Venice (Italy)  26-27 May, 2011                                                   

This is the final workshop of our EU FP7 research project "FluModCont" which has focussed on developing European pandemic influenza modelling capability over the last 3 years.The workshop aimed to encourage productive dialogue between modellers (from universities and public health agencies) and senior public health decision makers - reviewing the 2009 experience of how modelling and analysis informed (or not) decision-making, and what lessons should be learned for the future (both technical and in terms of structuring the relationship and expectations). A key aim was to compare experiences across the European Union, but not exclusively so - the experience in the US we think is informative, and clearly WHO's role in pandemic response is key. Some of the technical issues we focused on include: what 2009 taught us about influenza transmission; data needs in a pandemic; methods for generating rapid parameter estimates; potential effectiveness and public compliance with control measures. But as important were sessions on the information requirements of public health decision makers during a pandemic, the interface between policy and modelling, and research/surveillance priorities for the future.

• Programme

• Poster

• List of participants

List of available presentations:

May 26

• Pugliese A., "Overview of Flumodcont"
• Jernigan D., "The US pandemic experience"
• Nicoll A., "The pandemic in Europe - the lesson we should learn"
• van der Sande M. "The experience in the Netherlands"
• Salmaso S. "Surveillance, modelling and policy in Italy"
• Briand S., "Challenges for WHO and lessons learned" 
• Robinson R., "The challenges of vaccine delivery"
• Discussion group a: policy experiences during 209 pandemic 
• Discussion group b: modelling networks

 May 27

• Wallinga J., "Real-time tracking of epidemics"
• Truscott J., "Parameter estimation for seasonal influenza"

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