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Joint ICTP-IAEA Conference on Predicting Disease Patterns According to Climatic Changes | (smr 1941)
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  • Monday, 12 May 2008
    • 08:30 - 09:45 Registration and administrative formalities at Adriatico Guest House, Giambiagi Lecture Hall Area (Lower level 1)
      • 08:30 Registration and administrative formalities at Adriatico Guest House, Giambiagi Lecture Hall Area (Lower level 1) 1h15'
    • 10:00 - 10:10 Welcome address to participants
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Welcome address to participants 10'
        Speaker: M. Marsili (ICTP, Trieste)
    • 10:10 - 10:20 Introduction
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:10 Introduction 10'
        Speaker: H. Unger (IAEA, Vienna)
    • 10:20 - 11:00 Modelling for informing policy development: Constraints and challenges
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:20 Modelling for informing policy development: Constraints and challenges 40'
        Speaker: D. Pfeiffer (Royal Veterinary College, UK)
        Material: Slides
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Predicting the dynamics of Usutu virus according to climate change
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Predicting the dynamics of Usutu virus according to climate change 30'
        Speaker: K. Brugger (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria)
    • 11:30 - 11:50 Modeling the impacts of climate change on water resources, agriculture, and extreme events
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Modeling the impacts of climate change on water resources, agriculture, and extreme events 20'
        Speaker: J. Pal (Loyola Marymount University, USA)
        Material: Slides
    • 11:50 - 12:20 The influence of the fraction of vaccinated individuals on the incidence of tuberculosis
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:50 The influence of the fraction of vaccinated individuals on the incidence of tuberculosis 30'
        Speaker: S. Selmane (Univ. H. Boumedienne, Algeria)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:20 Lunch break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 Climate modelling - global and regional scenarios
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Climate modelling - global and regional scenarios 30'
        Speaker: L. Tomassini (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany)
    • 14:30 - 15:00 Modeling the effect of weather conditions on insect population dynamics
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Modeling the effect of weather conditions on insect population dynamics 30'
        Speaker: T. Selhorst (Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Germany)
        Material: Slides
    • 15:00 - 15:20 Studies on thermal health effects of climate change - India
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:00 Studies on thermal health effects of climate change - India 20'
        Speaker: A.A.L.N. Sarma (Andhra University)
    • 15:20 - 15:40 Climato - health for urgent intervention
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:20 Climato - health for urgent intervention 20'
        Speaker: D.D.M.L. Dassanayake (Teaching Hospital Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka)
    • 15:40 - 16:10 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:40 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:10 - 16:40 Role of infection in an eco-epidemiological system - a mathematical study
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:10 Role of infection in an eco-epidemiological system - a mathematical study 30'
        Speaker: S. Pal (Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, India)
    • 16:40 - 17:00 Epidemiology and diagnosis of rabies in Indian perspective
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:40 Epidemiology and diagnosis of rabies in Indian perspective 20'
        Speaker: B. Gupta (State Animal Disease Investigation Laboratory)
    • 17:00 - 17:20 Exploratory statistical modelling of cancer diseases
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 17:00 Exploratory statistical modelling of cancer diseases 20'
        Speaker: G.U. Ebuh (Nnamdi Azikiwe University)
    • 17:20 - 17:40 Aedes Aegypti and Dengue in Argentina
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 17:20 Aedes Aegypti and Dengue in Argentina 20'
        Speaker: R. Bejaran (Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  • Tuesday, 13 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 09:40 Emerging diseases; early detection and rapid response
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Emerging diseases; early detection and rapid response 40'
        Speaker: H. Unger (IAEA, Austria)
        Material: Slides
    • 09:40 - 10:20 Remote sensing for epidemiological studies
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:40 Remote sensing for epidemiological studies 40'
        Speaker: W. Wagner (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
        Material: Slides
    • 10:20 - 10:40 An assessment of the impact of climate change on food production, water availability and health condition in India
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:20 An assessment of the impact of climate change on food production, water availability and health condition in India 20'
        Speaker: K. Shadananan Nair (Centre for Earth Research and Environment Management, India)
    • 10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:40 Coffee break 20'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Seasonality, climate change and infectious diseases
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Seasonality, climate change and infectious diseases 30'
        Speaker: G. De Leo (Univ. Parma, Italy)
    • 11:30 - 11:50 Epidemiology of bluetongue in Northern Europe
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:30 Epidemiology of bluetongue in Northern Europe 20'
        Speaker: K. Mintiens (Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Belgium)
    • 11:50 - 12:10 Identification and prioritization of risks from vector borne diseases and climate change in Europe – output of EPIZONE, an EU network of excellence
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:50 Identification and prioritization of risks from vector borne diseases and climate change in Europe – output of EPIZONE, an EU network of excellence 20'
        Speaker: A. Lindberg (National Veterinary Institute, Sweden)
    • 12:10 - 14:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:10 Lunch break 1h50'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 Approaches to modelling infectious livestock disease occurrence
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:00 Approaches to modelling infectious livestock disease occurrence 30'
        Speaker: D. Pfeiffer (Royal Veterinary College, UK)
    • 14:30 - 14:50 Use of livestock to control vectors of Rift Valley fever
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:30 Use of livestock to control vectors of Rift Valley fever 20'
        Speaker: S.K. Kamau (Department of Veterinary Services, Kenya)
    • 14:50 - 15:10 Compartment models for Bluetongue (BTV 8) – mission impossible?
