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NETWORKING

PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION

PLENARY SESSION

POSTER SESSION

PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP

TOPIC 1: PARASITE ECOLOGY, BIODIVERSITY, AND TAXONOMY

TOPIC 2: TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND GLOBAL HEALTH

TOPIC 3: RESISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS AND VACCINES

TOPIC 4: HOST IMMUNITY, MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS, AND MICROBIOME

TOPIC 5: DIAGNOSTICS, HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

WFP MEETING

Sunday, 16 August, 2026
Time HALL 517B HALL 524 EXHIBITION
08:30-12:00
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP SESSION 1: SUCCESSFUL MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION OF FECAL & BLOOD HUMAN PARASITES
13:00-15:30
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP SESSION 2: AI & TOOLS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN PARASITES
17:00-18:00
OPENING CEREMONY
18:00-19:00
THE RISE OF PARASITIC ILLNESS IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND NEW APPROACHES TO THEIR CONTROL
19:00-20:00
WELCOME RECEPTION
Monday, 17 August, 2026
Time HALL 517B HALL 524 HALL 519 HALL 520A HALL 520B HALL 520C HALL 518AB HALL 522 EXHIBITION
08:30-09:30
UNTANGLING ZOONOTIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN A CHANGING WORLD
09:30-10:00
COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION
10:00-12:00
HELMINTH REGULATION OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
VACUOLAR PARASITES: THRIVING WITHIN A HOST CELL
PROTISTS – NEGLECTED MEMBERS OF THE MICROBIOME
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VIRUSES IN PARASITES: HIDDEN PASSENGERS OR FACILITATORS OF VIRULENCE?
PROTOZOAN PARASITES AND THE AMR FRONTIER: FROM BENCH TO CONTROL STRATEGIES
THE UNDERDESCRIBED BURDEN OF MALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS (MGS)
TROPICAL HELMINTHOLOGY- NEW INSIGHTS INTO DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF HELMINTHS IN TROPICAL REGIONS- SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE
12:00-13:00
NOON BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING
13:00-14:00
WHEN IS A PARASITE A PROBLEM?
14:10-16:10
PHAGOCYTOSIS IN HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION
SCHISTOSOMIASIS VACCINE CANDIDATES AND VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR UNRAVELLING AMR IN PARASITES
PATHOGENESIS OF PLACENTAL MALARIA
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES IN A CHANGING WORLD
ENDOSYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN PROTISTS: ECOLOGICAL, EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL IMPACTS
FRIEND, FOE, OR FELLOW TRAVELLER? BLASTOCYSTIS AND HOST MICROBIOME INTERACTIONS
UNRAVELLING PAHTOGENESIS OF GIARDIASIS FROM IN VITRO AND IN VIVO PERSPECTIVE
16:10-16:40
COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION
16:40-18:40
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
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Tuesday, 18 August, 2026
Time HALL 517B HALL 524 HALL 519 HALL 520A HALL 520B HALL 520C HALL 518AB HALL 522 EXHIBITION
08:30-09:30
ACCELERATING ANTIBIOTIC DISCOVERY WITH AI
09:30-10:00
COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION
10:00-12:00
ADVANCEMENTS IN HELMINTH GENOMICS
INFLAMMASOMES AND INNATE IMMUNITY TO PROTOZOAN PARASITES
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR ARCTIC PARASITOLOGY VII: WHY WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO CARE ABOUT PARASITES AT THE POLES
ANTHELMINTHICS: CURRENT DRUGS AND VACCINES
EMERGING ISSUES IN CLINICAL GIARDIASIS: FROM PARASITE RESISTANCE TO CHRONIC DISEASE
THE ECOLOGY OF WILDLIFE MALARIA IN A CHANGING WORLD
BIOLOGY OF PROTOZOAN PARASITE EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES: FROM BENCH TO THE FIELD
SCHISTOSOME IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND VACCINE DEVELOPMENT:  MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE
12:00-13:00
NOON BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING
13:00-14:00
CELL-COMMUNICATION IN MALARIA: THE PARASITE’S SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORK
14:10-16:10
PARASITE METABOLISM: FUNDAMENTAL AND TRANSLATIONAL APPLICATIONS
CONFRONTING ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE: MECHANISMS, MONITORING & MITIGATION IN MULTICELLULAR PARASITES
PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
ANTI-PARASITE DRUG DISCOVERY
UNDERSTANDING THE SEXUAL BIOLOGY OF PARASITIC PROTISTS
PARASITE RESILIENCE IN A CHANGING WORLD
HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS DURING CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION
THE HELMINTH ELIMINATION IN THE LOWER MEKONG (HELM) RESEARCH PROGRAM
16:10-16:40
COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION
16:40-18:40
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
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Wednesday, 19 August, 2026
Time HALL 517B HALL 524 HALL 519 HALL 520A HALL 520B HALL 520C HALL 518AB HALL 522 EXHIBITION OFFSITE
08:00-09:00
WHAT NEXT FOR MALARIA VACCINES?
09:10-11:10
CANADIAN PARASITOLOGY NETWORK SYMPOSIUM
NOVEL APPROACHES IDENTIFY PROTECTIVE IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN EXPERIMENTAL MALARIA LIVER AND BLOOD-STAGE INFECTIONS
ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE: DEVELOPMENT, MECHANISMS AND MONITORING
