1:30PM – 5:00 PM

Participants Arrival and Registration

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Welcome

Professor Ayman F. Abou Hadid, President, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

Professor Hamid Samaha, Head of General Office for Veterinary Services (Govs), Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

Introduction

Ibrahim Shaqir, Director, Office of International Research Programs, USDA-ARS

Dan Schar, Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Biosecurity Engagement Program, U.S. Department of State

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Opening Session

Dr. Cyril Gay, Senior National Program Leader, Animal Production and Protection, USDA-ARS will start the workshop by reviewing the agenda, expected outcomes, and will explain the three pillars of RVF epizootics, the selection of the workshop topics,   and why it is importance to take an integrated approach to prevent or control a RVF outbreak.

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break and Session 1 Poster Session

10:30 AM- 12:30 PM

Session 1:  Interepizootic maintenance of virus

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
A) Vector Reservoir (Facilitators:  Dan Strickman and Hanafi Hanafi)
Presentation by Rosemary Sang, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya, and Group Discussion

11:30 PM – 12:30 PM
B) Animal Reservoir (Facilitators:  Kariuki Njenga and Charles Sendere Rutebarika)
Presentation by F. Glyn Davies, The Whittery, Chirbury, United Kingdom and Group Discussion

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Session 2:  Conditions leading to epizootic and epidemic activity

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
A) Introduction of virus into new areas (Facilitators: Ahmed El-Sanousi and Stephane De La Rocque)
Presentation by Ghazi Yehia, OIE Regional Representative for Middle East and Group Discussion

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
B) Reintroduction into previously affected areas (Facilitators:  F. Glyn Davies and Kenneth C. Earhart)
Presentation by Mansoor Mohammed Ali Al-Qadasi, Central Veterinary Lab, Sanaa, Yemen, and Group Discussion

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break and Session 2 Poster Session

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
C) Environmental and Ecological Conditions (Facilitators:  Ken Linthicum and Rosemary Sang)
Presentation by Ali Nasser Hassan, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt and Group Discussion

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Update on the situation in Egypt (Animal Health)
Presentation by Dr. Sayed Ahmed Hassan, Head of Virology Department, Animal Health Research Institute: "Current situation of RVF diseases in Animals in Egypt"

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Keynote Speaker

Pierre Formenty, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response Department
World Health Organization (WHO)

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Reception (Safir Hotel)

9:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Session 3:  Disease Surveillance and Diagnostics

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
A) Early warning (Facilitators:  Hermann Unger and Ali Nasser Hassan)                                    
Presentation by Assaf Anyamba, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, and Group Discussion

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee Break and Session 3 Poster Session

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
B) Early detection:  animals versus humans versus vectors (Facilitators:  Tom Ksiazek and Jackqueline Kasiti Licchoti)
Presentation by Bob Swanepoel, NCID, South Africa, and Group Discussion
 
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
C) Diagnostic tools: surveillance, outbreak, and return to trade (Facilitators:  Bill Wilson and Yaya Thiongane)
Presentation by Hermann Unger, FAO, IAEA, Vienna, Austria, and Group Discussion

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Session 4:  Disease Control

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
A) Experience with vaccinating livestock in an endemic setting (Facilitators:  Myrna Miller and Mustafa Mansour)
Presentation by Jacqueline Kasiiti Lichoti, Central Veterinary Laboratories, Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya, and Group Discussion

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
B) Preventing epizootics and epidemics by livestock vaccination (Facilitators:  Cyril Gay and Beate Von Teichmann)
Presentation by Baptiste Dungu,  GALVMed, UK, and Group Discussion

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break and Session 4 Poster Session

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
C) Preventing epidemics by human vacination (Facilitators:  C.J Peters and Francois Saluzzo)
Presentation by Phil Pittman, USAMRIID, Frederick, Maryland, U.S, and Group Discussion

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Update on the situation in Egypt (Public Health)
Presentation by Dr. Amr Kandeel, Undersecretary of Preventive Affairs, Ministry of Health and Population, "Current situation of RVF disease in humans in Egypt"

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Session 4:  Disease Control (Cont.)

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
D) Preventing epizootics and epidemics by vector control (Facilitators:  Adel Gad and Mustapha Debboun)
Presentation by Hanafi Hanafi, NAMRU3, Cairo, Egypt, and Group Discussion

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee Breaks and Sessions 1-4 Poster Session

10:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Breakout Sessions-RVF Research Needs and Priorities

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Introduction for Breakout Group Session

Dr. Dan Strickman, National Program Leader, Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology will provide instructions for the workshop four breakout groups.  Each breakout group will review issues and problems identified during the workshop and write priority research proposals for each of the workshop topics.

Breakout Groups:

Breakout Group 1:  Interepizootic maintenance of virus
Leader:  M. Kariuki Njenga, U.S Center for Disease Center
Rapporteur:  TBD   

Breakout Group 2:  Conditions leading to epizootic and epidemic activity
Leader:  Ken Linthicum, Entomology, USDA-ARS
Rapporteur:  TBD

Breakout Group 3:  Disease Surveillance and Diagnostics
Leader:  Bill Wilson, Project Leader, RVF, USDA-ARS
Rapporteur:  Hermann Unger

Breakout Group 4:  Disease Control Cyril
Leader: Cyril Gay, Senior National Program Leader, USDA-ARS
Rapporteur:  George Bettinger

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Session 1:  Priorities Assessment

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Session 2:  Research Projects and Collaborations

Special Session: Writting Conference Report

Facilitators, Rappoorteurs

6:00 PM

Adjourn