Dear Delegates and Guests of the 31st Conference of the Regional Commission for Europe, on this page you will find the Provisional Programme for the duration of the Conference.
Please note that the Conference will start on Monday 30 September 2024.
The conference should end on Thursday 4 October 2024 in the afternoon.
Important: Please note that the full event will take place at Hilton Samarkand Regency hotel “Tashkent” hall (500 meters from Savitsky Plaza Hotel) (address: Grebnoy Kanal, Samarkand, 000000, Uzbekistan).
Venue for dinner hosted by WOAH on Wednesday 2 October: “Ayvan” restaurant of Eternal City Complex
Venue of the reception hosted by Uzbekistan on Thursday 3 October: “Buyuk Samarkand” restaurant of Eternal City Complex.
You can join the opening ceremony and One Health Panel online: https://oie.zoom.us/j/97542886475
| 31st Conference of the Regional Commission for Europe Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from 30 September to 4 October 2024 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME |
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| SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2024
Arrival of participants |
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| MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Arrival of participants / Conference registration and distribution of material |
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | SIDE EVENT: 2nd GF-TADs Standing Group of Experts on HPAI (Chairperson: Dr Bernard Van Goethem, Director Crisis Management in Food, Animals and Plants DG SANTE EU) |
| 12:30 p.m.
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Lunch break |
| 2:00 p.m. | Open ceremony |
| 3:30 p.m. | Group Photo/ Break |
| 4:00 p.m.
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High-level One Health Panel: President of WOAH World Assembly of Delegates, Representatives of national authorities on public health, animal health, environmental protection of Uzbekistan, Representative of World Bank, Vice-president of the Regional Commission of WOAH for Europe, Representatives of the regional Quadripartite in Europe (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) |
| 5:00 p.m. | Open posters session |
| 5:30 p.m.
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Official reception hosted by Uzbekistan on the occasion of the100th anniversary of WOAH |
| 7:30 p.m.
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End of the day |
| TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2024 | |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening, Approval of the Programme
Appointment of the Conference Committee (Chairperson: Vice-Chairperson, General Rapporteur) Appointment of session chairpersons and rapporteurs (Technical items) |
| 9:10 a.m. | Empowering Veterinary Services, increasing visibility and modernising WOAH to face animal health challenges (Dr Emmanuelle Soubeyran, WOAH Director General) |
| 9:40 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:10 a.m. | Host country presentation (Dr Abrar Akbarov, WOAH Delegate of Uzbekistan) |
| 10:40 a.m. | Break |
| 11:10 a.m. | Technical Item I (with questionnaire): Pandemic preparedness in Europe: the role of Animal Health and Veterinary Services in One Health and pandemic preparedness (Dr Olga Svetlana Munoz Pogoreltseva, Researcher, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie) |
| 11:50 a.m.
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Interactive discussion on the Technical Item I (Facilitator: Dr Chadia Wannous, One Health Senior Specialist and Global Coordinator) |
| 12:30 p.m. | ADIS-WAHIS presentation (Dr Bernard Van Goethem and Dr Peter Melens, Deputy Head of World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department) |
| 1:00 p.m. | Lunch
Preparation of Recommendation No. 1 by a designated small group |
| 2:00 p.m.
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WAHIS: what has changed, and what is in it for you (presentation and panel discussion) (Dr Jenny Hutchison, Head of World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department) |
| 3:00 p.m.
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WOAH Standards Setting Process panel discussion: Aquatic Code and Manual, Terrestrial Code and Manual (Dr Emmanuel Couacy, President of the Biological Standards Commission, and Dr Etienne Bonbon, President of the Terrestrial Animal Health Standards Commission) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Break |
| 4:30 p.m. | SIDE EVENT: 10th GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee for Europe (Chairperson: Dr Bernard Van Goethem, Director Crisis Management in Food, Animals and Plants DG SANTE EU) |
| 6:30 p.m. | End of the day |
| WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER 2024 | |
| 9:00 a.m.
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Technical item II (without questionnaire): Advancements in the Veterinary Services through Digitalisation (Data Management, Veterinary Information Systems, Big Data, Meta Language, Artificial Intelligence) (Prof. Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, Director of the Center for Animal Disease Modeling and Surveillance, University of California, Davis) |
| 9:45 a.m.
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Discussion |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break
Preparation of Recommendation No. 2 by designated small group |
| 10:45 a.m.
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The PVS Information System: Objectives, access to, and use of PVS data (Ms Barbara Alessandrini, Head of WOAH Capacity Building Department) (all participants should bring their computer/tablet to this session) |
| 12:45 p.m.
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Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. | Disaster management: Examples of country management (Greece and Kazakhstan) and communication and social media during disasters (Ms Daria Ortiz Suardy, EU DG ECHO) (Facilitator: Dr Estelle Hamelin, Sub-regional Representative in Brussels) |
| 3:00 p.m.
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Discussion |
| 3:15 p.m.
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Feedback from the Observatory regarding Europe region: A focus on the use, challenges and impact of zoning and compartmentalisation (Dr Caroline Paquier, Senior Programme Manager, WOAH Observatory, Data Integration Department) (virtual presentation) |
| 3:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| 4:00 p.m. | Break |
| 4:30 p.m. | Discussion of recommendations Nos. 1 and 2 |
| 5:30 p.m. | Selection of the New composition of the RCG |
| 6:00 p.m. | End of the Session |
| 7:30 p.m | Official dinner hosted by WOAH |
| THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER 2024
Cultural visit organised by Uzbekistan Official dinner hosted by Uzbekistan |
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| FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER 2024
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| 09:00 a.m.
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Wildlife framework: engaging discussions and collecting feedback for a wildlife strategy and health programme adapted to Members needs-Interactive Session (Ms Sophie Muset, Wildlife Health Programme Manager) (virtual presentation) (Facilitator: Dr Chadia Wannous) |
| 10:00 a.m.
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Presentation on the New Standards Navigation tool (Dr Ronald Mora, Scientific Officer, WOAH Standards Department) (virtual presentation) |
| 11:00 a.m.
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Break |
| 11:30 a.m.
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Conference conclusions and Adoption of Recommendations |
| 12:15 p.m.
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Proposal of date and venue of the 32nd Conference of the Regional Commission |
| 12:30 p.m. | Closing ceremony |
| 1:00 p.m. | End of the Conference/Lunch |
