Evolutionary Hypothesis Testing Module

Responsible
Carla Mavian and Philippe Lemey

TIME

CONTENT

SPEAKERS

SUNDAY 6 September

16:00

Registration and Welcome to VEME
Venue: Kapstadt Brauhaus Stellenbosch 98 Dorp St, Stellenbosch Central

Monday 7 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
9:00

Registration

9:00
to
9:30

Welcome and practical instructions

C Mavian

9:30
to
10:00

Statistical inference in phylogenetics and phylodynamics

P Lemey

10:00
to
10:30

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: theory

H Schmidt

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

11:00
to
12:30

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: theory

H Schmidt

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Advanced evolutionary models and maximum likelihood methods: practice

H Schmidt & V Hill

15:30
to
17:00

Tea and Coffee break + poster session

Tuesday 8 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
10:30

Bayesian phylogenetic inference: theory

M Suchard

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

10:30
to
12:30

Molecular clock & Time-measured trees

V Hill

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Introduction to BEAST(/BEAGLE): practice

V Hill, C Mavian, P Lemey

15:30
to
16:00

Tea and Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

The coalescent with varying population size: theory

M Suchard

Wednesday 9 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
10:30

Coalescent inference: practice

P Lemey, V Hill, M Suchard

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

11:00
to
12:30

Birth-death models for phylodynamics: Theory

M Suchard

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
14:30

Birth-death models for phylodynamics: Practice

P Lemey, C Mavian, M Suchard

14:30
to
15:30

Using TreeTracer to assess convergence

S Hong

15:30
to
16:00

Free computer time

All Teachers​

16:00
to
16:30

Tea and Coffee break + poster session

16:30
to
17:00

Travel to the keynote venue

17:00
to
17:45

Keynote 1: Smart Surveillance: Digital Tools and AI for Early Warning and Outbreak Preparedness

Moritz Kraemer

17:45
to
18:30

Keynote 2: Data science from pathogen emergence to epidemic spread

Houriiyah Tegally

Thursday 10 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
10:30

Discrete Phylogeographic inference: theory

P Lemey

10:30
to
11:00

Tea and Coffee break

11:00
to
12:30

Discrete Phylogeographic inference: practice

P Lemey, S Hong, S Dellicour

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:00

Free computer time

All Teachers​​

15:00
to
15:30

Structured Coalescent: theory

Y Shao (online)

15:30
to
16:00

Tea and Coffee break

16:00
to
17:00

Structured Coalescent: practice

C Mavian, S Hong, S Dellicour, P Lemey

18:30
to
20:30

Course teachers dinner

Friday 11 September

7:30
to
8:00

Transport pick up from central STB

8:30
to
10:30

Continuous Phylogeographic inference: theory (and Seraphim)

S Dellicour

10:30
to
10:45

Tea and Coffee break

10:45
to
12:30

Continuous Phylogeographic inference: practice (and Seraphim)

S Dellicour, P Lemey, S Hong

12:30
to
13:30

Lunch

13:30
to
15:30

Free computer time

C Mavian, S Hong, P Lemey

15:30
to
16:00

Tea and Coffee break

16:00
to
17:30

Free computer time

C Mavian, S Hong