Climate Change & Infectious Disease Threats

Jun 23–26, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany
Scientific Organizers: Cecilia Sorensen, Kari C Nadeau, Anna Stewart-Ibarra and Desiree LaBeaud

  In Person
  On Demand

Jun 23–26, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany
Scientific Organizers: Cecilia Sorensen, Kari C Nadeau, Anna Stewart-Ibarra and Desiree LaBeaud

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Monday, June 23, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
 Grand Mussmann Hotel, Tivoli Room
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
 Central-Hotel Kaiserhof
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Poster Setup
8:30–9:00 AM
 Foyer
Poster Viewing
8:45–7:00 PM
 Foyer
Welcome and Keynote Address
9:00–10:00 AM
 Auditorium
Maria D. Van Kerkhove, World Health Organization
Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit Head, COVID-19 Health Operations and Technical Lead, Health Emergencies Programme, WHO
Emerging Zoonosis and Infectious Threats
10:00–12:15 PM
 Auditorium
Desiree LaBeaud, Stanford University
Extreme Weather Events, Warming and Plastic Pollution Impacts of VBD Spread in Kenya
Tom Hughes, Conservation Medicine
Rapid Detection and Capacity Building to Detect Emerging Zoonosis and Infectious Threats
Harald Renz, Philipps University Marburg
Impacts of Climate-Related Exposures on Global VBD Prevelence
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:30–10:50 AM
 Foyer
Lunch
12:15–1:15 PM
 Ballroom
Poster Session 1
12:45–3:00 PM
 Foyer
Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
3:00–4:45 PM
 Auditorium
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Available
4:45–5:00 PM
 Foyer
Modeling Health Risks and Outcomes
5:00–7:00 PM
 Auditorium
Mesfin Tessema, Columbia University
Applying Climate Models to Predict and Optimize Adaptation Among Communities - Focus on Forcibly Displaced Populations
Speaker to be Announced
Talk Title to be Announced
Aras Kadioglu, University of Liverpool
Modeling and Predicting Impacts of Desertification on Pneumococcal Disease in the Sahel
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Ballroom
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Poster Setup
8:30–9:00 AM
 Foyer
Poster Viewing
8:45–7:00 PM
 Foyer
Immunology, Exposomics and Epigentics
9:00–12:00 PM
 Auditorium
Kari Nadeau, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Intersection of Immunology and ID, Multiexposomics, Multiexposure Data
Shai S. Shen-Orr, Technion
Immune Aging by Exposure to Life and its Implications
Roel Vermeulen †, Utrecht University
Talk Title to be Announced
Gordon Dougan, University of Cambridge
Climate Impacts on Vaccinology, Infection and Genomics
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
 Foyer
Lunch
12:00–1:00 PM
 Ballroom
Poster Session 2
12:30–2:30 PM
 Foyer
Health Equity Forum
2:30–3:45 PM
 Auditorium
Career Roundtable
3:45–5:00 PM
 Auditorium
Coffee Available
5:00–5:15 PM
 Foyer
AI and Data Science -Benefits, Ethical Considerations, Biases - Data that Informs it is not Representative
5:00–7:00 PM
 Auditorium
Ángel Muñoz, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Mulimodel Subseasonal Ensembles for Climate Forecasting of Disease Risk
Stella Hartinger Peña, Cayetano Heredia University
Creating Regional Indicators to Track Infectious Disease Outcomes in South America
Sadie Ryan, University of Florida
Geospatial Modeling and Visualization of Emerging Disease Threats
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Ballroom
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Breakfast
8:00–9:00 AM
 Individual Hotel
Early Warning Systems
9:00–12:00 PM
 Auditorium
Roché Mahon †, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology
Talk Title to be Announced
Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research and Instituto Interamericano
Science to Implementation of EWSs in Latin America & Caribbean
Rachel Lowe, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC/ICREA)
Impact-Based Forecasting of Climate-Sensitive Infectious Diseases
Assaf Anyamba, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Teleconnections and Predictions for Rift Valley Fever in Africa
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
10:00–10:20 AM
 Foyer
Panel 1: Funding Opportunities (and Challenges?)
12:00–1:00 PM
 Auditorium
Lunch
1:00–2:00 PM
 Ballroom
Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
2:00–3:45 PM
 Auditorium
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Panel 2: Opportunities and Communication Strategies to Engage with Policy Makers for Effecting Change
3:45–4:45 PM
 Auditorium
Coffee Available
4:45–5:00 PM
 Foyer
Mitigation and Health/Economic Co-Benefits
5:00–6:45 PM
 Auditorium
Daniel Buss, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
Talk Title to be Announced
Martin Edlund, WEF/World Bank
Circular Economic Models to Tackle Climate-Related Infectious Diseases
Joacim Rocklöv, Umeå University
Climate Change: An Enduring Challenge for Vector Borne Diseases
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers)
6:45–7:00 PM
 Auditorium
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
 Ballroom
Friday, June 27, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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