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Roger Prichard
McGill University, Canada
Jaco J. Verweij
ElisabethTweesteden Hospital, The Netherlands
Joseph Turner
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
Gholamreza Mowlavi
Tehran university, Iran
Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hye-Sook Kim
Okayama University, Japan
MARÍA TERESA GALÁN-PUCHADES
University of Valencia, Spain
Zhiliang Wu
Gifu University, Japan
Petrus Tang
Chang Gung University, Chinese Taipei
Yaoyu Feng
East China University of Science and Technology, China
Tomohiko Sugishita
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan
Laia Solano Gallego
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Liu Mingyuan
Jilin University, OIE Collaborative center for Food borne zoonotic parasites
KAILASH C. PANDEY
National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, India
Juan-Hua Quan
Guangdong Medical University, China
George K. Christophides
Imperial College London, UK
Liwang Cui
Penn State University, USA
Benjamin Gottlieb Mordmüller
University of Tuebingen, Germany
Masahiro Yamamoto
Osaka University, Japan
Bong-Soo Kim
Hallym University, Korea
Paul W. Sternberg
California Institute of Technology, USA
Patrick Duffy
NIH, USA
Louis Clement GOUAGNA
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Bernadette Abela-Ridder
WHO, Switzerland
Emily Jenkins
University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon, Canada
Qijun Chen
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
Cevayir Coban
Osaka University,Japan
Xing-Quan Zhu
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Eliézer N’Goran
Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Cote d’Ivoire
Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté
University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon
Paul Fuerst
The Ohio State University, USA, Naveed Khan
Sabine Specht
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Switzerland
Pham Ngoc Doanh
Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Vietnam,
Richard McCulloch
University of Glasgow, UK
Leo L.M. Poon
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Poom Adisakwattana
Mahidol University, Thailand
Dehua Lai
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Jean-Robert Ioset
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Switzerland
Olga Fedorova
Tomsk OPIsthorchiasis Consortium, Russian Federation
Ikuo Igarashi
Obihiro University, Japan
Jung-Hsiang Tai
IBMS, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei
Jon Patrick Boyle
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Susana Vaz Nery
Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia
Yasuhiro Takashima
Gifu University, Japan
James Cotton
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK
Arne Levsen
Marine Research Institute, Bergen, Norway, Shokoofeh Shamsi
Thomas Cribb
University of Qeensland, Australia
Michael Hsieh
Schistosomiasis Resource Centre, USA
Werner Apt
University of Chile, Chile
Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Andrew R. Williams
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Windell L. Rivera
University of the Philippines, Philippines
Aaron Jex
Walter & Eliza Hall Institute and The University of Melbourne, Australia
Xiao-Nong Zhou
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China Sarah Gabriel
S.L. Hoti
Indian Council of Medical Research, India
Alessandro Massolo
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Kevin Kobylinski
AFRIMS, Thailand
William A Petri
University of Virginia, USA
Thomas Nutman
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases US National Institutes of Health Bethesda
Luis I Terrazas
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Maria Dolores Bargues
Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Sonia Almeria
FDA, US
Robin Beat Gasser
University of Melbourne, Australia
Hiroshi Sato
Yamaguchi University, Japan
Kamala Ley Thriemer
Menzies, Australia
Tomoko Ishino
Ehime University, Japan
Dong Hoon Shin
Seoul National University, Korea
Xi Sun
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Anastasios Tsaousis
University of Kent, UK
Nobuo Ohta
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
Matthias Marti
University of Glasgow, UK
Megumi Sato
Niigata University, Japan
Robert Moon
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Tokio Hoshina
Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan
Nishith Gupta
Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Germany
Archie Clements
ANU College of Medicine, Australia
Wai-Hong Tham
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia
Akira Ito
Asahikawa Medical University, Japan
Luc Coffeng
University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
Reinhard Karl
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Boris Striepen
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Bjorn Andersson
Karolinska Insitute, Sweden
Darren Gray
Australian National University, Australia
Makedonka Mitreva
Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Vicente Y. Belizario
University of the Philippines, Philippines
Sung-Tae Hong
