THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2005

Chair: Hans P. van Egmond, M.Sc. National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands   08.30 Opening   08.45 Keynote presentation: food issues Mycotoxins in the context of food risks and nutrition issues Dr. Gordon S. Shephard Medical Research Council, PROMEC Unit, South Africa   09.30 Keynote presentation: feed issues Moulds and mycotoxins as undesirable substances in animal feed Prof.dr. Johanna Fink-Gremmels University Utrecht, Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, the Netherlands   10.15 Networking break: coffee and tea

Plenary meeting Regulatory issues and international developments

10.45 Decision-making process and overview of recent and future EU legislation on mycotoxins in feed and food Frans Verstraete The European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General (DG-SANCO), Brussels, Belgium   11.15 Chinese approach towards international regulations Dr. Xiumei Liu Ministry of Health, Chinese Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, China   11.45 The impact of mycotoxin legislation on world trade Dr. Felicia Wu University of Pittsburgh, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, USA   12.15 Regulatory issues and research priorities in the US Dr. Jane F. Robens U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), National Program Leader Food Safety & Health, USA   12.45 Launch of the International Society for Mycotoxicology Dr. Angelo Visconti Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA CNR), Italy International Society for Mycotoxicology The International Society for Mycotoxicology (ISM) is being founded in 2005 and will be formally launched at the third conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum. The objectives of the Society are to promote research on mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi thereby leading to prevention and reduction in exposure to mycotoxins, enhanced food safety and a greater public awareness of this area.   13.00 Lunch

Parallel session 1 Progress on major mycotoxins and emerging problems

Chair: Dr. Angelo Visconti Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA CNR), Italy   14.00 EFSA scientific opinions on mycotoxins in feed Prof.dr. John Gilbert Central Science Laboratory, UK   14.30 Occurrence of Fusarium mycotoxins in feed Prof.dr. Manfred Gareis Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food (BFEL), Institute for Microbiology and Toxicology, Germany   15.00 Aerosol mycotoxins in indoor air: animal and human health effects Dr. Eeva-Liisa Hintikka Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland   15.30 Networking break: coffee and tea   16.00 Emerging issues in Central Europe Prof.dr. Diana Bánáti Central Food Research Institute, Hungary   16.30 Emerging issues in Southern Europe: the Italian case of aflatoxins Prof.dr. Gianfranco Piva Università Cattolica Sacro del Cuore, Institute of Food Science and Nutrition (ISAN), Italy   17.00 Overview on the MYCO-GLOBE specific support action activities Dr. Ranajit Bandyopadhyay International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria

17.30 - 18.10 Spotlight presentations theatre 1 A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.

17.30 Mycotoxin analysis - from screening to confirmation: the ochratoxin A case Dr. Ronald Niemeijer R-Biopharm, Germany   17.50 New developments and applications for mycotoxin detection Dr. Cor Arts Euro-Diagnostica, the Netherlands   18.10 End of spotlight presentations theatre 1     18.10 - 19.00 Poster presentations at the Scientific Café   Parallel session 2 Mycotoxin prevention: what's on the horizon?

Chair: Dr. Alain Pittet Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland   14.00 Structural and functional genomics Dr. Deepak Bhatnagar U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center (USDA-ARS-SRRC), USA   14.30 Proactive identification of emerging mycotoxins: a holistic approach Dr. Marcel Mengelers The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), the Netherlands   15.00 Biocompetitive exclusion of toxigenic fungi Dr. Peter J. Cotty University of Arizona, College of Agriculture, USA   15.30 Networking break: coffee and tea   16.00 The use of GMOs as a prevention strategy for mycotoxin formation Dr. Bruce G. Hammond Monsanto, USA   16.30 Applications of forecasting deoxynivalenol in wheat using DONcast for grain producers, the grain industry and regulators Prof.dr. Arthur W. Schaafsma University of Guelph, Ridgetown College, Canada   17.00 Technologies for the reduction of mycotoxin contents in wheat Dr. Urs Duebendorfer Bühler, Switzerland

17.30 - 18.00 Spotlight presentations theatre 2 A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.

