Phylogenetic inference module ResponsibleMarta Giovanetti and Eduan Wilkinson TIME CONTENT SPEAKERS SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 14:00 to 16:00 Introduction to command line (optional) TBA 16:00 to 18:00 Welcome to VEME Luiz Alcantara 18:00 to 20:00 VEME Cocktail Event Monday 5 AUGUST 08:00 to 08:30 Registration. 8:30 to 9:00 Welcome and practical instructions M Giovanetti and E Wilkinson 9:00 to 10:30 Fundamentals of molecular evolution E Wilkinson 10:30 to 11:00 Coffee break. 11:00 to 12:30 Constructing a proper dataset: practical M Giovanetti and H Tegally 12:30 to 14:00 Lunch. 14:00 to 16:00 Alignment algorithms (Theory and Practice) LA Santos 16:00 to 17:00 Coffee break + poster session. Tuesday 6 AUGUST 8:30 to 9:45 Sequence alignments and editing: practical LA Santos and E Wilkinson 9:45 to 10:30 Phylogenetic signal and phylogenetic noise: theory H Schmidt 10:30 to 11:00 Coffee break. 11:00 to 12:30 Phylogenetic signal and phylogenetic noise: practical M Giovanetti and E Wilkinson 12:30 to 13:30 Lunch. 13:30 to 14:30 Evolutionary models: theory LA Santos and M Giovanetti 14:30 to 15:30 Testing evolutionary models: practical M Giovanetti and LA Santos 15:30 to 16:00 Coffee break. 16:00 to 16:50 Free computer time. All PI instructors Wednesday 7 AUGUST 8:30 to 10:30 Methods for phylogenetic tree reconstruction E Wilkinson 10:30 to 11:00 Coffee break. 11:00 to 12:30 Hypothesis testing and ML methods: Part 1 H Schmidt 12:30 to 13:30 Lunch. 13:30 to 14:00 Hypothesis testing and ML methods: Part 2 H Schmidt 14:00 to 16:00 Hypothesis testing and NJ and ML methods: practical H Tegally and E Wilkinson 16:00 to 17:00 Coffee break + poster session. 17:30 to 18:45 Keynote 1: Edward Holmes 18:45 to 20:00 Keynote 2: Marion Koopmans Thursday 8 August 8:30 to 9:30 Reconstructing ancestral states E Wilkinson 9:30 to 10:30 Reconstructing ancestral states: practical E Wilkinson and H Tegally 10:30 to 11:00 Coffee break. 11:00 to 12:30 Molecular Clocks and intro to phylodynamics M Giovanetti 12:30 to 13:30 Lunch. 13:30 to 15:30 Introduction to Bayesian methods in BEAST H Tegally and E Wilkinson 15:30 to 16:00 Coffee break. 16:00 to 17:30 Free computer time All PI instructors 18:30 to 20:30 Course teachers dinner