Date and location
Date: March 7, 2024
Venue: Palace of the Academies, Brussels, Belgium
This event -under the auspices of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union (Be.EU)- aims to gather experts on different and complementary aspects related to the AMR issues.
Programme
| 14:00 | Welcome word by Jacques Mahillon (UCLouvain, NaCoMi Vice-President) and Eveline Peeters (VUB, BSM Chair) |
| 14:15 | Jean-Paul Pirnay (Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels): Phage therapy |
| 14:45 | Françoise Van Bambeke (UCLouvain): Limit of current antibiotics |
| 15:00 | Jean-Baptiste Perrin (HERA) – Keynote AMR – Innovations from EU’s view point |
| 15:45 | Charles Van der Henst (VUB, VIB, ISME ambassador) |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 | Young BSM: Amir Hassan (UGent) |
| 16:40 | Agustin Reséndiz Sharpe (KU Leuven) – Alternatives to animal models to test antimicrobials |
| 16:50 | Natalie Leys (SCK-CEN) – The control and use of microbes in human space exploration |
| 17:10 | Fabiana Dal Pozzo (AMCRA) – Adopted strategies and challenges to tackle AMR in veterinary medicine |
| 17:30 | Philippe Desmeth (BCCM) – Importance of microbial collections |
| 17:50 | Philippe Gabant (Syngulon) with Vitor Pinheiro (Support Guy Bart Stan) – Synthetic Biology |
| 18:00 | Round table and Conclusions |
| 18:30 | Networking drink with members of the board of the BSM |
Registration
Registration is free of charge, but mandatory before March 5, 2024.