The 2nd International Symposium on Alternatives to Antibiotics (ATA): Challenges and Solutions in Animal Production, will take place at the World Organisation in Animal Health in Paris, from December 12th to 15th.
Cyril G. Gay, National Program Leader, Animal Production and Protection,
Chairs: Filip Van Immerseel, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium; Karin Hoelzer, Officer, Health Programs, The Pew Charitable Trusts, USA.
09:00-09:30 Prioritization of diseases for which vaccines could reduce antimicrobial use in animals
Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel, Head of the Science and New Technologies Department, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
09:30-10:00 Challenges and solutions for improved intestinal vaccinations
Eric Cox, Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium
10:00-10:30 Selected Abstract
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break: Session 1 Posters
11:00-11:20 Selected Abstract
11:20-11:40 Selected Abstract
11:40-12:00 Selected Abstract
12:00-12:45 Session 1 Expert Panel Discussion
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Session 1 Posters
Chairs: Bruce S. Seal, Oregon State University Cascade, Bend, Oregon, USA; Djamel Drider, Charles Violette Institute, Université de Lille, INRA, Lille, France
14:00-14:30 CRISPR as a tool to study and fight pathogenic Bacteria
David Bikard, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
14:30-15:00 Probiotic product development with fecal microbiome transplants as alternatives to antibiotics in broiler chickens
Brian Oakley, College of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, USA
15:00-15:30 Selected Abstract
15:30-16:15 Coffee Break: Session 2 Posters
16:15-16:45 Selected Abstract
16:45-17:15 Selected Abstract
17:15-18:00 Session 2 Expert Panel Discussion:
Chairs: Hyun Lillehoj, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA; Yanhong Liu, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, California, USA
09:00-09:30 Dietary phytonutrients as alternatives-to-antibiotics in agricultural animals: Mode of action in modulating cross-talks among immunity, disease resistance and gut microbiota
Hyun Lillehoj, Animal Biosciences and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
09:30-10:00 Selected Abstract
10:00-10:30 Selected Abstract
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break: Session 3 Posters
11:00-11:30 Selected Abstract
11:30-12:00 Selected Abstract
12:00-12:45 Session 3 Expert Panel Discussion:
12:45-14:00 Lunch: Session 3 Posters
Session 4
Immune-related Products
Chairs: Henk P. Haagsman, Professor of Molecular Host Defense, Chair of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; Peter M. Heegaard, Professor of Innate Immunology, Denmark Technical University (DTU), National Veterinary Institute, Denmark
14:00-14:30 Innate defense mechanisms and passive immunity
Peter M. Heegaard, Professor of Innate Immunology, Denmark Technical University (DTU), National Veterinary Institute, Denmark
14:30-15:00 Immunomodulators derived from host defense peptides
Albert van Dijk, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
15:00-15:30 Selected Abstract
15:30-16:15 Coffee Break: Session 4 Posters
16:15-16:35 Selected Abstract
16:35-16:55 Selected Abstract
16:55-17:15 Selected Abstract
17:15-18:00 Session 4 Expert Panel Discussion:
December 15, 2016
Session 5
Chemicals
Chair: Chengbo Yang, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Nutritional Biochemistry, Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Canada; Jian Peng, Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
09:00-09:30 Non-resistant-inducing antibacterial polymers and nanomedicines
Song Liu, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Canada
09:30-10:00 Selected Abstract
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 Selected Abstract
11:00-11:30 Selected Abstract
11:30-12:00 Session 5 Expert Panel Discussion:
12:00-13:00 Lunch
Session 6
Regulatory Pathways for the Licensing of Alternatives to Antibiotics
Chairs: Faye Ioannou, European Medicine Agency, Brussels, EU; Cindy Burnsteel, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
13:00-13:30 European approach to authorization of novel technologies with particular emphasis on alternatives to antibiotics
Faye Ioannou, European Medicine Agency, Brussels, EU
13:30-14:00 FDA’s innovation initiative to evaluate novel emerging technologies and international cooperation in the area of innovation
Cindy Burnsteel, Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
14:00-14:30 Selected Abstract
14:30-15:00 Selected Abstract
15:00-15:30 Selected Abstract
15:30-16:00 Session 6 Expert Panel Discussion:
16:00-16:30 Conclusions and next steps
Cyril G. Gay, National Program Leader, Animal Production and Protection, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD, USA