The Nordic Pandemic Preparedness Modelling Network meeting in Stockholm 8-9 October 2025
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Stockholm University 8-9 October 2025
Venue: Campus Albano, Pärlan House 1 Level 6
Wednesday, 8 October
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch at Proviant, House 2, Level 4, Campus Albano
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome & introduction (objectives, structure, practicalities), Tom & Birgitte
13:15 – 14:00 Responding to the last, preparing for the next: Modelling and is role in pandemic response in the UK - Thomas Finnie (UK Health Security Agency), Birgitte
14:00 – 14:15 Coffee break
Theme 1: Test data – practical exercise
14:15 – 14:45 Introductory lecture on pertussis: Bernice Aronsson (The Swedish Medical Product Agency), Gunnar
14:45 – 15:00 Introduction to exercise: Gunnar Rø (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
15:00 – 16:45 Group discussions on Norwegian pertussis data use case. Coffee when suitable
16:45 – 17:30 Plenary discussion – synthesis of group findings, Gunnar
19:00 Dinner at Ulla Winbladh
Thursday, 9 October
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome back & Recap of Day 1, Tom
Theme 2: Outline of whitepaper - experience on COVID-19 modelling for policy decisions
09:15 – 09:45 Introduction with preliminary results from the questionnaire, Birgitte
09:45 – 11:30 Group work drafting input for whitepaper. Coffee when suitable
11:30 – 12:20 Major infectious disease threats ahead - Anders Tegnell (The Public Health Agency of Sweden), Tom
12:20 – 12:30 Caroline de Groot (Karolinska Institutet): Presentation of related NordForsk network (Nordic Health Crises University Network)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Group presentations
14:00 – 14:30 Decision on process and roles/responsibilities for writing whitepaper
14:30 – 15:15 RespiCast and RespiCompass: Forecasting and Scenario Modelling of Respiratory Infections in Europe - Eva Bons (ECDC), Tom
15:15 – 15:30 Summary of meeting, Tom
