Preparedness, Prediction and Prevention of Emerging Zoonotic Viruses - Challenges and Opportunities

Objectives of the workshop

• Highlight the socio-economic burden and challenges represented by re-emergence and epidemics due to emerging zoonotic viruses

• Review opportunities based on the results of the PREDEMICS project, that provided identification of risk factors for zoonotic viruses emergence and species barrier crossing, identified conditions of transmission, spread and persistence, and uncovered mechanisms of host-virus interplay that could serve as basis for intervention strategies

• Discuss the way forward towards improved preparedness, prediction and prevention of emerging zoonotic viruses by integration of science, communication, and policy.
  
  

Programme Outline

6 April 2017

12:00-13:30 Lunch

12:00-13:45 Registration

13:45-14:00 Welcome - Objectives of the workshop

14:00-14:30 One Health 2.0 – science to policy

14:30-17:30 Socio-economic aspects of epidemics

20:00 Gala dinner

7 April 2017

8:30-9:00 Welcome coffee

9:00-9:20 General introduction of PREDEMICS

9:20-10:10 High risk factors for emergence from the environment and species barrier crossing

10:10-11:00 Transmission, spread and persistence

11:00-11:30 Coffee-break

11:30-12:20 From virus host interplay to intervention strategies

12:20- 12:40 Summary of key messages

12:40-13:00 Networking and training to promote One Health for the next generation of scientists and Public Health officers

13:00 Lunch

14:00-16:50 The way forward

16:50-17:30 General Discussion and closing remarks

17:30 End of meeting - departures