ICAHS 2026

10-12 November 2026‌ - Hanoi, Vietnam‌

Bandeau - ICAHS 2026

Program Tuesday 10 November

08:00-09:00

Registration


09:00-09:10
FORMAL OPENING OF CONFERENCE

09:10-09:20

Welcome and introduction


09:20-09:30

Setting the scene: ICAHS 2011 - 2026

  • ICAHS Scientific Committee

09:30-12:45
SESSION 1 - Engagement and participation of actors and end-users in surveillance activities

Chairs: TBC

09:30-10:10
  • KN-S1 - Title: to be confirmed
    Khuat THI HAI OANH (SCDI, Vietnam)

Oral communications

10:10-10:30
  • S1-O1 - Increasing One Health awareness at the local level to bolster passive surveillance: insights from stakeholders from the Asia-Pacific
    Mélodie RUWET (Griffith University, Australia)
10:30-10:50
  • S1-O2 - Community Zoonotic Case Definitions in Rural Cambodia: Syndromic Knowledge, Reporting Barriers, and Design Considerations for a Community-Based Early Warning System
    V. MOUNG (International Development Enterprises (iDE), Cambodia)

Short oral communications

10:50-10:55
  • S1-SO1 - Roles of community animal health workers in surveillance and early warning – a regional overview in South East Asia
    Supatsak SUBHARAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Lao PDR)
10:55-11:00
  • S1-SO2 - African Swine Fever Surveillance Amongst Small-scale, Backyard, and Other Non-Intensive Pig Farmers
    Chuong VO (University of Minnesota, United States)

11:00-11:20

Morning tea/coffee - Posters


SESSION 1 - Engagement and participation of actors and end-users in surveillance activities (continued)

Chairs: TBC

Oral communications

11:20-11:40
  • S1-O3 - Strengthening Animal Rabies Outbreak Response through Community Engagement and One Health Approaches: Lessons from Local Contexts in Thailand
    Orapun ARJKUMPA (Fourth Regional Livestock Office, Thailand)
11:40-12:00
  • S1-O4 - Community-based surveillance and community engagement for One Health disease prevention
    Marisa PEYRE (CIRAD, France)
12:00-12:20
  • S1-O5 - Workforce in Action: Strengthening the Role of Village Animal Health Workers in Avian Influenza Prevention and Control in Cambodia
    Makara HAK (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Cambodia)

Short oral communications

12:20-12:25
  • S1-SO3 - Engagement of key stakeholders for the development of a participatory surveillance system of equine pregnancy and perinatal loss in Northern Italy
    Marco DE NARDI (Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (University of Bologna), Italy)
12:25-12:30
  • S1-SO4 - Can participatory co-design improve the operability of risk-based community surveillance for zoonoses in transforming landscapes? Philippines case-study
    Bérénice VARGA (CIRAD, Vietnam)

Case story communication

12:30-12:45
  • S1-CS1 - Spot It in Animals, Stop It in Humans: Cambodia’s Avian Flu Defense
    Aurelie BRIOUDES (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Cambodia)

12:45-13:45

Lunch - Posters


13:45-15:05
SESSION 1 - Engagement and participation of actors and end-users in surveillance activities (continued)

Chairs: TBC

Oral communications

13:45-14:05
  • S1-O6 - Assessing One Health Surveillance Systems at the Human-Animal-Wildlife Interface in a Biodiversity Hotspot: Findings from Stung Treng Province, Cambodia
    Sokha CHEA (Kasetsart University, Thailand)
14:05-14:25
  • S1-O7 - Drivers of underreporting and strategies for improvement of surveillance of Q fever in Italy: the case study of Emilia Romagna region
    Marco DE NARDI (Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (University of Bologna), Italy)

Case story communications

14:25-14:40
  • S1-CS2 - Impact of an integrated diagnostic network on strengthening passive surveillance in Mato Grosso, Brazil
    Ana Carolina SCHMIDT (Mato Grosso Animal Health Institute (INDEA-MT), Brazil)
14:40-14:55
  • S1-CS3 - Strengthening One Health Surveillance Coordination in Lao PDR: Findings from a Multi-Sectoral Mapping Study and National Workshop
    Séverine THYS (CIRAD, France)

Short oral communications

14:55-15:00
  • S1-SO5 - Livestock Identification and Registration System (LIRS) as an integrated tool for a community rabies vaccination program, A pilot project from Vietnam
    Cuong NGUYEN (Ausvet Pty Ltd, Vietnam)
15:00-15:05
  • S1-SO6 - One Health field site: Advancing intersectoral engagement and implementation at the grassroots level in Southeast Asia
    Sinh DANG-XUAN (International Livestock Research Institute, Vietnam)

15:05-15:35

Afternoon tea/coffee - Posters


15:35-17:25
SESSION 2 - Science / Society / Policy dialogue for effective surveillance

Chairs: TBC

15:35-16:15
  • KN-S2 - Title: to be confirmed
    François ROGER (CIRAD, Vietnam)

Oral communications

16:15-16:35
  • S2-O1 - A participatory progressive framework to guide development of national animal disease surveillance and early warning capacities in Asia
    Gaël LAMIELLE (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Thailand)
16:35-16:55
  • S2-O2 - One Health Strategy 2019: A Review of Nepal's Multisectoral Health Framework
    Sachin REGMI (Department of Livestock Services, Nepal)

Case story communication

16:55-17:10
  • S2-CS1 - An Exploratory Assessment of Targeted Surveillance for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Great Britain
    Suzanne STONE (Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom)

Short oral communications

17:10-17:15
  • S2-SO1 - Sri Lanka’s Experience in Rollout of Surveillance and Information Sharing Operational Tool (SIS-OT) for Zoonotic Diseases: First National Rollout in Asia-Pacific Region
    Rasika JINADASA (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sri Lanka)
17:15-17:20
  • S2-SO2 - Leveraging surveillance data to map sources and spread of Salmonella Enteritidis in four European countries
    Nicoline MUNK MIKKELSEN (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
17:20-17:25
  • S2-SO3 - From Dialogue to Action: Building a Multi-Stakeholder Policy Platform for Japanese Encephalitis Control in Nepal
    Ganesh KHATIWADA (Nepal One Health Institute, Nepal)

17:25-17:30

Day closing


17:30-18:00

Networking time / event