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Kiichiro TSUTANI
Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Japan
Manoj Duraisingh
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, USA
Xing-Quan Zhu
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
James Beeson
Burnett Institute, Australia
Jozef Vercruysse
Ghent University, Belgium
Ho-Joon Shin
Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea
Isabel Santos
Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine University of São Paulo, Brazil
Shinjiro Hamano
Nagasaki University, Japan
Sung-Tae Hong
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea
Shyam Sundar
Hindu University, India
Elizabeth Winzeler
University of California San Diego,USA
Dante Zarlenga
USDA, USA
Fabrizio Bruschi
University of Pisa, Italy
Gioia Capelli
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy
Alok Bhattacharya
Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Juan Mosqueda
Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico
Serge Morand
Université Montpellier, France
Tommy Leung
University of New England, Australia
Ray M. Kaplan
University of Georgia, Athens
Banchob Sripa
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
Hiroshi Yamasaki
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Hyeong-Kyu Jeon
Chungbuk National University, Korea
Ingrid Felger
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Swiss
Christine Petersen
University of Iowa, USA
PARASITES: HARMS & BENEFITS to Animals and Humans
Title A global perspective on ancient parasites: Current research projects (1)
Organizer Reinhard Karl (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA), Alena Mayo Iñiguez(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz FIOCRUZ, Brazil)
Keynote Speaker Reinhard Karl (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
Title A global perspective on ancient parasites: Current research projects (2)
Organizer Min Seo (Dankook University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Dong Hoon Shin(Seoul National University, Korea)
Title A global perspective on ancient parasites: Current research projects (3)
Organizer Gholamreza Mowlavi (Tehran university, Iran)
Keynote Speaker Gholamreza Mowlavi (Tehran university, Iran)
Title Amebiasis: Biology, biochemistry, pathogenesis, and drug development (1)
Organizer Tomoyoshi Nozaki (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Keynote Speaker William A Petri (University of Virginia, USA)
Title Amebiasis: Biology, biochemistry, pathogenesis, and drug development (2)
Organizer Tomoyoshi Nozaki (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Alok Bhattacharya (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)
Title An Update on Human Babesiosis
Organizer Atsuko Saito-Ito (Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Edouard Vannier (Tufts Medical Center & Tufts University, USA)
Title Animal models for research into schistosomiasis control
Organizer Malcolm Jones (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Michael Hsieh (Schistosomiasis Resource Centre, USA)
Title Anthelminthics development: Genetics and drug targeting
Organizer Philip T. LoVerde (University of Texas, USA)
Keynote Speaker James Cotton (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK)
Title Anthelmintic resistance: Problems and solutions
Organizer Dante Zarlenga (Animal Parasitic Diseases Lab, USA)
Keynote Speaker Roger Prichard (McGill University, Canada)
Title Anthelmintics, their use and resistance in veterinary parasites
Organizer Chaoqun Yao (Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, USA)
Keynote Speaker Ray M. Kaplan (University of Georgia, Athens)
Title Anti-malaria drug development
Organizer John H. Adams (University of South Florida, USA)
Keynote Speaker Kevin Kobylinski (AFRIMS, Thailand)
Title Anti-Tick Vaccines
Organizer Consuelo Almazan (ANSES, INRA, Ecole Veteriaire de Maisons-Alfort, France)
Keynote Speaker Isabel Santos (Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine University of São Paulo, Brazil)
Title Arthropods and allergy: 40th Yonsei Trop Med Symposium
Organizer Anchalee Tungtrongchitr (Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand)
Keynote Speaker Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Title Asian current innovation of One Health: Dungeons and dragons
Organizer Marcello Otake Sato (Dokkyo Medical University, Japan), Jun Kobayashi (University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Poom Adisakwattana (Mahidol University, Thailand)
Title Asian current innovation of One Health: Need for speed
Organizer Jun Kobayashi (University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Jitra Waikagul (Mahidol University, Thailand)
Keynote Speaker Megumi Sato (Niigata University, Japan)
Title Babesiosis: From basic to applied aspects
Organizer Xuenan Xuan (National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Ikuo Igarashi (Obihiro University, Japan)
Title Benefits of parasites on control of cancers
Organizer Hossein Yousofi Darani (Isfahan university of medical sciences,Iran)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Biology and Interaction of host/cell and Toxoplasma gondii infection
