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Registration and breakfast reception
Welcome from the ISNTD & opening address: Pr. David Rollinson (NHM) - "Parasites and Vectors: Collections, Monitoring and Control"
Session 1 speakers:
Mr. Hadyn Parry (Oxitec) - "Sterile Insect Technique as vector control"
Pr. Graham Matthews (IPARC & Imperial College) - "Integrated Vector Management - beyond issuing bed nets and spraying houses"
Pr. Sue Welburn (University of Edinburgh) - "Integrated control of human sleeping sickness and animal trypanosomiasis"
Coffee break
Panel A Solutions and Emerging Challenges in Vector Control
Lunch
Session 2 speakers:
Dr. Michael Head (IDRN) - "United Kingdom investments in global infectious disease research: 1997- 2010"
Dr. Udo Feldmann (FAO/IAEA) - "Assisting Member States in their Efforts to Control Insect Disease Vectors"
Dr. Maria Herminia Cabral (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation) - "Setting up a Health Research Center in Angola - Developing partnerships & strategies in vector control"
Panel B Policy & Governance in Vector Control Strategies
Coffee break
Session 3 speakers:
Dr. Cyril Caminade (University of Liverpool) - "Future disease risk changes & climate scenario simulations"
Dr. Courtney Murdock (Penn State Univ.) - "Complex effects of temperature on mosquito immune function"
Dr. Paul Ready (LSHTM) - "Emergence of Leishmaniasis in Europe"
Dr. Julian Entwistle (Xenex Associates) - "How important is climate change for expansion of vector-borne disease transmission?"
Panel C Impact of Climate Change on Vectors & Disease Distribution
Concluding remarks
Presentations & panels will run from 9.15am until 5.30pm.
Please contact adamsg@isntd.org for further details including speaking & attending and sponsorship opportunities.
ISNTD Bites 2012 will focus on three themes:
Session 1: Solutions and emerging challenges in vector control: GM mosquitoes, veterinary treatment, integrated vector management, insecticide treated materials, insecticide resistance.
Session 2: Governance and policy: challenges to successful vector management and towards strong local leadership.
Session 3: Impact of climate change on NTDs: shifting the boundaries? The role of climate in changes in prevalence of vectors and incidence of disease in non-endemic regions.
Subject to change.
Session 1 Panel
Chair - Dr. Martin Hall (NHM)
Dr. Julian Entwistle (Xenex Associates)
Dr. Udo Feldmann (FAO/IAEA)
Pr. Graham Matthews (WHOPES)
Mr. Hadyn Parry (Oxitec)
Dr. Paul Reiter (Institut Pasteur)
Session 2 Panel
Chair - Dr. Melissa Parker (Brunel)
Dr. Hermina Cabral (Calouste Gulbenkian)
Dr. Fiona Fleming (SCI)
Dr. Head (IDRN & UCL)
Mr. Jeremy Lefroy (UK Parliament - APPGM)
Dr. Jo Lines (LSHTM)
Session 3 Panel
Chair - Ms. Catherine Brahic (New Scientist)
Dr. Cyril Caminade (Liverpool Univ)
Dr. Julian Entwistle (Xenex Associates)
Dr. Jo Lines (LSHTM)
Dr. Courtney Murdock (Penn)
Dr. Paul Ready (LSHTM)