Dear all,
At the following link it is possible, for participants, to register to the Webinar on the biosecurity measures in beekeeping (by the 6th of June):
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedmvOZ26K9dpxKLXooAOyRRf3Bu9195psQ4AMbtLftcbgBtA/viewform
Moreover, attached you can find the last version of the provisional programme.
Best regards,
Ivana Tlak Gajger
Direzione Operativa Igiene delle Produzioni e Salute Animale
SYMPOSIUM ON BIOSECURITY MEASURES IN BEEKEEPING
Webinar, 10 June 2022
14.00 Welcome to participants
Dr. Andrea Leto (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, FAO Reference Centre for Apiculture, Health and Biosecurity and OIE Collaborating Centre for Good Beekeeping Management Practices and Biosecurity Measures in the Apiculture Sector)
Dr. Andrea Maroni Ponti (Italian Ministry of Health – IT MoH)
Dr. Franco Mutinelli (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dellle Venezie, FAO Reference Centre for Apiculture, Health and Biosecurity and NRL for honey bee health)
Dr. Francois Diaz (World Organisation for Animal Health, Preparedness and Resilience Department, Scientific Coordinator of Bee Health and Wildlife)
Dr. Junxia Song (FAO – Senior Animal Health Officer)
Dr. Jeff Pettis (President of International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations – APIMONDIA)
14.30 Dr. Andrea Maroni Ponti (IT MoH) and Dr. Giovanni Formato (IZSLT) – The biosecurity measures in beekeeping
14.50 Dr. Francois Diaz (World Organisation for Animal Health) – Activities of the OIE related to bee health.
15.10 Dr. Subramanian Sevgan (OIE Collaborating Centre for Bee Health in Africa) – Health of bees in Africa
15.30 Break
15.40 Dr. Marie-Pierre Chauzat (ANSES – European Reference Laboratory for honeybee health; OIE Reference Laboratory for AFB, EFB, Varroosis, Nosemosis, Tropilaelaps mites & SHB infestations) – Biosecurity measures for the honey bee diseases in Europe [not able to attend]
16.00 Dr. Jieun Choi Kim (FAO) – FAO contribution for AMR and bee health in the One Health approach
16.20 Dr. Fani Hatjina (Apimondia Bee Health Scientific Commission) – Evaluation of biological hazards linked to colony losses in managed western and eastern honey bee populations
16.40 Dr. Claude Saegerman (University of Liège, Belgium) – Prioritization of practices to prevent colony losses
17.00 Activities to promote honey bee health and production in the Sultanate of Oman
– Dr. Lotus Mohajer (FAO Oman)
17.20 Biosecurity measures for Africanized honey bees
– Dr. David De Jong (University of São Paulo, Brasil)
17.40 Biosecurity measures for Apis cerana
– Dr. Lihong Chen (Apicultural Science Association of China – ASAC)
18.00 Biosecurity measures for stingless bees
– Dr. Cristiano Menezes (EMBRAPA Meio Ambiente, Jaguarùna, Brasil)
18.20 Biosecurity measures for Bombus spp.
– Dr. Delphine Panziera (Wageningen University, Nederlands)
18.40 Final comments, proposal and future perspectives
– Dr. Giovanni Formato (IZSLT – FAO and OIE CC)
19.00 End of the meeting
Moderators:
Dr. Ivana Tlak Gajger (FVE – Federation of Veterinarians of Europe) and
Dr. Giovanni Formato (IZSLT – FAO and OIE CC)