The 7th Epidemics takes place this year in Charleston, SC, and many MIDAS members are organizing or participating in this event. Neil Ferguson is one of the Conference Chairs, and the Scientific Committee includes Caroline Buckee, Sarah Cobey, and Justin Lessler.

The Eighth Annual Conference to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health is organized by the MIDAS Network Coordination Center and the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD) at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health as an opportunity for undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to learn more about infectious disease modeling.

MIDAS 2020 will take place April 15-17 2020 in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Seattle. This year, we would like to consider as theme for the meeting “Envisioning the Future of Infectious Disease Modeling”. The meeting format will be largely the same as previous MIDAS meetings, with the addition of tutorials and workshops.

The Institute for Disease Modeling will hold the 8th Annual Disease Modeling Symposium on April 20-22, 2020, in Bellevue, WA. This is one weekend after the MIDAS 2020 meeting and an excellent opportunity for MIDAS participants to extend their stay in the Seattle area and engage in further talks with IDM colleagues. The Seattle area is a great place to spend the weekend with your family and friends!

The 18th Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases meeting details have recently been announced. The meeting will take place in the heart of Montpellier’s historic neighbourhood and will begin with an opening reception on Sunday 14 June. Registration will open on 13 January 2020.