08.30-9.00
Openings and EU Strategy for Food Research: Impact on Member States
(Antonio di Giulio – DGXII Brussels, BE)
09.00-09.30
Highlights in Human Intestinal Microbiota
(Joël Doré, INRA, Paris, FR)
09.30-10.00
Role of Probiotics in Regulation of Intestinal Immune Responses
(Holm Uhlig, University of Leipzig, DE)
10.00-10.30 Comparison of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria as Probiotics
(Seppo Salminen, University of Turku, FI)
10.30-11.00 Coffee
11.00-11.30
Insights from Probiotic Genome Sequences
(Todd R. Klaenhammer, NC State University, Raleigh, USA)
11.30-12.00
Modulation of Human Gene Expression by Probiotics
(Antonio Gasbarrini, University of Rome, IT)
12.00-12.30
GMO Approaches to Improve the Efficacy of Probiotics
(Bruno Pot, Pasteur Institute, Lille, FR)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
Session 3 – Clinical Approaches
14.00-14.30
Gut Homeostasis and Microbe-Mediated Regulation
Sven Pettersson, Karolinska Institut, Stockholm, SE
14.30-15.00
Probiotics for Intestinal Diseases - From Results to Products
Fergus Shanahan, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, IE
15.00-15.30
Probiotics for Healthy Consumers - From Results to Products
Lorenzo Morelli, AAT, Piacenza, IT
15.30-16.00
Coffee
Session 4 – Young & Rising Stars
16.00-18.00 Open Oral Presentations of Young Researchers
19.30 Pre-dinner Speech: The Little Brain Within Us
Michael Schemann, Technical University Munich, DE
Dinner
Friday 29 September
Session 5 – Future Perspectives
09.00-9.30
Sensory Influences on Gut Responses to Food in Humans
Richard D. Mattes, Purdue University, Lafayette, USA
9.30-10.00
The Future Consumer
Barbara Gallani, BEUC, Brussels, BE
10.00-10.30
The Future Industry
Esben Laulund, Chr. Hansen, Copenhagen, DK
10.30- 11.00
Coffee
11.00-11.30
Developments in the Americas
John Bienenstock, McMaster University, Ontario, CA
11.30-12.00
Developments in the EU
Jan Maat, Unilever, NL
12.00-12.30
The Future GutImpact Research
Willem M. de Vos, Wageningen University, NL
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30
Departure
