Keynote 4: 13 years of genomic surveillance in Haiti
Carla Mavian
18:00
to
18:30
Keynote 5: Mass Dengue Vaccination Campaign in Dourados: A Vaccine Breakthough Case Following Tetravalent Anti-dengue Vaccination
Julio Croda
Thursday 8 August
8:00
to
9:00
Reconstructing ancestral states
E Wilkinson
9:00
to
10:00
Reconstructing ancestral states: practical
E Wilkinson and H Tegally
10:00
to
10:30
Coffee break.
10:30
to
12:00
Molecular Clocks and intro to phylodynamics
M Giovanetti
12:00
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
Important VEME Update
2025 Workshop Cancelled
2026–2027 Secured
Dear VEME applicants,
We regret to inform you that, due to a global decline in international funding, we will need to cancel VEME2025. Despite our best efforts to secure financial support for this exceptional workshop, we were unable to obtain the necessary commitments to host the event at the Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) this year.
While this is disappointing news, we are pleased to share that funding has been secured for VEME2026—and most likely for 2027 as well. The 2026 edition is expected to take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and the 2027 workshop in Dakar, Senegal. Both events will be supported through the CERI and IPD African Stars Fellowship Program, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation. Unfortunately, these funds could not be applied to the 2025 event, as it was reliant on a different funding source.
We thank you for your patience and regret we cannot give you better news. We encourage you to apply again for next year’s VEME. Now more than ever, it is essential that our VEME training continues to prepare the next generation of scientists to respond to global health challenges.
