In 2024, SMIDDY took place on Friday 30^th August, in Allschwil at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, from 9:15 to 18:30. It was a pleasure to welcome all participants to an engaging meeting.

Agenda

Time	Session title
9:15 – 10:00	Welcome, coffee and registration 📍Seminar Room: 4 & 5, Swiss TPH, Kreuzstrasse 2, 4123 Allschwil (Google maps)
10:00 – 10:15	Opening remarks (PD Dr. Nakul Chitnis)
10:15 – 11:15	Keynote presentation Professor Thumbi Mwangi: The building blocks for (useful) policy modelling
11:15 – 12:15	Scientific session
	Lilian Goepp: Risk modelling of emerging mosquito-borne disease in Switzerland
	Neil Hobbs: Developing a coupled population dynamics population genetics model for the evolution of the implication of insecticide resistance
	Andreas Eilersen: The dynamics of plasmid-carrying bacteria within and between hosts
12:15 – 13:30	Standing lunch (& optional participation to a short tour to Swiss TPH’s working spaces)
13:30 – 14:30	Scientific session
	So Yoon Sim: Translating vaccine impact modeling to inform immunization decisions
	Malte Mütter: The Impact of Treatment Strategies on the Epidemiological Dynamics of Plasmid-Conferred Antibiotic Resistance
	Artemiy Dimov: Linking Disease Dynamics with Game Theory: Strategic Disease Control in One Health Social-Ecological Systems
14:30 – 15:00	Speed talks
	Laura Di Domenico: Multidimensional socio-economic factors relevant for contact behaviour: insights from social contact data in Switzerland
	Thiery Masserey: The selective pressure induced by malaria vaccines on Plasmodium falciparum
	Martina Reichmuth: Improving vaccination monitoring in Switzerland
	Laurent Bächler: Reducing infections indoors: Cost benefit analysis of technologies like far-uvc light and filters
15:00 – 15:20	Coffee break
15:20 – 16:20	Keynote presentation Professor Kayoko Shioda: Advanced Epidemiological Methods to Inform Infectious Disease Policies
16:20 – 16:30	Closing remarks (Dr Emilie Pothin)
16:30 – 18:30	Apero and networking