08:00–09:00

Registration

09:00–09:50

Opening ceremony

Welcome addresses from the organisers

09:50–10:00

Meeting organisation & symposium overview

Gwenaëlle Dauphin

SESSION 1 — DIAGNOSTICS & VIRUS DYNAMICS

10:00–10:25

Historical perspectives of swine influenza in Europe

Gaelle Simon

10:25–10:45

Strengthening diagnostic capability in Europe

Sasan Fereidouni, Annika Graaf-Rau, Chiara Chiapponi, Helen Everett

10:45–11:10

Collaborative monitoring of virus spatial & geographic dynamics

Gautier Richard, Pia Ryt-Hansen, Alexander Byrne

11:10–11:40

Coffee break

SESSION 2 — SURVEILLANCE, BIOSECURITY & ECONOMICS

11:40–12:00

Swine influenza surveillance: approaches & guidelines

Tijs Tobias

12:00–12:20

Biosecurity for swine influenza

Miroslav Kjosevski

12:20–12:40

Economic impact of swine influenza

Eduardo Velazquez

SPONSOR PRESENTATIONS

12:40–12:50

Gold sponsor — Ceva Santé Animale

12:50–13:00

Gold sponsor — Inel Medicinska Tehnika

13:00–13:05

Silver sponsor — Noack

13:05–14:00

Lunch

SESSION 3 — VACCINATION, PERCEPTION & ZOONOTIC RISK

14:00–14:25

Vaccines and vaccination

Claire Hautefeuille

14:25–14:50

Disease and vaccination perception

Lucía Dieste Pérez

14:50–15:15

Zoonotic risk

Lars E. Larsen

15:15–15:45

Coffee break

STAKEHOLDERS’ ROUNDTABLE — POLICY & FUTURE STRATEGY

15:45–16:45

Panel discussion with policy makers & stakeholders

Facilitator: Gwenaëlle Dauphin (ESFLU) 

Panelists:

Andreas Birch (Ø-Vet, Denmark)

Angeliki Melidou (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)

Helen Everett (Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom)

Gregorio Torres (World Organisation for Animal Health)

Themes: future of swine influenza prevention and control in Europe, addressing surveillance, policy development, One Health collaboration, and the translation of scientific evidence into practice

16:45–17:15

Closure of the day

Gwenaëlle Dauphin

20:00–22:00

Dinner

SESSIONS 4 & 5

Virus evolution & characterisation  ·  Diagnostics & detection methods

09:00–09:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Swine influenza virus dynamics in depth (2013–2026)

Gautier Richard

09:30–10:00

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Monitoring zoonotic cases: what we see in humans (One Health)

Angeliki Melidou

SESSION 4 — VIRUS EVOLUTION & CHARACTERISATION

Moderator: Dimitrios Papadopoulos

Moderator:

10:00–11:00

4.1  Pre-pandemic characterisation of swine influenza viruses: a WHO Collaborating Centre perspective

Alexander M. P. Byrne

4.2  Evaluating Vaccination Strategies Against Antigenically Drifting Swine Influenza A Virus in Farrow-to-Finish Herds: An Agent-Based Modeling Study

Jerrold M. Tubay

4.3  Evolution of surface proteins in swine influenza A viruses circulating in Belgium (2023–2026)

Maha Masoudi

4.4  Regular monitoring of Spanish pig farms in different regions reveals a high degree of genetic diversity and dynamic circulation of influenza A virus within farms

Ivan Domingo-Carreño

11:00–11:30

Coffee break & poster viewing

SESSION 5 — DIAGNOSTICS & DETECTION METHODS

Moderator: Eveliina Breukers

11:30–12:30

5.1  Another virus bites the dust: electrostatic dust collectors as non-invasive alternative for detection and sequencing of influenza A virus in pig herds

Marina Meester

5.2  Which influenza-A subtypes can be found in fattener blood on Hungarian farms with HI testing?

Péter Máté

5.3  Serological and molecular detection of swine influenza A virus in Macedonian commercial pig farms

Branko Angjelovski

5.4  Same virus, different stories: measuring swine influenza virus transmission in three Dutch farms under endemic circumstances

Evelien A. Germeraad

12:30–12:45

FLASH POSTER PRESENTATIONS

P1  Optimizing swine influenza A virus sampling for herd-level surveillance and strain characterization  — Julia Stadler

