1. Linda Bester, Biomedical Resource Unit, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
   (Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Food Animal Production; Antibiotic Resistance in Food Animals; Campylobacter; Salmonella; Plasmid Profile Evaluations)
   Tentative Title:  “Susceptibility Patterns of Campylobacter and Salmonella spp. from Food Animals in KwaZulu-Natal”
    

2. Amitabha Bhattacharjee, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
   (Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase; β-Lactam/β-Lactamase Inhibitors; Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
   Tentative Title:  “A Comparative Study of In Vitro Susceptibility of Different β­Lactam/β­Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations on ESBL-Producing Escherichia Coli, Klebsiella Pneumoniae, Klebsiella Oxytoca and Proteus Mirabilis”
    

3. Todd Callaway, Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, College Station TX, USA
   (E. coli O157:H7; Salmonella spp; Food Safety; MDR Salmonella; Pre-harvest)
   Tentative Title:  “MDR Salmonella in Cattle and Pigs in the US”
    

4. Eric Dabbs, School of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
   (Antimicrobial Targets; Mycobacterium; Streptococcus; Bacteriophage; Gene Cloning)
   Tentative Title:  “Screening Phage Genomes to Discover Potential New Antimicrobial Targets”
    

5. Tom Edrington, FFSRU, USDA, ARS, College Station TX, USA
   (Food Safety Microbes; Antimicrobial Resistance in Bef and Cattle; E. coli O157:H7; Salmonella)
   Tentative Title:  “Multi-drug Resistant Salmonella”
    

6. Leyla Gabdrakhmanova, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
   (Proteinases of Streptomycin-resistant B. intermedius Strain; Biosynthesis of Extracellular Bacterial Hydrolases; Adaptational Systems of Bacteria Induced by Stress; Affect of Mytomicin C on Serratia Marcescens Metabolism; Streptomycin-resistance)
   Tentative Title:  1 – “Biosynthesis of Gglutamyl Endopeptidase from Bacillus intermedius strain7P”;  2 – “Regulation of Serratia marcescens Chitinase Biosynthesis in Stress Conditions”
    

7. Kenneth Genovese, FFSRU, USDA ARS, College Station TX, USA
   (Immunology; Food Safety; Alternatives to Antibiotics; Functional Genomics; Disease Resistance)
   Tentative Title:  “Alternatives to Antibiotics”
    

8. Usha Govinden, Antibiotic Research Proto Unit, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
   (β-Lactamase-Mediated Resistance; ESBL Production; Inhibitor Resistant TEM β-Lactamase; Fluoroquinolone Resistance)
   Tentative Title:  1 - “Characterisation of ESBLs in Salmonella spp. at a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa”;  2 – “Novel B- Lactamases TEM 145 and TEM146 from E coli Clinical Isolates”
    

9. Ian Gould, Department of Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK
   Tentative Titles:  1 - “MRSA in the Hospital”;  2 - “MRSA in the Community”;  3 - “Improving Antibiotic Prescribing”
    

10. Jon Birger Haug, Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    (Prudent Use of Antibiotics - Epidemiology/Methodology; Sepsis and Infectious Endocarditis; Surveillance of Surgical Wound Infections; National Infectious Diseases Database(s); Helicobacter pylori)
     

11. Yogesh Kumar Singh, Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Varanasi, India
     

12. Kalifa Manneh, National Health Laboratory Services, Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia
    (MDR TB)
     

13. Paul Naaber, Department of Medical Microbiology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    (Surveillance of Antimicrobial resistance; Molecular Markers of Antimicrobial Resistance; Nosocomial Infections)
    Tentative Titles:  1 – “Prevalence of Class 1 Integrons and Antibacterial Resistance in Indigenous and Infectious E. coli Strains of Different Age Groups”; 2 – “Prevalence and Resistance of Nosocomial Strains of Klebsiella, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter in Estonia and Other European countries” (both with Co-author Epp Sepp)
     

14. Zsuzsanna Nemes, Department of Infectology, Baranya County Hospital, Pecs, Hungary
    (Infectious & Tropical Diseases; Antibiotic Therapy; Hepatitis)
     

15. David Nisbet, Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, College Station TX, USA
    (Pre-harvest; Food Safety; E. coli O157:H7; Salmonella)
     

16. Chidi Nweneka, Nutrition Programme, Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratories & APUA-Gambia, Banjul, The Gambia
    (Nutrition; Malaria; HIV; Antimicrobial Resistance; Children)
    Tentative Title:  “Curbing the Menace of Antimicrobial Resistance in The Gambia"
     

17. David Ogbolu, Biomedical Sciences Department, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria
    (Microbial Genetics; Plasmids; Fluoroquinolones; Gram Negative Enteric Bacilli)
    Tentative Title:  “Emergence of Plasmid Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Enteric Bacteria in Nigeria”
     

18. Epp Sepp, Department of Microbiology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
    (Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance; Molecular Markers of Antimicrobial Resistance; Nosocomial Infections)
    Tentative Titles:  1 – “Prevalence of Class 1 Integrons and Antibacterial Resistance in Indigenous and Infectious E. coli Strains of Different Age Groups”; 2 – “Prevalence and Resistance of Nosocomial Strains of Klebsiella, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter in Estonia and Other European countries” (both with Co-author Paul Naaber)
     

19. Evgeniya Sokolova, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia
    (Enzymes from Antibiotic Resistant Strains; Regulation of Proteolytic Enzyme Biosynthesis; Isolation and Characterization of Enzymes; Biochemistry of Proteolitic Enzymes)
    Tentative Title:  “Serine Proteinases from Antibiotic Resistant Strain Bacillus intermedius 3-19, Secreted at the Late Stationary Phase of Bacterial Growth”
     

20. John Stelling, WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance, Microbiology Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA, USA
    Tentative Titles:  1 – “WHONET:  Software Tool for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacterial Infections”;  2 – “Antimicrobial Resistance:  Biological Basis and Public Health Consequences”;  3 – “Strategies for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance”;  4 – “Strategies for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption”
     

21. Gábor Ternák, Department of Infectology, University of Pecs, Hungary
    (Clinical Infectology; Antibiotic Therapy; Infectious Diseases; Hepatitis)
     

22. Erika Vlieghe, Department of Clinical Sciences, Tropical Medicine and HIV/AIDS, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
    (Clinical Infectious Diseases; Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries; Appropriate Use of Antibiotics; Diagnostic and Treament Guidelines; Surveillance)
    Tentative Title:  “Antibiotic Resistance in Sub saharan Africa:  A Review of the Literature.”
     

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