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Preparedness & Predictions in an Interconnected World

NCOH Annual Scientific Meeting​

Thursday 30 October 2025

10.00-18.00 hrs (with doors open & registration from 9.30 hrs)

LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands (onsite only)

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About the Annual Scientific Meeting

Join your fellow One Health enthusiasts at the NCOH Annual Scientific Meeting, where leading One Health experts will gather to discuss critical topics under the theme "Preparedness & Predictions in an Interconnected World."

This event promises to be a hub of innovation and collaboration, featuring keynote speeches from renowned scientists and dynamic presentations from emerging researchers. In addition to the keynotes, the meeting will feature pitches from young scientists, showcasing their innovative research and fresh perspectives on One Health challenges. Updates from the NCOH board and young board.

Mark your calendars and be part of the conversation shaping the future of global one health.

Participation is open for NCOH partners and associates.

Check out our prelimenary programme

Keynote speakers

Implementing One Health approaches

Prof. Fabian Leendertz

Professor of One Health

University of Greifswald

Predicting arboviruses climate tipping points – the One Health PACT

Prof. Marion Koopmans Professor of Public Health Virology

Erasmus MC

Modeling early warning and preparedness from a One Health perspective

Prof. Colin Russell

Professor of Applied Evolutionary Biology

Amsterdam UMC

Disease transmission at the human-animal interface

Prof. Quirine ten Bosch Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Wageningen University & Research

Cross-kingdom microbiome analyses

Assoc. Prof. Georg Zeller

Associate professor of Microbiome Research and Computational Biology

Leiden University Medical Center

Location

Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)

Building 3, Burumazaal

Albinusdreef 2

2300 RC Leiden

LUMC is a 3 minutes walk from Leiden Central train station.

A parking garage is located at LUMC. More about parking and costs in Dutch on the LUMC website.

Organisers

This Annual Scientific Meeting is organised by the NCOH Executive Board:

Assoc. Prof. Jutte de Vries and Prof. Mark de Boer, Leiden University Medical Center (this year's hosts)

Prof. Annemarie Rebel, Wageningen University & Research (chair of NCOH)

Prof. Geert van den Bogaart, University of Groningen

Prof. Jan Kluijtmans, University Medical Center Utrecht

Prof. Marion Koopmans, Erasmus Medical Center

Prof. Nathanial Martin, Leiden University 

Prof. Ronald van Rij, Radboudumc

Prof. Constance Schultsz, Amsterdam UMC 

Prof. Lidwien Smit, Utrecht University

Prof. Wim van der Poel, Wageningen University & Research

Dr. Arjen van de Giessen, RIVM

and supported by the local organising committee