Schedule for: 16w5041 - Mathematical Biology for Understanding Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface: a “One Health” Approach

Beginning on Sunday, November 20 and ending Friday November 25, 2016

All times in Banff, Alberta time, MST (UTC-7).

Sunday, November 20
16:00 - 17:30 Check-in begins at 16:00 on Sunday and is open 24 hours (Front Desk - Professional Development Centre)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner
A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
20:00 - 22:00 Informal gathering (Corbett Hall Lounge (CH 2110))
Monday, November 21
07:00 - 08:45 Breakfast
Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
08:45 - 09:00 Introduction and Welcome by BIRS Station Manager (TCPL 201)
09:00 - 09:20 Workshop opening remarks from the Organizing committee (TCPL 201)
09:20 - 09:40 Round table introductions (TCPL 201)
09:40 - 10:00 Jan Sargeant (TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 10:50 Cheryl Waldner: Perspectives on the application of dynamic modeling as tool to inform decision-making at the interface between livestock and public health (TCPL 201)
10:50 - 11:10 Discussion of logistics of small workgroup discussions and work group formation based on survey responses. (TCPL 201)
11:10 - 11:30 Work group set-up, introductions and strategy planning (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 12:59 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
13:00 - 14:00 Guided Tour of The Banff Centre
Meet in the Corbett Hall Lounge for a guided tour of The Banff Centre campus.
(Corbett Hall Lounge (CH 2110))
14:00 - 14:20 Group Photo
Meet in foyer of TCPL to participate in the BIRS group photo. The photograph will be taken outdoors, so dress appropriately for the weather. Please don't be late, or you might not be in the official group photo!
(TCPL Foyer)
14:20 - 15:00 Work group brainstorming and discussion (TCPL 201)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:30 - 16:00 Discussion led by work group 1 - Modeling the transmission of infectious diseases at the human/animal interface. (TCPL 201)
16:00 - 16:30 Discussion led by work group 2 - Pathogen reservoirs - modeling animal associated microbes in their reservoirs and incorporating these dynamics into “One Health” models. (TCPL 201)
16:30 - 17:00 Discussion led by work group 3 - Data innovation – novel data tools and big data resources for better informing One Health models (TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner
A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.
(Vistas Dining Room)
Tuesday, November 22
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 09:20 Amy Delgado: Perspectives on Applied Modeling for Decision Support in Agriculture. (TCPL 201)
09:20 - 09:40 Rob Deardon (TCPL 201)
09:40 - 10:00 Discussion of logistics of small workgroup discussions and work group formation. (TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:30 Work group brainstorming and discussion (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
13:30 - 14:00 Work group brainstorming and discussion (TCPL 201)
14:00 - 14:30 Discussion led by work group 1 - The assumption of homogeneous mixing – incorporating more realistic contact patterns (TCPL 201)
14:30 - 15:00 Discussion led by work group 2 - Approaches for incorporating molecular data (TCPL 201)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:30 - 16:00 Discussion led by work group 3 - Working with stakeholders and industry partners to move the research agenda forward. (TCPL 201)
16:00 - 17:30 Free time (TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)
Wednesday, November 23
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 09:20 David Fisman: Environmental and climate aspects of disease transmission (TCPL 201)
09:20 - 09:40 Sophie Von Dobschuetz: FAO in One Health: Promoting cross-sectoral approaches to infectious disease management (TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 10:45 Ciro Cattuto: Case study 1 (TCPL 201)
10:45 - 11:00 Michele Tizzoni: Case study 2 (TCPL 201)
11:00 - 11:15 Salah Uddin Khan: Case study 3 (TCPL 201)
11:15 - 11:30 Edward Hill: Case study 4 (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
13:30 - 17:30 Free Afternoon (Banff National Park)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)
Thursday, November 24
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 09:15 Meagan Fitzpatrick: Case study 5 (TCPL 201)
09:15 - 09:30 Stefan Engblom: Case study 6 (TCPL 201)
09:30 - 10:00 David Champredon: Case study 7 (TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 10:45 Emma Gardner: Case study 8 (TCPL 201)
10:45 - 11:10 Amy Greer: Emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses – Modeling gaps and challenges (TCPL 201)
11:10 - 11:30 Discussion of logistics of small workgroup discussions and work group formation. (TCPL 201)
11:30 - 13:30 Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)
13:30 - 14:30 Work group brainstorming and discussion (TCPL 201)
14:30 - 15:00 Discussion led by work group 1 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) (TCPL 201)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
15:30 - 16:00 Discussion led by work group 2 - Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) (TCPL 201)
16:00 - 16:30 Discussion led by work group 3 - Antimicrobial resistance (TCPL 201)
16:30 - 17:00 Discussion led by work group 4 - Food- and water-borne pathogens (TCPL 201)
17:30 - 19:30 Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)
Friday, November 25
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room)
09:00 - 10:00 Group discussion
• Where are we today? • What are the necessary data sources? • What are the different approaches to modeling at the interface? • Identify information gaps to move forward: what is critical to have and what would be nice to have? • How can we make the data needs happen?
(TCPL 201)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break (TCPL Foyer)
10:30 - 11:30 Next steps for modeling at the human-animal-environment interface?
• What are the promising model types and how can we move them forward? • Wrap up and review possible research and workshop products, collaborations and funding opportunities.
(TCPL 201)
11:30 - 12:00 Checkout by Noon
5-day workshop participants are welcome to use BIRS facilities (BIRS Coffee Lounge, TCPL and Reading Room) until 3 pm on Friday, although participants are still required to checkout of the guest rooms by 12 noon.
(Front Desk - Professional Development Centre)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch from 11:30 to 13:30 (Vistas Dining Room)