Belgian One Health workshop on Innovation
in monitoring and surveillance of human, animal and environmental health
January 29th, 2024
The workshop’s goal was to brainstorm on the potential of using existing and new sensors and their data to monitor and surveil new and existing pathogens in wastewater and air.
It gathered academics, scientists from different universities and people from industry with relevant expertise for this exploration.
Venue: FPS Public Health, Av. Galileelaan 5/2, 1210 Brussels
Programme :
12:15 Registration, sandwiches and coffee
13:00 Welcome
Prof. Sofie De Broe Strategy and External Positioning, Sciensano Leading Official (ai) of the Health Data Agency
13:05 Belgian One Health Initiative
Dr Dominique Vandekerchove, One Health Science Officer Strategy and External Positioning, Sciensano
13:10 One Health institute KU Leuven
Dr Catherine Decouttere, Manager Access to Medicines Research Centre Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven
13:15 Wastewater surveillance : opportunities and challenges
Dr Raphael Janssens, Scientist wastewater-based surveillance,
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Sciensano
13:35 Insights into Indoor Air Quality: Beyond CO2 to Chemical and Microbial Pollutants
Dr Sarah Nauwelaerts, Sciensano Platform chromatography and mass spectrometry, Sciensano Dr Babette Muyshondt Mycology and aerobiology, Sciensano
13:55 Sensors : newest developments
Dr Marcel Zevenbergen Principal member of the technical staff 'Emerging sensors', IMEC
14:15 Coffee break
14:35 Discussion in 2 parallel groups (wastewater, air quality)
16:15 Presentation of the conclusions
Moderators (Sofie De Broe and Robbert Boudewijns)
16:25 Closure
Prof. Sofie De Broe, Scientific Coordinator Strategy and External Positioning, Sciensano
16:30 End of the seminar