Workshop Program

Tuesday, October 22 2024

7:30 – 8:30      Breakfast, Check in

8:30 – 9:40      Welcome, logistics, expected deliverables, introductions. Ed Topp and Fabrice Martin-Laurent (INRAE).

9.40 – 10:00    OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems  –  Paloma Melgarejo (INIA-CSIC, Spain, Theme coordinator) and Marie Russel (OECD)

Session I – The science of AMR:I

Chairpersons: Ed Topp and Fabrice Martin-Laurent

10:00 – 10:20  Food safety concern? - Role of reused water in the growing, handling and processing of fruits, vegetables and herbs on the spread of AMR. – Beatriz Guerra (EFSA)

10:20 – 10:40  AMR and the urban water cycle. – Celia Manaia (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)

10:40 – 11:10  Coffee break

11:10 – 11:30  Impacts of antibiotics on AMR in environmental bacteria – Will Gaze (University of Exeter)

11:30 – 11:50  The impact of anthropogenic pollution on the presence and horizontal transfer of eARGs in aquatic ecosystems – Andrea Di Cesare (National Research Council Italy)

11:50 – 12:10 Fate and characterization of micropollutants in the environment and its link with wastewater treatment – Pablo Gago Ferrero (CSIC, Spain)

12:10 – 13:30 Lunch

Session II – Regulatory framework for water reuse

Chairpersons: Erica Donner and Christophe Merlin

13:30 – 13:50  Water Reuse Regulation in the EU - Risk management framework – Pietro Drei on behalf of Roberta Maffettone (JRC, European Commission)

13:50 – 14:10  The Israeli perspective on regulation of reuse – Danny Greenwald (Israel Water Authority)

14:10 – 14:30  Management of risk of contamination of food with AMR in lower-income settings – Jeff LeJeune (FAO)

14:30 – 14:50  The wastewater treatment industry’s perspective on water reuse – Charlotte Arnal (Veolia, France)

14:50 – 15:35  Coffee break

15:35 – 17:45  Breakout into discussion groups, drafting a paper for publication: Current state of science knowledge and gaps; Science needs of the policy, regulatory and industry communities

18:15 – 17:45  Welcome reception and ‘vin d’honneur’ at Dijon City Hall

20:00   Dinner

Wednesday, October 23 2024

7:00 – 8:00      Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15      Charge to group- Ed Topp

8:15 – 9:00      Plenary reporting from discussion groups A and B

Session III – AMR Science II

Chairpersons: Eddie Cytryn and Mohan Amarasiri

09:00 – 09:20  Ecology of AMR in the gut microbiome – Didier Hocquet (University Hospital Besancon)

09:20 – 9:40    Microbial diversity and AMR in water treatment and soils – Thomas Berendonk (University of Dresden)

9:40 – 10:00    Transition of the antimicrobial resistome during wastewater treatment – Ryo Honda (Kanazawa University)

10:00 – 10:45  Coffee break

10:45 – 11:05  AMR in treated wastewater irrigated produce: Ecological barriers and unseen risks – Eddie Cytryn (Volcani Institute)

11:05 – 11:25  Gram positive spore formers : what do we know about pathogenic clostridia and their antimicrobial resistance in the context of wastewater reuse? – Caroline Le Marechal (ANSES)

11:25 – 11:45  Methods for quantifying and characterizing AMR in water reuse contexts – Amy Pruden (Virginia Tech)

11:45 – 12:05 Ecology of effluent distribution systems – Nathalie Wery (INRAE)

12:05 – 12:25 ARGs leaving wastewater treatment plants: removal or microbial community ecology problem? – Dominic Frigon (McGill University)

12:25 – 13:30 Lunch

Session IV – Risk Science

Chairperson: Dominique Patureau and Bing Guo

13:30 – 13:50  Epidemiology and risk science of AMR – Carolee Carson (Public Health Agency of Canada)

13:50 – 14:10  Quantifying the risks of environmental AMR – Karina Yew-Hoong Gin (National University of Singapore)

14:10 – 14:30  E. coli: pathogenesis and AMR, a One health perspective. –  Steven Djordjevic (University of Technology Sydney)

14:30 – 14:50 End-user driven risk assessment of AMR in recycled water and horticulture in Australia. – Erica Donner (University of South Australia)

14:50 – 15:10  Coffee break   

15:10 – 17:00  Breakout into discussion groups, drafting a paper for publication: Current state of science knowledge and gaps; Science needs of the policy, regulatory and industry communities

17:00 – 18:45 Guided tour of Dijon

20:00 –            Dinner

Thursday, October 24 2024

7:00 – 8:00      Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15     Charge to group

8:15 – 8:45      Plenary reporting from discussion groups A and B

8:45 – 12:00    Breakout into discussion groups, drafting a paper for publication: Current state of science knowledge and gaps; Science needs of the policy, regulatory and industry communities

12:00 – 12:20  OECD-CRP Theme coordinator concluding remarks - Paloma Melgarejo (INIA-CSIC, Spain)

12:20 – 13:00  Summary and next steps. Au revoir and departure - Ed Topp and Fabrice Martin-Laurent (INRAE)