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​Conference Purpose:

1. Provide a collaborative experience for human and veterinary health professionals that will foster multidisciplina​ry applied research efforts to enhance public health, animal health/productivity, and community livelihoods.
2. Enable application of new human and animal health information related to zoonoses, transboundary animal disease surveillance and control, and international trade.
3. Enable application of new information regarding livestock and poultry product-related food safety and security, health capacities within areas of conflict or environmental crises, and crisis preparedness.
4. Enable mitigation of ​infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance threats in humans and animals.
   

Track 1: Infectious, Zoonotic, Emerging and Transboundary Diseases

• ​Improving international trade opportunities for animal products
  
• Surveillance and control of emerging diseases
  
• Livestock/poultry systems and the environment
  
• Participatory training and epidemiology
  

Track 2: Antimicrobial Resistance, Food Safety ​and Security

• Antimicrobial resistance in humans and animals
• Preharvest, harvest, and postharvest microbiological safety of livestock and poultry products
• Safety of the international food supply chain
• Emerging foodborne hazards and foodborne outbreaks​
• Residues in livestock and poultry products

​Track 3: Role of Health Capacity in Areas of Conflict and Crises

• Delivery of quality human care and veterinary services in resource-poor settings​
  
• Livestock programs to create stability
• Livestock marketing as indicators of health
• Building crisis response capabilities
• Impacts of conflict on health systems​