Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

TENTATIVE PROGRAM 5th International Symposium on Geospatial Health GnosisGIS 2011
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Hotel Caribe
September 29 – October 2, 2011
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
8:00pm: Welcome Reception (Dinner at Club de Pesca)
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Time
Speaker
8:00
REGISTRATION
Title
9:00
Thomas Kristensen, President GnosisGIS
Welcome Ceremony
9:30
Keynote: Jeff Luvall
NASA’s Public Health Program: How we can use NASA
satellite data to study global public health issues?
10:00
Coffee Break
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
1:30
2:00
2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
3:30
3:45
4:00
4:15
4:30
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA
Session 1
Robert Bergquist
Editor in Chief, Journal of the Global
Network for Geospatial Health, Sweden
Prixia Nieto
Louisiana State University, USA
John B Malone
Louisiana State University, USA
Jennifer McCarroll
Louisiana State University, USA
Penelope Vounatsou
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute,
Switzerland
Mara Bavia
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Pilar Andrea Correa Blanco
Diplomado Fil. Ancestral Mapuche y M. UCT,
Chile
Chair – Dr. Thomas Kristensen
Geospatial Health: the first five years of the official
GnosisGIS journal
Mapping and Modeling Leishmaniasis and Chagas
Diseases in Colombia
The Climate Envelope of Hookworm in Bolivia: A
Growing Degree Day/Water Budget Model
Acquisition, Utilization and Sharing of Geospatial
Health Data for Mapping NTD and Poverty in Latin
America
Bayesian Models for Schistosomiasis in Brazil
Mapping Neglected Tropical Diseases in Bahia, Brazil
Determining Bovine Tuberculosis in the Arauco
Province in Chile using GIS
Lunch
Session 2
Keynote: : Lv Shan
National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, P.R.
China
Max Moreno
National Space Science and Technology
Center, USA
Marilia Matos Bezerra Lemos Silva
Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
Laura Rinaldi
University of Naples, Italy
Fedor Korennoy
Federal Center for Animal Health, Russian
Federation
Chair – Dr. Robert Bergquist
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in China
Analysis of association between remotely sensed (RS)
data and soil transmitted helminthes infection using
geographical information systems (GIS): Boaco,
Nicaragua
Spatial Analysis of the Occurrence of Schistosomiasis in
the City of Ilha Das Flores, Sergipe, Brazil
Practical teaching of geographical information systems
at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Naples, Italy
African Swine Fever Outbreak in Southern Russia and
the Caucasus
Break
Session 3: Student Session
Natalia Valencia
Universidad de Antioquia, PECET, Colombia
Delmany Moitinho Barboza
Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
David Soeiro Barbosa
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Paula Mischler
Louisiana State University, USA
Ulrik Pedersen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Karine Santana
Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Chair – Dr. Jack Malone
Climate based risk models for Fasciola hepatica in
Colombia
Geospatial Analysis and Infection Rate of the
Biomphalaria Species in an Endemic Area of Brazil with
High Prevalence of Schistosomiasis
Definition of Priority Areas for Surveillance of Visceral
Leishmaniasis by Spatial Tools in Endemic Cities
Mapping and Modeling Leprosy and Poverty in Brazil
Work in progress. Climate change induced shifts in
disease patterns. Local scale forecast of snail borne
diseases and implications for human health resource
management.
Triatomines (Reduviidae: Triatominae) - spatial
distribution
8:00 pm – Dinner - Hotel Caribe Restaurant “India Catalina”. Enjoy typical Colombian food and folkloric
music and dances of the Colombian Caribbean.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2011
Time
Speaker
Session 4
8:30
Keynote: Lee Willingham
9:00
9:15
9:30
9:45
10:15
World Health Organization, Switzerland
Thomas Kristensen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Anna-Sofie Stensgaard
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Christopher Saarnak
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Keynote: Santiago Mas-Coma
University of Valencia, Spain
11:00
11:15
11:30
Keynote: Madeleine Thomson
International Research Institute for
Climate and Society, USA
Laura Rinaldi
University of Naples, Italy
Chris Mores
Louisiana State University, USA
Laura Delgado Petrocelli
Central University of Caracas, Venezuela
11:45
TBA
12:00
Lunch
Keynote: Desmond Foley
1:30
2:00
4:00
Make biodiversity data go active in control of diseases.
Example: malaria, filariasis and schistosomiasis
Large-scale determinants of intestinal schistosomiasis and
intermediate host snail distribution across Africa: does
climate matter?
Collection, verification and sharing of data: the
CONTRAST experience
Disease control challenges related to epidemiological
complexity and country heterogeneity in South America:
lessons learned from a snail-borne zoonosis Fascioliasis
Break
Session 5
10:30
Title
Chair – Dr. Laura Rinaldi
The Global Burden of Cysticercosis
Chair – Dr. Penelope Vounatsou
Malaria Risk Mapping
Estimating the Probability of Helminth Infections in Sheep
from Southern Italy: a Bayesian Kriging Model
Dengue in Colombia
Landscape Metrics Reveal Relationship Between the Cycle
of Malaria Disease and Tropical Coastal Wetland
Functioning
The VectorMap initiative, a web-based global vector
Smithsonian Institute, USA
occurrence mapping platform
WORKSHOP: “Systems for Mapping and Modeling Neglected Tropical Diseases and Poverty in Latin
America and the Caribbean”
GnosisGIS Business Meeting
6:00 Dinner in the Cartagena Old City Area “Portón de San Sebastian” or “El Santisimo”
8:00 Chiva City Tour (optional)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2011
Excursion
8:00 am - Option One: Visit to the Rosario Islands (Isla del Encanto)
2:00 pm - Option Two: City tour (The Inquisition Palace, San Felipe de Barajas Castle, Walled city, La Popa
convent, Clock tower).
GnosisGIS 2011
Cartagena, Colombia
Hotel Caribe
September 29 – October 2, 2011
Thursday, September 29
Welcome Reception & Dinner 8pm
Group Transportation Provided
Friday, September 30
Dinner at Hotel Caribe “India Catalina” 8pm
Pool side restaurant
Traditional Colombian Caribbean Night
Saturday, October 1
Dinner in Old Town 6pm
Chiva Bus Tour 8pm
Colorful open air
buses that go
through the city
loaded with people
having fun,
drinking and
enjoying the loud
beat of local
music.
Rumba en Chiva includes snacks, a typical
“vallenato” music band, and a tour of the city
that ends in a dance club in the old city.
Price is $30,000 pesos/person.
Sunday, October 2
Excursion
Option 1: Rosario Islands (Isla del Encanto)
Option 2: City Tour
All Day, begins at 8 am
Begins at 2pm
Rosario Islands are 46 km southwest of
Cartagena (about an hour by speedboat) and
offer incredible white, sandy beaches and crystal
blue waters. A true Caribbean paradise!
City tour includes the Inquisition Palace, San Felipe
de Barajas Castle, Walled city, La Popa convent,
Clock tower.
Package includes
transportation from the
harbor to the island, a
bilingual guide and a
lunch buffet.
The price (in pesos) is:
Adults: $95,000
Children (4-10): $80,000
The price does not include tickets to the national park
($12,000 p/p), return to the hotel from the harbor or
beverages.
Optional extras include: entrance to the Oceanario
($20,000 p/p), snorkeling ($33,000 p/p), scuba diving
with oxygen tank ($130,000 p/p).
The price in pesos:
Transportation bus with air conditioner - $60,000
In Chiva - $35,000
(does not include Santuario de la Popa)
All transportation to restaurants and activities is coordinated by Hotel Caribe. Dinners and excursion
activities provide a great way for GnosisGIS 2011 attendees to interact outside of the meeting but are
completely optional. Registration for the meeting does not include dinners or excursions.