Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to McGill students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université McGill, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

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EDAR7 Workshops

The workshops will be held on May 29th. Please register to a workshop of your interest if you have not already. It is included in the conference registration at no additional cost.

How to register for the workshops?

Registration to EDAR7 is required for attending a workshop. You can attend only one of eleven workshops.

  • If you have not registered to the main conference yet, please follow the instructions in the registration page that will guide you to the selection of workshops. 
  • If you are already registered to the main conference, you will need to modify your registration profile by using the registration ID number in your confirmation email and add your workshop selection.

Note that there is a hard cap on the number of attendees for each workshop and it is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Workshop rooms and access to the buildings:

McGill workshop map

  • Birks Building: Entry on 3520 University Street
  • Macdonald Engineering and Macdonald-Harrington: Entry from the main campus
  • Workshops will start at 13:45. Please arrive in the room 10 minutes in advance.

Let us know if you wish to be accompanied to the campus. Our volunteers will be happy to help!

UPDATE: Workshop #4 and #11 have merged and will take place in the same room at Macdonal Engineering Building MD 267

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Title 

Organizers (Affiliation)

Building - Room

Length

Registration

1

Environmental Dimensions of AMR in Asia-Pacific LMICs – Research needs and Regional Guideline for AMR surveillance in the Animal Farm Environment

• Prof. Ryo Honda (Kanazawa University, Japan)
• Dr. Muhammad Usman Zaheer (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Tailand)
Birks 004A

4h15

2

Strengthening the Policy Relevance of Wastewater-based Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance

• Mrs. Sheena Conforti (Eawag, Switzerland)
• Prof. Amy Pruden (Virginia Tech, USA)
Birks 111

4h

3

Exploring the Factors Influencing Antibiotic Resistance Beyond the Wastewater Pipeline

• Prof. Célia M. Manaia (Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal)
• Prof. Despo Fatta-Kassinos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
• Prof. Thomas U. Berendonk (TU Dresden, Germany)
• Prof. Christophe Merlin (CNRS/University of Lorraine, France)
• Dr. Eddie Cytryn (Volcani Institute, Israel)

Macdonald Engineering MD279

4h

4

Mutual understanding between regulatory needs and science-based risk assessment of environmental AMR

Merged with Workshop #11

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Heberer (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety and Technical University of Berlin, Germany)
• Dr. Svenja E. Sander (Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Germany)
• Dr. Frank Schreiber (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany)
• Dr. Birgit Walther (German Environment Agency, Berlin, Germany)
Macdonald Engineering MD267

3h30

6

Gaming AMR: Role-Play Simulation Exploring the Policy Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance: CANCELED

• Mrs. Rebekah Riddle (Virginia Tech, USA)
• Prof. Todd Schenk (Virginia Tech, USA)
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4h

7

New detection methods for AMR in managed agriculture and environment

• Prof. Zhugen Yang (Cranfield University, UK)
• Dr. Andrew Singer (UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, UK)
• Prof. Xin Zhao (McGill University, Canada)
Macdonald-Harrington 420

4h15

8

Integration of genomics data, risk science, and practical considerations for conducting successful One Health AMR research

• Dr. Jordyn Broadbent (Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada)
• Dr. Dominic Poulin-Laprade (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Canada)
Macdonald Engineering MD280

4h15

9

So you have AMR data, now what? Applications for actionable risk assessment and decision-making

• Prof. Kerry Hamilton (Arizona State University, USA)
• Prof. Emily Garner (West Virginia University, USA)
• Prof. Nicholas Ashbolt (University of South Australia, Australia)
• Dr. Michael Jahne (USEPA, USA)
• Dr. Mary Schoen (Soller Environmental, USA)
Macdonald Engineering MD497

5h

10

Resistomap - laboratory and data analysis service for environmental AMR monitoring

Resistomap (Helsinki, Finland)
• Dr. Windi Muziasari (CEO)
• Mr. William Nurmi (CTO)
• Mr. Ajimufti Azhari (CoS)
• Mrs. Alma Seppälä (R&D Scientist)

Hotel Bonaventure - Outremont 5

1h45

11

Science for informed decision-making processes and targeted action. UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AMR and making the economic case for AMR in the environment

Merged with Workshop #4

• Dr. Chantal Morel (World Health Organisation - Quadripartite secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland)
• Dr. Edward Topp (French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment [INRAE], France)
Macdonald Engineering MD267

4h

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