INVITATION

On behalf of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health (SEMTSI), it is a great pleasure for the Organising Committee to invite all scientists participatinging the IXth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology (EMOP IX), the VII International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases (MEEGID VII) and all other congresses, meetings and symposia to be held in Valencia, Spain, from 18 to 23 of July 2004, to attend the International Symposium on Bioterrorism, Major Epidemic Threats and Biosecurity which will be taking place on Tuesday July 20, 2004, at the Plenary Session Hall, Faculty of Pharmacy of Valencia University.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Prof. Dr. AILEEN M. MARTY MD, FACP

CDR, MC, USN (Ret.)

Course Developer, Emerging Threat of WMD

Adj. Professor, National Defense University

Emerging Infections and Pathology

Past-President, Faculty Senate, USUHS

14700 Pettit Way, Potomac, MD 20954 6015

USA

Prof. Dr. SANTIAGO MAS-COMA

President, Spanish Society of Parasitology

WHO Expert Member

Member of the International Order of Merit

Director, International Master Course on Tropical Parasitic Diseases

Director, Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia,

Av. Vicente Andres Estelles s/n, 46100 Burjassot - Valencia

Spain

Dr. MICHEL TIBAYRENC

Editor-in-Chief, Infection, Genetics and Evolution (Elsevier)

President, Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics

of Infectious Diseases (MEEGID) Society

Director, Unit of Research "Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases"

UMR CNRS/IRD 9926

Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)

BP 64501

34394 Montpellier Cedex 5

France

Prof. Dr. R.C. ANDREW THOMPSON

Professor of Parasitology

Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Murdoch University

South Street, Murdoch

Perth, Western Australia 6150

Australia

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Plenary Session Hall, Faculty of Pharmacy

Tuesday 20, 2004

8.30-10.30:

Session I: Problematic and Infectious Agents

Organisers: A.M. Marty & S. Mas-Coma

11.00-13.30:

Session II: Infectious Agents and the Role of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Organisers: A.M. Marty, S. Mas-Coma & M. Tibayrenc

15.00-17.00

Session III: Biosecurity

Organiser: R.C.A. Thompson

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

- Aileen M. Marty – East Coast USA, Homeland Security

- Ross Pastel - US Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

- Lawrence R. Ash – UCLA, West Coast USA

- Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack - German PHS, Berlin, Germany

- Gerard Goma - Bioweapons Expert, Southern France

- Jorge Guisantes – University of the Basque Country, Spain

- Michel Tibayrenc - IRD, Montpellier, France

- R.C. Andrew Thompson - Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

- Eduardo Pozio - Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma

- Bioterrorism Task Force - European Commission (EC)

- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)- EC

- Center For Diseases Control – CDC Atlanta, USA

NOTES

For obvious reasons, the topic of bioterrorism is the only one among the EMOP IX-MEEGID VII-SEMTSI IV Multi-Congress not open for the presentation of free communications.

Scientists interested in actively participating in the Symposium must previously contact the members of the Organising Committee of this Symposium.