Please note that the programme, and so the presentations' title, is preliminary and may evolve to adapt to speakers' availability and session needs.
~16 November 2026 — Online (Pre-workshop Webinar)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Webinar: An overview of ready-to-use dashboards for VBD management and pandemic preparedness | ||
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Welcome speech | Organising Committee |
| 12:10 – 13:00 | Dashboard overview | Kamil Erguler (VEClim) Cédric Marsboom (MOOD Platform) Stephanie Thomas (BayByeMos) Sergio Natal (CLIMOS) Adam Fisher (EpiOutlook) Paul Taconet (Cartopictus) |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Roundtable discussion + Q&A | All participants |
24 November 2026 — IWR, Heidelberg (Germany)
Morning Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Welcome and registration | — |
| 08:50 – 09:00 | Welcome speech | Organising Committee |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Keynote: Overview of West Nile virus in Europe and the USA | Wim Van Bortel |
| Session 1: West Nile Virus — data | ||
| 09:30 – 10:30 | What data do we have available for modelling the WNV enzootic cycle? | Cédric Marsboom Julian Heidecke Alex Richter-Boix Reina Sikkema David Roiz |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | ☕ Coffee break & Poster session | |
| Session 2: West Nile Virus — modelling | ||
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Estimating WNV force of infection through different data: avian biodiversity and human seroprevalence | Giovanni Marini |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | A hybrid ML-PDE model for the spread of WNV | Pride Duvel |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Process-based modelling of Culex mosquito dynamics and West Nile virus control | Renke Lühken |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Question time and discussion | Session moderators |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Turbo talks 3 early-career researchers, 5 min each — poster previews | — |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | 🍴 Lunch & Poster session | |
Afternoon Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Session 3: Ensemble forecasting and early warning | ||
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Probabilistic multi-model forecasting of infectious disease spread | Johannes Bracher |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | On the emergence of Usutu and West-Nile Virus into the Netherlands - A synthesis from 5 PhD projects | Quirine Ten Bosch |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Question time and discussion | Session moderators |
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Turbo talks 3 early-career researchers, 5 min each — poster previews | — |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | ☕ Coffee break & Poster session | |
| Session 4: Exploratory modelling work | ||
| 16:00 – 16:30 | TBA | Cédric Marsboom |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | TBA | Peter Fransson |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | TBA | Kamil Erguler |
25 November 2026 — IWR, Heidelberg (Germany)
Morning Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1: Protocols for projections and prediction challenges | ||
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Collaborative Hubs for Epidemic Forecasting | Johannes Bracher |
| 09:45 – 10:30 | Introduction to attributional studies | Stella Dafka |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | ☕ Coffee break & Poster session | |
| Session 2: Modelling challenge | ||
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Joint presentation and discussion of the Culex pipiens dynamics modelling challenge | TBA |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | 🍴 Lunch & Poster session | |
Afternoon Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Session 3: Discussion — Stakeholder involvement and effective communication | ||
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Group discussion | Joacim Rocklöv Angela Okune |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Wrap-up, roadmap, and next steps | All participants |
26 November 2026 — IWR, Heidelberg (Germany)
Morning Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1: Training — data and modelling tools | ||
| 08:30 – 09:30 | Introduction to spatiotemporal machine learning — hands-on tutorials in R | Daniele Da Re |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Introduction to ODE modelling in R | TBA |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | ☕ Coffee break & Poster session | |
| Session 2: Training — climate change attribution | ||
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Introduction to climate data | Stella Dafka |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Wrap-up, roadmap, and next steps | All participants |