agenda.qmd

# Agenda {.unnumbered}

**Dates:** 24–25 March 2025

## Day 1: Introducing the Tools and Applications {.unnumbered}

**09:00 - 09:30**
Registration & Coffee

**09:30 - 09:45**
Welcome and opening remarks -- ([Slides](introduction.qmd))

**09:45 – 11:15** Building a model with `odin` -- ([Slides](odin.qmd))
  
  - Hands on basic introduction `odin`: building some simple epidemiological models from scratch
  - A hands-on session (via posit cloud or your own laptop) where we will build a model and add increasing realism

**11:15 - 11:30**
Coffee Break

**11:30 - 12:45**
Case studies

- Chemical Kinetics Modelling - [Leonie Lorenz](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/people/person/leonie-lorenz/) ([EMBL-EBI](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/lees/))
- Covid 19 pandemic in French Polynesia – [Lloyd Chapman](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/maths/people/lloyd-chapman) ([Lancaster](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/maths/))
- Modelling mpox - [Ed Knock](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/e.knock) ([Imperial](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/))

**12:45 - 13:45**
Lunch Break

**13:45 - 15:00**
Inference with `monty` -- ([Slides](fitting.qmd)) -- Chair [Peter Winskill](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/p.winskill)

- Hands-on introduction to inference
- Connecting odin models to data, and infering parameters with MCMC
- Collect information on hidden models states while running models
- Running counterfactuals and simulations

**15:00 - 15:30**
Coffee Break

**15:30 - 16:45**
Lightning talks

- Applications in practice (Hybrid)
- [Short 2 minutes presentations from participants](talks.qmd) (online + in-person)
- Open to additional registered online attendees

**17:00 - 18:30**
Department reception (open to all)

- Informal networking, drinks, and snacks

**19:00 - Late**
Workshop dinner at [The Broadcaster](https://www.thebroadcaster.co.uk/) (Limited numbers)

## Day 2: Feedback, Development, and Support

**09:00 - 9:30**
Coffee & networking

**09:30 - 10:45**
Feedback in small groups - Chair [Thomas Rawson](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/t.rawson) -- ([Slides](feedback.qmd))

- Participants discuss specific challenges using `odin`/`monty`
- Guided feedback on:
  - Interface design
  - Documentation priorities
  - Work practice
  - Community development

**10:45 - 11:15**
Coffee Break

**11:15 - 12:30**
Future of the Tools -- Chair [Katy Gaythorpe](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/k.gaythorpe) -- ([Slides](future.qmd))

- Priorities and Roadmap - [Rich FitzJohn](https://richfitz.github.io/)
- New and upcoming features:
  - GPU/HPC integration - Rich FitzJohn
  - Gradient methods and autodiff - [Marc Baguelin](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/m.baguelin)
  - Parallel tempering - [Robert Verity](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.verity)
- Survey “Out of 1-10” priorities with menti
- Roadmap and new features based on collected feedback
- Open discussion

**12:30 - 14:00**
Extended lunch Break and drop-in session from 13:00

**14:00 - 15:00**
Teaching & Learning with wodin -- Chair [Pablo Perez Guzman](https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/p.perez-guzman)

- Hurdles in learning & accessibility for teaching infectious disease modelling - [Julia Halder](https://www.iddo.org/julia-halder)
- Enhancing teaching with wodin: A web-based approach to modelling - [Charlie Whittaker](https://www.charleswhittaker.net/)
- [wodin for policy scenario](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SsmF3OxElWomh4CXyU8lvKL8xV_lQXOlP3PxQs0z4GQ/edit?usp=sharing) - [OJ Watson](https://www.ojwatson.co.uk/)
- Open discussion

**15:00 - 15:30**
Closing remarks and thanks

- Summary of workshop outcomes
- Next steps and continued collaboration plans