Scientific Programme
Wednesday, 9 March 2016 | |
12:00-14:00 | Registration |
14:00-15:30 | Plenary session: Bioinformatics Tools for Genomic Epidemiology |
15:30-16:15 | Opening Session |
16:15-17:00 | Keynote: Origins of diversity in microbial genomes Speaker: Edward J Feil |
17:00-17:30 | Coffee break |
17:30-18:15 | Keynote: Real world epidemiology meets the genome information Speaker: Jennifer Gardy |
18:15-19:00 | Keynote: Signals of time and descent in microbial genomes Speaker: Caroline Colijn |
18:15-19:00 | Opening Reception |
Thursday, 10 March 2016 | |
8:30-10:00 | Plenary session: Genomics and adaptation to the host and man-made environments |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-12:00 | Plenary session: Epidemiology and Public Health – Outbreaks |
12:00-14:30 | Lunch and Poster Session I |
14:30-15:30 | Industry Session: Sponsored Talks by Applied Maths and Biomérieux |
15:30-17:00 | Plenary session: Food , Zoonotic and Environmental Microbial Risks |
17:00-17:30 | Coffee break |
17:30-19:00 | Plenary session: Novel Diagnostics and Typing methodologies |
Friday, 11 March 2016 | |
8:30-10:00 | Plenary session: Microbial Population Genomics |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-12:00 | Plenary session: Antimicrobial resistance and Mobile Genetic Elements |
12:00-13:30 | Lunch and Poster Session I |
13:30-14:30 | Discussion session: Genomic Epidemiology Ontologies |
14:30-15:30 | Discussion session: Need for universal nomenclatures for strain/lineage identification |
15:30-17:00 | Plenary session: Epidemiology and Public Health : Surveillance |
17:00-17:30 | Coffee break |
17:30-19:00 | Plenary session: Late Breaker Abstracts session |
Saturday, 12 March 2016 | |
8:30-10:00 | Plenary session: Molecular epidemiology and Public Health |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee break |
10:30-11:15 | Keynote: Rapid evolutionary forces: the importance of mobile genetic elements Speaker: Fernando de la Cruz |
11:15-12:00 | Keynote: Disruptive technologies in infectious disease epidemiology: the future Speaker: Nick Loman |
12:00-12:30 | Closing Session |
12:30-13:30 | Beer Break sponsored by Applied Maths |