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
