Agenda
Each talk was 15 to 20 minutes long, with 10 to 15 minutes for questionsMonday, December 14th
| 12.00 pm | Registration |
| 1:00 pm | Welcoming remarks by Dr. Annick Suzor-Weiner, Counselor for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France, and Dr. Jean Favero, Director of the CNRS Office for the USA and Canada |
| 1:30 pm | First session: Overview on current research and policies
Moderator: Dr. Jacques Drucker – Counselor for Health Affairs / Embassy of France |
| 1:35 pm | Lessons learned from the NSF-NIH Ecology of Infectious Disease Program (Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, NIH) |
| 2:05 pm | Lessons learned from the EDEN project (Dr. Jean-François Guégan, IRD) |
| 2:35 pm | Overview (Health and Adaptation) – IPCC 5th Assessment Report (Dr. Kristie Ebi, Stanford University) |
| 3:05 pm | Discussion |
| 3:30 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00 pm | Second session: Complexity of the factors at work
Moderator: Dr. Mark Wilson, University of Michigan |
| 4:05 pm | The reality of the climatic impacts on health: Malaria and Meningits in Niger (Dr. Isabelle Jeanne, International Network of Pasteur and Associate Institutes) |
| 4:35 pm | Meningitis in the African Belt: impact of climate? Perhaps but not only! (Dr. Hélène Broutin, NIH) |
| 5:05 pm | Seasonal patterns and inter-annual variability in influenza epidemics: is there a role for climate ? (Dr. Cécile Viboud, NIH) |
| 5:35 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm | Reception |
Tuesday, December 15th
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Third session: case and broadscale studies
Moderator: Dr. Jean-François Guégan, IRD |
| 8:35 am | Climate and malaria: a population dynamics' perspective (Dr. Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan) |
| 9:00 am | The potential impact of climate change on the emergence of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases(Dr. Ben Beard, CDC) |
| 9:25 am | Ecology of Vibrio Cholerae, epidemiology of cholera: what role for climate? (Dr. Guillaume Constantin de Magny, University of Maryland) |
| 9:50 am | A need for a pro-active approach to risks factors for emerging or existing infections (Dr. Dominique Hervio-Heath, IFREMER) |
| 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am | Fourth session: Emergence and re-emergence of infectious diseases
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Dobson, Princeton University |
| 11:05 am | Health impacts of climate change: setting surveillance priorities in France (Dr. Mathilde Pascal, InVS) |
| 11:35 am | Population dynamics of emerging avian infectious pathogens (Dr. Andrew Dobson, Princeton University) |
| 12:05 pm | West Nile Virus: social challenges of emergent disease (Dr. Sabrina McCormick, EPA) |
| 12:35 pm | Discussion |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch at the French Embassy |
| 2:00 pm | Fifth session: Science, Policy & Socio-economics
Moderator: Dr. George Luber, CDC |
| 2:05 pm | Introduction (Dr. George Luber, CDC) |
| 2:15 pm | Integrating social sciences into the equation? (Dr. Mark Wilson, University of Michigan) |
| 2:45 pm | Issues in the economic evaluation of the health impacts of climate change. (Dr. Alain Fontaine, French Ministry of Health) |
| 3:15 pm | Discussion |
| 3:45 pm | Conclusion: possible research agenda and funding (Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, NIH and Dr. Jean-François Guégan, IRD |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn |
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION
