The event will be held as part of the German Research Foundation (DFG) initiative Networking for Research at Universities of Applied Sciences (UDIF-HAW). It aims to bring together researchers from German Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) with researchers from Scotland and thus enable scientific exchange.
The following topics will be covered, however, further topics from researchers in any discipline working to improve human health, animal health, environmental health or food security can be submitted:
- Human health: antimicrobial resistance, pandemic preparedness and recovery, healthy ageing, diagnostics, imaging;
- Animal health: zoonoses, intervention strategies, vector-borne disease, animal welfare, conservation;
- Environmental health: water safety, sanitation, pollution, air quality, infrastructure, biodiversity;
- Food security: alternative foods, agritech, crop resilience to climate change, sustainability.
The virtual event involves researchers presenting specific research projects or their research focus in 5-minute pitches. This will be followed by 10-minute discussions. Researchers from all topic-related disciplines and subject areas are invited to participate. Short abstracts and posters can be submitted until 6 March 2024, including a substantive reference.