P2  Swine influenza A virus surveillance in Slovenian pig farms using non-invasive environmental and air sampling approaches  — Marina Štukelj

P3  Beyond the matrix: diagnostic genomics for influenza A virus detection in pigs  — Sander Boden

P4  An end-to-end pipeline for assembly, genotyping and surveillance of swine influenza  — Casper Thorup

P5  Evolutionary dynamics of swIAV quasispecies during a scheduled monitoring of respiratory pathogens in Spanish pig farms  — Ivan Domingo-Carreño

12:45–13:45

Lunch & poster session

SESSION 6 — EPIDEMIOLOGY & SURVEILLANCE

Moderator: Gavrila Amadea Puspitarani

13:45–14:05

KEYNOTE LECTURE

European swine influenza situation

Pia Ryt-Hansen

14:05–14:25

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Situation in the Americas

Martha Nelson

14:25–14:45

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Situation in Asia

Tommy Lam

14:45–15:15

Coffee break & poster viewing

15:15–16:45

6.1  Ongoing circulation of human-derived H3N2 swine influenza viruses in Northern Italy

Laura Soliani

6.2  H3N2 influenza A virus detected in pigs in Great Britain for the first time in three decades

Benjamin C. Mollett

6.3  Genomic surveillance reveals dominance of Eurasian avian-like swine influenza A virus and bidirectional transmission in Swiss pig herds

Mike Mwanga

6.4  Understanding endemic swine influenza dynamics in pig herds: insights from longitudinal monitoring and machine learning

Elisabeth Hellec

6.5  Integrated surveillance strategies of swine influenza A viruses to assess environmental contamination and occupational exposure in pig farms

Andrea Fortin

6.6  Enhancing influenza A surveillance in the Netherlands: addressing epidemiology gaps of influenza A in a One Health context

Lucía Dieste-Pérez

16:45–17:00

FLASH POSTER PRESENTATIONS

P6  Multisectorial surveillance reveals genetic diversity and potential reverse zoonotic transmission of swine influenza A viruses in Austria  — Elena Lucia Sassu

P7  Unusual rise of H1N1pdm09 swine influenza virus in France: insights from the Ceva virological surveillance network (2019–2026)  — Eduardo Velazquez

P8  Genetic characterization of swine influenza viruses, including a reassortant strain, in Finland, 2014–2025  — A. Kauppinen

P9  Serological screening and preliminary subtyping of swine influenza in Croatian wild boars (2024–2025)  — Andreja Jungić

20:00–23:30

Dinner

SESSION 7 — PREVENTION & CONTROL

Moderator: Katarzyna Podgórska

09:00–09:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Swine influenza vaccines: pipeline, immunity & current products

Enric Mateu

09:30–10:15

7.1  RNA particle vaccines encoding influenza A virus hemagglutinin or neuraminidase: safety and efficacy in pigs

Susan Knetter

7.2  Detection rates and vaccination strategies in Danish sow herds 2020–2025

Charlotte Sonne Kristensen

7.3  Biosecurity measures for optimised management & control of swine influenza in pig herds

Paula Rebollo-Igual, Alessia Rusina

10:15–10:45

Coffee break & poster viewing

10:45–11:15

7.4  Perception of swine influenza A risk for animal and human health and role of vaccination among stakeholders in the pig industry: a qualitative study in Brittany, France

Séverine Thys

7.5  Understanding Serbian pig farmers’ perceptions for effective swine influenza prevention and control

Jasna Prodanov-Radulović

11:15–11:30

FLASH POSTER PRESENTATIONS

P10  Field evaluation of piglet performance following vaccination of the breeding herd against pandemic swIAV  — Veronika Vladimirova

P11  Transmission events of swine- and human-origin influenza A virus in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo)  — Lara Cavicchio

P12  Virological background of swine IAV-positive pigs in Switzerland: preliminary evidence of PPIV1, SOV and PHEV  — Ada Mescoli

P13  Pandemic risk of European swine influenza viruses: replicative fitness in a human model  — Abi Lofts

P14  Towards a harmonized assessment of the economic impact of swine influenza A virus in Europe  — Jelena Maletićs

11:30–12:00

Closing ceremony

Summary & key messages; Gwenaëlle Dauphin