This workshop is hosted by Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.
📍 Where: USFQ Campus Cumbayá, Diego de Robles s/n, Quito 170901, Ecuador
🗓️ When: 5-17 October 2025
Day 1
| 09:00-09:30 |
Registration |
In meeting room |
| 09:30-10:30 |
Keynote: Epidemiological surveillance, analytics and public health response |
Lecture |
| 10:40-12:05 |
Participant flashtalks: showcasing surveillance and research |
E-poster |
| 12:05-13:00 |
Lunch break |
In meeting room |
| 13:00-14:30 |
Practical - part 1: Introduction to model programming environment |
Practical tutorial |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 15:00-16:40 |
Practical - part 2: Coding a simple population cohort model |
Practical tutorial |
| 18:30 onward |
Group dinner |
TBC |
Day 2
| 09:30-10:45 |
Keynote: Model design - from boxes and arrows, to equations, to code |
Lecture |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 10:45-12:05 |
Participant flashtalks: showcasing surveillance and research |
E-poster |
| 12:05-13:00 |
Lunch break |
In meeting room |
| 13:00-14:30 |
Practical - part 1: Designing and coding SIR and SEIR type models |
Practical tutorial |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 15:00-16:30 |
Practical - part 2: Model parameters from data and uncertainty |
Practical tutorial |
| 16:30 |
Closing remarks |
In meeting room |
Day 3
| 09:30-10:45 |
Keynote: Model design - from boxes and arrows, to equations, to code |
Lecture |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 10:45-12:05 |
Participant flashtalks: showcasing surveillance and research |
E-poster |
| 12:05-13:00 |
Lunch break |
In meeting room |
| 13:00-14:30 |
Practical - part 1: Using models to estimate transmission rates |
Practical tutorial |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 15:00-16:30 |
Practical - part 1: Using models to estimate transmission rates |
Practical tutorial |
| 16:30 |
Closing remarks |
In meeting room |
Day 4
| 09:30-10:45 |
Keynote: Pandemic disease threats in the regions of the Americas |
Lecture |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Practical - part 1: Closed vs open-population models |
Practical tutorial |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch break |
In meeting room |
| 13:00-14:30 |
Practical - part 2: Aggregated vs age-structured models |
Practical tutorial |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 15:00-16:30 |
Practical - part 3: Estimating disease severity from data |
Practical tutorial |
| 16:30 |
Closing remarks |
In meeting room |
Day 5
| 09:30-10:45 |
Keynote: The economics of pandemic preparedness and response |
Lecture |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 11:00-12:00 |
Practical - part 1: Modelling non-pharmaceutical (social) interventions |
Practical tutorial |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Lunch break |
In meeting room |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Practical - part 2: Continuation of previous practical session |
Practical tutorial |
| 14:00-14:30 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 14:30-16:30 |
Practical - part 3: Modelling vaccination |
Practical tutorial |
| 16:30 |
Closing remarks |
In meeting room |
Days 6 to 9
Workshop participants will develop group projects where they will design, parameterise and code a functioning mathematical model, which they will use to answer a public health question related to a real-life pandemic response. Across three days, they will receive expert mentoring from experienced disease modellers but, ultimately, the teams will be responsible for the development of their models and production of results. We will encourage teams to use real-world data to inform their models, where possible (i.e. publicly available data without special use restrictions).
Day 10
| 09:30-11:00 |
Final group project presentations |
In meeting room |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Networking / Coffee break |
In meeting room |
| 11:30-12:30 |
Plenary: Pandemic modelling research priorities in the region of the Americas |
Group plenary |
| 12:30-13:00 |
Plenary: Future directions of modelling research |
Group plenary |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Workshop conclusion - Social networking |
In meeting room |