Monday, June 23, 2025
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Trainee Workshop: The Mission, the Message and the Medium: Science and risk Communication in a complex world

In this session, we will explore ways to communicate about risk effectively. Through collaborative and interactive activites, participants will:

  • gain a deeper understanding of the similarities and differences between risk and non-risk communications
  • identify and prioritze target audiences
  • develop messages to mobilize knowledge
  • select and utilize an appropriate medium

Offered by Drs. Kaylee Byers and Chelsea Himsworth
Kaylee and Chelsea are scientists for whom communication is a vital component of their research, teaching and practice. They have developed and delivered workshops, courses, and written a textbook on science and risk communication. They believe that scientists can and should be great communicators!

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Trainee - Mentor Networking Event

Are you a trainee wanting to learn about potential career trajectories, triumphs, and troubles?
Are you a scientist willing to share your professional journey and the wisdoms you have learned along the way?
If you answered ‘yes’ to either of these questions, please join us for this structured networking session!

During registration, you will be asked to submit a photo,  brief biography, and area of focus for research. This information will be collated into a dossier and printed for distribution to all participants at the start of the event. The dossier will help participants to remember and connect with those they met and those they would still like to meet.

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
 
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration
 
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Welcome remarks
 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Session 1: Global Reports on Avian Influenza

 

  • Global reports on avian influenza: North America
    • Mia Kim Torchetti, National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, Ames, IA, 50010, USA
  • Global reports on avian influenza: South America
    • Marcela Uhart, Wildlife Health Center, One Health Institute, University of California - Davis
  • Global reports on avian influenza: Europe
    • Ian Brown, Pirbright Institute, United Kingdom
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee Break & Table Tops
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 2: Global Reports on Avian Influenza

 

  • Global reports on avian influenza: Asia
    • Erik Karlsson, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Cambodia
  • Global reports on avian influenza: Africa
    • Celia Abolnik, Department of Production Animal Studies and Centre for Veterinary Wildlife Research, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Global reports on avian influenza: Australia
    • Frank Wong, CSIRO, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness
  • Global reports on avian influenza: Antarctica
    • Meagan Dewar, Future Regions Research Centre, Federation University Australia
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Session 3: Diagnostics, vaccination, or other mitigation strategies for poultry and wildlife

 

Invited Speaker: Erica Spackman, Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research
Acting Research Leader, USDA

Oral Abstracts:

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Coffee Break
 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session 4: Diagnostics, vaccination, or other mitigation strategies for poultry and wildlife

 

Invited Speaker: Timm Harder, Laboratory Head, Institute of Infection Medicine at Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel

Oral Abstracts: 

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
One-Minute Poster Pitches
 
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception & Posters
 
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
 
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session 5: Notabable outbreaks, field and molecular epidemiology, and surveillance in poultry

 

Invited Speaker: Alice Fusaro, European Union Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe)

Oral Abstracts:

Session 6: Notabable outbreaks, field and molecular epidemiology, and surveillance in wild birds

 

Invited Speaker: Anne Pohlmann, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, FLI · Institute of Diagnostic Virology

Oral Abstracts:

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Coffee Break & Posters
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 7: Notable outbreaks, field and molecular epidemiology, and surveillance for poultry

 

Invited Speaker: David Suarez, Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research, Laboratory Director, USDA

Oral Abstracts:

Session 8: Notable outbreaks, field and molecular epidemiology, and surveillance for wild birds

 

Invited Speaker: Michelle Wille, Senior Research Fellow/Dr, University of Melbourne

Oral Abstracts:

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Session 9: Biosecurity, mitigation, control, and post-epidemic considerations in poultry

 

Oral Abstracts:

Session 10: Mortality estimation, impacts to harvest, other conservation considerations, and potential mitigation strategies in wild birds

 

Invited Speaker: Ruth Cromie, CMS FAO Scientific Task Force on Avian Influenza and Wildlife

Oral Abstracts: 

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Coffee Break & Posters
 
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Session 11: Biosecurity, mitigation, control, and post-epidemic considerations in poultry
Session 12: Mortality estimation, impacts to harvest, other conservation considerations, and potential mitigation strategies in wild birds

 

Invited Speaker: Stephanie Avery-Gomm, Wildlife and Landscape Science Directorate Science and Technology Branch, ​Environment and Climate Change Canada

Oral Abstracts: 

  • Telltale signs of a multispecies epizootic: Spatial epidemiology of HPAI during the 2022 seabird outbreak
    • Jason Matthiopoulos, University of Glasgow
  • Understanding the factors influencing mortality from HPAI in UK seabird colonies: integrating mortality data and an individual-based modelling approach
    • Susannah Gold,  Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, United Kingdom
4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Optional Tours - Sign Up Required

View and register for tour options HERE.

Thursday, June 26, 2025
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM
Breakfast
 
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM
Conference Dedication Presentation - Dr. David Stallknecht
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Session 13: Avian influenza in mammals, pandemic preparedness, and One Health

 

Invited Speaker: Yoshishiro Kawaoka, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Oral Abstracts: 

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Break & Poster Viewing
 
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 14: Avian influenza in mammals, pandemic preparedness, and One Health

 

Invited Speaker: Kiril Dimitrov, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Oral Abstracts: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Session 15: Transmission pathways, pathobiology, immune responses, and late breaking topics

Invited Speakers: 

  • Kateri Bertran, IRTA Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
  • Tamiru Alkie, Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Oral Abstracts: 

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Coffee Break
 
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Session 16: Transmission pathways, pathobiology, immune responses, and late breaking topics
 
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Closing Banquet

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