"The WSV2023 2nd conference will be held at the Rīga Stradiņš University, in the beautiful city of Riga, Latvia. The 2023 WSV scientific program will include special symposia on viral pandemic threats as well as sessions on different disciplines of virology including One Health, human, animal, plant, fungal, archaeal, and bacterial viruses; both clinical / applied virology and basic science. Final sessions will be created upon the abstracts received.”