Please note that the program is alive and may evolve to adapt to our needs and wishes.
The Modelling Training Sessions 1-3 are aimed at participants with at least a working knowledge of R, focusing on practical skills such as formulating models, linking them to environmental data, and applying tips and techniques for real-world scenarios. For instance, a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher can explore how to use a model to predict vector dynamics or disease risk in their region, or adapt it to include new environmental factors or represent different species. To streamline setup, we have prepared a GitHub repository and published a corresponding Docker image on Docker Hub, which runs a JupyterLab server accessible externally via any web browser.
Day 1: 17th September 2025
Morning
| Session | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Welcome and registration | ||
| 9:00 - 11:00 | Training session part 1 Observational datasets and environmental covariates | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 9:00 | An introduction to the Copernicus Data Store for disease modeling applications | Cyril Caminade | |
| 10:00 | Fitting thermal performance curves with BayesTPC R package | Paul Huxley | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30 - 13:30 | Training session part 2 Advanced modelling session 1 | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 11:30 | Deterministic and ODE Models (ArboCarto) | Pachka Hammami | |
| 12:30 | Physics-Informed Neural Networks and ODEs in vector population dynamics modelling | Mina Petrić | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch break | ||
Afternoon
| Session | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:30 - 18:00 | Training session part 3 Advanced modelling session 2 | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 14:30 | Stochastic models: dynamAedes | Daniele Da Re | |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 15:45 | Structured population models: sPop and PopJSON | Kamil Erguler | |
| 16:45 | Coffee Break | ||
| 17:00 | Phenotypic plasticity and DDE models | Dominic Brass | |
19:30 Social Aperò (Downtown, XXXX)
Day 2: 18th September 2025
Morning
| Session | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Welcome and registration | ||
| 9:00 - 9:15 | Welcome address Marios Violaris, Ministry of Health, Cyprus | ||
| 9:15 - 9:45 | Summary of the previous workshop on Aedes albopictus | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 9:15 | Preliminary results on Aedes albopictus dynamics in Italy and beyond | Kamil Erguler | |
| 9:30 | Modeling the risk posed by Aedes mosquitoes in Europe: Identifying research needs from public health stakeholders and field entomologists | Daniele Da Re | |
| 9:45 - 11:00 | Modelling Aedes aegypti | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 9:45 | Keynote address by Cyril Caminade The risk posed by Aedes aegypti in Cyprus and the wider Mediteranean region | ||
| 10:15 | Aedes aegypti life history traits variability | Paul Huxley | |
| 10:30 | Summary of open access observational vector presence and abundance datasets | William Wint (online) | |
| 10:45 | Epidemiological data harmonisation: WHO experience | Chloe Morgan Rice | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Training data session Surveillance data (data on Aedes aegypti in the EMME region and beyond) | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 11:15 | Cyprus | TBA | |
| 11:30 | Türkiye | Mustafa Akıner | |
| 11:45 | Aedes aegypti in Egypt, a newly re-emerged and established arboviral vector: History, current status and plan for risk management and control | Emad Khater | |
| 12:00 | Madeira | Hugo Costa Osório (online) | |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch | ||
Afternoon
| Session | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 13:30 - 15:45 | Models session | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 13:30 | Innovative modelling tools for strengthening global health resilience | Martín Lotto Batista | |
| 13:50 | The work of Joacim Rocklow's team | Julian Heidecke | |
| 14:10 | Spatio-temporal validation of two mechanistic models of Aedes aegypti population dynamics in ten Argentine localities | Veronica Andreo (online) | |
| 14:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 14:45 | Results of the Aedes aegypti modelling exercise (all our models in a unique presentation) | Kamil and Daniele | |
| 15:05 | UKEHC's model of Aedes aegypti (delayed differential equations) | Benedict Fellows | |
| 15:25 | PesTwin, the biology-informed Digital-Twin transforming Integrated Pest Management | Andrea De Antoni | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Discussion session | ||
| Time | Activity | ||
| 16:00 | Group discussions | ||
| 16:45 | First general discussion | ||
20:30 Social Dinner (Downtown, XXXX)
Day 3: 19th September 2025
Morning
| Session | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Embedding Policy in your Research Plans to Influence Change in Climate and Health Practice - Avriel Diaz |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:45 |
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| 12:45 - 13:00 | Concluding remarks & questionnaire |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
Afternoon
| Session | Activity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 - 18:00 | Training session part 4 Early Warning System Dashboards | ||
| Time | Title | Speaker | |
| 14:00 | GHRtools | Martín Lotto Batista | |
| 15:00 | VEClim | Kamil Erguler | |
| 16:00 | MOOD | Cedric Marsboom | |
| 17:00 | Additional tools (?) | TBA | |