Conference Programme

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Wednesday 15th June

09.00-10.30 Registration and coffee

10.30-12.45
Session 1 POLICY SETTING

Welcome and Introduction
Prof Qutub Syed, Regional Director, Health Protection Agency North West

Integrating UK Government policy agendas to address zoonoses
Dr David Harper, Chief Scientist, Department of Health

The needs for research and control in areas of uncertain risk
Dr Debby Reynolds, Chief Veterinary Officer, England

The precautionary principle: protecting human health where evidence is limited
Prof Pat Troop, CEO, Health Protection Agency

The farm to fork approach in the control of zoonotic infection
Dr Andrew Wadge, Head of Food Safety Policy, Food Standards Agency

12.45-14.00 LUNCH
POSTER SESSION during lunch

14.00-15.35
Session 2 SURVEILLANCE, MODELLING and UNCERTAINTY

Integrating data on zoonoses and zoonotic agents in Europe
Dr Stef Bronzwaer, DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission

Statistical modelling approach to real-time surveillance
Prof Peter Diggle, Dept of Mathematics and Statistics, Lancaster University

Assessing the health implications of animal risks: developing the RADAR
Dr Ruth Lysons, Head of Veterinary Surveillance Division, DEFRA

In fields of uncertainty: risk assessment and risk based control for zoonoses
Dr Louise Kelly, Dept of Statistics and Modelling, University of Strathclyde

15.35-16.00 TEA

16.00-17.45
DEBATE Mathematical modelling is the future for policy makers

Modelling ‘exotic’ zoonotic, vector-borne and related disease threats: some HPA and CEPR approaches
Dr Steve Leach, HPA Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response

18.30-20.00 Drinks Reception at The Walker Gallery

Thursday 16th June 2005

9.00-10.40
Session 3 FOOD BORNE ZOONOSES

The changing burden and transmission of Salmonella in Europe
Prof Tom Humphrey, School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol

Zoonoses Action Plan: the development of UK food protection policy
Dr Alex Cook and Derek Armstrong, Centre for Epidemiology & Risk Analysis, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge and UK Meat and Livestock Commission

Science to policy in the control of Campylobacter
Dr Judith Hilton, Head of Microbiological Safety Food Standards Agency

European response: the challenges and opportunities for EFSA
Dr Pia Mäkelä, European Food Safety Authority

 

10.40-11.00 COFFEE

11.00-12.40
Session 4 GLOBALISATION AND ZOONOSES

Risk Factors for Emerging Zoonoses
Prof Mark Woolhouse & Sonya Gowtage-Sequeira, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine,University of Edinburgh

The emergence of new flaviviruses in Europe – risks and potential strategies
Prof Ernest Gould, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford

Echinococcosis: the development of new foci and strategies to prevent transmission
Prof Phil Craig, School of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Salford

Late Breaker – topical global challenges in zoonoses
Dr Gunnar Nylen, World Health Organisation Advisor, Control and Prevention of Zoonoses

12.40-14.00 LUNCH
POSTER SESSION during lunch

14.00-15.20
Session 4 (cont) GLOBALISATION AND ZOONOSES

Zoonotic implications of travelling pets
Prof Sandy Trees, Dean of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool

The Pet Travel scheme in the UK: the impact so far on human and animal health
Paul Manser, Veterinary Exotics Diseases Division, DEFRA

Opening the door to new diseases: Zoonotic imports and the US Monkeypox Outbreak
Dr Mary Reynolds, Poxvirus Program, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

15.20-15.45 TEA

15.45-17.00
DISCUSSION The public health implications of a free market in food and animals

19.30-23.00 Conference Dinner at the Merseyside Maritime Museum

Friday 17th June 2005

9.00-11.00
Session 5 NEW AND EMERGING ZOONOSES

Elimination or limitation? – Response to the emergence of new arboviruses in North America
Dr John Roehrig, Division Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Japanese encephalitis - an emerging zoonosis with devastating potential
Dr Tom Solomon, Department of Neurological Science, University of Liverpool

The role of the human-animal interface in the emergence of new pathogenic respiratory viruses
Prof Malik Peiris, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong

Containing and controlling an avian influenza outbreak: the European context
Dr Marion Koopmans, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands

11.00 -11.30 COFFEE

11.30-12.40
Session 6 CLOSING SESSION

Risk assessment of zoonotic potential of animal disease
Prof Stephen Palmer, Director, HPA Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division

MED-VET-NET – Doctors and vets working together on zoonoses research at European level
Prof Diane Newell, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge

Closing Comments
Prof John Ashton, North West Regional Director of Public Health

12.40-13.45 LUNCH and depart