29 Mar
30 Mar

Uppsala

One Health Sweden Scientific Meeting 2022: Pandemics and preparedness

It is time for our next scientific meeting! The theme is “Pandemics and preparedness”. You find information regarding the program, how to register etc. below.

Time and venue

The meeting is held March 29-30, lunch to lunch, at Kalmar student nation, Svartmangatan 3, Uppsala, Sweden but also digitally (a “hybrid” meeting). 

Registration

For registration and more info, follow this link. See program below. Please register 1 March 2022 at the latest and most welcome!

Sections of the meeting

  • Section 1: Breaking news – last minute talks by late abstracts
  • Section 2: "Pandemic know-how for future preparedness – signals and gaps” 2 speakers
  • Section 3: " Overcoming future pandemics - lessons to learn and importance of cooperation and
  • Networking” 2 speakers
  • Section 4: " Pandemics and food production” 3 speakers
  • Section 5: “Health and welfare aspects in One Health civic challenges” 2 speakers
  • Session 6: “For early career’s– present your research in three minutes”

Abstracts and breaking news

Please send in your abstracts of maximum 250 words. Inform us if you want to contribute to breaking news, early career’s talks or posters for the poster exhibition (posters primarily by Master students and PhD-students). A general One Health theme is applicable. Send your abstract no later than 1 March to Eva.Haxton@medsci.uu.se and Tanja.Strand@sva.se. For breaking news, the deadline is 15 March.

Financial support

You can apply and be selected for financial support from One Health Sweden to join this meeting if you write a motivation of maximum 250 words and intend to present your research (you therefore also attach an abstract).

Further information

For further information, please contact Eva Haxton or Tanja Strand.

Facts

Time: 2022-03-29 - 2022-03-30
City: Uppsala

Programme

Day 1

11.30-12.30 Registration and lunch. Time to look at posters in the conference room.

12.30-13.00 Breaking news – last minute talks by late abstracts

13.00-14.10 Pandemic know-how for future preparedness – signals and gaps

  • Early warning signals: why don't we act? – Prof. in Political Science, Magnus Ekengren, Swedish Defence University
  • Communication and risks – Senior lecturer, Joel Rasmussen, Örebro University

14.30-16.45 Pandemics and food production. Including a coffee break.

  • Animal welfare, consequences of zoonotic pandemics – Professor in Animal Environment and Health, Lotta Berg, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • Food production and zoonotic disease ecology - Professor and Research Leader 'Emerging and Zoonotic Viruses', Wim H. M. van der Poel, Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
  • Surveillance of animal diseases – Associate Professor in Epidemiology, Jenny Frössling, National Veterinary Institute

Conference dinner: Poster awards presented.

Day 2

09.00-10.00 Overcoming future pandemics - lessons to learn and importance of cooperation and networking

  • A holistic approach to prevention, detection and control - One Health European Joint Programme – Professor in Bacteriology and One Health, Karin Artursson, National Veterinary Institute and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • Importance of connecting early and senior project collaborators under the One Health umbrella – PhD student Sarah Humboldt-Dachroeden, Roskilde University

10.00–11.00 Competition for early career’s– present your research in three minutes, 2 sessions with a discussion in the middle.

11.00-12.00 Health and welfare aspects in One Health civic challenges

  • Peter Moberger President Läkare Utan Gränser/Médecins Sans Frontières Sweden
  • From preparedness diagnostic to large-scale testing; challenges and lessons learned – PhD Shaman Muradrasoli, Public Health Agency of Sweden

12.00-12.30 Panel discussion Covid-19 reflections with seniors and early careers.

Poster exhibition during day 1 primarily by Master students and PhD-students throughout the sessions.