Organizer Zhao-Rong Lun (Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, China)
Keynote Speaker Masahiro Yamamoto(Osaka University, Japan)
Title Cancer and Parasite
Organizer Tai-Soon Yong (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Nishith Gupta (Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, Germany)
Title Challenge for leishmaniasis
Organizer Yoshitsugu Matsumoto (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Maowia M. Mukhtar (University of Khartoum, Sudan)
Title Challenges and opportunities in Foodborne parasite genomics: From microscope to MiSeq
Organizer Gopal R. Gopinath(US Food and Drug Adminsitration, USA)
Keynote Speaker Bjorn Andersson (Karolinska Insitute, Sweden)
Title Control of livestock helminths
Organizer Ray M. Kaplan (University of Georgia, USA)
Keynote Speaker Jozef Vercruysse (Ghent University, Belgium)
Title Control of soil-transmitted helminths
Organizer Jong-Yil Chai (Seoul National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Susana Vaz Nery (Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia)
Title Crosstalk between protozoan parasite and host
Organizer Myeong Heon Shin (Yonsei University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Petrus Tang (Chang Gung University, Chinese Taipei)
Title Cryptosporidium minisymposium
Organizer Guan Zhu (Texas A&M University, USA)
Keynote Speaker Boris Striepen (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Title Discovery and preclinical studies of new drugs against American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Organizer Sara Robledo (University of Antioquia, Colombia)
Keynote Speaker
Title Diversity of parasites in birds
Organizer Jean Mariaux (Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland)
Keynote Speaker Tommy Leung (University of New England, Australia)
Title Drug resistance in Giardia: mechanisms and alternatives
Organizer M. Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres (The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico)
Keynote Speaker Aaron Jex (Walter & Eliza Hall Institute and The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Title Drug resistance in STH of humans
Organizer Ray M. Kaplan (University of Georgia, USA)
Keynote Speaker Luc Coffeng (University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Title Echinococcosis in Central Asia
Organizer Hak-Sun Yu (Pusan National University School of Medicine, Korea)
Timur Muratov (Isaev Research institute of Medical Parasitology, Ministry of Health, Uzbekistan)
Keynote Speaker Uktam suvonkulov (Institute of parasitology, Uzebekistan)
Title Echinococcus and echinococcosis: Emerging issues
Organizer Andrew Thompson (Murdoch University, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Emily Jenkins (University of Saskatchewan,Saskatoon, Canada)
Title Echinostomes and echinostomiasis
Organizer Jong-Yil Chai (Seoul National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Emergence of Drug Resistance Malaria
Organizer Eun-Taek Han (Kangwon National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Zbynek Bozdech (Nanynag Technological University, Singapore)
Title Environmental and transmission surveillance of schistosomiasis
Organizer Russell Stothard (Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine, UK)
Keynote Speaker Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon)
Title Epidemiology and research for Malaria in Asia
Organizer Won Keun Sung (Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Kamala Ley Thriemer (Menzies, Australia)
Title Epidemiology, Sociology and Biology of Siberian liver fluke: from research to control
Organizer Olga Fedorova (Tomsk OPIsthorchiasis Consortium, Russian Federation)
Keynote Speaker Olga Fedorova (Tomsk OPIsthorchiasis Consortium, Russian Federation)
Title Epidemiology of Echinococcus multilocularis
Organizer Thomas Romig(University of Hohenheim,Denmark)
Keynote Speaker Alessandro Massolo (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy)
Title Experimental studies of anti-inflammatory properties of helminths
Organizer Yoshio Osada (University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Luis I Terrazas (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)
Title Food and Waterborne Parasites: current trends and challenges in Asia
Organizer Vachel Gay Paller (University of the Philippines, Philippines)
Keynote Speaker Windell L. Rivera (University of the Philippines, Philippines)
Title Food borne zoonotic parasites and One health concept (supported by DIM1HEALTH)
Organizer Pascal Boireau (ANSES, DIM1HEALTH, and OIE collaborative centers for Food borne zoonotic parasites)
Keynote Speaker Liu Mingyuan (Jilin University, OIE Collaborative center for Food borne zoonotic parasites (Asia), China)
Title Foodborne trematode zoonoses and their snail vectors
Organizer Santiago Mas-Coma (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Keynote Speaker Maria Dolores Bargues (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Title Free-living amoebae and other opportunistic protozoa: Emerging pathogens under the radar
Organizer Jacob Lorenzo Morales(University of La Laguna, Spain)
