| Topics Wednesday April 17th, 2024 | Speaker | Time |
| Registration | | 8:00 |
| Welcome and Introduction | Filip Van Immerseel (Ghent University, Belgium)
Maarten De Gussem (Vetworks, Belgium) | 9:00 |
| Quantitative microbiome profiling in health and disease | Jeroen Raes (Center for Microbiology, Flemish Institute for Biotechnology, KUL, Belgium) | 9:15 |
| Session I: INTESTINAL MICROBIOME IN POULTRY | Chairman: | |
| Chicken microbial composition and functionalities, in relation to gut health | Filip Van Immerseel (Ghent University, Belgium) | 10:45 |
| Short communication 1 | | 11:30 |
| Short communication 2 | | 11:45 |
| Short communication 3 | | 12:00 |
| Short communication 4 | | 12:15 |
| Lunch | | 12:30 |
| Session II: PATHOGENESIS AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES | Chairman: | |
| Virulence factors of Clostridium perfringens that induce necrotic enteritis: more than toxins | Rob Moore (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia) | 13:45 |
| Short communication 5 | | 14:30 |
| Short communication 6 | | 14:45 |
| Short communication 7 | | 15:00 |
| Short communication 8 | | 15:15 |
| Coffee Break | | 15:30 |
| Session III: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO MODELS TO STUDY GUT HEALTHOF DISEASE | Chairman: | |
| Experimental models to study gut health in poultry with a focus on nutrition | Reza Barekatain (University of Adelaide, Australia) | 16:15 |
| Short communication 9 | | 17:00 |
| Short communication 10 | | 17:15 |
| Short communication 11 | | 17:30 |
| Conference cocktail drink | | 17:45 |
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| Topics Thursday April 18th, 2024 | Speaker | Time |
| Phage therapy to combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens | Jeremy Barr (Monash University, Australia) | 8:30 |
| Speed Date: a variety of 3-minute short communication teasers | Various authors | 9:15 |
| Coffee Break | | 10:15 |
| Session IV: GUT HEALTH MARKERS & DIAGNOSTICS | Chairman: | |
| Smart Poultry Management: An Outlook to the Future | Sharif Shayan (University of Guelph, Canada) | 11:00 |
| Short communication 12 | | 11:45 |
| Short communication 13 | | 12:00 |
| Short communication 14 | | 12:15 |
| Short communication 15 | | 12:30 |
| Lunch | | 12:45 |
| POSTER SESSION | Various authors | 14:00 |
| Session V: INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS | Chairman: | |
| Precision Feeding What is it, and what are the advantages? | Martin Zuidhof (University of Alberta, Canada) | 15:00 |
| Short communication 16 | | 15:45 |
| Short communication 17 | | 16:00 |
| Short communication 18 | | 16:15 |
| Short communication 19 | | 16:30 |
| Conference gala dinner | | 20:00 |
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| Topics Friday April 19th, 2024 | | |
| Session VI: CONTROL SOLUTIONS TO GUT HEALTH | Chairman: | |
| Maturation and function of the avian mucosal immune system | Bernd Kaspers (University of Munich, Germany) | 8:30 |
| Short communication 20 | | 9:15 |
| Short communication 21 | | 09:30 |
| Short communication 22 | | 09:45 |
| Coffee Break | | 10:00 |
| Session VII: GENETICS AND GUT HEALTH | Chairman: | |
| Genetically modified chickens as a tool to dissect the avian immune response | Benjamin Schusser (Technical University of Munich, Germany) | 10:45 |
| Short communication 23 | | 11:30 |
| Short communication 24 | | 11:45 |
| Short communication 25 | | 12:00 |
| CONCLUSION, INNOVATION AWARD & CLOSING | | 12:15 |
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