Programme

Wastewater Surveillance: Current Actions and Future Priorities  
Outcomes of WP5, WP6 and WP7 (Wim Meijer, Hans-Peter Stüger, Willemijn Lodder)  

Resilient Wastewater Surveillance Systems  Communication, preparedness, sustainability and capacity building: Outcomes of WP2, WP3 and WP4  (Henry–Michel Cauchie, Maria Stamou, Jose Antonio Baz Lomba)

Restaurant reservations will be arranged for interested participants. Participation is optional and all costs will be covered individually.

Separate registration is required. 

The Future of Wastewater-Based Surveillance - Perspectives from international stakeholders (ECDC, WHO, DG HERA, EUDA)  

Sessions 1–3 will open with a joint introduction in the lecture hall, covering common concepts of sampling approaches, before splitting into separate rooms to put these concepts into practice and develop case studies of sampling protocols focusing on multiple targets (respiratory pathogens, AMR and chemicals). In order to foster cross-disciplinary exchange, we reserve the right to adjust the group allocation on site.

Sessions 4 – 6 will start right away in the seminar rooms
Rooms will be indicated in the venue.

• Session 1   Sampling protocols for wastewater surveillance – case study 1 (WP7.1) 
• Session 2   Sampling protocols for wastewater surveillance – case study 2 (WP7.1)
• Session 3   Sampling protocols for wastewater surveillance – case study 3 (WP7.1)
• Session 4   Bad Ideas for data analytics from sampling to publishing (WP6.2) 
• Session 5   Standardizing technical procedures: From ringtrials to interlaboratory validation studies (WP7.2) 
• Session 6   European sustainability: Next steps (WP 1) 

• Session 1   Sampling strategies: implementing WBS for public health action (WP6.1) 
• Session 2   Technical challenges of WBS: how to tackle these (including emerging pathogens) (WP7.2) 
• Session 3   Use and merge different data outcomes: qualitative, quantitative, NGS (WP6 | WP7.3) 
• Session 4   AMR, UWWTD: how to go forward and the technical approaches (WP5 | WP7) 
• Session 5   Perspectives on sequencing in WBS, what can be done already 
                       and what do we need in the (near) future (WP7.3)

Key Learnings from the Breakout Session: Short presentations by a rapporteur (10. Min incl. questions) from each break-out session Wrap-up (5min)   

Poster Exhibition and Marketplace  / Mingling around and networking

General Assembly  (closed meeting; the General Assembly consists of one (1) person per country participating in EU-WISH) 

Integrating Wastewater Surveillance into Public Health Practice (WP6 |Elisabetta Suffredini)

Perspectives from ECDC on ECDC Integrating Wastewater Surveillance into Public Health Practice

Wrap-up: Reflections and Perspectives on Integrating Wastewater Surveillance into Public Health 

• Session 1   Training for Tomorrow: Tools, Categories, and Platforms Beyond EU-WISH (WP7) 
• Session 2   Dissecting sustainability toward long-term impact: Governance, financial aspects,
                       and capacities (WP4)
• Session 3   Integrating WBS into Public Health Preparedness Plans (WP3)
• Session 4   AMR in Focus: moving from discussion to implementation (WP5 & WP7) 
• Session 5   Unlocking the EU-WISH Journey: Key Lessons in Communication and Collaboration  (WP1 & WP2) 

Exploring Public Health Crisis Management Through a Serious Game | WP2, Henry-Michel Cauchie, Leslie Ogorzaly & Blandine Fauvel