Program

1.

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

2.

09:00 – 09:10

Welcome

Host:
* Xavier Gabarrell UAB Vice-Rector
* Manel Lopez-Bejar Dean of the Veterinary Faculty 

*Elisenda Guillaumes (Catalan Agricultural. DG)
*Esteve Fernández (SG Salut)

3.

09:10 – 09:20

Housekeeping announcements

* UAB Organizers

4.

09:20 – 09:30

Opening remarks

* Eric Stevens – GMI President

5.

09:30 – 10:00

“Setting the scene” presentation

Cost-benefit issues of WGS

Moderator: Marc Allard (FDA)

Key note speaker
* Bradley Brown (FDA)

6.

10:00 – 10:30

Global perspectives FAO/WHO

* Josefina Campos (WHO)
* Masami Takeuchi (FAO)

7.

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break
Edifici Rectorat – main entrance

8.

11:00 – 11:30

AI and WGS – overview
WGS and ML

* Dr Abani Pradhan (U. Maryland)

9.

11:30 – 12.00

The importance of data sharing for AI applications

* Guillermo Torres (UAB)
* Marc Lorenzen (BfR)
* Adriano di Pasquale (IZS)
* Aitana Neves (SIB)

10.

12:00 – 12:30

Opportunities and challenges in data sharing to support AI

Open-floor discussion

11.

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch
Edifici Rectorat – restaurant

12.

14:00 – 14:45

WGS in within the One Health framework

* Patricia Mejias Moreno (FAO)
* Gregorio Torres (WOAH)
* Dr Celeste Donato (U. Melbourne)

13.

14:45 – 15:30

WGS in- country case studies

* Syafinaz Binti Amin Nordin (U. Putra Malaysia)
* Mayrén Cristina Zamora Nava (Senasica Mexico)
* Dr. Henda Triki (Institut Pasteur Tunis)

14.

15:30- 16:00

Coffee Break
Edifici Rectorat – main entrance

15.

16:00-16:45

Data management

* Katja Alt (BMEL)
* Valentina Rizzi (EFSA)
* Tuyet Hoang (U. Melbourne)
* Eric Stevens (FDA)

16.

16:45 – 17:30

Experience at the regional and Spanish national levels

Moderator: Sara Bover (IRTA)

* Cristina Ocerin (AESAN)
* Alberto Chaves and Carlos Sanchez (Junta de Andalucia)
* Laura Alcalde (ACSA) Belén Martín (IRTA) (Catalunya)
* Antonio Español (Aragón)

17.

08:30 – 09:00

Assigning the participants into the working groups
Edifici Rectorat – main entrance

18.

09:00 – 09:30

USA and EU challenges and opportunities of WGS

* Don Prater (FDA)

* Martial Plantady (EU Commission)

19.

09:30 – 09:45

GMI13 – Canada – Outcomes and Action Items

* Speaker :  Emma Griffiths (Simon Fraser U.)

20.

09:45 – 10:45

Overview: Raise awareness of opportunities Discussion

Moderator :  Emma Griffiths

* Dr. Sofonias Kifle Tessema (African CDC)
* Noah Hull – (APHL)

*Heather Carleton (PNI)
* Torsten Seemann (U. Melbourne)

21.

10:45 – 11:10

Steering Committee Announcing the WGs and why ?
Break and Division in thematic discussion in 4 working groups

22.

11:10 – 12:30

Session leader make presentation + 1 note taker for each session
WGs titles TBC accordingly to sessions 20-21 and Steering Committee
Change of building/meeting room from “Edifici Rectorat” to Veterinary Faculty

I- Moderators
Eric Stevens / Emma Griffiths

-The importance of maintaining country capacity for data sharing

II- Moderator
Masami Takeuchi

– Global training initiatives (wet lab)

III- Moderator
Marc Allard / Bradley Brown

– Current and future technologies
WGS One health /Pitching – how effectively communicate with the finance unit to invest into WGS

IV- Moderator
Mirko Rossi

– Perspectives from policy decision-makers on maintaining engagement and momentum

23.

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch
Veterinary Faculty – paralell sessions
Change of building /meeting room from Veterinary Faculty to the “Rectorat”

24.

14.00-14.45

Plenary: Working group reporting back session
Edifici Rectorat – plenary room

25.

14:45 – 15:30

Industry presentations–

Moderator : Armand Sánchez

* Celina To (Oxford Nanopore)
* Salvatore Conti (Thermofisher)

* Jane Pouzou (Epix analytics)

26.

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee Break
Edifici Rectorat – main entrance

27.

15:45 – 17:15

Session “Looking to the future: New challenges and opportunities”
Moderators: Mirko Rossi (EFSA)/ Christophe  Cordevant (ANSES)                     

* Annette Fagerlund (NOFIMA)
* Patricia Mejias (FAO)
* Marion Gottschald (BfR)
* Baldissera Giovani (Euphresco) 

28.

09:00 – 10:00

Which should the working groups be? Part 1

Moderators:
Ruth Timme – Emma Griffiths

29.

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break
Edifici Rectorat – main entrance

30.

10:30 – 11:00

Which should be the topics of the working groups and frequency Part 2

Moderators:
Ruth Timme – Emma Griffiths

31.

11:00 – 11:30

Suggestions for future actions (according the past and current GMI steering committee)

* Eric Stevens / MarcAllard

32.

11:30 – 11:45

Wastewater Epidemiology Surveillance and the importance of datasharing in a Public Health perspective under the One Health approach.

* Bernd Gawik (EU Commission)

33.

11:45 – 12:05

GMI-15 invitation 2025 Australia

* Tuyet Hoang

34.

12:05 – 12.15

Pitch for GMI 16/17 Tunisia/Germany

* TN: Institute Pasteur TBC

*Burkhard  Malorny (BfR)

35.

12:15 – 12:45

Wrapping up and a way forward
GMI steering Committee representative

* Eric Stevens and others hosts