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DECIDE Final Event in Brussels concludes five years of progress: from insights to implementation

June 15, 2026

On 10 June 2026, the DECIDE consortium gathered at the University Foundation in Brussels for the project’s Final Event, “From Insights to Implementation”. Around 70 participants from across Europe joined the event, including researchers from different disciplines, veterinarians, animal health authorities, industry representatives and knowledge transfer organisations.

DECIDE partners to meet in Brussels for the General Assembly and Final Event

June 2, 2026

On 9 June 2026, the DECIDE consortium will gather in Brussels, Belgium, for its final General Assembly meeting, marking an important milestone as the project approaches its conclusion.

New innovations and biosecurity solutions showcased at the British Pig & Poultry Fair 2026

April 29, 2026

The British Pig & Poultry Fair, organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), will take place on 13–14 May 2026 at the NEC in Birmingham, United Kingdom. As a leading event for the pig, poultry and egg sectors, the fair brings together industry stakeholders to explore the latest innovations, research developments and practical solutions shaping modern livestock production

DECIDE showcases impact and innovation at SVEPM 2026 in London

April 2, 2026

The DECIDE project had a strong and visible presence at the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) Conference 2026, held on 25 – 27 March in London, UK. With around 300 participants, this year’s edition marked a record attendance and provided an important platform for scientific exchange, collaboration and innovation in veterinary epidemiology. DECIDE partners contributed through poster and oral presentations and a dedicated workshop, demonstrating the project’s progress in developing data-driven decision-support tools for animal health and their pathway towards practical implementation.

New publication: Advancing livestock disease surveillance through ontologies

March 23, 2026

A recent publication from the DECIDE project published in Smart Agricultural Technology provides a focused assessment of how livestock disease surveillance can be improved through better data integration and the use of ontologies. With infectious diseases continuing to affect both terrestrial and aquatic livestock systems, the need for interoperable and scalable surveillance solutions is increasingly critical.

GBADs and DECIDE explore the burden of disease in aquaculture in the final joint webinar

February 2, 2026

On 29 January, the DECIDE project and the Global Burden of Animal Diseases (GBADs) programme hosted their 10th and final joint webinar, bringing together more than 40 participants from research, policy and industry to discuss the burden of disease in aquaculture and its implications for sustainable food systems and decision-making.

DECIDE consortium meets online for its General Assembly

January 21, 2026

The DECIDE consortium held its General Assembly online on 19 and 20 January 2026, bringing together more than 40 participants from across Europe to review progress, exchange insights and align on next steps for the project.

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DECIDE partners meet in Amsterdam for an in-person Exploitation Workshop

December 4, 2025

On 27 October 2025, DECIDE partners met in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, for an in-person exploitation workshop focused on how the project’s results and decision-support tools can be taken forward beyond the project lifetime. This Amsterdam session was the second of two exploitation workshops organised during the final year of DECIDE. It followed an initial workshop

DECIDE Newsletter #4

November 4, 2025

Welcome to the fourth issue of the DECIDE newsletter! The newsletter serves as a resource to share recent updates and developments of the DECIDE project, exciting results, milestones and insights into the work within the consortium. This issue includes: Foreword by the project coordinator Broiler disease burden assessments – whereare the data gaps?, by Yara

DECIDE at ISESSAH 2025 in Utrecht

October 21, 2025

On 16-19 October 2025, our DECIDE partners attended the International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health (ISESSAH) Conference 2025 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. This year’s theme focused on “towards multiple burden animal health decision making.” We are proud to share that our DECIDE consortium member, Wilma Steeneveld, Utrecht University, led the local

Next Events

DECIDE Final Event | Brussels, Belgium

Artificial Intelligence 4 Animal Science | Ghent, Belgium

Modelling in Animal Health | Nantes, France

International Society for Economics and Social Sciences of Animal Health 2026 | Bangkok, Thailand

33rd World Buiatrics Congress | Istanbul, Turkey

12^th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming | Valencia, Spain

4th International Conference on Aquatic Animal Epidemiology | Medellin, Colombia

Recent Events

SVEPM Conference | London, UK

ISESSAH Conference | Utrecht, NL

DECIDE General Assembly | Uppsala, SE

TechCare project final conference | Brussels, BE & online

ESPHM Conference | Bern, CH

DECIDE Animal Health Surveillance Cluster Event | Berlin, DE

SVEPM Conference | Berlin, DE

ISVEE17 | Sydney, AUS

Annual WP2 workshop on State Space Models for Animal Health Surveillance | Copenhagen, DK

Workshop on Understanding Semantic Web & Ontologies for Precision Livestock Farming | Bologna, IT

ECPFL 2024 | Bologna, IT

EAAP2024 | Florence, IT

ModAH 2024 | Nantes, FR

DECIDE General Assembly | Nantes, FR

BFSA Symposium | Brussels, BE

IPVS & ESPM 2024 | Leipzig, DE

“Harnessing the power of data – veterinary perspective” | Science Briefing to tackle AMR | Uppsala SE

“Deep mechanistic model: Integrating deep learning and stochastic mechanistic approaches for Bovine Respiratory Diseases diagnosis and epidemiological forecasting” SVEPM | Uppsala SE

“Using data to support day-to-day health management of farmed Atlantic salmon” FSV 2024 | Edinburgh, SCT

2023

2022

“Data to support health management of maricultured salmonids in Scotland” AquaEpi III | New Delhi, IN

“Innovation in Veterinary Medicine – practical approaches to using Big Data” TOPRA Veterinary Medicines Symposium | Portugal, PT

DECIDE workshop on state space models for animal health surveillance | Copenhagen, DK

“GLEAM model and the welfare burden of animal diseases: Exploring sustainability in livestock production” | GBADs & DECIDE Seminar Series, online

European Buiatrics Congress 2023 | Berlin, DE

DECIDE General Assembly | Copenhagen, DK

Green Data Lab Conference 2023 | Oslo, NO

SRA Europe 2023 | Lund, SE

ISSESAH 2023 | Helsinki, FI

The burden of endemic respiratory disease in pigs: developing farm-level tools to monitor pig health and improve disease control | Online Webinar

SVEPM 2023 | Toulouse, FR

GBADs & DECIDE: exploring the burden of animal diseases and ranking of disease intervention | Online Webinar

2021

EMA Second Veterinary Big Data stakeholder forum | Online
Speakers Prof. Dr. Gerdien van Schaik (UU), and Dr. Miel Hostens (UU).

VPHI Webinar | Online
“Collecting stakeholder perspectives on animal health and welfare: Needs and challenges related to data use analysis visualisations and sharing”, Dr. Angela Bearth (ETHZ)

HAVBRUK 2022 | Bergen, NO

ECPLF 2022 | Vienna, AUT

ISVEE 2022 | Halifax, CA
Presentation “The DECIDE project: from surveillance data to decision support for farmers and veterinarians” by Marloes Boeters (UU).

Annette Boerlage (SRUC) and João Afonso (UoL) will also present at ISVEE 2022.

XXIV JORNADAS DE PORCINO DE LA UAB Y AVPC | Barcelona, ES
Presentation: DECIDE: towards the development of tools that allow better control of endemic diseases by Beatriz Garcia Morante (IRTA)

General Assembly | Zurich, CH

British Pig and Poultry Fair | Warwickshire, UK

ICAHS 2022 | Copenhagen, DK

Precision Livestock Farming workshop | Wageningen, NL
Presentation of DECIDE by Carolina Merca (UCPH)

SOUND control webinar | Virtual
Presentation “The DECIDE project: a data-driven approach for decision support to better manage endemic diseases in cattle, pigs, poultry and salmon” by Gerdien van Schaik (UU).

General Assembly | Virtual