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Conferences

 

DECIDE partners actively contribute to international conferences and scientific events, presenting the project’s latest research and innovations to experts across animal health, epidemiology, data science and disease surveillance. These contributions help share knowledge, promote collaboration and strengthen dialogue between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to improve preparedness and response to emerging infectious diseases. Through presentations, posters and discussions, DECIDE continues to support evidence-based approaches and foster impact within the wider scientific community.

Conference contributions in 2026

To be updated

  • Charlotte Doidge, Jade Bokma, Noëlle ten Brinke, Inge Santman-Berends, Anouk Veldhuis, Virginia Sherwin, Gerdien van Schaik, Jasmeet Kaler, Impact of risk perception on vaccination of calves against BRD: A configurational approach, SVEPM 2025, 26 March 2025, poster presentation.
  • Gerdien van Schaik, Innovative tool development. Experiences from the DECIDE project, SVEPM 2025, 27 March 2025, poster presentation.
  • Camille Delavenne, Céline Faverjon, Sjaak de Wit, Marcin Smialek, Leveraging data integration to improve broiler health management: a Polish case study, SVEPM 2025, 27 March 2025, poster presentation.
  • Yara Slegers, Can we use routinely collected data to predict footpad lesion scores of broiler flocks?, SVEPM 2025, 26 March 2025, poster presentation.
  • Marloes Boeters, Beatriz Garcia-Morante, Sébastien Picault, Gerdien van Schaik, Wilma Steeneveld, Modeling the multidimensional burden of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae for enhanced decision support in the fattening pig sector, SVEPM 2025, 26–28 March 2025, poster presentation.
  • Abbie-Louise Smith, Charlotte Doidge, Jasmeet Kaler, Prioritisation of youngstock management practices: Comparison of expert stakeholders’ assessment of the severity of impact on dairy calf welfare, SVEPM 2025, 26–28 March 2025, oral presentation.
  • Céline Faverjon, Camille Delavenne, Angus Cameron, Introduction to data stewardship in vet epi, SVEPM 2025, 26 March 2025, workshop.
  • Angela Bearth, Evaluation: Designing Dashboards for Risk Communication and Decision Support, DECIDE Workshop, 23 January 2025, workshop.
  • Angus Cameron, Jenny Frössling, Scenario Tree modelling (STM) training course, DECIDE Workshop, 18–20 March 2025, workshop.
  • IfA, UU, accelCH, Animal Health Surveillance Cluster Event, DECIDE Cluster Event, 25 March 2025, conference.
  • Jade Bokma, Handvaten voor een efficiënt gezondheidsmanagement en minder antibioticagebruik, Infosession AMCRA, 25 March 2025, oral presentation.
  • Jade Bokma, Webinar DGZ-Dierenkliniek Venhei: Handvaten voor een efficiënt gezondheidsmanagement en minder antibioticagebruik, 30 April 2025, oral presentation.
  • Stan Jourquiin, Lung ultrasound in calves: from research to practice, Themadag Kalf, 11 April 2025, oral presentation.
  • Tijs Tobias, Exploring combined laboratory test and slaughter data for better decision making regarding respiratory health of finishing pigs, ESPHM 2025, 21–23 May 2025, poster presentation.
  • Beatriz Garcia Morante, Introducing the pig barometer: a comprehensive pilot tool for mapping diagnostic test results and geolocation of swine endemic pathogens in Spain, ESPHM 2025, 21–23 May 2025, poster presentation.
  • M. Boeters, Modelling the burden of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniai infection for enhanced decision support on fattening farms, ESPHM 2025, 21–23 May 2025, poster presentation.
  • Céline Faverjon, Défis de la réutilisation des données de production pour améliorer la santé animale, AEEMA 2025, 21–23 May 2025, oral presentation.
  • Gerdien van Schaik, Experience from other EU projects: DECIDE, TechCare final conference, 17 June 2025, oral presentation.