Keynote Speaker Ho-Joon Shin (Ajou University School of Medicine, Korea)
Title Geospatial health: Challenges and opportunities in parasitology
Organizer Laura Rinaldi (UNINA, Italy)
Keynote Speaker Archie Clements (ANU College of Medicine, Australia)
Title Global challenges and novel technologies for control of parasitic diseases
Organizer Malla Rao(NIH/NIAID, USA)
Keynote Speaker Ingrid Felger(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Swiss)
Title Heterophyids and other minute intestinal flukes causing human infections
Organizer Jong-Yil Chai (Seoul National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Nattawadee Nantarat (Chiang Mai University,Thailand), Jitra Waikagul (Mahidol University, Thailand), Kino Hideto (Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan)
Title Host-parasite interaction of intracellular protozoan (1)
Organizer Hong-Juan Peng (Southern Medical University, China)
Keynote Speaker Qijun Chen (Shenyang Agricultural University, China)
Title Host-parasite interaction of intracellular protozoan (2)
Organizer Hong-Juan Peng (Southern Medical University, China)
Keynote Speaker Xing-Quan Zhu (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)
Title Host-parasite interaction of intracellular protozoan (3)
Organizer Hong-Juan Peng (Southern Medical University, China)
Keynote Speaker Jon Patrick Boyle (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Title Ichtyoparasitology (1)
Organizer Roman Kuchta (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Keynote Speaker Thomas Cribb (University of Qeensland, Australia)
Title Ichtyoparasitology (2)
Organizer Roman Kuchta (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Keynote Speaker Shokoofeh Shamsi (Charles Sturt University, Australia )
Title IFTM_Challenging Human Parasitic Disease Scenarios
Organizer Santiago Mas Coma (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title IFTM_Malaria in the world today
Organizer S. Kano (Hiroshima University, Japan), Sylvie Manguin(France)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title IFTM_Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) caused by parasites
Organizer Malcolm Jones ( University of Queensland, Australia), Momar Ndao (McGill University, Canada)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title IFTM_Vector-borne diseases and climate and global changes
Organizer A.M. Marty (USA), Santiago Mas Coma (Universidad de Valencia, Spain)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Immunity to Trichinella infection
Organizer Sofronic-Milosavljevic Ljiljana (University of Belgrade,Serbia)
Keynote Speaker Zhiliang Wu (Gifu University, Japan)
Title Immunological diagnosis of parasitic diseases
Organizer Haruhiko Maruyama (University of Miyazaki, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Tokio Hoshina (Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan)
Title Immunology in schistosomiasis
Organizer Minjun Ji (Nanjing Medical University, China)
Keynote Speaker Xi Sun (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Title Immunopathogenesis of amebiasis
Organizer Nancy Guillen (Unité d'Analyse d'Images Biologiques, France)
Keynote Speaker Shinjiro Hamano (Nagasaki University, Japan)
Title Innovative approaches for Malaria elimination
Organizer Toshihiro Horii (Osaka University, Suita, Osaka)
Keynote Speaker Benjamin Gottlieb Mordmüller (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
Title Impacts of global warming on fish parasites in aquatic ecosystems
Organizer Meesun Ock (Kosin university college of medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Banchob Sripa (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Title L. donovani-induced leishmaniasis: Clinical disease, pathology and pathogenesis
Organizer Nadira Karunaweera (University of Colombo, Sri-Lanka)
Keynote Speaker Shyam Sundar (Hindu University, India)
Title Leishmania and Trypanosoma: Toward new interventions (supported by Institut Pasteur Korea(IP-K))
Organizer Joo Hwan No (Institut Pasteur Korea, Korea)
Jair Neto-Siqueira (University of California San Diego, USA)
Keynote Speaker Jean-Robert Ioset (Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Switzerland)
Title Leishmaniasis in animals
Organizer Gaetano Oliva (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Keynote Speaker Gioia Capelli (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Italy)
Title Liver fluke
Organizer Xuerong Li(Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Keynote Speaker Dehua Lai(Sun Yat-sen University, China)
Title Liver stage biology of malaria parasites
Organizer Sattabongkot Jetsumon, Sebastian Mikolajczak
Keynote Speaker Tomoko Ishino (Ehime University, Japan)
Title Magic glasses Asia: A research program for the prevention of STH infections
Organizer Donald McManus (QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Darren Gray (Australian National University, Australia)
Title Current situation of synthetic endoperoxides (2): Malaria and others
Organizer Kyung-Soo Chang (Catholic University of Pusan, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Hye-Sook Kim (Okayama University, Japan)
