Sessions

Session 0: Introduction and course overview

13:30-13:35

• Introduction to the course and the instructors (5 mins)

Session 1: Forecasting

13:35-14:10

• Introduction to forecasting as an epidemiological problem (10 mins)
• Practice session: Visualising infectious disease forecasts (25 minutes)

Session 2: Forecast evaluation

14:10-15:00

• An introduction to forecast evaluation (5 mins)
• Practice session: Evaluating forecasts from a range of models (40 mins)
• Wrap up (5 mins)

Session 3: Evaluating forecasts from multiple models

15:00-15:50

• Why might we want to evaluate forecasts from multiple models? (5 mins)
• Practice session: Evaluating forecasts from multiple models (40 mins)
• Wrap up (5 mins)

There is a coffee break at 15:30-15:40 you are welcome to attend this or keep working through the course material.

Session 4: Forecast ensembles

15:50-17:10

• Introduction to forecast ensembles (10 mins)
• Practice session: Creating forecast ensembles (60 mins)
• Wrap up (10 mins)

Session 5: End of course summary

17:10-17:30

• Summary of the course (10 mins)
• Final discussion and closing (10 mins)