International Yakult Symposium: The Gut and More

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Scientific Committee

Prof. Bengt Björkstén -  Professor emeritus of Paediatrics and Allergy Prevention, Director of the Centre for Allergy Research, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Prof. Glenn Gibson - Head of Food Microbial Sciences, Reading University, UK
Prof. Michiel Kleerebezem - Distinguished Professor of Bacterial Metagenomics, Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Wageningen, the Netherlands
Prof. Lorenzo Morelli - Chair Professor, University Sacro Cuore of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
Dr. Gjalt Welling - Division of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands

Speakers/Lecturer

Prof. Eric Claassen - Viroventures, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam and Athena Institute Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prof. Stephan Bischoff - Director of the Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Prof. Jerry Wells - Head of Host-Microbe-Interactomics Group, University of Wageningen, the Netherlands
Prof. Lucio Capurso - Director Operative Unit of Gastroenterology, San Filippo Neri Hospital Rome, Italy
Dr. Ad van Bodegraven - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Head of IBD Section, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Prof. Robert-Jan Brummer - Medical Faculty of Gastroenterology, University of Örebro, Sweden
Prof. Dirk Haller - Head of Department of Biofunctionality, Centre for Nutrition and Food Research, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Dr. Kentaro Shimizu - Osaka University Hospital Trauma and Acute Critical Care Center, Japan
Prof. Rajiv Jalan - Head of the Liver Failure Group, University College London, UK
Prof. Stella Knight - Department of Immunopathology, Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Felix Stockenhuber - Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Oberpullendorf, Austria
Prof. Glenn Gibson - Head of Food Microbial Sciences, Reading University, UK
Prof. Wim Teughels - Department of Periodontology, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Erika Isolauri - Department of Paediatrics, Turku University, Finland Prof. Natalie Delzenne - Unit of Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism, Nutrition and Toxicology, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
Prof. John Bienenstock - Director of Brain-Body Institute, Distinguished University Professor of McMaster University, Canada
Prof. Michiel Kleerebezem - Professor, Bacterial Metagenomics, University of Wageningen, the Netherlands

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Day 1: June 18th, 2009

11.00 hour  Registration, poster assesmbly and lunch

12.30 hour  Opening
                    Dr. Satoshi Kudo - Science Director, Yakult Europe

12.40 hour  Welcome speech
                    Prof. Eric Claassen - Department fo Immunology, Erasmus Medical Centre, the Netherlands

Keynote Lectures

13.00 hour  Gut Health: Current understanding and beyond
                    Prof. Stephan Bischoff - Director of the Institute of Nutritional Medicine, University 
                    Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

13.40 hour  The barrier function of the gut: what do we know?
                    Prof. Jerry Wells - Heas of Host-Microbe Interactomics Group, University of Wageningen,
                    the Netherlands

Session 1: The digestive function of the gut

14.20 hour  The potentials for modulation of the intestinal flora to influence IBD: facts
                    and hopes
                    Dr. Ad van Bodegraven - Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Head of 
                    IBD Section, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

14.50 hour  IBS and the gut-brain axis
                    Prof. Robert-Jan Brummer - Medical Faculty of Gastroenterology, University of Örebro, 
                    Sweden

15.20 hour  Refreshment and poster viewing

Session 2: The defence function of the gut

16.00 hour  Intensive care and the application of probiotics
                    Dr. Kentaro Shimizu - Osaka University Hospital Trauma and Acute Critical Care Centre,
                    Japan

16.30 hour  Innate immune dysfunction in cirrhosis: from pathophysiology to novel therapies
                    Prof. Rajiv Jalan - Head of the Liver Failure Group, University College London, UK

17.00 hour  Dendritic cells, inflammatory disease and the gut flora
                    Prof. Stella Knight - Department of Immunopathology, Imperial College London, UK

17.30 hour  Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and C. difficile: the potential of probiotics for
                    infection control
                    Prof. Felix Stockenhuber - Department of Internal Medicinek, General Hospital of 
                    Oberpullendorf, Austria

Day 2: June 19th, 2009

Session 3: Beyond the gut

09.00 hour  Oral flora and oral care with probiotics 
                    Prof. Wim Teughels - Department of Periodontology, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

09.30 hour  From the mother to the child: the significance of the initial microbiota health in 
                    later life 
                    Prof. Erika Isolauri - Department of Paediatrics, Turku University, Finland

10.00 hour  Obesity-metabolic diseases and the gut microbiota; a possible role for
                    probiotics and prebiotics 
                    Prof. Natalie Delzenne - Unit of Pharmacokinetics, Metabolism, Nutrition and Toxicology, 
                    Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

10.30 hour  Refreshment and poster viewing

11.00 hour  Gut microbiota conspire with the nervous system and the brain to promote
                    health and well being 
                    Prof. John Bienenstock - Director of Brain-Body Institute, Distinguished University 
                    Professor of McMaster University, Canada

11.30 hour  ROUND TABLE - What determines your well-being? How important is your gut 
                    in this sense? How can you keep the gut healty? 
                    Moderator: Prof. Eric Claassen - Department of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Centre, 
                    the Netherlands

12.30 hour  Future Challenge
                    Prof. Michiel Kleerebezem - Professor, Bacterial Metagenomics, University of Wageningen, 
                    the Netherlands

12.50 hour  Closing speech
                    Mr Piet Dekkers - Managing Director, Yakult Nederland

13.00 hour  Lunch and farewell 

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