3rd PDPC Congress
– Navigating crisis –
Data and Decision-Making in Uncertain Times
We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd edition of the Pandemic and Disaster Preparedness Congress, which will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on October 2nd, 2025. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Navigating Crisis – Data and decision-making in uncertain times” and we have an exciting program planned with interesting keynote speakers.
In an age of increasingly complex crises, how can we better harness data to detect early signals, guide smarter decisions, and build more effective, equitable systems for preparedness? What happens when scientific models meet the real-world messiness of lived experience, political urgency, and ethical trade-offs? How can we “hack” uncertainty—not eliminate it, but work with it—to navigate the unknown?
This year’s congress brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and technologists to explore critical questions at the intersection of data, ethics, experience, and action.
Location
WTC Rotterdam – Postillion Hotel & Convention Centre
Beursplein 37
3011 AM Rotterdam
Website: https://www.wtcrotterdam.com/en
Program
Program is subject to changes.
09.00 – 09.05 Welcome and opening congress
Chair: Tom Emery
09.05 – 09.20 Introduction PDPC congress
09.20 – 10.00 Keynote lecture
10.00 – 10.30 Plenary session
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break with Posters
11.00 – 11.30 Plenary session
11.30 – 12.15 Plenary session
12.15 – 13.15 Lunch break with poster
13.15 – 14.15 Panel discussion
14.15 – 14.45 Plenary session
14.45 – 15.15 Tea Break
15.15 – 16.00 Plenary session
16.00 – 16.45 Plenary session
16.45 – 17.00 Poster Awards (winners pitch)
17.00 – 18.00 Drinks
Registration
Please register for the congress through this link.
Poster abstract submission
You are also warmly invited to share your work at the conference’s poster presentation session by submitting an abstract for consideration. Please submit your poster abstract by August 18th, 2025, through this link.
Contact
Questions about abstract submission and registration: i.marks@erasmusmc.nl
Questions about content: pdpc@erasmusmc.nl
We look forward to your participation.
On behalf of the PDPC Academic Board,
Marion Koopmans, Thom Bogaard, Anja Schreijer and Tom Emery