Title Malaria genetics
Organizer Qijun Chen (Shenyang Agricultural University, China)
Keynote Speaker Liwang Cui (Penn State University, USA)
Title Malaria vaccine: Novel vaccine candidate discovery
Organizer Takafumi Tsuboi (Ehime University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Joao Aguiar (Naval Medical Research Center, USA)
Title Malaria: Modification of target gene and application to parasite
Organizer Qingfeng Zhang (Tongji University School of Medicine, China)
Keynote Speaker Manoj Duraisingh (Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, USA)
Title Malaria: Understanding host cell biology
Organizer Peter Preiser (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Keynote Speaker Matthias Marti (University of Glasgow, UK)
Title Manipulations of Host Functions by Protozoan Parasites
Organizer Young Ha Lee (Chungnam National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Juan-Hua Quan (Guangdong Medical University, China)
Title Molecular diagnosis of parasitic diseases
Organizer Jaco J. Verweij (ElisabethTweesteden Hospital, The Netherlands) Christen Rune Stensvold (Statens Seruminstitut, Denmark)
Keynote Speaker Jaco J. Verweij (ElisabethTweesteden Hospital, The Netherlands)
Title Molecular diagnosis on clonorchiasis and helminthiases
Organizer Sung-Jong Hong (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Paiboon Sithithaworn (Khon Kaen University, Thailand), Sung-Jong Hong (Chung-Ang University, Korea)
Title Molecular epidemiology and genomics of Trypanosoma cruzi
Organizer Juan David Ramírez González (Universidad del Rosari, Colombia)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Molecular helminthology: From genome to structure and function
Organizer Robin B. Gasser (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Paul W. Sternberg (California Institute of Technology, USA)
Title Multiple points of interventions for neglected zoonotic helminths (1)
Organizer Maria Vang Johansen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Keynote Speaker Xiao-Nong Zhou (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China) Sarah Gabriel (Ghent University, Belgium)
Title Multiple points of interventions for neglected zoonotic helminths (2)
Organizer Maria Vang Johansen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Keynote Speaker Banchob Sripa (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Title Neglected tropical helminthozoonoses: Emerging diseases in Asia
Organizer Veena Tandon (Biotech Park, Lucknow, India)
Keynote Speaker S.L. Hoti (Indian Council of Medical Research, India)
Title New developments in diagnostics for emerging human and animal diseases
Organizer Momar Ndao (McGill University, Canada) and Malcolm Jones (University of Queensland, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Thomas Nutman (Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases US National Institutes of Health Bethesda)
Title New insights in the pathophysiology of Giardiasis
Organizer M. Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres (The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title New insights into malaria immunology and pathogenesis: Lessons from experimental malaria models (1)
Organizer Mamoru Niikura(Kyorin University,Japan)
Keynote Speaker Cevayir Coban(Osaka University,Japan)
Title New insights into malaria immunology and pathogenesis: Lessons from experimental malaria models (2)
Organizer Shin-Ichi Inoue (Kyorin University,Japan)
Keynote Speaker Patrick Duffy (NIH, USA)
Title Non-human primate malaria: As models for investigating human disease
Organizer Bruce Russell (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Keynote Speaker Robert Moon (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK)
Title Omics approaches in animal protozoan parasites
Organizer Ikuo Igarashi (Obihiro University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Shin-ichiro Kawazu (Obihiro University, Japan) Kiew-Lian Wan (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)
Title Operational research to accelerate malaria elimination
Organizer Jun Cao (Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases, China)
Keynote Speaker Rabindra Abeyasinghe (Western Pacific Region, WHO)
Title P. vivax: From basic biology to public health
Organizer Ivo Mueller(Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Wai-Hong Tham (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia)
Title Paediatric schistosomiasis: new developments in disease surveillance and advancing praziquantel treatment
Organizer Russell Stothard (Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine, UK)
Xiao-Nong Zhou (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China)
Keynote Speaker Eliézer N’Goran (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Cote d’Ivoire)
Title Paragonimus and paragonimiasis
Organizer Yukifumi Nawa (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Keynote Speaker Pham Ngoc Doanh (Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Vietnam), Makedonka Mitreva (Washington University, USA),
Title Parasites and microbiome
Organizer Dongeun Yong (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Bong-Soo Kim (Hallym University, Korea)
