July 15, 2010 - Session I: Antimicrobial Resistance Activities: FDA, CDC

• Welcome and Introductions by Patrick McDermott, M.S., Ph.D., Director, The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System, FDA
• Antimicrobial Resistance Activities at FDA by David White, Ph.D., Director
• Antimicrobial Resistance Activities at CDC by Robert Tauxe, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Director
• Antimicrobial Resistance Activities at ARS by Mary E. Torrence, DVM, Ph.D.

July 15, 2010 - Session II: Overview of NARMS Surveillance of Enteric Bacteria

Moderators: Patrick McDermott, FDA and Heather Green, FDA

• Overview of NARMS Surveillance of Enteric Bacteria
• NARMS Overview by Beth Karp, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
• Surveillance in Humans by Ezra Barzilay, M.D., CDC
• Surveillance in Food Animals by Paula Fedorka-Cray, Ph.D., USDA
• Surveillance in Retail Meats by Shaohua Zhao, DVM, MPVM, Ph.D., FDA
• Generation, Presentation, and Application of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Data for Bacteria of Animal Origin: An Update From the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) by Jeffrey Watts, Ph.D., RM(NRCM), M(ASCP)
• Session II Questions and Answers

July 15, 2010 - Session III: International Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance

Moderators: Ezra Barzilay, CDC and Paula Fedorka-Cray, USDA

• International Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance
• Integrated Surveillance Systems: Activities at the World Health Organization by Awa Aidara-Kane, Ph.D.
• Monitoring and Reporting on Antimicrobial Resistance in European Union by Pia Mäkelä, M.D.
• Office International des Épizooties, OIE by M. Kathleen Glynn, DVM, MPVM
• Latin American Pan Health Organization, PHAC by Jorge Matheu
• Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance by Richard Reid-Smith, DVM, DVSc

July 15, 2010 - Session IIIb: Reports From International Programs

Moderators: Tom Chiller, CDC and Alessandra Carattoli, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

• Reports from International Programs
• International Programs: Korea by Gun-Jo Woo, Ph.D.
• Non-Typhoid Salmonella Surveillance in China by Ran Lu, China, CDC
• Monitoring Antimicrobial Consumption and Occurrence of Resistance in Denmark by Danilo Lo Fo Wong, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Challenges of Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Kenya by Samuel Kariuki, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• WHO Activities to Build Laboratory Surveillance Around the World by Danilo Lo Fo Wong, M.Sc., Ph.D.
• Surveillance in Europe, Challenges and Pitfalls by Peter Silley, M.D., DVM
• Session IIIb Questions and Answers

July 15, 2010 - Session IV: Roundtable Discussion

• Roundtable Discussion to Address Monitoring Programs, Lessons Learned, and Future Needs

July 16, 2010 - Session V: Molecular Epidemiology

Moderators: Shaohua Zao, D.V.M. and Maria Karlsson, Ph.D.

• Welcome Remarks by Maria Karlsson, Ph.D.
• What Are We Learning From Campylobacter Molecular Epidemiology? by Collette Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
• Ceftiofur Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Heidelberg From Chicken Meat and Humans by Lucie Dutil, DVM, MSc
• Salmonellosis From Meat by Heather Green, Ph.D., M.S.
• Inc A/C Plasmids in Salmonella enterica by Rebecca Lindsey, Ph.D.
• Session V Questions and Answers

July 16, 2010 - Session VI: Molecular Biology of Resistance

Moderators: Jonathan Frye, Ph.D. and Heather Harbottle, Ph.D.

• Molecular Biology of Resistance
• Antimicrobial Resistance Among Non-Typhi Salmonella by Maria Karlsson, Ph.D.
• Antimicrobial Resistance in Historical Salmonella Typhimurium Using High-Density Microarrays by Heather Harbottle, Ph.D.
• Characterization of blaCMY-Encoding Plasmids Among Salmonella From Humans by Jason Folster, Ph.D.
• Comparative Genomic Fingerprinting (CGF) as a Typing Tool by Matthew Gilmour, Ph.D.
• Session VI Questions and Answers Session

July 16, 2010 - Session VII: Resistance in Other Enteric Bacteria

Moderators: Brandi Limbago, CDC and Paula Fedorka-Cray, USDA

• Enterococcus From Retail Meats by Johnnie David, FDA
• Typhi and Paratyphoidal Salmonellae by Felicita Medalla, M.D., M.S.
• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States - Is There a Connection Between Retail Foods and Human Infection? by Brandi Limbago, Ph.D.
• Resistance in Pathogenic E. coli from Retail Meat by Shaouha Zhao, DVM, MPVM, Ph.D.

July 16, 2010 - Session VIII: Industry Perspectives

Moderators: Jonathan Frye, USDA and Patrick McDermott, FDA

• The Pork Industry by Steve Larsen, Ph.D., National Pork Board
• The Cattle Industry by Michael Apley, DVM, Ph.D., Kansas State University
• The Poultry Industry by Timothy Cummings, DVM, M.S., B.S., Mississippi State University
• The Turkey Industry by Hector Cervantes, DVM, M.S., University of Georgia
• The Animal Health Industry by Thomas Shryock, Ph.D., Animal Health Institute
• Session VIII Questions and Answers
• The Infectious Diseases Society of America by Ruth Lynfield, M.D., University of Minnesota
• Resistant Foodborne Infections and Policy - Consumer Advocate Prospective by Steve Roach
• Session VIII Second Question and Answers Session

July 16, 2010 - Session IX: Public Comments Session

• Jeremy Mathers, M.S., Ph.D., Alpharma Animal Health
• David White, Ph.D., FDA
• Closing Remarks by Patrick McDermott, M.S., Ph.D., FDA