Time

Friday,
November 9, 2018

11:00-19:00

Registration and Information Desk (Prefunction Area/Ground Level)

14:00-14:20

Welcome & Opening

14:20-17:15

Session 1: Keynote Plenary Session:

Emerging Diseases at the Animal Human Interface - Hot Topics, Challenges and Controversies

• "Yellow Fever in Brazil – Including Controversies around Fractionated
  Vaccination and Booster": Andre Siqueira (Brazil)
• "Nipah Outbreak in Kerala, India": TBD
• "Rift Valley Fever in Kenya": Peninah Munyua (Kenya)
• "Plague in Madagascar": Eric Bertherat (Switzerland)
• "Ebola in DRC": TBD
• "MERS CoV": TBD
• "Listeria Monocytogenes in South Africa": Juno Thomas (South Africa)

17:30-19:00

Welcome Cocktail Reception (Hotel Hilton)

Time

Saturday,
November 10, 2018

08:30-10:30

Session 2: Parallel Session 1:

Open Source Geospatial Data and Analysis Tools for Epidemic Surveillance and Response

• "Innovations and Challenges in the Use of Open-source Remote Sensing
  Data and Tools": Victoria Gammino (USA)
• "The Use of Remote Sensing, Geostatistical and Machine Learning Methods in Neglected Tropical Diseases Surveillance—the Case of Podoconiosis and Lymphatic Filariasis": Kebede Kassaye (UK)
• "Mapping Monkeypox Risk in the Congo Basin using Remote Sensing and
  Ecological Niche Models": Yoshihori Nakazawa (USA)
• "Opportunities for Addressing the Malaria Challenge in Africa:
  Integrating New Observations and Detailed Mechanistic Models": Elfathih Eltahir (USA)

08:30-10:30

Session 3: Parallel Session 2:

Oral Abstract Presentations

• Presentations to be confirmed

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:45

Session 4: Plenary Session:

• "Using Mobile Data and Global Mapping to Tackle the Next Outbreak": Andy Tatem(UK)

11:45-13:15

Poster Presentations I (Poster Areas)

13:00-14:00

Workshop:

Guide to Infection Control in the Healthcare Setting: Gonzalo Bearman (USA)

13:15-14:30

Lunch break (optional)

14:30-16:00

Session 5: Parallel Session 1:

AMR in the o­ne Health Context

• Round Table Discussion: o­ne Health - Global AMR Surveillance and
  Control Efforts, Gaps and Next Steps

14:30-16:00

Session 6: Parallel Session 2:

Epidemic Forecasting Across Borders

• "Precision Epidemic Forecasting": Antoine Flahault (Switzerland)
• "Mapping the Risk of International Infectious Disease Spread (MRIIDS)": TBD
• "Vector Surveillance - Shazam for Mosquitoes": Haripriya Mukundarajan (USA)

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-18:00

Session 7: Parallel Session 1:

Facing the Future of Endemic and Emerging Infectious Diseases:
FAO Capacity Building and Innovation
(in collaboration with FAO)

• "Risk Modelling and Forecasting Tools for Enhanced Early Warning: "The Example of Rift Valley Fever": Claudia Pittiglio (Italy)
• "Emergency Preparedness and FAO's Support to Effective Response o­n Emerging Diseases": Maria Romano (Italy)
• "Innovative Information Technologies to Improve Animal Diseases Reporting and Surveillance": Fairouz Larfaoui (Italy)
• "The future of African Livestock: From Endemic Zoonoses to EIDs": Ugo Pica-Ciamarra (Italy)

16:30-18:00

Session 8: Parallel Session 2:

Oral Abstract Presentations

• Presentations to be confirmed

Time

Sunday,
November 11, 2018

08:30-10:30

Session 9: Parallel Session 1:

Advanced Diagnostics for Emerging Threats

(organized by ESCMID)

• "Clinical Challenges Associated with Emerging Infections": Eskild Petersen (Oman)
• "Etiology Discovery Approaches": Marion Koopmans (The Netherlands)
• "Next Generation Sequencing for o­ne Health": Natacha Couto (Portugal)
• "Preparedness of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory for Emerging Infections": Jacob Moran-Gilad (Israel) 

08:30-10:30

Session 10: Parallel Session

Oral Abstract Presentations

• Presentations to be confirmed

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:45

Session 11: Plenary Session

• Presentation to be confirmed

11:45-13:15

Poster Presentations II (Poster Areas)

11:45-14:15

Workshop:

Open source satellite imagery and machine learning tools to inform infectious diseases research (Pre-registration necessary: Click here)

13:15-14:30

Lunch break (optional)

14:30-16:00

Session 12: Parallel Session 1:

Epidemic Preparedness

• "Risk Communication": TBD
• "Public Private Partnerships for Epidemic Preparedness": Ryan Morhard (Switserland)
• TBD

14:30-16:00

Session 13: Parallel Session 2:

Neglected Emerging Diseases

• "Snake Bites": Rafael Ruiz de Castaneda (Switzerland)
• "Marine Toxins": TBD
• TBD

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-18:00

Session 14: Parallel Session 1:

New Developments in Vaccines for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEPI)

• Round Table Discussion: Pathogen independent Platforms and Ability to Scale Lassa, MERS-CoV

16:30-18:00

Session 15: Parallel Session 2:

Oral Abstract Presentations

• Presentations to be confirmed

19:00-21:30

Mayor's Cocktail Reception (City Hall) - Cocktail Reception (no transportation provided)

Time

Monday,
November 12, 2018

08:30-10:30

Session 16: Parallel Session 1:

Drivers of Emerging Infectious Diseases

• "Urbanization and Social Drivers of Infectious Disease Emergence":
• "Climate Change":
• "Preventing Disease in the Time of War: Immunizations for Immigrants and
  Refugees, and Challenges During Humanitarian Emergencies": Rana Hajjeh (Egypt)
• "Disease Emergence at the Animal/Human Interface": Albert Osterhaus (Germany)

08:30-10:30

Session 17: Parallel Session

Oral Abstract Presentations

• Presentations to be confirmed

11:00-11:45

Session 18: Plenary Session:

·"Biodiversity Loss and Emerging Infectious Diseases": Christine Kreuder-Johnson (USA)