8:30 - 9:00

am - am

Activity

Arrival and Registration

Speaker/Person Responsible

Organising Committee

Topics

9:00 - 9:05

am - am

Activity

Opening Prayer

Speaker/Person Responsible

Topics

9:05 - 9:10

am - am

Activity

Introduction of Guests

Speaker/Person Responsible

MC

Topics

9:10 - 9:30

am - am

Activity

Welcome Address and Fraternal Messages

Speaker/Person Responsible

Planning Committee Chair, Conference Chairman and Representatives of Institutions (GF, WHO, TBD)

Topics

9:30 - 9:45

am - am

Activity

Keynote Address

Speaker/Person Responsible

Kate Medlicott, WHO

Topics

Integrating WES into the global public health architecture

9:45 - 10:00

am - am

Activity

• Special Guest Speaker
• Cultural Display

Speaker/Person Responsible

• Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, DG, GHS
• Kwan Pa Band

Topics

10:00 - 11:30

am - am

Activity

Plenary: Epidemiological insights from WES

Speaker/Person Responsible

• Isobel Blake (Chair)
• Phionah Tushabe
• Natasha Singh
• Andrew Nsawotebba

Topics

• Correlation of extensive synchronised clinical and wastewater cholera surveillance data in two high risk areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Environmental Detection of Hepatitis E Viruses Through Wastewater Surveillance
• Detection, quantification and sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in wastewater
• Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance Enables Early Detection and Monitoring of Epidemic-Prone Pathogens and Variants, Triggering Public Health Interventions: Evidence from Uganda

11:30 - 11:45

am - am

Activity

Photographs/Cocoa Break

Speaker/Person Responsible

Organising Committee

Topics

11:45 - 12:45

am - pm

Activity

Abstract session: Mapping of catchments

Speaker/Person Responsible

• Lukas von Tobel (Chair)
• Jimoh Abdullateef, WHO AFRO
• Mami Taniuchi
• Adesuyi Omoare

Topics

• Leveraging Geospatial Modeling for Strategic Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Surveillance: The ES.world Platform
• Environmental Surveillance Footprint in the African Region, 2024
• Mapping sewage networks and estimating catchment population for sewage surveillance for infectious diseases in low-resourced settings
• Mapping Drainage Systems for MultiPathogen Environmental Surveillance: Nigeria's Environmental Surveillance Program (ESPN)

12:45 - 1:45

pm - pm

Activity

Lunch

Speaker/Person Responsible

Topics

1:45 - 3:15

pm - pm

Activity

Abstract session: WES in the preparedness toolkit

Speaker/Person Responsible

• Kristian Andersen
• Joyce Odeke Moore
• Guillaume St-Onge
• Martin Faye
• Edyth Parker
• Michael Owusu

Topics

• Chair
• Choosing the right Method: Evaluating Performance Tradeoffs in Concentration Methods for Wasewater surveillance of viruses with Pandemic Potential
• Global Epidemic Modelling to Evaluate and Inform WES Systems
• Multi-pathogen wastewater-based surveillance in Senegal, 2023
• Metagenomic profiling of wastewater in Lagos Reveals Diverse Pathogens and rRsistome Signatures
• Increased Detection of Hepatitis E Genotype 1a in Wastewater Samples in Ghana

3:15 - 3:45

pm - pm

Activity

Cocoa Break

Speaker/Person Responsible

Topics

3:45 - 4:00

pm - pm

Activity

Symposium: WES of animal & livestock pathogens

Speaker/Person Responsible

• Erik Karlsson (Chair)
• Theophilus Odoom
• Dhana Shanmugan (Virtual)
• Farah Ishtiaq (Virtual)

Topics

• Fishpond Effluents as Reservoirs of ESBLProducing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: Phenotypic and Genomic Insights
• Decoding pathogens in environment using genomics in the Context of Climate Change and One Health: Strengths and Limitations

4:45 - 5:00

pm - pm

Activity

Break

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Topics

5:00 - 7:00

pm - pm

Activity

Poster Session

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Topics

7:00 - 9:00

pm - pm

Activity

Networking Dinner

Speaker/Person Responsible

Topics