  • Carole Toczé, Elise Vanbergue, What’s new in the health and welfare of young fattening cattle? The DECIDE-barometer, one initiative to monitor the circulation of respiratory pathogens in cattle; Expectations of cooperatives and practising vets regarding the use of data and new technologies, SPACE, 17 September 2024, oral presentation.
  • Carole Toczé, Elise Vanbergue, What’s new in the health and welfare of young fattening cattle? The DECIDE-barometer, one initiative to monitor the circulation of respiratory pathogens in cattle; Expectations of cooperatives and practising vets regarding the use of data and new technologies, Sommet de l’Élevage, 1 October 2024, oral presentation.
  • Charlotte Doidge, Co-creation of data-driven decision support tools on cattle farms: A living lab, AVTRW conference, 11–13 September 2024, oral presentation.
  • Miel Hostens, Data-driven control and prioritization of non-EU-regulated contagious animal diseases, DECIDE Workshop, 18 October 2024, workshop.
  • Charlotte Doidge, Jenny Frössling, Gema Vidal and Jasmeet Kaler, Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping As A Participatory Modelling Technique To Understand Factors That Affect, And Are Affected By, Bovine Respiratory Disease, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • Gema Vidal, Ann Nyman, Dan B. Jensen, Leonardo V. de Knegt, Jenny Frössling, Multivariate Modelling of Calf Mortality in Sweden: A Dynamic Linear Approach, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • Suhaib Ahmed, Jorge Rivera-Gomis, Andrew J Duncan, John Berezowski, Maria Rodrigues da Costa, An innovative and reproducible data visualization tool for continued monitoring and surveillance of pig health, welfare, and public health using abattoir data, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • Charlotte Doidge, Jade Bokma, Noëlle ten Brinke, Luis Pedro Carmo, Petter Hopp, Inge Santman-Berends, Anouk Veldhuis and Jasmeet Kaler, Dairy Farmers’ Intention To Use Calf Management Technologies: Fuzzy Set QCA And PLS-SEM Analysis, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • Carsten Kirkeby, Britt Bang Jensen, Mogens Krogh, From Models To Measures: Optimizing Biomass Estimates In Precision Fish Farming, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
  • Gerdien van Schaik, Jenny Frössling, Luis Pedro Carmo, Mirjam Nielen, Innovative Tool Development: Experiences from the DECIDE Project, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
  • Carolina Merca, Baptiste Sorin, Prof. Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, Dr. Sébastien Picault, Dr. Pauline Ezanno, Combining dynamic generalized linear models and mechanistic modelling to optimize treatment strategies for Bovine Respiratory Disease in cattle fattening farms, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • Annette S. Boerlage, X. Zhou, B. Bang Jensen, V.H.S Oliveira, I. Hutchinson, S. Beechener, A. Burrell, D. Graham, A. Bearth, The use of data to support health management of farmed Atlantic salmon, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
  • Y. Slegers, M. Hostens, M.G.R. Matthijs, J.A. Stegeman, J.J. de Wit, Comparison of antibiotic use, mortality and footpad lesions between conventional and slower-growing broilers in the Netherlands, 2013-2021, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • A. Cameron, C. Delavenne, C. Faverjon, Human-first metadata guidelines for the animal health scientists and epidemiologists to enhance data reuse, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, poster presentation.
  • Camille Delavenne, Gerdien van Schaik, Dima Farra, Fernanda Dórea, Jenny Frössling, Angus Cameron, Céline Faverjon, Integrating animal production data in Europe: gaps and challenges for animal health scientists, ISVEE 17, 11-15 November 24, oral presentation.
  • Leo de Knegt, Workshop: Dynamic Generalized Linear models (DGLM), i.e., Dynamic Linear Models for non-Gaussian data, WP2 Summer Workshop at the University of Copenhagen, 23-27 September 24.
