The first workshop jointly organized by T6.2 and T7.2 will be held in Bilbao on 11 March 2025.
The aim of the workshop is:
- To collect (non-published) input on core-elements and competencies for Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programs in the animal health sector, particularly in food producing animals (FPA), and companion animals (CA).
- To collect (non-published) input on core-elements and competencies for Infection, Prevention, and Control (IPC) programs in the animal health sectors.
- Facilitate through the interactive workshop an exchange of experiences and practices on IPC and AMS between experts from the animal and human health sector.
Date: March 11, 2025
Place: Hotel Meliá Bilbao (Spain)
Organisers: Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), Universiteit Utrecht (UU/FVM), and Dierengezondheidszorg Vlaanderen (DGZ)
Final agenda
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and registration
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome & Housekeeping
9:10 – 9:35 AMS and IPC in a One Health Framework (Tinna Ravnholt, SSI)
9:35 – 9:50 Status update AMS & IPC Literature Review (Gonçalo Portela, FVE & Anne Becker, DGZ)
9:50 – 10:20 Presentation: AMS in the Animal Health Sector (Gabriela Olmos Antillón, SLU & Isabel Blanco Penedo, UdL)
10:20 – 10.30 Instructions for the interactive breakout sessions
10:30 – 10:55 Coffee break and Networking
10:55 – 11:00 Transition
11:00 – 12:00 Action Moment I: breakout session
12:00 – 12:05 Transition
12:05 – 13:05 Action Moment II: breakout session
13:05 – 14:00 Lunch & Networking
14:00 – 14:30 Presentation: IPC in the Animal Health Sector (Ilias Chantziaras, UGent)
14:30 – 15:30 Group discussion on the outcomes of breakout sessions
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break & Networking
16:00 – 16:45 Group discussion on the outcomes of breakout sessions
16:45 – 17:00 Conclusions & Closing remarks
17:30 – 18:55 Social event: Audio-guided tour in the Guggenheim Museum
19:00 Dinner: Pintxos Tour