Title Parasites and wildlife
Organizer Andrew Thompson (Murdoch University, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Serge Morand (Université Montpellier, France)
Title Parasites of aquatic organisms in a changing world
Organizer Simonetta Mattiucci (Sapienza-University of Rome University, Italy)
Keynote Speaker Arne Levsen(Marine Research Institute, Bergen, Norway), Shokoofeh Shamsi (Charles Sturt University, Australia)
Title Pathogen-insect vector interactions
Organizer Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena (Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, USA)
Keynote Speaker George K. Christophides (Imperial College London, UK)
Title Pig helminth infections as models for human infections: Applications and limitations
Organizer Stig Milan Thamsborg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Keynote Speaker Andrew R. Williams (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Title Proteases of parasitic organisms
Organizer Byoung-kuk Na (Gyeongsang National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker KAILASH C. PANDEY (National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, India)
Title Pyramax a new fixed-dose ACT to fight against P.falciparum and P. vivax malaria
Organizer Jean-Bosco Ouedraogo (IRSS, Burkina Faso)
Keynote Speaker Éric Mukomena Sompwe (NMCP, Democratic republic of Congo)
Title Recent advances in Acanthamoeba research
Organizer Julia Walochnik (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
Keynote Speaker Paul Fuerst (The Ohio State University, USA), Naveed Khan(Sunway University, Malaysia)
Title Recent Advances in Blastocystis Research: from Genome to Microbiome
Organizer Kevin Tan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Keynote Speaker Anastasios Tsaousis (University of Kent, UK)
Title Recent advances in the study of Trichinella and Trichinellosis
Organizer M. Guadalupe Ortega-Pierres (The Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico)
Keynote Speaker Dante Zarlenga (USDA, USA)
Title Recent advances in tick biology
Organizer Shin-ichiro Kawazu (Obihiro University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Juan Mosqueda (Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico)
Title Recent advances in Trypanosoma brucei, the causative parasite of African sleeping sickness
Organizer Hee-Sook Kim (Cleveland State University, USA)
Keynote Speaker Richard McCulloch (University of Glasgow, UK)
Title Recent updates on the liver fluke
Organizer Min-Ho Choi (Seoul National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Sung-Tae Hong (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Title Research gap, priorities and opportunities to accelerate control of neglected zoonotic diseases in Asia
Organizer Rabindra Abeyasinghe (World Health Organization – Western Pacific Regional Office, Philippines)
Keynote Speaker Bernadette Abela-Ridder (WHO, Switzerland)
Title Revitalising cutaneous leishmaniasis control, surveillance and capacity building
Organizer Daniel Adjei Boakye (Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Current situation of synthetic endoperoxides (1): Schistosomiasis and protozoan diseases
Organizer Hye-Sook Kim (Okayama University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Nobuo Ohta (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)
Title Scientific evidence for new guidelines for American cutaneous Leishmaniasis treatment
Organizer IVÁN VÉLEZ (University of Antioquia, Colombia)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Scientific Writing and finding the best journal for papers on Medical Parasitology
Organizer Mohammad Bagher Rokni (Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
Keynote Speaker TBA
Title Sparganosis and Diphyllobothriasis: Sparganosis
Organizer Keeseon S. Eom (Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Hyeong-Kyu Jeon (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
Title Sparganosis and Diphyllobothriasis: Diphyllobothriasis
Organizer Keeseon S. Eom (Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Hiroshi Yamasaki (National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan)
Title TaRG joint symposium on Taeniasis and Cysticercosis (1)
Organizer Keeseon Eom (*Taenia asiatica Research Group International; Chungbuk National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker MARÍA TERESA GALÁN-PUCHADES (University of Valencia, Spain)
Title TaRG joint symposium on Taeniasis and Cysticercosis (2)
Organizer Keeseon Eom (Chungbuk National University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Akira Ito (Asahikawa Medical University, Japan)
Title The genome biology of parasites
Organizer Shiroh Iwanaga (Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Makedonka Mitreva (Washington University School of Medicine, USA)
Title The identification of new protective antigens and correlates of protection against malaria
Organizer Laurent Renia (Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore)
Keynote Speaker James Beeson (Burnett Institute, Australia)
