Emerging pathogens are of great public health concern. Most human endemic or emerging infectious diseases that have led to epidemics or pandemics were caused by pathogens shared with wild or domestic animals. Species-jump events of a novel pathogen from sylvatic animal reservoirs to humans occur with regularity. The questions driving this workshop were: 1) can we predict when the next zoonotic emergence event will take place, so that we can best be prepared, and 2) what are the best interventions to prevent such an event.

The focussed workshop took place Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 July and the second part of the event (Research in Groups) took place on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 July 2024.