Conference
Transboundary and emerging animal
diseases in a globalized environment
Perugia, November 6th, 2009
Venue: Hotel Alla Posta dei Donini, S. Martino in Campo, Perugia, Italy
Scientific Programme
8.30 Registration of Participants
9.00 Opening and Authoritie’s Welcome
Maurizio Rosi, Regional Councilman for Health and Social Services- Umbria Region, Italy
Romano Marabelli, Head Department of Veterinary Public Health, Nutrition and Food Safety
Italian Ministry of Health, Italy
Silvano Severini, General Director Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’ Umbria e Marche,Italy
9.30 Morning Session – Chairman: Romano Marabelli
Emerging Animal Diseases - Accurately identifying the diseases we know to better detect and
recognize when we are faced with the unknown
Kate Glynn, OIE - Scientific and Technical Department Paris, France
The EU Response to Emerging and Transboundary Animal Diseases
Etienne Bonbon, EU - DG Health and Consumers, Animal Health Unit, Brussels, Belgium
11.00 Coffee Break
Climate Change and Vector Borne Diseases - changes in the epidemiology of Rift Valley fever
and potential impacts on its dynamic and distribution
Stephan de La Rocque, FAO - Animal Health Division, Roma, Italy
African Swine Fever, a Serious Threat to Global Pig Industry
Carlos Martins, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Lisboa, Portugal
13.00 Lunch
14.30 Afternoon Session – Chairman: Gian Mario De Mia
Capitalizing on Opportunities - the Case of Avian Influenza
Ilaria Capua, FAO, OIE and National Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, IZS Padova, Italy
Global Footh & Mouth Disease Situation
David Paton, Epidemiology Division and FMD Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbrigh, United
Kingdom
Recent Trends in the Diagnosis of Emerging and Re-emerging Transboundary Animal Diseases
Sándor Belák, Joint Research and Development Division, National Veterinary Institute & Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
16.30 Discussion
Telemaco Cenci, Technical Director, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle
Marche, Italy
Gian Mario De Mia, National Swine Fever Laboratory, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’
Umbria e delle Marche, Italy.
For information: www.izsum.it
Conference Languages:
Italian and English with simultaneous translation
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale
dell’Umbria e delle Marche