Canada-UK Workshop Agenda

A Canada-UK Workshop: "Beating the Bugs"

A promotion of research collaborations on the themes of early identification of resistance and novel biological alternatives to today's antibiotics

February 6^th and 7^th, 2008

Hosted by: the Canadian High Commission in London
Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London, UK

Agenda

Day 1 - Wednesday, February 6th
Time	Agenda Item	Presenter
9:00	Registration and coffee
9:30	Welcome	James Wright, Canadian High Commissioner
9:35	Introductions and Objectives of the Workshop	Peter Dukes, MRC; Judy Bray, III
9:45	"Setting the Scene: Public Health Perspectives -Canada"	Michael Mulvey, Public Health Agency of Canada
10:05	"Setting the Scene: Public Health Perspectives - UK"	Brian Duerdan, UK Department of Health
10:25	"Finding the Bug: Controlling resistance through rapid (<1h) DNA-based diagnostics	Michel Bergeron, Canada
10.55	Health Break
11:15	"Bug Meets Drug: Antibiotic resistance"	Laura Piddock, UK
11:45	"Bug Meets Immunity: Prospects for novel vaccines and immunotherapies"	Lorne Babiuk, Canada
12:15	"Bug Genome Meets Human: Susceptibility, virulence and pathogenesis"	Gordon Dougan, UK
12:45	"Beating the Bug: "Novel Approaches to Treating Infections"	Bob Hancock, Canada
13:15	Lunch - Networking Opportunity	All
14:00	Breakout Session 1 - four groups according to theme	All
15:30	Health Break
16:00	Report back from breakout groups and discussion	All
17:00	Keynote Address	Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, MRC
17:45	Networking reception	All
Day 2 - Thursday, February 7th
Time	Agenda Item	Presenter
9:00	Welcome and re-cap of Day 1	Judy Bray, Canada; Peter Dukes, UK
9:15	Breakout Session 2	All
11:00	Health Break	All
11:30	Report back from four breakout groups, presentation of projects and vote for "best" project	All
12:50	Summary, Path forward and adjournment	Peter Dukes, UK; Judy Bray, Canada
13:00	Lunch - Final Networking Opportunity	All