WEDNESDAY, September 14, 2011

 8:30AM-

4:30PM

REGISTRATION AT THE UN CONFERENCE CENTER- All congress participants are advised to check-in at the UN conference center and finalize gate clearance and receive badges and other congress materials. This is an important step so that there will be no delay on congress activities that begins on September 15th early morning.

Pre-congress workshops:

1. Workshop on Enhanced Diagnostic Veterinary Pathology Capacity of Transboundary Diseases- (All day). This is a free workshop organized by the South and East Africa C.L. Davis Foundation, Western University (USA) and Makerere University (Uganda). The workshop is open to all ICOPHAI registrants. Space is limited (max. of 40) so workshop access will be on first come first serve basis. Please log in on the COMS online system and indicate interest or send an e-mail to lonzy@vetmed.mak.ac.ug

2. Science-Based Risk Analysis and Modelling: Promoting Global Trade in Africa  (1:30PM- 5:00PM)– This  is a free workshop organized by Tuskegee University’s Center for Computational Epidemiology, Bioinformatics and Risk Analysis (CCEBRA) in collaboration with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, (USDA/APHIS), and several African Universities and organizations. It is open to all ICOPHAI registrants on a first come first serve basis (limited space, maximum of 30). Please send an e-mail to tameru@mytu.tuskegee.edu 

THURSDAY, September 15, 2011

Presenter

Title

8:00 AM

:00

Participants check in

:45

Arrival of Guests of honor

9:00

:00

Chairs (congress and organizing)

ICOPHAI Introduction/ Housekeeping issues

:15

Guests of Honor

Welcome address and opening remarks

10:00

:00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS #1: Confronting Infectious Diseases in an Interconnected World. Lonnie J. King, (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA)

 Moderator:  Corrie Brown (Univ. of Georgia, USA)

:50

Networking and refreshments served (Lobby)

Session 1:  EMERGING ZOONOSES AND WILDLIFE INTERFACE

Chairs:  Kariuki Njenga (CDC, Kenya) and Dominic Travis (University of Minnesota, USA) 

11:00

Plenary:    Predicting the Unpredictable: Identifying emerging infectious diseases at the human-domestic animal-wildlife interface. Jonna A.K. Mazet (University of California, Davis, USA) 

:50

Travis D.

Ecosystem Health in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

12:00 PM

:05

Mugisha L.

Multiple Viral Infections in Confiscated Wild Born Semi-Captive Chimpanzees in a Sanctuary in Uganda: Implications for Sanctuary Management and Conservation

:20

Deem S.

The Role of Zoological Parks in One Health

:35

Lutz E.

Using Infrared Thermal Imaging for Mass Screening of Production Animals for Early Detection of Febrile Diseases

Lunch Break (Delegates Hall)

2:00

Session 2:  DRUG DISCOVERY AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

Chairs:  Celso Oliveira (Federal Univ. Paraiba, Brazil) and Sumalee Boonmar (CDC MOPH, Bangkok, Thailand)

:00

Jao J.

Early qualitative risk assessment of community exposure to bats in parallel with the Ebola-Reston virus reservoir study in the Philippines

:15

Nguta J.

Toxicity of Crude Plant Extracts and Antitumour Drugs in the Brine Shrimp Bioassay

:30

Eguale T.

In vitro antibacterial activity of four Ethiopian medicinal plants against some bacteria of veterinary and public health importance

:45

Ake-Assi A.

Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Traditionally Smoked Fish Released for Consumption in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire

3:00-3:30

Networking break (Exhibit Hall)/ Poster viewing

Session 3:  RESPIRATORY DISEASES AND GLOBAL IMPACT

Chairs:  Rudovick Kazwala (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania) and Daniel Asrat (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

3:30-4:20

Plenary:  The impact of tuberculosis and other respiratory tract infections at the human-animal interface. L. Schlesinger (The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA) 

4:20

:20

Gabriel H.

Bovine Tuberculosis infection in Wildlife and Domestic Animals from Central and South-Western Tanzania

5:00

:35

Ayele W.

A two year review of laboratory-confirmed influenza A (H1N1) pdm 2009 in Ethiopia

:50

Kone B.

Social representation and perception of the quality of animal source food in Cinzana, Mali

:05

Yobouet B.

Bacillus cereus risk assessment in raw milk consumed in the informal dairy sector in Côte d’Ivoire

:20

Kouame-Sina S.

Bacterial risk assessment in informally produced milk consumption in Côte d’Ivoire

End of scientific session- Day 1

6:30-8:30

Welcome reception at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Addis Ababa

 7:00 AM- 8:00 AM

FRIDAY, September 16, 2011

Presenter

Title

Participants check in

8:00-9:00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS #2 NIAID and Global Health: Building Genomics Capacity. Maria Y. Giovanni, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, DHHS, USA

 Moderator: Appolinaire Djikeng (Biosciences east and central Africa, Nairobi, Kenya) 

Session 4:  PARASTIC ZOONOSES AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Chairs:   Marisa Cardoso (Federal Univ. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) and T. Wittum (The Ohio State University, USA)

9:15-10:05

Plenary:  Meat-borne Parasitic Diseases in a World of Tremendous Increase of Meat Consumption.  J. Dupouy-Camet (Paris Descartes University, France) 

10:00

:05

Inangolet F.

