AIM COST Final Conference Presentations

 

AIMCOST

 

Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 - MORNING

 

 

 

9.00

 

 

 

9:20

 

 

 

 

 

 

hybrid

Opening

Alessandra della Torre, AIM-COST Chair, DSPMI, SAPIENZA University (IT)

Welcome address

Claudio Mastroianni, Director DSPMI, SAPIENZA University (IT)

Welcome address

Carlo Della Rocca, Head Faculty of Pharmacy & Medicine, SAPIENZA University

(IT)

9:20

9:40

WG1 - Monitoring and surveillance: Achievements, challenges, and open perspectives

Francis Schaffner, Francis Schaffner Consultancy, (CH)

9:40

10:00

Implementation of the paneuropean AIM monitoring (AIM-SURV): lessons learned

Miguel Miranda, University of the Balearic Islands, (ES)

10:00

10:20

Current status on ovitraps vs HLC (AIM-APSE)

Dusan Petric, University of Novi Sad, (RS)

10:20

10:40

 

Results and lessons learned from paneuropean implementation of Mosquito Alert

Frederic Bartumeus, Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) (ES)

10:40        11:00                           Coffee-break

11:00

11:20

 

WG2 - Control tools: Achievements, challenges and open perspectives

Antonios Michaelakis, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, (EL)

11:20

11:40

Socio-Economic perspectives of mosquito control

Antonis Kolimenakis, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, (EL) 

 

11:40

 

12:00

 

Results and lessons learned from Valencia AIM-COST Training School (2021)

Dusan Petric, University of Novi Sad, (RS)

Gregory L'Ambert, EID Mediterranée, Montepellier (FR)

12:00

12:20

WG3: Achievements, challenges, and open perspectives

William Wint, Environmental Research Group Oxford (UK)

12:20

12:40

AIM-COST Roadmap

Cedric Marsboom, Avia-GIS Research Department, (BE)

12:40

13:00

AIM-COST Communication, Dissemination, and Outreach

Filiz Gunay, Hacettepe University (TR)

13:00        14:00                           LUNCH

Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 - AFTERNOON

14:00

14:15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hybrid

National Plan of Prevention, surveillance, and control of vector-borne diseases in Spain. The crucial role of entomologists.

Lucía García San Miguel Rodríguez-Alarcón, Spanish Ministry of Health (ES)

14:15

14:30

Mosquito-borne disease in Italy: epidemiology, surveillance, prevention

Francesco Paolo Maraglino, Italian Ministry of Health (IT)

14:30

14:45

Vector Control: Protecting Public Health in Istanbul

Hakan Yilmazturk, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (TR)

14.45

15:00

Mosquito management in the Province of Vojvodini and AIM-COST guided changes

Nemanja Erceg, Provincial Secretary for Urban Planning and Environmental Protection (RS)

15:00

15:15

Experiences of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the UK and overseas territories

Jolyon Medlock, Health Security Agency (UK)

15:15

15:30

There is nothing simple about mosquito control

Marieta Braks, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (NL)

15:30

15:45

EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS – SOPs for vector surveillance and control at PoE

Barbara Μouchtouri, University of Thessaly, EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS (EL)

15:45

16:00

European Health policies concerning mosquito-borne diseases: where we stand

Sandra Geweher, Ecodevelopment (EL)

16:00         16:30                          Coffee-break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:30-17:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hybrid

STSM GRANTEE'S TURBO-TALKS

From monitoring to pathogens and host detection of Ae. albopictus in the Balearic Islands

Barcelo Carlos, University of the Balearic Islands, (ES)

Disruption of the reproductive capacity of Aedes mosquitoes by targeting long non-coding RNAs

Belavilas Trovas Alexandros, University of Thessaly (EL)

Vector role of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Mediterranean region: identification and field monitoring methods of native and AIM species in urban, rural and natural areas

Bourquia Maria, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Rabat, (MA)

Learning in the field: improving the realism of mechanistic models forecast through interactions with UK's medical entomologists

Da Re Daniele, University of Trento, (IT)

Could an intelligent monitoring technology system developed to combat Aedes aegypti in Brazil work for Ae. albopictus in Europe?

Gonzalez Mikel Alexander, University of the Balearic Islands, (ES)

Short Term Scientific Missions in Novi Sad and in Lisbon

Horvat Cinthia, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-

Napoca (RO)

Control of Aedes albopictus using the Sterile Insect technique: Monitoring and Assessment tools

Osório Hugo, National Institute of Health (PT)

STSM in Cyprus, 2020: experiences and impressions

Kavran Mihaela, University of Novi Sad (RS)

Share the data: collaboration of different fields of science 

Kurucz Kornélia, University of Pécs (HU)

UK mosquitoes: future research

Marini Giovanni, Fondazione Edmund Mach (IT)

Flavivirus Surveillance in Aedes mosquitoes in Albania

Rogozi Elton, Institute of Public Health Albania (AL)

Carry-over effects of different larval competition treatments on arboviral vector competence

Vanslembrouck Adwine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, (BE)

Q&A

 

TS GRANTEE'S TURBO-TALKS

 

 

17:30-18:00

 

 

hybrid

Aedes koreicus in the region of Slovenia, Hungary, and Croatia and risk assessment for Dirofilaria repens infections

Kurucz Kornélia, University of Pécs, (HU)

Modeling Ae. albopictus Distribution: The Barcelona Case Study as Inspiration for Madrid & Rabat

Ayat Abourashed, Erasmus MC, (NL)/CEAB-CSIC, (ES)

Q&A

 

SOCIAL DINNER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, February 2nd, 2023 - MORNING

HOW SHOULD AN EU COUNTRY REACT WHEN AEDES AEGYPTI IS FIRST RECORDED IN

CHAIRS: Miguel Miranda (ES) and Willy Wint (UK)

ORDER TO OPTIMISE REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND CONTINENTAL RESPONSES?

 

9:00

 

9:15

 

 

 

hybrid

Past, present and future distribution of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti: The European paradox

William Wint, Environmental Research Group Oxford (UK)

 

9:00

 

9:30

Aedes aegypti bionomics in urban environments: something in common with Aedes albopictus?

Luca Facchinelli, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK)

 

09:30

 

09:45

From heaven to hell: implications from the discovery of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus in the island of Cyprus

 

Marlen Vasquez, Cyprus University of Technology (CY)

 

09:45

 

11:00

 

f-t-f

Discussion in 4 groups based on pre-defined scenarios (5 bullet points/scenario, milestones, and constraints): stakeholders, communication, recommended strategies

External Facilitators and AIM-COST Core Group

11:00

11:30

 

Coffee-break

 

 

11:30

 

13:00

 

f-t-f

Continuation of group discussion

 

13.00

14.00

 

LUNCH

 

 

14:00

 

15:30

 

 

 

 

 

hybrid

Group presentations (max 10' each) and plenary discussion

4 group representatives

 

15:30

 

15:45

CIG application

Alessandra della Torre, AIM-COST Chair

 

15:45

 

16:00

Updates from the COST Association

Federica Ortelli (COST ASSOCIATION)

 

16:00

 

16:15

Wrap-up and closing

Alessandra della Torre, AIM-COST Chair

16:15

17:00

 

Coffee and goodbyes