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16 October 2026 · AfricaMuseum, Tervuren

One World,
One Wildlife Health

11th Symposium of the Belgian Wildlife Disease Society

A one-day meeting on wildlife diseases in the broadest sense, from wildlife trade and emerging viruses to vectors and conservation. Keynotes, pitches and posters at the Royal Museum for Central Africa.

European tree frog (Hyla arborea) on hazel leaves, photographed by Karl Gillebert
Specimen№ 4820
Hyla arboreaEuropean tree frog · rainette verte
On the programme: reintroduction of the green tree frog in Wallonia.
Photo © Karl Gillebert
Date
Fri 16 Oct 202609:00 – 17:00
Venue
AfricaMuseumTervuren, BE
Format
One daykeynotes · pitches · posters
Language
Englishinternational programme
Included
Lunch & coffeein every ticket
The theme

Wildlife, livestock and human health are one connected system. One World, One Wildlife Health brings together researchers, vets, ecologists and students around the diseases that move through that system, and the work to understand and contain them.

This edition spans four sessions: wildlife trade, old and new viruses on the move, living with vectors, and conservation projects in the field. It is hosted at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, a fitting setting for a day that reaches from Belgian landscapes to Central African wildlife.

Preliminary programme · subject to change

A day in the field log

Moderators: Tim Adriaens (INBO) & Sophie Gryseels (UAntwerp)
09:00
Registration & coffee
09:30
WelcomeT. Huyse (AfricaMuseum) & S. Roels (BWDS)
Session 1

Wildlife trade

09:40
Cultural background of bushmeat: the anthropological approachT. Trefon · AfricaMuseum, BE
10:15
CITES: wildlife trade from Africa and its impactA. Laudisoit · UAntwerp, BE
10:40
Free communication (pitch)
11:00
Coffee break & posters
Session 2

Old & new viruses marching in

11:20
Flaviviruses circulating in the NetherlandsJ. van den Brand · Utrecht University, NL
11:45
Ebola, a re-emerging epidemicC. Mande · UAntwerp, BE
12:10
Drivers of paramyxovirus diversity in African small mammalsUAntwerp, BE
12:35
Lunch & posters
Session 3

Living with vectors

13:35
Sustainable control of vectors: the SIT techniqueA. Ignjatović Ćupina · NSU, RS
14:00
Vector control in Belgium: current status and emerging solutionsW. Van Bortel (ITM, BE) & V. Versteirt (ANB, BE)
14:25
Free communication (pitch)
14:50
Coffee break & posters
Session 4

Conservation projects

15:20
Captive breeding projects at Antwerp Zoo / PlanckendaelF. Verstappen & S. Lafaut · Antwerp Zoo, BE
15:45
Reintroduction of the green tree frog in WalloniaA. Robise · Natagora, BE
16:00
Reintroduction of the garden dormouseD. De Keukeleire · INBO, BE
16:15
Free communication (pitch)
16:30
Final remarks, poster prize & reception
Registration

Reserve your place

Every ticket includes lunch and coffee. Registration closes 30 September 2026. Registration fees are non-refundable. Pay securely online, your confirmation and invoice follow by email.

The venue

Royal Museum for Central Africa

The AfricaMuseum in Tervuren holds one of the world's largest collections on Central African nature and culture, a research institution as much as a museum. It sets the stage for a day that runs from Flemish field projects to African wildlife.

Leuvensesteenweg 13
3080 Tervuren, Belgium
www.africamuseum.be →
DateFri 16 Oct 2026
Doors09:00
Sessions4
Receptionfrom 16:30
OrganiserBWDS
Contactinfo@bwds.be