The recent General Assembly (GA), held online on 28-29th January was a crucial event for the Biosecure project, setting the stage for important decisions, collaborations, and next steps.
The discussions surrounded around understanding the prevalence of the investigated animal diseases and their risk of introduction. A call for expert reviews to refine tools of biosecurity assessment at different stages of livestock production was made as well as the exploitation of results and IP management. As the project progresses, partners are encouraged to share their insights and findings, with a strong emphasis on effective communication through the project’s internal platform but also to the broader public via (inter)national conferences.
Looking ahead, this meeting revealed plans for upcoming workshops aimed at evaluating sector-specific biosecurity levels across Italy, Romania, and potentially Ireland. These workshops will provide critical opportunities to identify and discuss policy scenarios aiming to improve sectoral biosecurity levels.
As the project moves forward, the next General Assembly in Barcelona in June 2025 and the final conference in Ghent in 2026 are set to be key milestones for further networking, knowledge-sharing, and showcasing the project’s milestones. With action items in place, such as reviewing new biosecurity tools, preparing for sector workshops, and disseminating project results, the next phase of this project promises to be full of collaboration, innovation, and impactful outcomes in the field of biosecurity.
We have been actively disseminating our research and results at major international conferences through oral and poster presentations. Below is a list of key events where BIOSECURE project has been highlighted:
- SVEPM Conference, Toulouse, France, 2023
- GeoVet2023: the International Conference of Spatial Epidemiology, Geostatistics and GIS applied to animal health, public health and food safety. Teramo, Italy, 2023
- Cost Action BETTER meeting, Tirana, Albania, 2023
- 9th International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics (Epidemics). Bologna, Italy, 2023
- LIX° Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economics (SIDEA), Orosei, Italy, 2023
- GBADs and DECIDE seminar series 2023 – Seminar on “GLEAM model and the welfare burden of animal diseases: Exploring sustainability in livestock production
- VEE scientific meeting, Brussels, Belgium 2023
- ADA Biosecurity Summit, Lleida and Madrid, Spain, 2023
- Symposium of FESASS and the Belgian Presidency on Biosecurity in farms, Brussels, Belgium, 2024
- Cost Action BETTER meeting, Padua, Italy, 2024
- SVEPM Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 2024
- NetPoulSafe Final Meeting, Padua, Italy, 2024
- Symposium of the Scientific Committee (Belgian Food Safety Agency) on Preventive Veterinary Medicine in a Changing World: Utopia or Reality? Brussels, Belgium, 2024
- PPILOW Final Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 2024
- Teagasc Knowledge Transfer Poultry Broiler Conference, Monaghan and Cork, Ireland, 2024
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) World Conference. Almeria, Spain, 2024
- HE-Farm Workshop, Budapest, Hungary, 2024
- 13th European Conference in Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Toledo, Spain, 2024
- Open Session of the EuFMD Standing Technical Committee Conference, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, 2024
- Training Courses for Veterinarians Märsta, Sweden, 2024
- 5th Edition of Swine Day, Bucharest, Romania, 2024
- 17th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE), Sydney, Australia, 2024
- Event organised by the Veterinary Epidemiology Unit of the Veterinary Faculty and the Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis (CEBRA) by University of Melbourne, Australia, 2024
- DISCONTOOLS meeting, Rome, Italy 2024
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