30 years of VEE – Registration until 16 October.
“A Glimpse into the Future: Animals, Health, and the Environment”
Thursday 26 October 2023, Galileegebouw FOD, Brussels
Welcome
Dear VEE friend,
We are delighted to invite you to the 30th Annual Conference of the Flemish Society for Epidemiology and Economics. This year, we are proud to celebrate our organisation’s three-decade anniversary, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to advancing knowledge and collaboration in the fields of epidemiology and economics in Flanders.
Throughout the years, innumerable people from academia, government institutions and industry have contributed to our society. Some engaged to the board, others organised workshops in their home institution and yet others frequently attended our activities. Over the years, new activities were organised such as the best poster award, the tri-annual VEE award and the New Year’s drink. VEE also contributed to international conferences (ISVEE, SVEPM) in the Low Countries. We thank all people that have contributed over the years making VEE come to plenty adulthood. We hope you will join us celebrating this common achievement.
Coming of age, we would like to use this moment to bring up some old joint memories. Please share memories and pictures for a presentation and a slide show during the reception! Where were the times that epidemiology was a new and emerging science, fighting for recognition among more traditional sciences? But especially, we would like to look forward. “Sustainability” is everywhere, but what does it mean and how can veterinary epidemiology contribrute? As the title suggests, in this foresight looking, we want to focus on animals, health and the environment. As per definition of One Health, healthy animals and a healthy environment are prerequisites for healthy humans. For each of these themes, we have selected distinguished speakers and during the conference we will especially be looking for the interconnectedness of these 3 topics. Additionally, we have the traditional oral and poster sessions on selected research topics, providing an excellent platform for networking and knowledge sharing among participants.
Thus, we look forward to welcoming you to the 30th Annual Conference of the Flemish Society for Epidemiology and Economics. Let us seize this opportunity to shape the future of veterinary epidemiology research in Flanders and our Society.
Stefaan Ribbens President VEE
Johannes Charlier Secretary VEE
Programme
Part 1 Keynote speakers
08h45-9h15: Coffee
9h15-9h30: Stefaan Ribbens (DGZ, President VEE) – Let’s celebrate 30 years of VEE!
9h30-10h15: Herman Claeys (Head of Service Animal and Plant Health Policy, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment) – Welcome and setting the scene: A Glimpse into the Future: Animals, Health, and the Environment
10h15-11h00: Jaap Wagenaar (Utrecht University) – One Health, a global view
11h00-11h30: Coffee break & networking, poster session
Part 2 Keynote speakers
11h30-12h15: Geertrui Rasschaert (ILVO) – Antibiotic resistance in a One Health perspective: from animal to the plant
12h15-13h00: Tim Nawrot (UHasselt) – Fine particulate matter with relevance to human, animal & environmental health
13h00-14h00: Lunch & poster session
14h00-14h30: General assembly VEE
Part 3 Scientific session
14h30-14h45: Jozefien Callens (DGZ) – Monitoring besnoitiosis in northern Belgium
14h45-15h00: Bénédicte Callens (AMCRA) – Data collection on antibiotic use in companion animals and horses and benchmarking of veterinarians: challenges ahead!
15h00-15h15: Maries Lissens (AMCRA) – The consumption of veterinary antibacterial products in Belgium in 2022 and its evolution since 2011
15h15-15h30: Tong Wang (Kreavet) – Wormwize® – condensing research in a worm control expert tool
15h30-16h00: Coffee break & networking, poster session
Part 4 Scientific session
16h00-16h15: Helena Ferreira (ILVO) – The costs of improving biosecurity practices across seven European countries, after applying different types of supporting measures
16h15-16h30: Julia Gabrielle Jerab (UGent) – Antimicrobial use in on-farm hatching systems vs. traditional hatching systems: a case study
16h30-16h45: Anna Catharina Berge (Berge Veterinary Consulting) – Prevalence, biosecurity and management risk factors of bovine coronavirus infections in calves on dairy farms in Europe
Part 5 Award session & reception
16h45-17h00: Tri-annual VEE prize, Avia-GIS best presentation
17h00-18h30: Anniversary reception with photographs of 30 years of VEE activities
Registration
Online registration until 16 October via this form.
Rates:
- Non-member: € 100
- VEE-member (inclusive renewal of annual membership of € 35): € 85
- Effective VEE-member: € 50
- Master-students: free
Not yet member of the VEE? Pay your membership fee now and enjoy immediately of the reduced rate!
Inscription is only confirmed after transferring correct amount to IBAN: BE84 0012 7946 5059 (vzw VEE, Salisburylaan 133, 9820 Merelbeke). Invoice available upon request from tom.meyns@zoetis.com.
Location
Galileegebouw FOD Volksgezondheid, Galileelaan 5, 1210 Brussel
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