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 14:50 Compartment models for Bluetongue (BTV 8) – mission impossible? 20'
        Speaker: M.G. Doherr (University of Bern, Switzerland)
    • 15:10 - 15:30 Correlation between plasmid pSFn1 and virulence of vibrio nigripulchritudo
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:10 Correlation between plasmid pSFn1 and virulence of vibrio nigripulchritudo 20'
        Speaker: N. Iqbal (Institute Pasteur, France)
    • 15:30 - 15:50 Prediction of floods and other weather events causing diseases
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:30 Prediction of floods and other weather events causing diseases 20'
        Speaker: L. Haimberger (Vienna University, Austria)
    • 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 15:50 Coffee break 30'
    • 16:20 - 16:50 A framework to depict climate change induced-emergence of novel disease agent
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:20 A framework to depict climate change induced-emergence of novel disease agent 30'
        Speaker: J. Slingenbergh (FAO, Italy)
    • 16:50 - 17:20 The working group 'Zoonotic Diseases' at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 16:50 The working group 'Zoonotic Diseases' at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation 30'
        Speaker: U. Sperling (SAFOSO, Switzerland)
    • 17:20 - 17:40 Integration of disease parameters in regional climatic models
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 17:20 Integration of disease parameters in regional climatic models 20'
        Speaker: A.E.A. Abdou (Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Egypt)
    • 18:45 - 20:45 Small reception at Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria for all participants in the Conference
      • 18:45 Small reception at Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria for all participants in the Conference 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 14 May 2008
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Airborne spread of foot-and-mouth disease virus
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:00 Airborne spread of foot-and-mouth disease virus 30'
        Speaker: F. Rubel (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria)
    • 09:30 - 10:00 GIS based model for FMD
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 09:30 GIS based model for FMD 30'
        Speaker: N. Solymosi (Szent Istvan University, Hungary)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Molecular epidemiology & diagnosis of FMDV and PPRV in field samples collected from Punjab, Pakistan
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:00 Molecular epidemiology & diagnosis of FMDV and PPRV in field samples collected from Punjab, Pakistan 30'
        Speaker: Q.M. Khan (National Institute for Biotechnology adn Genetic Engineering, Pakistan)
    • 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 10:30 Coffee break 30'
    • 11:00 - 11:20 Spatial analysis of H5N1
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:00 Spatial analysis of H5N1 20'
        Speaker: L. De Simone (FAO, Italy)
    • 11:20 - 11:40 Outbreak investigation on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in Sri Lanka
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:20 Outbreak investigation on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in Sri Lanka 20'
        Speaker: W. Abeyewickreme (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
    • 11:40 - 12:00 Bird mortality in Ethiopia: Causes and threats
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 11:40 Bird mortality in Ethiopia: Causes and threats 20'
        Speaker: T.S. Desta (National Animal Health Research Center, Ethiopia)
    • 12:00 - 12:20 Joint spatial analysis of common morbilities of childhood diarrhoea and fever
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:00 Joint spatial analysis of common morbilities of childhood diarrhoea and fever 20'
        Speaker: L. Kazembe (University of Malawi)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch break
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall
      • 12:20 Lunch break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Conference summary and discussion
      • 14:00 Conference summary and discussion 2h0'
        Speaker: H. Unger (IAEA, Austria)
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