The Epidemiology and Public Health Importance of Canine Leishmaniasis in the Dog Population of Amudat District in Uganda

:20

Traoré, S

Risk for Vibrio and Paragonimus infections linked to shellfish consumption in Côte d’Ivoire

:35

Cardoso M.

Microbiological quality of the water used in public schools of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

:50

Okello A.

“Stamp Out Sleeping Sickness (SOS): Example of a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) for the Control of Zoonotic Disease in Uganda”

11:00

:05

Kebede N.

Prevalence and characterization of hydatidosis in cattle and sheep slaughtered at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia

11:20

Networking break (refreshments served) and Poster presentations

12:00 PM

Lunch (Delegates Hall)

1:30

Session 5:  ENTERIC FOOD AND WATERBORNE PATHOGENS

Chairs: Samuel Kariuki (Kenyan medical Research Institute, Kenya) and Delia Grace (International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya)

Plenary:  Noroviruses and Food Safety: Epidemiology, Surrogates and Animal Model. Linda Saif (Food Animal Health Research Program, OSU, Wooster, Ohio) 

2:00

:20

Makita K.

Use of participatory methods in food safety risk analysis of informally marketed livestock products in sub Saharan Africa- advantages and challenges

:35

Letellier A.

Risk assessment studies to support adapted HACCP-based good production practices in an emerging country

:50

Sow I.

Investigation on the risk of brucellosis linked to the production and consumption of milk in rural Cinzana, Mali

3:00

:05

Mahundi E.

Food Safety Risk Assessment of Thermophilic Campylobacter and Marketing Channels of Beef in Arusha Municipality, Tanzania

:20

Ndongo K.

Choice of breeds and husbandry practices influencing the safety of milk and milk products in smallholder dairy farms in peri-urban Nairobi, focusing on brucellosis

4:00

Networking break (Exhibit Hall)/ Poster viewing

Session 6:  GENOMICS AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY

Chairs:  Muntaser Ibrahim (University of Khartoum) and Appolinaire Djikeng (International Livestock Research Institute- BeCA, Kenya)

Plenary:  The Study of the Human Microbiome. Karen E. Nelson (J. Craig Venter Institute, Maryland, USA) 

:50

Oliveira C.

Genotypic relatedness of staphylococci isolated from critical control points of small-scale dairy plants for goat milk pasteurization in semi-Arid Brazil

5:00

:05

Luziga C.

Genetic Diversity of Mycobacterium bovis strains isolated from domestic animals, wildlife and human in Tanzania from 1993 to 2010

:20

Santos L.

Antimicrobial resistance and genotypic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from different geographic locations and host species

6:30-9:00

End of scientific session- Day 2

Buses to Gala Dinner (from UNCCAA and Hotels)

7:00PM-7:30PM

CULTURAL GALA DINNER

(Dinner speaker: BRUSTEIN W (Vice Provost/ Global Strategies- The Ohio State University)

 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

SATURDAY, September 17, 2011

Presenter

Title

Participants check in

8:00

KEYNOTE ADDRESS #3: Developing Vaccines against Enteric Infections in Developing Countries: the IVI Paradigm. Cecil Czerkinsky, International Vaccine Institute (IVI), Seoul, Korea

 Moderator:  Prosper Boyaka (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA)

Session 7: IMMUNOLOGY AND VACCINE DEVELOPMENT

Chairs: Gireesh Rajashekara (The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA) and Mulu Worku (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, Greensboro, USA)

9:15-10:05

Plenary:  Alternative Macrophage Activation & Host-Directed Drug Targeting.  Frank Brombacher (International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town, South Africa) 

10:00

:05

O’Neal S.

Seroprevalence of cysticercosis among refugees resettled to the United States

:20

Moiane B.

Effect of storage conditions in Mozambique on the efficacy of a formalin-inactivated Rift Valley fever vaccine

:35

Marshall J.

A role for the O-antigen capsule of Salmonella Typhimurium in acute and chronic pathogenesis

:50

Tigabu E.

Assessment of possible risk factors on milk contamination: a pilot study on central Ethiopian urban and peri-urban milk shed

11:05

Networking break (refreshments served) and Poster presentations (Exhibit Hall)

12:00 PM

Lunch (Delegates Hall)

1:30

1:30-2:20

Session 8:  POLICY, CAPACITY BUILDING AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

Chairs: Sylvain Quessy (University of Montreal, Canada) and Bayleyegn Molla (The Ohio State University, USA)

Plenary:  Capacity Building to Promote Global Trade Through Science Based Risk Analysis and Modeling. Tsegaye Habtemariam (Tuskegee University, Alabama, USA) 

2:00

:20

Quessy S.

Adaptation of HACCP-based Good Production Practices to ensure appropriate uptake in an emerging country

:35

Kinde H.

The Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and its Role in Supporting the National Veterinary Services

:50

Ali A.

National Surveillance for Human Rabies Cases—Ethiopia, 2010

3:00

:05

Vilhena M.

What kind of public health do we want?

:20

Molefe S.

Situation analysis: Livestock and fisheries production and consumption in South Africa

Networking break (refreshments served/ Lobby)

4:00

CLOSING CEREMONY

(Moderator: Organizing committee chair- Appolinaire Djikeng)

:00

Bidding country representatives

Presentation for 2^nd ICOPHAI

:15

W.A. Gebreyes (ICOPHAI Chair)

Closing Summary and remarks

END OF ICOPHAI-2011