Confirmed Symposia

Development of a Live Attenuated Vaccine Against Leishmania: Progress Through Human Clinical Trials

• Abhay Satoskar (USA)
• Hira Nakhasi (USA)
• Sanjay Singh (India)
• Greg Matlashewski (Canada)

Helminth EVs in Host Communications and Immune Response

• Antonio Marcilla (Spain)
• Lucienne Tritten (Canada)
• Javier Sotillo (Spain)
• Jianpin Cao (China)

RNA Regulation During Parasitic Infection

• Angela K. Cruz (Brazil)
• Sheila Donnelly (UK)
• Reza Salavati (Canada)
• Lilach Sheiner (UK)

Survival Mechanisms of Intracellular Parasites Within Their Host Cell

• Jeroen Saeij (USA)
• Sebastian Lourido (USA)
• Dan Zilberstein (Israel)
• Maria Mota (Portugal)

Parasite-Host Interactions: How Pathogens Evolve to Better Infect Their Host

• Robert Poulin (New Zealand)
• TBD
• Ana Gutierrez (Mexico).
• Alessandra Guarnieri (Brazil)

Parasitic Infections and Circadian Rhythms

• Filipa Rijo-Ferreira (USA)
• Nicolas Cermakian (Canada)
• Charissa De Bekker (Holland)
• Amy Ellison (USA)

Host-Directed Immunotherapy of Parasitic Infections

• Jude Uzonna (Canada)
• Simona Stäger (Canada)
• Kevin Kain (Canada)
• Maria Yazdanbakhsh (Holland)

Canadian Parasitology Network Symposium

• Nathan Peters (Canada)
• Irah King (Canada)
• Lisa Osborne (Canada)
• Melisa Gualdron Lopez (Canada)

Helminth Regulation of Inflammatory Diseases

• Susanne Hartmann (Germany)
• Henry McSorley (Scotland)
• Luis Terrazas (Mexico)
• Constance Finney (Canada)

Immunity to helminth infections: mechanisms of host defense in barrier tissues

• Danielle Karo-Atar (Israel)
• Lisa Reynolds (Canada)
• Pedro Gazzinelli Guimaraes (USA)
• Aline Sardinha-Silva (USA)

Protists – Neglected members of the microbiome

• Arthur Mortha (Canada)
• Francesco Asnicar – Francesco (UK)
• André Buret (Canada)
• Kateřina Jirků (Czech Republic)

Novel Approaches Identify Protective Immune Mechanisms in Experimental Malaria Liver and Blood-Stage Infections

• William Heath (Australia)
• Fidel Zavala (USA)
• Noah Butler (USA)
• Ashraful Haque (Australia)

Pathogenesis of Placental Malaria

• Stephanie Yanow (Canada)
• Julie Moore (USA)
• Justin Doritchamou (USA)
• Barnard Kanoi (Kenya)

Vector Immunity and Parasite Transmission (Bedbugs and Parasites)

• Omar Triana (Colombia)
• Ana Marisa Mejia (Colombia)
• Jose E. Pietri (USA)
• Omar Akbari (USA)

Giardia Genetics and Cell Biology

• Staffan Svärd (Sweden)
• Carmen Faso (Switzerland)
• Pavel Dolezal (Czech Republic)
• Janet Yee (Canada)

Fish Parasites vs Fish Immunity: Innovative Adaptations on Both Sides

• Brian Dixon (Canada)
• Irene Salinas (USA)
• Fabio Zanuzzo (Canada)
• Steven Leadbeater (Canada)

Anthelmintic Resistance: Development, Mechanisms and Monitoring

• Jan Šlapeta (Australia)
• Anastasia Diakou (Greece)
• John Gilleard (Canada)
• Anne Lespine (France)

Innovative Strategies for Leishmaniasis Management and Control

• Patrícia Veras (Brazil)
• Javier Moreno (Spain)
• Alicia Ponte-Sucre (Venezuela)
• Rubens Lima do Monte Neto (Brazil)

Viruses and Parasites: Hidden Passengers or Facilitators of Virulence?

• Vyacheslav Yurchenko (Czech Republic)
• Elisa Cupolillo (Brazil)
• Nolwenn Dheilly (France)
• Jan Tachezy (Czech Republic)

Innovative Technologies for Unravelling AMR in Parasites

• David A. Fidock (USA)
• John Gilleard (Canada)
• Laura-Isobel McCall (USA)
• Marc Ouellette (Canada)

Protozoan Parasites & the AMR Frontier: From Bench to Control Strategies

• Maria Adelaida Gomez (Colombia)
• Mallika Imwong (Thailand)
• David Leitsch (Austria)
• Christopher Fernandez-Prada (Canada)

Confronting Anthelmintic Resistance: Mechanisms, Monitoring & Mitigation in Multicellular Parasites

• Erik Andersen (USA)
• Hannah Vineer (UK)
• Bruno Levecke (Belgium)
• James Cotton (UK)

Advancements in Helminth Genomics

• James Wasmuth (Canada)
• Erik Andersen (USA)
• Sarah Buddenborg (UK)
• Elizabeth Thiele (USA)

Inflammasomes and Innate Immunity to Protozoan Parasites

• Ricardo Gazzinelli (Brazil)
• Shaden Khawami (USA)
• Chris Chadee (Canada)
• Dario Zamboni (Brazil)

Phagocytosis in Host-Parasite Interaction

• Claudia Brodskyn (Brazil)
• Martin Olivier (Canada)
• Ana Tomas (Portugal)
• Juliana Menezes (Brazil)

Parasite Metabolism: Fundamental and Translational Applications

• Sarah Ewald (USA)
• Ariel Silber (Brazil)
• Audrey Odom John (USA)
• Mike Barrett (UK)

International Workshop for Arctic Parasitology VII: Why We Should Continue to Care About Parasites at the Poles

• Rebecca Davidson (Norway)
• Pikka Jokelainen (Denmark)
• Antti Oksanen (Finland)
• Susan Kutz (Canada)

Anthelminthics: Current Drugs and Vaccines

• Jennifer Keyser (Switzerland)
• Jonathan Marchant (USA)
• Alasdair Nisbet (UK)
• Peter Roy (Canada)

Host-Pathogen Interactions During Cryptosporidium Infection

• Ryan Pardy, INRS (Canada)
• Mattie Pawlowvic (UK)
• Chelsea Marie Braun (USA)
• Momar Ndao (Canada)