Monday 25 August - Setting the scene
- Introduction to virology (Marc Van Ranst)
- Data modelling (Niel Hens)
- Cost of pandemics (Philippe Beutels)
- Ten steps of outbreak investigation - simulation exercise (Erika Vlieghe, Isabel Brosius, Liesbeth Van Gestel, Naïma Hammami)
- Welcome reception
Tuesday 26 August - Tackling an outbreak
- Tackling emerging diseases across continents - mpox (Laurens Liesenborghs)
- Risk assessment and surveillance (Jorgen Stassijns)
- Science communication (Erika Vlieghe, Alma Tostmann)
- Crisis communication (Frank Van Oss)
- Tour of Vaccinopolis (Bart Van Meerbergen)
- Vaccination and public health crisis (Pierre Van Damme)
Wednesday 27 August - Silent pandemic of AMR and wellbeing
- The silent pandemic of AMR (Zoi Dorothea Pana, Annette Hennigs)
- Hospital outbreak management (Alma Tostmann)
- Well-being and resilience in outbreaks (Anke Boone)
- One health and pandemic preparedness (Zoi Dorothea Pana)
- Societal mental impact of outbreak interventions (Armand Sprecher)
- Panel discussion (Cathy Berx, Zoi Dorothea Pana, Anke Boone, Armand Sprecher, Alma Tostmann)
Thursday 28 August - Vaccination, confidence and ethics
- Vaccine confidence and communication (Greet Hendrickx, Toni Claessens, Helene Laporte, Pierre Van Damme)
- Controlling airborne pathogens (Koen Vanden Driessche)
- Implementation of vaccination campaigns (Inge Neven)
- Ethical issues in outbreaks (Raffaella Ravinetto, Gorik Ooms, Nicola Deghaye)
- Simulations in pandemic preparedness (Entesar Omer)
Friday 29 August - High consequence infectious diseases (HCID)
- Which pathogens require an HLIU? (Ilke Griewe, Charlotte Kriebel, Erika Vlieghe)
- Tour of High Level Isolation Unit (Yvan Somers, Luca Zweers, Manon Tieland-Winge)
- Medevac for HCIDs (Jan Vaes)
- How well is Belgium prepared? (Dirk Ramaekers, Liesbeth Van Gestel)
- Panel discussion