Preliminary Program

April 2, 2009

I. Introduction and Overview (8:30-9:00 am)

1. Introduction (Hua H. Wang, the Ohio State University, Columbus)

2. Opening Remark (Colien Hefferan, USDA- CSREES Administrator)

3. Additional comments (TBA)

II. Antibiotic resistance in microbial communities (9:00-10:00 am)

Moderator: Thad Stanton 

1.      Microbiota in the animal digestive ecosystem (Thad Stanton, USDA-ARS, Ames)

2.      Microbial Ecology of and Antimicrobial Resistance in Stored Swine Manure (Terence Whitehead, USDA )

3.      Antibiotic resistance maintenance in food production and host ecosystems (Hua Wang, the Ohio State University, Columbus)

Coffee break & poster viewing (10:00-10:30 am)

III. Antibiotic resistance in the food chain (10:30 am -12:00 pm)

Moderator: John Sofos, TBA

4.      Antibiotic resistance in meats and other foods (John Sofos, Colorado State University)

5.      Antibiotic resistance in poultry (John Maurer, Univ. Georgia)

6.      Antibiotic resistance in produce (Kale Matthews, Rutgers Univ.)

7.      Antibiotic resistance in organic foods (Jeff LeJune, the Ohio State University)

Lunch (12:00-1:30 pm)

IV. Antibiotic resistance transmission and persistence (I) (1:30 pm-3:00 pm)

Moderator: Qijing Zhang

8.      Enterococci: an abundance of intrinsic and acquired resistances.  (Barbara E. Murray, University of Texas Medical School )

9.      Emergence, transmission, and persistence of antibiotic resistant Campylobacter: (Qijing Zhang, Iowa State University)

10.  Antimicrobial resistance MRSA (Stefan Schwarz, Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Germany)

11.  Predicting antibiotic resistance (TBA)

Coffee break and poster viewing (3:00-3:30 pm)

V. Antibiotic resistance transmission and persistence (II) (3:30-5:00 pm)

Moderator: Hua Wang, TBA

12.  Antibiotic resistance, lactic acid bacteria and probiotics (TBA)

13.  Antibiotic resistance in aquaculture production (TBA)

14.  Conjugal transmission of antibiotic resistance plasmids within the GI tract of Darkling beetles (Toni Poole, USDA)

15.  AR in sewage/waste water (TBA)

Dinner Banquet (7:00 pm)

Keynote Speech (title TBA):  Abigail Salyers (University of Illinois, Urbana)

April 3, 2009

VI. Risk Management Approaches (8:30-9:30 am)

Moderator: Tom Shryock & Don Schaffner

16.  Responsible use of antimicrobials in food animal production (Paul Sundberg, National Pork Board)

17.  Regulatory risk assessment (David White, FDA)

18.  Food hygiene interventions (Jianghong Meng, Univ. of Maryland-College Park)

Coffee break (9:30-10:00 am)

VII. Extension and outreach: integrated control strategies (10:00-11:00 am)

Moderator: Lydia Medeiros and Tim Buckley

19.  Effective public education and outreach (Lydia Medeiros, OSU)

20.  Working with the dairy industry to improve food safety (Valente Alvarez, Food Industry Center, The Ohio State University)

21.  Working with poultry producers and veterinarians (Teresa Morishita, Western University)

22.  Reach to the youth (TBA)

VIII. Closed Session: Summary Preparation Discussion (11:00 am-12:00 pm)

Organization committee members and moderators