GIARDIA GENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY
ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO HELMINTH TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL - EXPERIENCES FROM TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTERS IN INDIA AND PERU
HOST-DIRECTED IMMUNOTHERAPY OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS
NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MALARIA AND THE RISK OF ZOONOTIC TRANSMISSION IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
PARASITIC EOSINOPHILIA: MECHANISMS, DILEMMAS, AND DIAGNOSTIC PERSPECTIVES
11:10-11:40
COFFEE BREAK
11:40-13:40
FISH PARASITES VS FISH IMMUNITY: INNOVATIVE ADAPTATIONS ON BOTH SIDES
DEVELOPMENT OF A LIVE ATTENUATED VACCINE AGAINST LEISHMANIA: PROGRESS THROUGH HUMAN CLINICAL TRIALS
RNA REGULATION DURING PARASITIC INFECTION
PALEOPARASITOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH IN THE PAST AND PRESENT
DECODING AND DIRECTING IMMUNITY IN LEISHMANIASIS: FROM HOST DETERMINANTS TO VACCINE AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT.
INVESTIGATING INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS FROM TRANSMISSION TO MORBIDITY: EVIDENCE FROM SCHISTOTRACK
HELMINTH NEMATODE AND OTHER PARASITIC INFECTIONS: IMPACT ON DISEASE OUTCOMES, COMORBIDITIES, AND GLOBAL HEALTH IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
13:40-14:40
NOON BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING
14:40-15:40
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
WFP MEETING (BY INVITATION ONLY)
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
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15:40-18:00
FREE AFTERNOON
18:00-23:00
ICOPA AND SCIENCE: A NETWORKING EVENING
Thursday, 20 August, 2026
Time HALL 517B HALL 524 HALL 519 HALL 520A HALL 520B HALL 520C HALL 518AB HALL 522 EXHIBITION
08:30-09:30
INTEGRATIVE OMICS STRATEGIES TO UNRAVEL HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS IN FILARIAL WORMS
09:30-10:00
COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION
10:00-12:00
PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS : HOW PATHOGENS EVOLVE TO BETTER INFECT THEIR HOST
IMMUNITY TO HELMINTH INFECTIONS: MECHANISMS OF HOST DEFENSE IN BARRIER TISSUES
HELMINTH EVS IN HOST COMMUNICATIONS AND IMMUNE RESPONSE
INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR LEISHMANIASIS MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
IN-FIELD VALIDATION OF INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIUM
EXPLOITING HOST GENETIC DIVERSITY TO DISSECT PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS
DETECTION OF PARASITES IN FOODS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES: ADVANCEMENTS, INTERPRETATION OF MICROBIOLOGICAL TEST RESULTS AND PREVENTION OF OUTBREAKS
WILDLIFE PARASITOLOGY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: UNDERSTANDING HOST–PARASITE CONNECTIONS THROUGH A ONE HEALTH LENS
12:00-13:00
NOON BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING
13:00-14:00
EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY TO SERVE PUBLIC HEALTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
14:10-16:10
NEW MOLECULAR ASPECTS AND IMMUNOPARASITOLOGY OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
THE PARASITE-MICROBIOME AXIS: IMMUNITY, PATHOGENESIS, AND THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL
GENETIC EXCHANGE AND GENOMIC DIVERSITY DRIVING ADAPTATION AND VIRULENCE IN TRYPANOSOMATIDS
VAR2CSA-BASED VACCINES AGAINST PLACENTAL PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MALARIA – LESSONS LEARNED, THE WAY FORWARD, AND POTENTIAL OBSTACLES AHEAD
CLIMATE CHANGE, PARASITE ADAPTATION AND CONTROL
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO) EXPERT MEETING ON MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF PARASITES IN FOODS: PART I PROTOZOA
POPULATION GENETIC STUDIES TO INTERROGATE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL PHENOTYPES IN MALARIA
NOVEL STRATEGIES FOR HELMINTH ELIMINATION IN SE ASIA
16:10-16:40
COFFEE BREAK AT EXHIBITION
16:40-18:40
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
WFP MEETING (BY INVITATION ONLY)
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT
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Friday, 21 August, 2026
Time HALL 517B HALL 524 HALL 519 HALL 520A HALL 520B HALL 520C HALL 518AB HALL 522 FOYER
08:00-10:00
EMERGING PATTERNS AND DRIVERS OF ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS TRANSMISSION
NEW DRUGS IN DEVELOPMENT AGAINST FILARIASIS AND STH
SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI: PROGRESS ON AN ELIMINATION PROGRAM
ONE GENUS, MANY STORIES: THE GENETIC, CLINICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF STRONGYLOIDES
HOW EXPANSION MICROSCOPY IS UNRAVELING THE HIDDEN BIOLOGY OF PARASITES
PARASITIC NTDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
ASIA-PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY: COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS MAJOR SOCIOECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT PARASITES IN THE REGION
HUMAN LICE: BIOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL IMPACT, AND CONTROL
10:00-10:30
COFFEE BREAK IN FRONT OF THE EXHIBITION AREA
10:30-11:30
KEYNOTE 02FROM NEGLECT TO SHARED GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY: INNOVATION, PARTNERSHIP, AND HOPE FOR THE NEXT ERA OF PARASITIC DISEASE CONTROL
11:40-12:10
CLOSING CEREMONY
12:10-12:40
ICOPA XVII PRESENTATION