Programme

The conference programme will take place at the university campus: Building G, Univerzitni namesti (University Square), 3rd floor, so-called small auditorium (No. 312).

First Conference Day | Thursday 7 April 2022

Workshops: pre-conference seminars

→ Workshops are 90 minutes long. Their schedule is tentative and will be specified based on the interest shown.

→ Participants will receive a certificate of completion.

There are three workshops; each participant can attend a combination of them. The exact schedule will be determined on the basis of interest.

List of workshops

1 | EpiGIS: a tool for collecting, managing and communicating epidemiological data

About what?
The workshop will introduce the EpiGIS tool for local epidemiological surveys in its basic functions for creating and managing survey forms, using forms to collect digital data with geographic location, correcting and filtering data, and visualizing it in graphs and maps.

What will you try practically?
Participants will build a form from pre-made templates and customize the form for the specifics of their epidemiological survey. They will use the form to test data entry.

2 | Maps in epidemiology: tips and tricks for creating them and using them carefully and correctly

About what?
Participants will work with practical techniques for creating maps for epidemiological surveys and communicating with the public using simple and accessible tools. It will include working with the widely used tools Mapy.cz and Google Maps, as well as other GIS and map-making tools.

What will you practice?
Participants will create their own web map ready to be placed on the institution's website. Such a map can include an overview of emergencies or measures.

3 | "Healthy" communication in a crisis situation: within the team and with the public

Second Conference Day | Friday 8 April 2022

Expert presentations

| opening of the conference | Friday 8 April 2022, 9:30 |

Opening remarks by the guests of honour.

| first conference session | 9:30–11:30 |

Communication and public health
Gabriel Guliš, Associate Professor Unit for Health Promotion Research, University of Southern Denmark
How GIS can help to inform epidemiological decision-making: the example of COVID-19 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Sebastian Völker, Hochschule für Gesundheit - University of Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany
The Netherlands' experience and vision for the next decade
Arnold Bosman, director of the Transmissible BV (https://Transmissible.EU)
From data to information – how to guide an evidence-based response to a crisis
Srdan Matić, World Health Organisation Representative in Czechia
Digital epidemiology: what the EpiGIS project has shown us about the future of epidemiology
Jiří Šmída, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Technical University of Liberec
(Dis)information about COVID-19 and vaccination against it in analyses of Infomore.cz platform
Alice Němcová Tejkalová, Faculty of Social Studies, Charles University

| second conference session | 12:15–14:00 |

Public health risk communication in the age of social networks (and infodemics)
Julie Mokrá, Jana Loosová, Technical University of Liberec and Regional Hygiene Authority of the Liberec Region
What role do maps play in emergency and public health risk communication
Daniel Vrbík, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Technical University of Liberec
Time as an aspect of epidemiological investigation: meaning, pitfalls and graphical methods for its representation
Jaroslav Harman, Technical University of Liberec
Sociological methods of epidemiological data collection: surveys, structured interviews and the impact of emergency communication on expert leaders
Lenka Václavíková, Technical University of Liberec
Digital epidemiology: an epidemiologist's perspective
Jana Prattingerová, Regional Authority Station of the Liberec Region
EpiGIS software as a platform for digital collection of epidemiological survey data
Jiri Smida, Josef Adam, Vratislav Žabka, Pavel Bucháček, Technical University and Coffee Workers
Public health operations and related instruments
Vladimír Príkazský, Faculty of Health Studies, Technical University of Liberec

| THIRD CONFERENCE SESSION |14:30–15:45 |

Information - the basis for trust and efficiency in the work of public health authorities
Vladimír Valenta, Regional Public Health Authority of the Liberec Region
Regions and KHS: joint crisis management of the COVID-19 epidemic
Vladimír Richter, Liberec Region, Councillor for Health
Jizerská50: organisation of large sporting events in conditions of anti-epidemic preventive measures
Lukáš Sacher, Ondřej Brouček, Jizerská50
Communication not only with facility operators during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kristýna Štěpánová, Regional Public Health Authority of the Vysočina Region
COVID-19 experience from the Hradec Králové Region
Ivan Kučera, Regional Public Health Authority of the Kralovehradecky Region

| closing of the conference | Friday 8 April 2022, 15:45 |

Closing remarks and summary of the conference mission.