Post-conference workshops
Please find below the 6 post-conference workshops that will be organized in conjunction with ISVEE 13. Registration for the workshops will be possible when registration for ISVEE 13 is launched (beginning of March). Details per workshop offered can be downloaded from the attachment. Be aware that you have to arrange your accommodation in Ghent (Belgium), the city where the workshops are held. For information on Hotels and youth-hostels, click here. For information on Bed&Breakfast, click here. For all other information, please contact Hans Laevens (
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1. Design and Analysis of Transmission Experiments
Instructors: M.C.M. (Mart) de Jong (Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, WUR, The Netherlands), T.J. (Thomas) Hagenaars (Central Veterinary Institute, WUR, The Netherlands), P.L. (Phaedra) Eblé (Central Veterinary Institute, WUR, The Netherlands), and E.A.M. (Lisette) Graat (Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology, WUR, The Netherlands)
Dates: Monday, August 27 - Wednesday, August 29 (3 days)
Fee: 1775 euro
Number of participants (min – max): 15 – 25
2. Introduction to the use of GIS in Spatial Epidemiology using QGIS
Instructors: Guy Hendrickx (Avia-GIS, Belgium) and Els Ducheyne (Avia-GIS, Belgium)
Dates: Sunday, August 26 - Wednesday, August 29 (4 days) (+ distance learning)
Fee: residence workshop: 690 euro; residence workshop + distance learning: 2190 euro
Number of participants (max): 20
3. Risk-based surveillance: design and analysis
Instructors: Angus Cameron (AusVet Animal Health Services, Australia), Evan Sergeant (AusVet Animal Health Services, Australia) and Tony Martin (Western Australian Department of Agriculture and Food, Australia)
Dates: Sunday, August 26 - Thursday, August 30 (5 days)
Fee: 800 euro
Number of participants (min – max): 15 – 30
4. Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery – an introductory course with focuson veterinary epidemiology applications
Instructors: Crawford Revie (UPEI, Canada) and Fernanda Dórea (UPEI, Canada)
Dates: Sunday, August 26 - Monday, August 27 (2 days)
Fee: 350 euro (student fee: 250 euro)
Number of participants (min – max): 10 – 25
5. Epidemiological tools to support risk managers in controlling animal disease epidemics: where science meets politics
Instructors: Koen Mintiens (Avia-GIS, Belgium), Armin Elbers (Central Veterinary Institute, WUR, The Netherlands) and Christoph Staubach (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany)
Dates: Sunday, august 26 - Tuesday, August 28 (3 days)
Fee: 700 euro
Number of participants (min – max): 15 – 25
6. Economics in Animal Health - An introduction
Instructors: Jörn Gethmann (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany), Barbara Häsler (Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research in Agriculture and Health / Royal Veterinary College, UK), Henk Hogeveen (Business Economics Group, WUR, The Netherlands), Jonathan Rushton (Royal Veterinary College, UK) and Annet Velthuis (Business Economics Group, WUR, The Netherlands)
Dates: Monday, August 27 - Tuesday, August 28 (2 days)
Fee: 250 euro
Number of participants (min – max): 12 - 30



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