IV Symposium of Tropical Health/COST Action CM 1307 (WG3 and WG4) Joint Meeting Priorities in Tropical Health and parasite borne disease: new drugs

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1 IV Symposium of Tropical Health/COST Action CM 1307 (WG3 and WG4) Joint Meeting Priorities in Tropical Health and parasite borne disease: new drugs with new targets, and how to deliver them Pamplona Spain, 4 5 May 2017

2 SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE Philippe Loiseau. París, France Ana Tomas. Oporto, Portugal Francisco J. Otero Espinar. Madrid, Spain Socorro Espuelas. Pamplona Navarra, Spain Vassilios Roussis. Athens, Greece Thomas J. Schmidt. Münster, Germany Harry P. de Koning. Glasgow, UK Juan Manuel Irache. Pamplona Navarra, Spain Paul Nguewa. Pamplona Navarra, Spain INVITED SPEAKERS (CONFIRMED) José Luis Arias Mediano. University of Granada, Spain Josphat Matasyoh. University of Egerton, Kenya Xavier Fernández Busquets. Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). University of Barcelona, Spain Alfons Renz. University of Tübingen, Germany Albert Descoteaux. Institut Armand Frappier and Centre for Host Parasite Interactions, Laval, Canada

3 WELCOME On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is my great pleasure to invite you to the IV Symposium of Tropical Health/COST Action CM 1307 (WG3 and WG4) Joint Meeting Priorities in Tropical Health and parasite borne disease: new drugs with new targets, and how to deliver them, which will be held on 4 5 May 2017 in Pamplona, Spain ( the website will be updated every few days) Five plenary lectures will be presented and up to twenty talks from proffered abstracts will be selected and integrated into plenary sessions. In addition, one session of Poster Flash Presentations will take place. Pamplona, the capital of Navarra, is a modern and welcoming city that invites you to its many pleasures: enjoy its parks, stroll through the streets of its Old Quarter, walk around century old walls and rest on its scenic terraces. Discover all of these particularities of Pamplona and do not forget to taste its gastronomy and its popular tapas (or pinchos as they are known locally). We are looking forward to seeing you enjoying the Symposium and all that Pamplona has to offer. Local Organizers

4 VENUE The 4 th Symposium will take place at the University of Navarra. Direct flights and trains connect Pamplona to Madrid and Barcelona. The closest international airports are Bilbao, about two hours from Pamplona by car (159 Km) or Biarritz in France, which is 1 hour and a half from Pamplona (130 km).

5 SOCIAL PROGRAM Founded by the Romans and located on the Pilgrim s Way to Santiago, Pamplona is now a modern and welcoming city with a wide range of activities that include walking around century old walls and cobbled streets; resting in parks and terraces; trying its delicious tapas (or pinchos as they're known locally); visiting historical monuments; attending great shows or watching traditional sports. Thursday, May 4 18:00 Guided Tour Meeting point: Bandstand in Plaza del Castillo. If you are interested in the guided tour, please contact us at istun@unav.es 20:30 Dinner: Restaurant (Museum University of Navarra)

6 PROGRAM MAY 4 TH 9:00 Registration 9:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 9: Plenary Lecture 1: Alfons Renz 10:30 11:00 Coffee Break and Poster viewing 11:00 13:00 Oral communications 13:00 14:00 Lunch NATURAL PRODUCTS AS ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS 14:00 14:45 Plenary Lecture 2: Josphat Matasyoh 14:45 16:45 Oral communications 16:45 18:00 Working session 18:00 Guided Tour 20:30 Dinner

7 MAY 5 TH BIOLOGICAL TARGETS FOR ANTIPARASITIC CHEMOTHERAPY 9:00 Plenary Lecture 3: Xavier Fernández Busquets 9:45 10:45 Oral communications 10:45 11:00 Coffee Break DRUG TARGETING AND DRUG RESISTANCE 11:00 11:45 Plenary Lecture 4: José Luis Arias 11:45 13:00 Poster Flash Presentation 13:00 14:30 Lunch Poster viewing 14:30 15:15 Plenary lecture 5: Albert Descoteaux 15:15 16:15 Oral communications 16:15 16:30 Coffee Break 16:30 18:30 Meeting of the Working groups 3 and 4

8 SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS The abstracts for oral and poster presentations may be submitted until March 20, Send your abstracts by as a single WORD file to istun@unav.es ABSTRACT TEMPLATE IV Symposium of Tropical Health/COST Action CM 1307 (WG3 and WG4) Joint Meeting Priorities in Tropical Health and parasite-borne disease: new drugs with new targets, and how to deliver them Pamplona-Spain, 4-5 May 2017 TITLE, ARIAL 11 CAPITAL CENTERED First Name Last Name 1, First Name Last Name 2, First Name Last Name 3 (The name of the presenting autor must be underlined and the affiliations must be footnoted using numbers) Authors Mailing Address Preference oral/poster/poster+flash presentation Abstract It should be written in Arial 11, single space and justified. The text is limited to a maximum of 350 words. You can incorporate figures, graphs, equations, etc. But the Abstract should not exceed an A4 page, using the margins in this example. References Acknowledgements The presentations will be assigned to one of the following scientific sessions. 1. Medicinal Chemistry 2. Natural Products as Antiparasitic Agents 3. Biological Targets for Antiparasitic Chemotherapy 4. Drug Targeting and Drug resistance Only the abstracts with registration fees paid by April 4, 2017 would be considered for publication and inclusion in the final program.

9 REGISTRATION PRICES Regular: 100 Post doctoral Fellows and pre doctoral students: 50 Accompanying person: 50. The registration includes coffee meetings and lunches