Preliminary Programme


November 6th, 2008

08:00 am Registration, Poster Session and Exhibitors

Chairpersons
Jacques Goulet, Ph.D., Professeur, Université Laval, Canada and 
Denis Roy
, Ph.D., Professeur titulaire, Sciences des aliments et nutrition, Université Laval, Canada

09:00 Opening Remarks
09:30

 

Keynote Address
Overview of Scientific Knowledge of Probiotics

Gregor Reid, Ph.d., Professor of microbiology and immunology, Western University and Director, Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics at the Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada
10:30 Coffee break, Poster Session and Exhibitors
11:00

 

Cross Talk Between Bacteria and the Host's Cells in the Intestinal Ecosystem
Germain Trugnan, MD, Ph.D., Directeur de l’École Doctorale , Inter///Bio, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Équipe I3, Inflammation et Infections de l’Intestin, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, France, France
12:00 pm Lunch, Poster Session and Exhibitors
Official Opening Remarks
The Honourable Laurent Lessard, Ministre de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ) 

1:30

The Battle Against Obesity: Prebiotics Establish a Dialogue with the Brain
Nathalie Delzenne
, Ph.D., Université catholique de Louvain, Unité de Pharmacocinétique, Métabolisme, Nutrition et Toxicologie, Belgique
2:30 Coffee break, Poster Session and Exhibitors
3:00

 

Practical Workshop for Health Professionals
Moderators
Louise Lambert-Lagacé, Dt.P., Diététiste-nutritionniste, Clinique de nutrition Louise Lambert-Lagacé et associées
Jacques Goulet, Université Laval
Denis Roy, Université Laval
4:30 Networking cocktail

November 7th, 2008

08:00 am Registration, Poster Session and Exhibitors

Chairpersons
Jacques Goulet, Ph.D., Professeur, Université Laval, Canada and 
Denis Roy
, Ph.D., Professeur titulaire, Sciences des aliments et nutrition, Université Laval, Canada

09:00

 

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a dysregulated host-microbiota interaction: Probiotics and prbiotics, a new therapeutic option?
Gordon S. Howarth, Ph.D., Research Fellow, University of Adelaide, South Australia
10:00

 

Use of probiotic preparation to prevent diarrhoea associated with antibiotics.
Mary Hickson
, Ph.D., Honorary Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Dietetic Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, United Kingdom
11:00 Coffee break, Poster Session and Exhibitors
11:30 Improving digestive health by bifidobacteria
Fabrizio Arigoni, Ph.D., Nestlé Reseach Center, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Lausanne, Switzerland
12:30 pm Lunch, Poster Session and Exhibitors
2:00 Probiotics and the Intestinal Immune System: A Genuine Dialogue?
Yvan Boutin, Ph.D., Professeur-chercheur, TransBIOTech, Cégep Lévis-Lauzon, Canada

3:00

Simultaneous Workshops
Industrial
Animation : Renée Michaud, Directrice adjointe, Institut des nutraceuti- ques et aliments fonctionnels (INAF), Université Laval, Canada

- Yoplait
 - Danone

- Institut Rosell-Lallemand
- BioK +
- Nestlé Nutrition
Science & the Next Generation
Animation : Gisèle LaPointe, Ph.D., Professeur, INAF, Université Laval, Canada
- Oral Scientific Presentations
- Winners of Scientific Posters
- Winning Team of The Rosell Probiotic Challenge
4:30 Closing remarks
Gregor Reid, Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics at the Lawson Health Research Institut
 

 

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