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A One Day Symposium titled "Tracking the Emergence and Global Spread of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)" was held to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Designation of the Pirbright Laboratory of the Institute for Animal Health as FAO World Reference Laboratory for FMD.
It was held at The Royal Society in London on 9th May 2008
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome Prof Martin Shirley, IAH Director |
| 09:10-09:30 | WRLFMD overview Dr David Paton, Head of WRL |
| 09:30-10:00 | Global diversity of FMDV Mr Nick Knowles, IAH |
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee |
| 10:30-11:00 | FMD in Africa Dr Wilna Vosloo, Ondestepoort |
| 11:00-11:30 | FMD viral evolution Dr Esteban Domingo, Madrid |
| 11:30-12:00 | Tracing FMDV in UK outbreaks Dr Eleanor Cottam, IAH |
| 12:00-12:30 | FMD virus structure Prof Dave Stuart, Oxford |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:00 | Antigenic cartography Dr Derek Smith, Cambridge |
| 14:00-14:30 | Cross-protection between FMD strains Dr Bernd Haas, Riems |
| 14:30-15:00 | Virus detection methods Dr Donald King, IAH |
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea |
| 15:30-16:00 | FMD virus transmission dynamics Prof Mark Woolhouse, Edinburgh |
| 16:00-16:20 | European collaboration on FMD Dr Kris de Clercq, Brussels |
| 16:20-16:40 | Future prospects for FMD control Dr Keith Sumption, Rome |
| 17:00 | Close |
