13th Crane Seminar:Risk assessment – improving public health and animal welfarein food production

Seminar and postgraduate course (3 ECTS)

Main lecturers:Dr David Vose, Vose Software , Belgium. Dr Vose is an international expert in risk analysis. He founded Vose Consulting (presently EpiX Analytics LLC), has developed the risk analysis training and reference software ModelAssist, and has authored the fundamental volume Risk analysis: a quantitative guide.Dr Maarten Nauta, Danish Technical University, Denmark. Dr Nauta is an international expert of quantitative microbiological risk assessment in public health, with a background in mathematical biology. He has long experience in mathematical modelling of biological systems.Prof Telmo Nunes, University of Lisbon , Portugal. Prof Nunes performs research and teaching in epidemiology, risk analysis, animal welfare, and food safety. He has carried out several expert tasks as risk assessor in projects launched by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSkara, Sweden, 24 March – 11 April 2014

The course is open to everyone admitted to a PhD or residency programme in medicine, veterinary medicine, animal science, or biology. In case the course is full, PhD students will be given priority.

Upon completion of the course the students shall be able to: Explain concepts and principles of risk assessment; Explain the application of basic risk assessment techniques to public health and

animal welfare in food production; Interpret results from risk assessments applied to public health and animal

welfare in food production.

The course consists of three parts: a pre-campus period, a 5-day on-campus seminar, and a post-campus period. All participants will be expected to read material provided by the lecturers and distributed 1 week pre-campus. On campus, plenary presentations are given by three main lecturers, followed by short counter-presentations by experienced teachers or researchers. Group work and discussions in plenum stimulate the dialogue across disciplines. Material and studying questions will be distributed to participants 1 week pre-campus.

Examination: Passed participation during at least 3 days on-campus; Passed completion of post-campus assignments in writing…

Fees: PhD students… Residencies… Seminar participants…

Registration… Susanne Lindwall susanne.lindwall@slu.se latest 1 March 2014

Seminar website www.slu.se/craneseminar

Additional information: Assoc prof Stefan Gunnarsson stefan.gunnarsson@slu.se and Assoc prof Jan Hultgren jan.hultgren@slu.se

14 Mar Distribution of course material24 Mar Submission of written assignment31 Mar What I am going to tell you is…

Get-together1 Apr Lecture: Risk assessment as methodology

Comments to the main lecturerGroup work and plenary discussionCrane excursion to Lake Hornborga

2 Apr Lecture: Risk assessment in public healthComments to the main lecturerGroup work and plenary discussion

3 Apr Lecture: Risk assessment in animal welfareComments to the main lecturerGroup work and plenary discussionCourse dinner

4 Apr What I really meant to say was...What I think they said was...

11 Apr Submission of written assignment17 Apr Feedback on written assignments

Short program:

Crane Seminars are recurrent interdiciplinary events organised by the Department of

Animal Environment and Health every 2nd-3rd year to connect human, animal and biological

sciences under current themes of high societal relevance