KKL Lucerne
Europaplatz 1
6005 Lucerne
Short and concise talks will be 20 min in length including 5 minutes for discussion. Sessions will be moderated by experts in the field. The symposium will end with a moderated panel discussion aiming to highlight the most important take home messages and a summary of the needs from the community.
| 08:45 – 09:30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 09:30 – 09:40 | Welcome |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Daniel Koch (FPO)Perspectives on the WGS technology |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Jürg Danuser (FSVO)Perspectives on the WGS technology |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Rene S Hendriksen (National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark)Usage of whole genome sequencing to address one Health challenges |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Adrian Egli (USB)Overview Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (NRP72 project) |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Susanne Driessen (Swiss Ethics)Ethical and legal requirements for surveillance |
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Diana Elena Coman Schmid (ETH Zurich)Data protection of medical data |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Richard Neher (University of Basel)Incentives for WGS data sharing |
| 12:40 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 14:20 | Mirjam Mäusezahl (FPO)Foodborne pathogens in Switzerland |
| 14:20 – 14:40 | Helena Seth-Smith (University Hospital Basel)Campylobacter spp.: always from chicken to men? |
| 14:40 – 15:00 | Guido Bloemberg (University of Zurich)Outbreak investigation of Salmonella spp. in Switzerland |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Sarah Tschudin-Sutter (University Hospital Basel)Transmission of ESBL-producing E. coli in Basel (NRP72 project) |
| 15:20 – 15:40 | Coffee break |
| 15:40 – 16:00 | Andrea Endimiani (University of Bern)Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriacea in humans (NRP72 project) |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Vincent Perreten (VetSuisse, Bern)Carbepenemase producing Enterobacteriacea in animals |
| 16:20 – 16:40 | Jacques Schrenzel (University Hospital Geneva)Unusual zoonoses: the contribution of NGS |
| 16:40 – 17:00 | Gilbert Greub (University Hospital Lausanne)Genomics of Chlamydia-related bacteria |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Coffee break |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Moderated round table discussionDaniel Koch (FPO), Jürg Danuser (FSVO), Susanne Driessen (Swiss ethics), Jacques Schrenzel (Diagnostics), Roger Stephan (Food & Veterinary), Richard Neher (Basic Research), Sarah Tschudin-Sutter (Hospital Epidemiology). |
| 17:45 – 17:50 | Closing remarksAdrian Egli (University Hospital Basel), Roger Stephan (University of Zurich), Jacques Schrenzel (University Hospital Geneva) |
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