Symposium P3Venti

Pandemic Preparedness through Ventilation

On Thursday the 9th of October the closing P3Venti Symposium will take place in Zoetermeer. TNO and its partners will discuss the benefits of ventilation and its role in preventing the spreading of viruses. At the symposium we share our findings, and bring together science and practice in order to learn from each other and align our work. With inspiring speakers and active workshops it will be an energetic day.

Cross-pollination between practice and research
P3Venti is at the intersection of science and practice. Findings or questions from one field of knowledge or one industry can be of great importance for other work fields and branches. During this symposium we will share the research results of the P3Venti program. In addition, we will discuss the associated action perspective. How can we use the results for other studies? And what do they mean for healthcare institutions and sports facilities?

Symposium participants
This symposium focuses on scientists in the field of virus spread and the role of ventilation in this, as well as on the long-term care and sports facilities which are socially urgent. We welcome decision makers, administrators, directors, facility managers, property owners and care providers of long-term care institutions, fitness rooms and swimming pools.

Program
The program is in the making and will be published on this webpage. Marc van Ranst, the Belgium professor in virology, is one of the keynote speakers.

Review Symposium P3Venti 2024
It is pleasing to see that there is a lot of interest in P3Venti and that this fits within the larger pandemic preparedness program of the government, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Efforts are still being made within the program to generate as many results as possible that offer actionable perspectives.

The initial results showed that existing ventilation facilities are not yet optimally utilized, and there is much room for improvement. It is also fascinating to see how interactions in time and distance between residents and staff in long-term care take place. The time residents spend in contact with each other and with staff beyond the 1.5-meter distance is significantly greater than within this 1.5-meter distance. The effectiveness of samplers also varies considerably. The result of measuring infectious virus thus depends on the type of samplers used. There is also more insight into how decisions are made by policymakers and directors/managers and how that process can be supported. All of this is consistent with experiences from several foreign programs.

The conclusion was therefore: 'You can't win the game with ventilation, but you can lose it without ventilation.'   
Read more about the biographies of the speakers and download the presentations they gave.

Read more about the six workshops that were given including the takeaways.

View the photo gallery of Symposium P3Venti 2024