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
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 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 See presentation |
Dr Dominique Vandekerchove, One Health Science Officer Strategy and External Positioning, Sciensano |
| 13:10 | Dr Catherine Decouttere, Manager Access to Medicines Research Centre Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven | |
| 13:15 | Wastewater surveillance : opportunities and challenges See presentation |
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 See presentation |
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 | |