Confirmed keynote speakers are:
Fernando Baquero, Hospital ´Ramon y Cajal´, Spain: ´Ecogenetical Dynamics of Bacterial Pathogens´
Carmen Buchrieser, Institut Pasteur, France: ´Biodiversity and evolution of pathogenic Listeria: a genomics view´
Patrice Courvalin, Institut Pasteur, France: ´Evolution and dissemination of glycopeptide resistance operons´
Brett Finlay, University of British Columbia, Canada: ´Pathogenic E. coli: contribution of the pathogen, host, and microbiota´
Peter Mertens, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), UK: ´"The emergence and spread of Bluetongue virus across Europe: The impact of climate change, insect vectors and vaccination´
JM Sánchez-Vizcaino, Complutense University Madrid (UCM), Spain: ´New tools in the prevention and control of emerging diseases´
Peter Teunis, National Institute for Public Health and the Enironment (RIVM), The Netherlands: ´Epidemiology and risk assessment: an unsettled union?´
More detail of their abstracts can be found on our website.