Scientific Program
Please find below the provisional program for ALIVE 2, 2024
Thursday 18th April, 2024
| Arrival in the afternoon |
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| 19:30 - 22:30 | Welcome Cocktail at the Rooftop of the Radisson Blu |
Friday 19th April, 2024
| Research Stream | Clinical Stream |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 | Opening Ceremony |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 |  Plenary Session | Jorge AlvarControl of visceral leishmaniasis: successes, risks and expectations Read more |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Session 1: “Around the vectors” Oral Communications |
 Keynote Speaker - Marta LeivaTop three ophthalmic challenges in the management of animal leishmaniosis Read more |
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Coffee-Break | Poster Session | Commercial Exhibition |
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| 11:30 - 12:15 |  Keynote Speaker - Carla MaiaPhlebotomine sand flies – small vectors causing major problems in public and animal health Read more |
Session 2: "Evaluation in the fields" Oral Communications |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Session 1 cont.: “Around the vectors” Oral Communications |
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| 12:30 - 13:15 | Round Table Vectorial and non-vectorial transmission |
Round Table The post-treatment management of leishmaniosis (endemic and non-endemic areas) |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Lunch |
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| 14:15 - 15:00 | Session 3: "Prospective for control" Oral Communications |
 Keynote Speaker - Chiara NoliExpect the unexpected: usual and unusual skin lesions in canine leishmaniosis Read more |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Session 4: "Immune response, consequences" Oral Communications |
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| 15:15 - 16:00 |  Keynote Speaker - Christopher Fernandez-PradaExtracellular vesicles and canine leishmaniosis: friends or foes? Read more |
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Coffee-Break | Poster Session | Commercial Exhibition |
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| 16:45 - 17:30 | Session 3 cont.: “Prospective for control” Oral Communications |
Session 4 cont.: “Immune response, consequences” Oral Communications |
| 17:30 - 18:15 | Round Table Drug resistance |
Round Table Leishmaniosis and immune mediated diseases: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges |
| 19:15 | Bus departure for Gala Dinner at the Chagall Museum |
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Saturday 20th April, 2024
| Research Stream | Clinical Stream |
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| 08:00 - 08:45 | Informal Get Together (young scientists and clinicians breakfast with LeishVet group) |
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| 09:00 - 09:45 | Session 5: "Epidemiology: around the Leishmanias" Oral Communications |
 Keynote Speaker - Manolis SaridomichelakisWhen should clinicians suspect feline leishmaniosis? Read more |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Session 6: "Monitoring" Oral Communications |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 |  Keynote Speaker - Christine PetersenDogma, ecology, and potential reservoirs for Leishmania donovani in Bihar, India Read more |
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| 10:45 - 11:30 | Coffee-Break | Poster Session | Commercial Exhibition |
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| 11:30 - 12:15 | Session 5 cont.: "Epidemiology: around the Leishmanias" Oral Communications |
Session 6 cont.: "Monitoring" Oral Communications |
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Round Table Leishmaniases: many diseases, One Health |
Round Table Coinfections |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Session 7: "One Health" Oral Communications |
 Keynote Speaker - Lluís FerrerThe conundrum of clinical relapses in canine leishmaniosis Read more |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Session 8: "Diagnosis" Oral Communications |
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| 15:00 - 15:45 |  Keynote Speaker - Filipe Dantas-TorresOther Leishmania species infecting dogs: zoonotic and clinical significance Read more |
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| 15:45 - 16:30 | Coffee-Break | Poster Session | Commercial Exhibition |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Session 7 cont.: "One Health" Oral Communications |
Session 8 cont.: "Diagnosis" Oral Communications |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Closing Ceremony |
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