Title The international impact of HERACLES collaborative project on cystic echinococcosis
Organizer Adriano Casulli (WHO Collaborating Centre for the Epidemiology, Italy)
Keynote Speaker Paul Torgerson (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Title The LeishVet symposium: Leishmaniasis in dogs and cats: Disease, hosts and reservoirs (1)
Organizer Gad Baneth (Hebrew University, Israel)
Keynote Speaker Christine Petersen (University of Iowa, USA)
Title The LeishVet symposium: Leishmaniasis in dogs and cats: Disease, hosts and reservoirs (2)
Organizer Gad Baneth (Hebrew University, Israel)
Keynote Speaker Laia Solano Gallego (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
Title The liver fluke: recent updates
Organizer Min-Ho Choi (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Sung-Tae Hong (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea)
Title The Malaria Parasite Druggable Genome
Organizer Sabine Ottilie(University of California San Diego,USA)
Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Winzeler(University of California San Diego,USA)
Title The need for new treatments for filariasis to ensure that no-one is left behind
Organizer Sabine Specht(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Switzerland)
Keynote Speaker Sabine Specht(Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Switzerland)
Title Ticks and tick-borne pathogens
Organizer Abdul Jabbar (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
Keynote Speaker Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz (French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France)
Title Tissue Larva Migrans revisited
Organizer Hong-Kean Ooi (Azabu University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Hiroshi Sato (Yamaguchi University, Japan)
Title Towards a future free from female and male genital schistosomiasis
Organizer Russell Stothard(Liverpool school of Tropical Medicine, UK)
Alan Fenwick (Imperial College, UK)
Keynote Speaker Margaret Gyapong (University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana)
Title Towards malaria eradication: Innovations and community engagement
Organizer Akira Kaneko (Karolinska institutet, Sweden)
Keynote Speaker Tomohiko Sugishita (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan)
Title Toward new tools to control mosquitoes (GMO, gene drive strategy, wolbachia, irradiated mosquitoes…)?
Organizer Pascal Boireau (High Council for Biotechnology (HCB), France)
Keynote Speaker Louis Clement GOUAGNA (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France)
Title Toxocara: The enigmatic parasite
Organizer Celia Holland (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Keynote Speaker Robin Beat Gasser (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Title Toxoplasma: Past and beyond
Organizer Hirotaka Kanuka (Jikei University School of Medicine, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Yasuhiro Takashima (Gifu University, Japan)
Title Toxoplasmosis and mental disorders
Organizer Olgica Djurkovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Keynote Speaker Fabrizio Bruschi (University of Pisa, Italy)
Title Traditional Medicine for Parasitic Diseases
Organizer Kenji Hirayama (Nagasaki University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Kiichiro TSUTANI (Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Japan)
Title Treatment of Chagas Disease
Organizer Werner Apt (University of Chile, Chile)
Keynote Speaker Werner Apt (University of Chile, Chile)
Title Trichomoniasis and giardiasis
Organizer Soon-Jung Park (Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Jung-Hsiang Tai (IBMS, Academia Sinica, Chinese Taipei)
Title Updates on Neglected Parasitic Zoonoses in Southeast and East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
Organizer MARY JANE FLORES (De la salle University, Philippines)
Keynote Speaker Vicente Y. Belizario (University of the Philippines, Philippines)
Title Vaccines for parasitic diseases
Organizer Fu-Shi Quan(Kyung Hee University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Xing-Quan Zhu (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)
Title Vivax malaria vaccines
Organizer Takafumi Tsuboi (Ehime University, Japan)
Keynote Speaker Anjali Yadava (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA)
Title Water and Foodborne Protists
Organizer Monica Santin(United States Department of Agriculture,USA)
Keynote Speaker Sonia Almeria (FDA, US)
Title Waterborne pathogens: Current challenges and new solutions
Organizer Una Ryan(Murdoch University,Australia)
Keynote Speaker Yaoyu Feng (East China University of Science and Technology, China)
Title Wolbachia and Other Endosymbionts of Parasites
Organizer Wieslaw Kozek (University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)
Keynote Speaker Joseph Turner (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK)
Title Wonkwang Zoonosis and Biomedical Symposium: Diagnosis and therapy of Zoonosis (supported by NRF-2015R1A6A1A03032236 & Wonkwang University Institute for Biomedical Science)
Organizer Hyun Park (Wonkwang University, Korea)
Keynote Speaker Leo L.M. Poon (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)