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Prof. Maria Yazdanbakhsh
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Title"The good or bad?" What helminths are teaching us
Prof. Alan F. Cowman
The Walter and Eliza Hall institute of Medical Research, Australia
TitleInfection and development of malaria parasites in human erythrocytes and potential vaccine candidates
Emeritus Prof. Jong-Yil Chai
Seoul National University, Korea
TitleFoodborne helminthiases: Status and issues
Dr. Patricia J. Johnson
University of California, USA
TitleTrogocytosis: A novel mechanism neutrophils use to kill a large, motile extracellular parasite
Prof. Tomoyoshi Nozaki
The University of Tokyo, Japan
TitleProtein and lipid trafficking in the pathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica
Prof. Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA
TitleThe fibrinolytic system is essential for Plasmodium infection of its mosquito vector and its mammalian host
Prof. Keeseon S. Eom
Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Korea
TitleCysticercosis and taeniasis with a historical review on Taenia asiatica
Prof. Margaret Gyapong
University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
TitleUnderstanding the context complexities in some Lymphatic Filariasis hotspot districts in Ghana
Dr. Carlos Lanusse
National Council of Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina
TitlePharmacology of anthelmintic drugs: Challenges to optimize parasite control in resistant populations
Prof. Rebecca J. Traub
University of Melbourne, Australia
TitleEmerging canine zoonoses in Australasia: Challenging the dogmas
Prof. Dwight D. Bowman
Cornell University, USA
TitleToxocara, the most common helminth parasite of humans on the planet…. Do we care?
Prof. Simonetta Mattiucci
Sapienza-University of RomeUniversity Hospital Policlinico Umberto I
TitleAnisakis and Anisakiasis: Facts and trends
Prof. Xiao-Nong Zhou
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, China
TitleDriving force for schistosomiasis elimination in China
Prof. Banchob Sripa
Khon Kaen University, Thailand
TitleAdvances in Asian liver flukes: From bench to community
Prof. Marcel Tanner
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Swiss
TitleGlobal health challenges and the elimination of parasitic diseases: Chances or contradictions?!
Prof. Alan Fenwick
Imperial College, UK
TitleTowards the elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases