6thApimedica & 5th Apiquality International Symposium
22-25 November 2016 – Rome, Italy –Ministry of Health – Via Giorgio Ribotta 5, Roma
Programme – Advanced draft
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22 November: APIQUALITY
7:45 – 8:30 Registration and set-up of poster exhibition
8:30 Welcome
8:45 – 9:30 “Observation of nature, a key to produce apimedica quality products”
- Keynote speaker: Etienne Bruneau – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (Belgium)
9:30 – 9:45 Discussion
9.45 – 10.45 Session “Apiquality: best practices and honey bee health”
Three oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
- Chair: Etienne Bruneau – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (Belgium)
- 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
- 11:15 – 11:40 “Opportunities to reduce the in-hive impact of acaricide treatments”
- Keynote speaker: Michele Mortarino – University of Milan (Italy)
- 11:40 – 12:00 “Study on risk assessment: pesticides residues in bee pollen”
- Keynote speaker: Carlo D’Ascenzi – University of Pisa (Italy)
12:00 – 12:15 Discussion
- 12:15 – 13:00 Session “Residues in hive products”
- Two oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
- Chair: Michele Mortarino – University of Milan (Italy)
- Carlo D’Ascenzi – University of Pisa (Italy)
- 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
- 14:00 – 14:45 “Pyrrolizidine alkaloids and other plant toxins in honey and pollen”
- Keynote speaker: Christina Kast – Agroscope (Switzerland)
14:45 – 15:00 Discussion
15:00 – 16:00 Session “Allergens and toxins”
- Three oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
- 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
- 16:30 – 17:30 Practical training
- “Standard tools at the apiary level:
- – a check-list to verify best practices application
- – sampling methods and pre-clinic practices
- – innovative traceability systems”
- Giovanni Formato and Marco Pietropaoli – Apiculture Unit-IZSLT (Italy)
- 17:30 – 18:00 Discussion
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23 November: APIQUALITY (morning) & APIMEDICA (afternoon)
APIQUALITY
9:00 – 9:45 “Adulteration of bee products: current situation and perspectives”
- Keynote speaker: Etienne Bruneau – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (Belgium)
9:45 – 10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:45 Session “Frauds”
Two oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
- Chair: Etienne Bruneau – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (Belgium)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45
“Geographical and botanical origin of Honeys. International Honey Commission proficiency test 2015-2016”
- One oral presentation (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
12:45 – 13:00 Discussion and conclusions of Apiquality Symposium
Chair: Etienne Bruneau – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Beekeeping Technology and Quality (Belgium)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
APIMEDICA
- 14:00 – 14:45 Apitherapy – A new approach for honey and hive products
- Keynote speaker: Cristina Mateescu – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Apitherapy / National Institute for R&D in Food Bio-resources (Romania)
14:45 – 15:00 Discussion
- 15:00 – 16:00 Session “New perspectives”
- Three oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
Chair: Cristina Mateescu – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Apitherapy / National Institute for R&D in Food Bio-resources (Romania)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Practical training “Practical application of Apitherapy on animals”
Keynote speakers:
Gian Luca Obaldi – DVM (Italy)
Alessia Menegotto – CG Scientific Director, DVM (Italy)
- 17:30 – 18:00 Discussion
- 20:30 Social Dinner
24 November: APIMEDICA
9:00 – 9:45 Apitherapy – New medicines, supplements, cosmetics and new technologies
Keynote speaker: Cristina Mateescu – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Apitherapy / National Institute for R&D in Food Bio-resources (Romania)
9:45 – 10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:45 “The bee venom therapy: clinical results of micro-api-puncture against psoriasis”
Keynote speaker: Antonio Couto – Apitherapy practitioner (Portugal)
10:45 – 11:00 Discussion
- 11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 11:55 “New perspectives for apitherapy among integrated therapies. Hive products and their application in human medicine”
Keynote speaker: Aristide Colonna – President of the Italian Apitherapy Association (Italy)
11:55 – 12:20 “Apitherapy in the daily practice – Clinical applications”
Keynote speaker:
12:20 – 12:30 Discussion
- 12:30 – 13:15 Session “Apitherapy: active compounds, properties, pharmacology, clinical applications”
- Two oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
- Chair:
- Aristide Colonna – President of the Italian Apitherapy Association (Italy)
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch
- 14:15 – 15:00 “Selected study cases: 15 years of Apitheraphy in Veterinary Medicine practice from Southern Chile”
- María Alejandra López Pazos – Veterinary Doctor / Apitherapist (Chile)
15:00 – 15:15 Discussion
15:15 – 16:00 Session “Apitherapy in Veterinary medicine”
Two oral presentations (15 minutes each presentation + 15 minutes of final discussion)
Chair: María Alejandra López Pazos – Veterinary Doctor / Apitherapist (Chile)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Practical training “Apipuncture: practical demonstration and clinical evidence”
Invited speaker: Pedro Gomez Pérez – Apiteraphy practitioner and co-founder of “Bees for Life: world apitherapy network”
- 17:30 – 18:00 Discussion and conclusions of the Apimedica Symposium
Chair: Cristina Mateescu – President of the APIMONDIA Scientific Commission on Apitherapy / National Institute for R&D in Food Bio-resources (Romania)