From March 11 – 13, 2025, the USDA National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (USDA NBAF) and the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases (CEID) at the University of Georgia will co-host a symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) research in the U.S.  This symposium will be hybrid, conducted online and in-person at the Manhattan Conference Center in Manhattan, KS.

The symposium will bring together leading experts to present global trends in FMD research and the latest insights on the ecology, epidemiology, and risk assessment implications for the United States.

Participants will:

• Engage in two full days of presentations (March 11-12) in a hybrid format;
• Participate in an interactive half-day session dedicated to synthesizing and publishing the symposium outcomes (March 13, in-person only);
• Network with FMD experts during social events and other networking opportunities throughout the symposium.