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	Importance of the OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres in Supporting the OIE and the International Community Chair: Alejandro Schudel
1	Present and Future Developments Bernard Vallat
2	OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres: a General Overview *Kazuaki Miyagishima*
3	OIE Manuals and Codes: the Role of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres in Developing and Updating OIE Standards Beverly Schmitt
4	OIE World Animal Health Information System: the Role of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres in Disease Reporting *Karim Ben Jebara*

	Mandate and Terms of Reference of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres Chair: Mehdi El Harrak
1	Mandates of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres Alejandro Schudel
2	International Reference Reagents and Interlaboratory Assays Paul Townsend
3	OIE Quality Standard for Veterinary Laboratories Peter Wright

	Biosafety/Biosecurity and Threat Reduction Chair: Beverly Schmitt
1	Biosafety/Biosecurity in Laboratories Nicoletta Previsani
2	Experience of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres in the Transport of Biological Samples François Diaz
3	Transport of Biological Samples: Air Transport View Andrea Graf-Gruber
4	Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC) *Richard Lennane*
5	United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) *Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack*
6	Bi-lateral Biosecurity Project in Central Asia *Maureen Ellis*		–

	Diagnostic Tests, Vaccines and Veterinary Drugs Chair: Paul Townsend
1	OIE Strategy for Veterinary Product Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel
2	Validation of Diagnostic Assays: OIE General Principles and Procedures Axel Colling
3	Veterinary Products: VICH Initiatives Merton Smith

	Research Chair: Hualan Chen
1	Research on Diagnostic Tests: Key Topics and New Applications *Adama Diallo*
2	Research on Vaccines: Key Topics and New Applications *David Swayne*
3	Coordination of Research on Infectious Animal Diseases Including Orphan Diseases *Philippe Vialatte*	–
4	OIE Guidelines on the Welfare of Laboratory Animals *David Bayvel*

	Laboratory Networking Chair: Vincenzo Caporale
1	Example of a Current Network for a Specific Topic: Aquatic Animal Diseases *Barry Hill*
2	Example of a Current Network for a Specific Disease: FMD/Vaccine Matching *David Paton*
3	Example of a Current Network for a Specific Species: Camelidae *Mehdi El Harrak*
4	Example of a New Framework for a Network of Reference Laboratories in Europe *Francesco Javier Reviriego Gordejo*
5	Example of a Project for a Network Between OIE Reference Laboratories and National Reference Laboratories in the Americas *Luis Barcos*
6	Example of a Current Network: FAO Network Gwenaëlle Dauphin
7	Example of Current Support to Developing Countries *Gerrit Viljoen*
8	International Reference Laboratory and Collaborating Centre Networks: Challenges and Benefits *Vincenzo Caporale*	–

	International Cooperation and Solidarity Chair: Barry Hill
1	OIE International Solidarity: General Overview – Need for Better Veterinary Governance *Alain Dehove*
2	Exchange of expertise and transfer of knowledge: the Canadian example *Martine Dubuc*
3	Cooperation at the interface of human and animal health *Stephan Monroe*		–
4	OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme *Keith Hamilton*
5	Practical Examples: Twinning Project (Parent Laboratory) *Timm Harder*
6	Practical Examples: Twinning Project (Candidate Laboratory) *Kekgonne Baipoledi*