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EPIC Conference 2019

The 2019 EPIC Conference took place at the John McIntyre Conference Centre in Edinburgh on the 3rd and 4th of September.

Below are all of the presentations from the two day event.

Day One

Opening address from Mairi Gougeon MSP, Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment

 

Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland Andrew Millar gives the keynote for our Science session

 

Stephen Catterall from BioSS presents research on modelling disease spread when the host distribution is uncertain

 

Kaj Stanski from the Roslin Institute presents research on machine learning for herd-level bTB breakdown predictions

 

Kokouvi Gamado from BioSS presents research on informing control of between-farm disease outbreaks

 

Anne-Sophie Ruget from the Roslin Institute presents research on network analysis of animal movements for disease control

 

George Gunn from SRUC presents Alyson Barratt's research on the economic consequences of retaining BVD PIs

 

Chief Veterinary Officer for Scotland Sheila Voas gives the keynote for our Policy and Governance session

 

George Russell from the Moredun Research Institute presents research on how sequencing can help us understand BVD infection

 

May Fujiwara from the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security presents her research on the risk of Avian Influenza incursion into the gamebird sector

 

Sue Tongue from SRUC presents research on improving the use of existing surveillance data with an application to Cryptosporidium

 

Giles Innocent from BioSS presents research on using animal histories to identify TB reactors

 

Charlie Adam, VP of NFU Scotland gives the keynote for our Meeting Industry Demand session

 

Thibaud Poyphyre of the Roslin Institute presents research on modelling the risk of African Swine Fever spread

 

Sibylle Mohr from the University of Glasgow presents research on changing movement standstills and the impact on Foot and Mouth Disease risk

 

Orla Shortall from the James Hutton Institute presents research exploring the governance of BVD eradication in the UK and Ireland

 

Our expert panel discuss knowledge sharing at the science - policy - industry interface

Day Two

Christos Lynteris from the University of St Andrews leads us through disentangling politics, pathogens and pandemics

 

Dominic Moran from the University of Edinburgh looks at whether sustainable planetary health is compatible with intensive livestock production

 

Vittoria Colizza from INSERM looks at how data and AI can shape a better future for animal health and disease control

 

EPIC III Director Dominic Mellor closes the 2019 EPIC Conference

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