Climate Change & Infectious Disease Threats

June 23-26, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace, HannoverGermany
Scientific Organizers: Cecilia Sorensen, Kari Nadeau, Anna Stewart-Ibarra and Desiree LaBeaud

  In Person
  On Demand

June 23-26, 2025 | Herrenhausen Palace, HannoverGermany
Scientific Organizers: Cecilia Sorensen, Kari Nadeau, Anna Stewart-Ibarra and Desiree LaBeaud

Available Formats:   = In Person     = On Demand
Monday, June 23, 2025
Registration
4:00–8:00 PM
Welcome Mixer
6:00–8:00 PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Address
8:00–9:00 AM
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
9:00–11:15 AM
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
9:30–9:50 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:15–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:15–1:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Workshop 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
1:30–3:15 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Panel 1: Funding Opportunities (and Challenges?)
3:30–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Modeling Health Risks and Outcomes
5:00–7:00 PM
Mesfin Tessema, Columbia University
Applying Climate Models to Predict and Optimize Adaptation Among Communities - Focus on Forcibly Displaced Populations
Maryam Golnaraghi, The Geneva Association
Health Insurance Perspectives on Infectious Climate-Sensitive Disease Prevention and Therapy
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
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Immunology, Exposomics and Epigentics
8:00–11:00 AM
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
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Poster Setup
11:00–1:00 PM
Poster Viewing
1:00–10:00 PM
Career Roundtable
3:00–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
AI and Data Science -Benefits, Ethical Considerations, Biases - Data that Informs it is not Representative
5:00–7:00 PM
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
Posters
7:30–10:00 PM
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Breakfast
7:00–8:00 AM
Early Warning Systems
8:00–11:00 AM
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
Climate Connections and Predictions for Rift Valley Fever in Africa
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Coffee Break
9:00–9:20 AM
On Own for Lunch
11:00–5:00 PM
Workshop 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions
1:30–3:15 PM
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
Panel 2: Opportunities and Communication Strategies to Engage with Policy Makers for Effecting Change
3:30–4:30 PM
Coffee Available
4:30–5:00 PM
Mitigation and Health/Economic Co-Benefits
5:00–6:45 PM
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
Social Hour with Lite Bites
7:00–8:00 PM
Entertainment
8:00–11:00 PM
Cash Bar
8:00–11:00 PM
Friday, June 27, 2025
Departure
12:00–11:59 PM

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