  • Miel Hostens, Saba Noor, Workshop on Understanding semantic web & ontologies for precision livestock farming, ECPLF2024, 9-12 September, organisation of a workshop.
  • Saba Noor, Advancing Precision Livestock Farming through Ontology-driven Interoperable Health Data Management: Extending the Livestock Health Ontology (LHO) for Enhanced Disease Surveillance, ECPLF2024, 9-12 September, Oral presentation.
  • L. Dieste-Pérez, X. Zhou 1, B. Garcia-Morante, A. Burrell, K. Eenink, C. Correia-Gomes, J. Segalés, M. Sibila, T. Tobias, C. Vilalta, A. Bearth, Veterinarians’ perceptions on Precision Livestock Farming application in pig health management, EAAP 2024, 1-5 September 24, poster presentation.
  • B. Sorin, C. Merca, A. Kristensen, P. Ezanno, S. Picault, S. Assié, Better targeting treatments against Bovine Respiratory Disease by combining dynamic generalized linear models and mechanistic modelling, ModAH 3, 27-29 August 2024, oral presentation.
  • Picault S., Niang G., Sicard V., Sorin B., Assié S., Ezanno P., From mechanistic models to decision-support tools: generating user-friendly web application from artificial intelligence and software engineering methods, ModAH 3, 27-29 August 2024, oral presentation.
  • Farchati Halifa, Beaunée Gaël, Ezanno Paulin, Impact of Data Quality and Stochasticity on Parameter Estimation of a Bovine Respiratory Disease Propagation Model, ModAH 3, 27-29 August 2024, poster presentation.
  • Vilalta, C. Pig industry stakeholders’ insights into data tools for pig health and welfare management: an online survey in Spain. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation during the Chaired Poster Session
  • Vilalta, C. Data and technology application in pig health and welfare management: a focus group study of veterinarians in Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation during the Chaired Poster Session
  • Segalés, J. Evaluating economic aspectes of endemic respiratory diseases in pigs and intervening strategies. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Poster
  • Knörr, A. Attitudes and beliefs about tail biting and docking in pigs. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation 
  • Marroco, M. A Model to Predict Water Consumption in Growing Pigs. IPVS & ESPHM 2024. 4-7 June 2024, Oral presentation
  • van Schaik, G. Challenges and developments in surveillance of animal health. SciCom symposium 2024. 5 June 2024, Invited Oral presentation
  • Slegers, Y. Predicting footpad lesion scores of Dutch broiler flocks using routinely collected data. Precision Livestock Farming workshop. 25-26 April 2024, Oral presentation
  • Frössling, J. Harnessing the power of data – veterinary perspective. BFSA. 23 April 2024, Oral presentation
  • Merca, C. Monitoring montly mortality of maricultured Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Scotland. SVEPM. 20-22 March 2024, Poster presentation
  • Eyango Tabi, L. Deep mechanistic model: Integrating deep learning and stochastic mechanistic approaches for Bovine Respiratory Diseases diagnosis and epidemiological forecasting. SVEPM. 20 March 2024, Oral presentation
  • Boerlage, A. Using data to support day-to-day health management of farmed Atlantic salmon. Fish Veterinary Society. 6 March 2024, Oral presentation
  • Boerlage, A. Data to support health management of maricultured salmonids in Scotland. AquaEpi III. 29 November 2023, Oral presentation.
  • Bokma, J. Innovation in Veterinary Medicine – practical approaches to using Big Data. Veterinary Medicines Symposium. 24 October 2023, Oral presentation.
  • Slegers, Y. Doing more with data: using existing data as a basis for decision support tools for broiler farmers, Poultry meeting WVPA, Dutch branch, 12 September 2023, Oral presentation.
  • Bokma, J. European Veterinary Barometer for Bovine Respiratory Diseases: a tool showing diagnostic test results and geolocation of respiratory tract samples from cattle. 5th International Conference Of The European College Of Veterinary Microbiology 21-23 September 2023, Bled, Slovenia, Oral presentation.
