RCN Workshop

RCN Marine Disease Modeling and Transmission Workshop

May 11-15, 2015

Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529

Workshop Information

Workshop Resources

Workshop Schedule

Attendees

Travel

Map

Monday, May 11, 2015 Room 3200, CCPO
Time	Event	Speaker
1300	Arrival/Welcome	Hofmann
	Presentation 1: General talk on abalone biology, species differences, distribution	Friedman
	Presentation 2: Transmission models	Bidegain/Ben-Horin
	Presentation 3: Abalone disease — history, biology	Friedman
1500	Abalone model structure and outline	Klinck
1530	Overview of abalone data and parameter estimation	Ben-Horin

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 Room 3200, CCPO
Time	Event	Speaker
0845	Arrival — Logistics information	Hofmann
0900	Presentation 1: Host-pathogen proliferation models	Hofmann
	Presentation 2: Genetics of disease resistance	Guo
	Presentation 3: Introduction to use of SI models including computer and MATLAB tutorials	Klinck, Bidegain, Ben-Horin, Levin
1330	Breakout Groups and/or Model Implementation
	BG1 - Parameter discussion for abalone SI models (mortality, transmission, particle release)
	BG2 - Discussion of transmission dynamics
	Use of SI models (hands-on)	Klinck, Bidegain, Ben-Horin, Levin

Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Room 3200, CCPO
Time	Event	Speaker
0845	Arrival — Logistics information	Hofmann
0900	Presentation 1: Physical oceanography of the abalone system	Haidvogel
	Presentation 2: Metapopulation models	Munroe
	Presentation 3: Experimental studies of disease transmission	Bushek/Ford
1330	Breakout Groups and/or Model Implementation
	BG1 - single species metapopulation model
	BG2 - multi-species metapopulation model
	Implementation of SI models	Klinck, Bidegain, Ben-Horin, Levin
1530	Presentation 4: Using data-driven models to quantify sea louse infestations on wild and farmed salmon	Groner

Thursday, May 14, 2015 Room 3200, CCPO
Time	Event	Speaker
0845	Arrival — logistics information	Hofmann
0900	Presentation 1: Long-term evolution of virulence	Carnegie
	Presentation 2: MPAs, reference points, area management	Powell
	Presentation 3: Statutory/regulatory constraints of marine disease management	Otts
1545	Breakout Groups and/or Model Implementation
	BG1: Evaluation of model results – how to do this and available data sets
	BG2: Inclusion/linking of economic and management issues in marine disease models
	Model Implementation	Klinck, Bidegain, Ben-Horin, Levin

Friday, May 15, 2015 Room 3200, CCPO
Time	Event	Speaker
0845	Arrival — Logistics	Hofmann
0900	Presentation 1: A different view – white spot disease in shrimp	Lotz
	Presentation 2: Impacts of disease management practices on the virulence and transmission of a salmonid virus	Wargo
	Discussion 1: Summary of models and implementation and evaluation of results	All
	Discussion 2: Possible special issue and manuscripts	All