Program

8.00

REGISTRATION
Front Desk

8.50

WELCOME

Bonaventura Clotet, IrsiCaixa. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain

Francisco Guarner, Teknon Medical Centre, Spain

Ignasi López, Director, Department of Science “la Caixa” Foundation, Spain

Session 1: Gut Brain Axis Chairs: Mireia Vallès-Colomer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Amanda Rodríguez-Urrutia, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Spain
9.00	Microbiome & Depression Jane Foster, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
9.30	Communication Across the Microbiota Brain Axis Maria R. Aburto, University College Cork, Ireland
10.00	Discussion
10.30	Coffee Break

Session 2: Diet & Microbiome Chairs: Carmen Collado, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Spain José Manuel Ferández-Real, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IdIBGi), Spain
11.00	Microbiome-Diet and Cardiometabolic Health Francesco Asnicar, University of Trento, Italy
11.30	Diet in Immunotherapy Response in Advanced Melanoma Johannes Björk, University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
12.00	Discussion
12.30	Guided Poster Tour / Lunch break & Poster Viewing

Session 3: Mucosal Inflammation & Chronic Disease Chairs: Margarita Martínez, Universitat de Girona, Spain Roger Paredes, IrsiCaixa. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Spain
14.30	Emulsifier and Chronic Disease Benoit Chassaing, Institut Pasteur, France
15.00	Microbial and Immune Signatures in HIV Vaccine Responses Alessandra Borgognone, IrsiCaixa, Spain
15.30	Discussion

Session 4: Oral Abstracts Presentation Chairs: Chaysavanah Manichanh, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute, Spain Malu Calle, Universitat de Vic, Spain
8.00	Oral abstracts presentations
9.00	Discussion: panel with abstracts presenters & best abstract award
9.30	Guided Poster Tour
10.30	Coffee break

Session 5: Microbiome at Population Level Chairs: Carmen Collado, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Spain. Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE), France
11.00	Highlights of the Dutch Microbiome Project Sasha Zhernakova, U. Groningen, The Netherlands
11.30	Epidemiology of the Microbiome Mireia Vallès-Colomer, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
12.00	Discussion

Session 6: Recent Advances Chairs: Francisco Guarner, Teknon Medical Centre, Spain Clàudia Arajol, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Spain
12.30	Development of potential first-in-class Live Biotherapeutic Products for gastrointestinal diseases Bernat Ollé, Vedanta Biosciences, Inc., USA
13.00	Gut Microbiome Signatures of Neurodegenerative Disease in Disease-Free individuals Stanislav Dusko, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE), France
13.30	Discussion
14.00	Closure Francisco Guarner, Teknon Medical Centre, Spain