Theme Scope:
- New diagnostic techniques: to expedite the identification of multiple organisms within a sample; develop easy-to-use tests with field-applicability; and facilitate scale-up to achieve high throughput
- New surveillance methods: increased ability to detect species earlier by development of timely, cost-effective surveillance methods and improvements of surveillance sensitivity
- Defining surveillance efficacy: increased understanding of and confidence in the effectiveness of surveillance programmes to enable better targeting and use of resources
- New eradication tools: develop tools that maximise the likelihood of eradication, minimise adverse environmental and cultural impacts, and lie within public thresholds of acceptance for new technologies
- New response decision tools: develop tools and strategies to enable rapid and robust decision making during a biosecurity response.