17.30 Quantitative determination of aflatoxin in grain from 0 to 25 ppb using a lateral flow assay and reader Dr. Steven J. Saul Charm Sciences, Inc, USA   17.50 A new fluorescence based test kit for rapid and quantitative determination of deoxynivalenol in grains Dr. Zaneta Kubus IFA-Tulln, Austria   18.00 End of spotlight presentations theatre 2

18.00 - 19.00 Poster presentations at the Scientific Café   20.30 Conference dinner     FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2005

Parallel session 3 Trends in mycotoxin analysis

Chair: Ton van Osenbruggen TNO Quality of Life, the Netherlands   09.00 Mycotoxin analysis: an overview of classical, rapid and emerging technologies Prof.dr. Rudi Krska IFA-Tulln, Austria   09.45 Multi-mycotoxin analysis: the LC-MS approach Dr. Martien Spanjer The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (VWA), the Netherlands   10.15 Immunoaffinity clean-up/fluorescence detection methods for mycotoxins Dr. Michelangelo Pascale Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA CNR), Italy   10.45 Networking break: coffee and tea   11.15 Standardisation activities in mycotoxin methodology Marcel de Vreeze, M.Sc. NEN, the Netherlands   11.45 How to handle measurement uncertainty? Dr. Joerg Stroka EC-DG JRC Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), Belgium

12.15 - 12.55 Spotlight presentations theatre 3 A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.   12.15 Immunoaffinity column technology - multiple analyte columns with HPLC and LC/MS: a view toward the future of mycotoxin testing Dr. Patricia Jackson VICAM, USA   12.35 Ultra performance LC-MSMS for improved analysis of mycotoxins Dr. Sandra Rontree Waters Corp., the Netherlands   12.55 End of spotlight presentations theatre 3     Parallel session 4 Mycotoxins in the feed chain

Chair: Manfred J.C. Hessing Nutreco, the Netherlands   08.45 The potential carry-over of various mycotoxins into animal products Dr. Sven Dänicke Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL), Institute of Animal Nutrition, Germany   09.15 Current concepts in the etiology and prevention of mycotoxicosis in livestock and poultry Prof.dr. Trevor K. Smith University of Guelph, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Canada   09.45 The potential of dietary mycotoxin sequestering agents Prof.dr. Timothy D. Phillips Texas A&M University, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, USA   10.15 Identifying the chemical mechanisms involved in the interaction between yeast cell wall derived modified glucomannan and mycotoxins Dr. Alexandros Yiannikouris National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), Laboratory of Bio-inorganic Analytical Chemistry and Environment, France   10.45 Networking break: coffee and tea   11.15 Detoxification of mycotoxins by biotransformation Dr. Gerd Schatzmayr Biomin, Austria   11.45 Mycotoxin feed issues in Latin America Dr. Magda Carvajal Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Mexico

12.15 - 12.45 Spotlight presentations theatre 4 A special presentation facility for sponsors and exhibitors to promote their products in more detail.   12.15 The success and failures of mycotoxin adsorbents in basic research and field applications Dr. Karl Dawson Alltech, USA   12.35 Mycofix® Plus - three combined strategies guarantee success in mycotoxin control Dr. Diane Schatzmayr Biomin, Austria   12.45 End of spotlight presentations theatre 4   13.00 Lunch     14.00 - 16.00 Brief presentations and panel discussion

Moderators:   Hans P. van Egmond, M.Sc. National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands Jan Willem van der Kamp, M.Sc. International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), Vienna, Austria     Panel members:   Dr. Deepak Bhatnagar U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center (USDA-ARS-SRRC), USA Denis Ketabi CAP Industries, France Frans Verstraete The European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General (DG-SANCO), Brussels, Belgium Prof.dr. Chris Wild University of Leeds, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Molecular Epidemiology Unit, UK Dr. Felicia Wu University of Pittsburgh, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, USA

Purpose and organisation of the panel discussion What we need to address in the future to bring uniformity in trade and identify the reality of the mycotoxin problem? How do we generate the resources to try to solve the mycotoxin problem as a whole? The purpose of this session is to discuss debatable issues of mycotoxins in worldwide regulations, economics and health. During the first part of the discussion the panellists will give brief presentations (10-15 minutes each) on: Worldwide regulations Are they working? Being implemented? Are they too stringent? Are some nations demanding too much of other nations? Economic impact of mycotoxins What is real? Direct and indirect costs? Are we underestimating? Health hazards Are mycotoxins true health hazards? There are so many varied reports worldwide, claiming all sorts of things. We need to sort the real ones and the common ones out. During the second part of the discussion questions from the participants will be answered.

16.00 Highlights and conference closing Jan Willem van der Kamp, M.Sc. International Association for Cereal Science and Technology (ICC), Vienna, Austria

16.30 End of conference