Aotearoa Aquatic Diseases Symposium (AADS-2)

Aotearoa Aquatic Diseases Symposium (AADS-2) will be held 12–14 February 2025 on the campus of the University of Otago, in Dunedin. 

AADS-2 will build on the strength of the highly successful inaugural symposium to maintain momentum and promote exchanges and collaboration. The symposium will provide a forum where people from academia, government, industry and communities can share research and insights into diagnostics, epidemiology and management of aquatic diseases. The symposium encourages broad perspectives including the role of Mātauranga Māori, the rapidly changing landscape of aquatic disease emergence, the challenges to our biosecurity, and the future safeguard of people, environment, wildlife and the seafood industries. The program will include invited speakers as well as contributed talks, social events, and optional satellite activities.