Tuesday Sept 6
19.00 Welcome Reception for participants (Venue will be informed later)
Wednesday Sept 7
Chair Willem M. de Vos
09.00 – 09.15 What Is The SSA GutImpact?
Tiina Mattila-Sandholm VALIO FI
09.15 – 10.30 What is a Healthy Gut? – Insight in Microbial Functionality
Joel Dore INRA FR – Metagenomes
Erwin Zoetendal Wageningen University NL – Functional Microbiomics
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.15 What May Probiotics Do? – Host Impact of Lactobacilli in the Gut
Antonio Gasbarrini ROME IT – Lactobacillus GG
Freddy Troost NUTRIM NL – Lactobacillus WCFS1
12.15 - 13.30 Functional Lunch & Parallell SME Session
Chair Lorenzo Morelli
13.30 – 14.45 What Can We Improve? – Developments in Functional Microbes
Annick Mercenier NESTLE CH – Improved Probiotic Strains
Maija Saxelin VALIO FI – Probiotic Combinations
14.45 –16.00 What Are the Effects? – Probiotic Trial Developments
Barry Kiely Alimentary Health IE – PROGID Trial
Olivier Goniak DANONE FR – CROWNALIFE Trial
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee & Probiotic Break
16.30 – 17.30 What Is Next?
Aat Ledeboer UNILEVER NL – Consumers and SSA Gut Impact Workshops
Paul Ross UCC-TEAGASC IE – Gut Health and FP6
Willem M. de Vos WCFS NL – Technology Platforms and FP7
17.30 Drinks, Free Evening & Departures
