MAAP-PAS-ANSO Hybrid Workshop “Ecosystem Restoration: One-Health and Pandemics”
Pakistan Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Monbukagakusho-MEXT Alumni Association of Pakistan (MAAP) and Alliance of International Science Organization (ANSO) will celebrate World Environment Day (WED) on 5 June and is holding a MAAP-PAS-ANSO Hybrid Workshop entitled “Ecosystem Restoration: One-Health and Pandemics”. It is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of the environment. One Health is an approach calling for “the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally, to attain optimal health for people, animals and our environment”.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
June 5, 2022 (Sunday)
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Inaugural Session
Technical Session (09:30 – 12:15)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zabta K. Shinwari
| 09.30 – 09:45 | Biodiversity loss: One- Health and pandemics | Prof. Dr. Zabta K. Shinwari |
| 09:45 – 09:55 | AI and biodiversity | Dr. Nancy Connell, US-NAS |
| 09:55 – 10:05 | Insurance Policy for the Unknown | Dr. Dave Franz, US-NAS |
| 10.05 – 10:15 | Bates and pandemics | Dr. Muhammad Ali |
| 10.15 – 10:25 | Zoonosis: Can We Mitigate Risks Species Jumps? | Dr. Tim Trevan |
| 10:25 – 10: 35 | Advances in life sciences and the risk of pandemics | Prof. Dr. Nariyoshi Shinomiya, President, National Defense Medical College, Japan |
| 10:35 – 10:45 | Q & A/Discussion | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 Excercise Break/Human Need | ||
| 11:00 – 11:15 | NIH and One Health | Maj. Gen. Dr. Aamer Ikram, NIH Islamabad |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | Fleming Fund and Pandemics | Dr. Ayesha Rasheed, Fleming Fund |
| 11:25 – 11:35 | IHRA role in controlling pandemics | Dr. Quaid Saeed, CEO-Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) |
| 11:35 – 11:45 | Antibiotic resistance and One Health | Prof. Dr. Li Cui, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS |
| 11:45 – 11:55 | Ecocivilization for the Protection of Environment | Dr. Shahbaz Khan (UNESCO- Beijing) |
| 11:55 – 12:05 | Are there sufficient education resources to underpin effective implementation of the Tianjin Biosecurity Guidelines for Codes of Conduct for Life Scientists? Results of a Survey | Prof. Lijun Shang / Dr. Malcolm, London Metropolitan University, UK |
| 12:05 – 12:15 | Concluding remarks | Dr. Fazal Hadi, Chair Board, Islamabad Healthcare Regulatory Authority (IHRA) |
| 12:15 – 13:10 | MAAP General Body Meeting | MAAP Fellows only |
| 13:10 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch & Prayer Break | |
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