Programme
Moderators : S. Roelandt, V. Vandenberge, W. van der Poel, R. Bodewes & J. van der Giessen
09:30 - 10:00 Registration and coffee
10:00 - 10:05 Welcome (Paul Heyman,BWDS & Wim van der Poel, DSWH)
Keynote speech
10:05 - 10:50 Landscapes and infectious disease - where are the boundaries? (Richard Kock, RVC – UK)
Session: drivers of emerging diseases
10:50 - 11:10 Invasive species (Tim Adriaens, INBO – BE)
11:10 - 11:30 Avian Influenza in migrating birds (Marjolein Poen, ErasmusMC – NL)
11:30 - 11:50 Rabies in bats and wolves (Steven Van Gucht, WIV – BE)
11:50 - 12:30 Spread of Echinococcus multilocularis in foxes in the Netherlands and Belgium
(Joke van der Giessen, RIVM – NL & Leen Claes, ITG – BE)
12:10 - 12:30 Poster pitches (max. 3 slides and 3 minutes each)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch/Poster session (on site)
Session: specific habitats in relation to conservation biology/ecology
14:00 - 14:30 Infections in Ecosystems (Hans Heesterbeek, FD – NL)
14:30 - 14:50 Toxoplasma in Marine mammals (Norbert Van de Velde, UGent – Be)
14:50 - 15:10 Ecological drivers of Lyme borreliosis (Hein Sprong, RIVM – NL)
15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
Session: surveillance WL diseases & public Health
15:30 - 15:50 Wildlife surveillance in Belgium (Annick Linden, Ulg – BE)
15:50 - 16:10 Wildlife surveillance in the Netherlands (Andrea Gröne, DWHC – NL)
16:10 - 16:30 Wild boar: CSF & ASF (Willy Loeffen, CVI – NL)
16:30 Closing remarks, poster awards & drinks
