First Annual Meeting March 2025

The First Annual Meeting of the OH-ALLIES project was held on Thursday March 20^th 2025 at the University College Dublin’s Belfield campus.  The day kicked off at 9, and after an opening address from the Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. June Fanning, there were talks from two guest speakers.  The first was Dr Andrea Gervelmeyer who leads the One Health surveillance activities at EFSA, the European Food Safety Authority and outlined how the OH-ALLIES project fits into the wider European context in terms of EFSA-led One Health surveillance activities.  Following Andrea, Dr Pikka Jokelainen who is based in SSI, the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark, gave an overview of the activities being carried out as part of the 11-Member State OH4Surveillance consortium that she leads.  OH4Surveillance is a sister-project of OH-ALLIES, both funded through the same EU4Health Programme funding call.  Once our guest speakers had finished, updates and progress from the OH-ALLIES project were presented.  In addition, there were poster presentations provided by the post-doctoral scientists working on the project.

As well as project participants, there were external stakeholders in attendance representing a number of different stakeholder organisations.  The plenary session continued until one PM when all attendees enjoyed a well-deserved lunch and some networking time.