  • Bokma, J. European Veterinary Barometer for Bovine Respiratory Diseases: a tool showing diagnostic test results and geolocation of respiratory tract samples from cattle. EBC. 24 August 2023, Oral presentation. 
  • Oliveira, V. An early warning system for disease outbreaks in aquaculture using unspecific health-related data. Green Data Lab Conference. 25 June 2023. Oral presentation.
  • Zhou, X. Marine-based salmon farming – Risk perception and acceptance of sea lice management.  Society for Risk analysis conference.  18 June 2023, Oral presentation.
  • Boeters, M. The economic burden of the porcine respiratory disease complex and related interventions – A systematic review ISESSAH. 14 June 2023, Oral presentation. 
  • Walde, C. Assessing the economic consequence of interventions for controlling salmon lice using a stochastic partial budgeting approach. ISESSAH. 14 June 2023, Oral presentation. 
  • Sorin, B. Modelling pathogen-specific infection dynamics of bovine respiratory disease in a multi-batch fattening farm. SVEPM. 22 March 2023, Oral presentation. 
  • Doidge, C. Using social practice theory to understand the digital divide: A focus group study of UK cattle farmers. SVEPM. 22 March 2023, Oral presentation. 
  • van Schaik, G. The DECIDE project. Data-driven control and prioritisation of endemic contagious animal diseases. EMA Second Veterinary Big Data stakeholder forum. 23  November 2022, Oral presentation. Download the prerentation here.
  • Walde, C. Growth reduction after sea lice treatments. Frisk Fisk 2022
  • Oliveira, V. Use of Mortality data to predict disease outbreaks. Frisk Fisk 2022
  • Bearth, A Collecting stakeholder perspectives on animal health and welfare. VPHI Webinar. 15 November 2022, Oral presentation. Watch the webinar here.
  • Bang Jensen, Britt. Behov for data-drevne beslutningsstøtteverktøy -Fokusgruppeintervju med Fiskehelsepersonell, Mattilsyninspektører og Fiskehelsemanagers (Eng. Need for data-driven decision support tools – Focus group interviews). Havbruk 2022. 20  October 2022, Oral presentation. Download the prerentation here.
  • Boeters, M. The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision support for farmers and veterinarians. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE). 9 August 2022, Oral presentation. 
  • Oliviera, V. Evaluating syndromic surveillance at farm level in aquaculture: outbreak detection of an endemic disease in Norwegian salmon production. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)
  • Boerlage, A. Only dead fish follow the flow… Shedding light on mortality in salmonid aquaculture. 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)
  • Walde, C. How current treatments for salmon lice seriously affects their hosts, Atlantic Salmon (salmon salar). 16th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE)
  • Garcia Morante, B. DECIDE: hacia el desarrollo de herramientas que permitan un mejor control de enfermedades endémicas (Eng. DECIDE: towards the development of tools that allow better control of endemic diseases). XXIV JORNADAS DE PORCINO DE LA UAB Y AVPC. 17 June 2022, Oral presentation. Download the presentation here.
  • Oliviera, V. Developing an interactive dashboard for monitoring mortality in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming. 4th International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS)
  • van Schaik, G. The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision support for farmers and veterinarians. 4th International Conference on Animal Health Surveillance (ICAHS). 5 May 2022, Oral presentation. Download the presentation here. 
  • Merca, C. A multivariate Dynamic Linear Model for monitoring Scottish salmon production. Precision Livestock Farming workshop.
  • van Schaik, G. The DECIDE project: a data-driven approach for decision support to better manage endemic diseases in cattle, pigs, poultry and salmon. Webinar series of the COST Action “SOUND control” (COST Action CA17110). 13 April 2022, Webinar. Watch the webinar here.
  • Walde. C.S. Bioeconomic evaluation of different treatment strategies against salmon lice in Norway. 20th International conference on Diseases of fish and shellfish 2021, Online