Honored Invited Speakers
Confirmed Speaker

Ala Tabor
University of Queensland, Australia

Alejandro Cabezas
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). France

Andréa Cristina Fogaça
University of São Paulo. Brazil

Andrei Mihalca
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca. Romania
Title: Ticks and tick-borne pathogens of carnivores in Europe: the wild-domestic interface

Consuelo Almazán
Veterinary Medicine Natural Sciences College, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico

Daniel Sojka
Biology Centre CAS · Institute of Parasitology, Czech Republic

Domenico Otranto
Department of Veterinary Medicine University of Bari. President – World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. Italy
Title: Transmission of canine filarial worms by ticks

Filipe Dantas-Torres
Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Department of Immunology. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). Brazil
Title: Tick-borne diseases in dogs and cats in Latin America

Gad Baneth
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Israel
Title: Pathogenesis and treatment of canine babesiosis

Juan Mosqueda
Veterinary Medicine Natural Sciences College, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico

Ladislav Šimo
French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). France

Michael Levin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
Title: What does it cost to be a vector: Effects of tick-borne pathogens on the survival and behavior of ticks.

Olaf Kahl
Tick-radar GmbH, Germany

Reinhard K Straubinger
Department at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
Title: When bacteria and ticks work together – how dogs deal with Lyme borreliosis

Sangaran Arumugam
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, TANUVAS, India
Title: Tick-borne diseases of dogs and cats in the Indian sub-continent.

Sara Moutailler
Animal Health Laboratory, National Agency for Food and Environment Safety, France
Title: High-throughput nanotechnologies for tick-borne pathogens detection.

Shimon Harrus
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Title: Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis – an update

Steeve Thany
University of Orleans, France. France