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OH SURVector Symposium

From the Alps to the Mediterranean: One Health surveillance and Vector monitoring for cross-border pathogens

 

Why participate?

Vector-borne diseases, spread by mosquitoes and ticks, cause over 700,000 deaths annually but are preventable through control measures. Knowledge about the presence and distribution of vectors is key to inform policy interventions. The OH SURVector project aims at establishing nationwide surveillance systems to monitor vectors and pathogens, addressing data gaps and collaborating towards One Health surveillance.

Over the past three years, project partners from 5 European countries have worked on following goals and surveillance activities.

  • Early detection of new tick and mosquito species that can transmit zoonotic pathogens
  • Early detection of newly introduced pathogens transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes
  • Early detection of changes in the distribution of vectors and pathogens 

Networking between all stakeholder groups is an important tool for achieving these goals, and the OH SURVector Symposium not only serves to communicate the main outcomes of the project but furthermore provides the ideal platform for fostering international networking on expert and policy level. 

 

Target group

  • Experts (vectors, vector-borne diseases) from the 5 consortium countries
  • Policy representatives from Public Health and Animal Health from the national competent authorities, federal states and also from the Consortium Member States
  • International representatives from EFSA, ECDC, HaDEA, EC and representatives of sister projects within the OH Surveillance Grant
  • Specialist audience and colleagues from universities, museums, public health authorities, vector people, and VBD research

 

Language

English

 

Registration Information

We invite you to register until 20th October 2026.

The registration will open soon.

 

Scientific Chair of the Symposium

Annette Nigsch
AGES GmbH, Animal Health
Head of Institute for Veterinary Disease Control Innsbruck
Consortium Coordinator OH SURVector

 

Organisation
AGES-academy
Spargelfeldstraße 191 | A-1220 Vienna
T: +4350555-25201 | E: akademie@ages.at

 

OH SURVector, One Health surveillance and Vector monitoring for cross-border pathogens Consortium | AGES, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Austria) | SZÚ, National Institute of Public Health (Czech Republic) | NNGYK, National Public Health Center (Hungary) | EODY, National Public Health Organization (Greece) | NFCSO, National Food Chain Safety Office (Hungary) | ELGO, Hellenic Agricultural Organization (Greece) | AUTH, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) | UVLF, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice (Slovak Republic)

 

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Date

24.11.2026,
09:00 am till 05:00 pm

Venue

Online or Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Burgring 7
1010 Vienna
Austria

Host

AGES-Akademie
Spargelfeldstraße 191
A-1220 Vienna
Phone: +43 50 555-25201
akademie@ages.at