26.08.2024

EU Room

UWr Room

Lecture Room 1

Lecture Room 2

16.00-16:45

Opening Ceremony

17.00-17.45

PLENARY LECTURE: Colin Sutherland

17:45-18:30

PLENARY LECTURE: Grzegorz Węgrzyn

19.00-22.00

WELCOME PARTY

27.08.2024

EU Room

UWr Room

Lecture Room 1

Lecture Room 2

9:00-9:45

PLENARY LECTURE:
Robert Poulin

10.00-11.30

Parasite omics I

Opportunistic and rare parasite infections I

Parasite infections in livestock and their control I

11:30-12:00

COFFEE BREAK

12:00-13:30

Parasite omics II

Opportunistic and rare parasite infections II

Parasite infections in livestock and their control II

Satellite session:
Droplet Digital PCR and PCR-free BIOSensors for the diagnosis of resistance-associated SNPs in Pneumocystis jirovecii

13:30-14:30

LUNCH BREAK & POSTER VIEWING

14:30-16:00

FAWPAR Plenary Session I

16:00-16:15

COFFEE BREAK

16:15-18:00

FAWPAR Plenary Session II & FAWPAR Panel discussion

28.08.2024

EU Room

UWr Room

Lecture Room 1

Lecture Room 2

9:00-9:45

PLENARY LECTURE:
Laura Rinaldi

10.00-11.30

Parasites of wildlife I

Immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions (immunopathology and allergy)

Symposium:
Artificial intelligence and digital health: multidisciplinary examination of potential applications in geospatial analysis I

Sponsor Session

11:30-12:00

COFFEE BREAK

12:00-13:30

Parasites of wildlife II

Host-parasite interactions (with microbiome relationship)

Symposium:
Artificial intelligence and digital health: multidisciplinary examination of potential applications in geospatial analysis II

Diagnostics of parasites

13:30-14:30

LUNCH BREAK & POSTER VIEWING

14:30-16:00

Parasites of wildlife III

Update on Toxoplasma infection epidemiology and diagnosis

Novel perspectives for treatment and drug resistance

WORKSHOP
Cryptosporidium typing

16:00-16:30

COFFEE BREAK

16:30-18:00

Parasites of wildlife IV

EFP Assembly

Recent trends in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis

29.08.2024

EU Room

UWr Room

Lecture Room 1

Lecture Room 2

9:00-9:45

PLENARY LECTURE:
Michael Stear

10.00-11.30

Emerging parasitoses and zoonoses in Europe – questions about the future I

Vector-borne pathogens and diseases I

Snails, trematodes and diseases

Paleoparasitology

11:30-12:00

COFFEE BREAK

12:00-13:30

Emerging parasitoses and zoonoses in Europe – questions about the future II

Vector-borne pathogens and diseases II

Biology and taxonomy of helminths

Young Scientist Award Session I

13:30-14:30

LUNCH BREAK & POSTER VIEWING

14:30-16:00

Fish parasitology I

Alien and invasive host species and parasites

Symposium:
Parasites and Vectors in a Warming World: predicting and preparing for future scenarios

WORKSHOP
Scientific writing and finding the best journal for papers on Medical Parasitology

16:00-16:30

COFFEE BREAK

16:30-18:00

Fish parasitology II

Young Scientist Award Session II

Symposium:
Parasites and Vectors in a Warming World: predicting and preparing for future scenarios

20:00

GALA DINNER

30.08.2024

EU Room

9:00-10:30

Parasitology research from One Health perspective

10.30-12.00

Parasitology in multi-disciplinary projects /grants

12:00-12:30

COFFEE BREAK

12:30-13:30

CLOSING CEREMONY

Plenary Speakers

Robert Poulin

University of Otago, New Zealand

Laura Rinaldi

University of Napoli Federico II, Italy

Lucy Robertson

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Michael Stear

La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Colin Sutherland

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Grzegorz Węgrzyn

University of Gdańsk

Proposed Sessions

  • Alien and invasive host species and parasites
  • Diagnostics of parasites
  • Biology and taxonomy of helminths
  • Emerging parasitoses and zoonoses in Europe – questions about the future
  • Vector-borne pathogens and diseases
  • Fish parasitology
  • Food and waterborne parasitology / FAWPAR Journal Plenary Session
  • Host-parasite interactions (with microbiome relationship)
  • Human and animal schistosomes
  • Immunological aspects of host-parasite interactions (immunopathology and allergy)
  • Multidisciplinary malaria research
  • Update on Toxoplasma infection epidemiology and diagnosis
  • Novel perspectives for treatment and drug resistance
  • Opportunistic parasite infections
  • Paleoparasitology
  • Parasite infections in livestock and their control
  • Parasite omics
  • Parasites of aquatic systems (including free-living amoeba)
  • Parasites of wildlife
  • Parasitology in multi-disciplinary projects /grants
  • Parasitology research from One Health perspective
  • Rare, unusual and spurious parasitic infection
  • Recent trends in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Europe

Proposed Symposiums

  • Artificial intelligence and digital health: multidisciplinary examination of potential applications in geospatial analysis
  • MOTT Symposium
  • Wild living ruminants hosting wild and domesticated parasites
  • Parasites and Vectors in a Warming World: predicting and preparing for future scenarios (open to PrePAre4VBD project members)

Workshops

  • Cryptosporidium typing
  • Scientific writing and finding the best journal for papers on Medical Parasitology

Debates

  • Climate changes vs. vector-borne diseases
  • Multi-disciplinarity in current parasitology
  •