programme

PROGRAMME

Day 1: Wednesday 23 February 2011

Morning	Registration
Session 1	Introduction
14:00	Inauguration and Opening: Welcome Speech of the OIE Director General	Bernard Vallat
14:20	Value of Biodiversity to Health (IUCN's perspective)	Jean-Christophe Vié
14:30	Case Story 1: Bolivia - Integrated disease prevention for livestock, people and conservation	Marcela Uhart
14:50	Case Story 2: Nipah virus-Experience from Malaysia and Bangladesh	Abd Aziz Bin Jamaluddin
15:10	Agricultural Biodiversity and its influence on wildlife	Juan Lubroth
15:30	Questions and answers
15:40	Coffee/Tea
Session 2	Economic Benefits and Challenges for sustainable approaches to managing human /wildlife interaction
16:10	Value of Wildlife for Tourism and Recreation	Phillipe Chardonnet
16:40	Hunting and Fishing	Torsten Mörner
17:10	Production Systems: Wildlife and Wildlife Products	TBD
17:30	Unregulated and Informal Wildlife Trade	William Karesh
17:50	Questions and answers
18:00	Official Cocktail Reception

Day 2: Thursday 24 February 2011

Session 3	Illustrating Contributions to Public Health
9:00	Early Detection of Zoonotic Diseases - Linking Animal and Human Systems	Pierre Formenty
9:20	Nutrition, Food Security, Cultural Benefits	Richard Kock
9:40	Policy Opportunities for Linking Animal and Human Health	Gardner Murray
10:00	Questions and answers
10:20	Coffee/Tea
Session 4	Illustrating Relationships of Wildlife, Domestic Animal Health and Production
10:50	Wildlife Health Programs to Protect Livestock	Scott Newman
11:10	Domestic Animal Health Programs to Protect Wildlife	Sarah Cleaveland
11:30	Land-use paradigms, Wildlife and Livestock: Challenges, Choices and Potential Ways Forward	Mark Atkinson
11:50	Wildlife and Human Risks Linked to EBOLA Viruses	Alain Ondzie
12:10	Questions and answers
12:30	Break
Session 5	Illustrating Strategies for Efficient Surveillance and Management of Animal Diseases
14:00	Assuring Transparency	Karim Ben Jebara
14:20	Managing Outbreaks	Gideon Brückner
14:40	Capacity Building: Issues and Opportunities	Ted Leighton
15:00	National Wildlife Disease surveillance systems	Marc Artois
15:20	Questions and answers
15:50	Coffee/Tea
Session 6	Safety and Challenges of International Trade – Part 1
16:20	OIE Policy Paper related to Wildlife Diseases	Kris De Clercq
16:40	Transfrontier Conservation Areas – Compatibility with Animal and Human Health	Roy Bengis
17:00	Managing the Interface - Zoning, Compartmentalisation, Commodities	Alejandro Thiermann
17:20	Building Competence and Confidence (PVS and GAP Analysis, Legislation)	Alain Dehove
17:40	Questions and answers
18:00	End of Session

Day 3: Friday 25 February 2011

Session 7	Safety and Challenges of International Trade – Part 2
9:00	Disease Emergence and Spread Related to Wildlife Trade - Terrestrial Species	TBD
9:20	Disease Emergence and Spread Related to Wildlife Trade - Aquatic Species	Barry Hill
9:40	Alien Invasive Species Issues Related to Wildlife and Domestic Animal Trade	Paul-Pierre Pastoret
10:00	Benefits and Needs Related to Zoos, Protected Areas and Research Facilities	Robert Cook
10:20	Global Movement of Potential Pathogens Linked to Free-ranging and Captive Wildlife	Howard Pharo
10:40	Questions and answers
11:00	Coffee/Tea
Session 8	Contributions of Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Management to Health
11:30	Benefits from Healthy Ecosystems	Aaron Bernstein
12:00	Climate Change – Mitigation, Adaptation and Health Benefits	Peter Black
12:20	Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases	Peter Daszak
12:40	Questions and answers
13:00	Break
14:30	The Need for Sound and Sustainable Policy in an Interconnected World : Science Based Guidance for the Future	Kate Glynn
15:00	Presentation and Discussion on Recommendations
16:00	Closing Ceremony