (ASV) ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT THE GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, HOSTED BY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. THE ASV ANNUAL MEETING IS THE PRIMARY VIROLOGY MEETING IN NORTH AMERICA, ATTRACTING OVER 1,700 INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY, AND IT IS VITAL THAT INDIVIDUALS STUDYING ANIMAL VIRUSES ARE WELL-REPRESENTED. MOREOVER, THE LAST ASV VETERINARY VIROLOGY SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM WAS HELD IN 2021, AND SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OUTBREAKS OF ANIMAL VIRUSES OF SEVERE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY. IT IS THEREFORE TIMELY TO HOST ANOTHER SYMPOSIUM WITH A VETERINARY VIROLOGY THEME. BRIEFLY, THERE WILL BE SIX TALKS FROM EXPERTS IN CATTLE, EQUINE, SWINE, POULTRY, AND WILDLIFE VIRUSES, WHO REPRESENT ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT, AND INDUSTRY LABS UNDERTAKING RESEARCH ON FUNDAMENTAL VIROLOGY, VACCINOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND SURVEILLANCE. THE GOAL IS TO BRING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS THAT WORK ON ANIMAL VIRUSES SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN AN INTERACTIVE MEETING, HEAR CUTTING-EDGE INFORMATION FROM EXPERTS, AND SHARE QUESTIONS, IDEAS, TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES. THE ATTENDEES WILL INCLUDE STUDENTS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, MID-CAREER AND SENIOR SCIENTISTS. THE SYMPOSIUM WILL SYNERGIZE COLLABORATIONS, STIMULATE FUTURE RESEARCH AVENUES, SHOWCASE THE DIVERSITY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO VIROLOGY RESEARCHERS IN THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR, AND STRENGTHEN LINKS BETWEEN ASV AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT US AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE LONG-TERM.