Program

BREAK

CEREMONY

INDUSTRY SESSION

KEYNOTE

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		VIRUSES IN PARASITES: HIDDEN PASSENGERS OR FACILITATORS OF VIRULENCE?	CLINICAL PARASITOLOGY IN A MOLECULAR WORLD 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 01: PARASITE DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY IN WILDLIFE:FROM MOLECULAR TAXONOMY TO CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 02 : INNOVATIONS IN SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL: VACCINES, TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS, AND ZOONOTIC INTERFACES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 03 : MALARIA DRUG RESISTANCE AND ANTIMALARIAL DISCOVERY: FROM MECHANISMS TO MOLECULES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 04 : HOST IMMUNE RESPONSES AND MODULATION IN PARASITIC INFECTIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 05 : EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 06 : PARASITES IN WILDLIFE ECOSYSTEMS: DIVERSITY, HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS, AND CONSERVATION CHALLENGES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 07 : INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO MALARIA CONTROL: EPIDEMIOLOGY, CO-INFECTION, AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 08 : ADVANCING ANTHELMINTIC DRUG DEVELOPMENT: FROM TARGETS TO THERAPEUTICS

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 09 : PARASITE EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES: FROM VIRULENCE FACTORS TO VACCINE DEVELOPMENT	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 10 : PARASITES ACROSS SCALES: BIODIVERSITY, TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS, AND GLOBAL HEALTH	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 11 : GLOBAL PARASITES, GLOBAL IMPACT: TACKLING THE WORLD’S MOST BURDENSOME DISEASES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 12 : CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR REGULATION OF PARASITE INVASION AND SURVIVAL	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 13 : HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS AS TARGETS FOR THERAPEUTICS AND VACCINES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 14 : PARASITE ECOLOGY ACROSS SYSTEMS: DIVERSITY, HOST DYNAMICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 15 : ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSTICS AND BIOMARKER DISCOVERY FOR PARASITIC DISEASES	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 16: ADVANCES IN VECTOR BIOLOGY: BEHAVIOR, COMPETENCE, AND CONTROL OF MOSQUITOES, SAND FLIES, AND TICKS

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	PROTOZOAN EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES: MESSAGES OF INFECTION AND PROTECTION	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 17 : EPIGENETIC AND COMPUTATIONAL REGULATION IN HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 18 : INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVES ON VECTOR BIOLOGY AND PARASITE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS	WFP MEETING (BY INVITATION ONLY)	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 19 : EMERGING REGULATORY MECHANISMS IN HOST–PARASITE AND SYMBIONT INTERACTIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 20 : FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGY OF PARASITES: CELLULAR PROCESSES AND NOVEL TARGETS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 21 : PARASITIC CO-INFECTIONS AND DISEASE INTERACTIONS IN HUMAN POPULATIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 22 : IMMUNE RESPONSES, INFLAMMATION, AND MICROBIOME DYNAMICS IN PARASITIC INFECTIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 23 : ADVANCED MOLECULAR AND SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS FOR PARASITIC DISEASES
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 24 : EMERGING CHALLENGES IN HELMINTH CONTROL: RESISTANCE, RESERVOIRS, AND MOLECULAR INSIGHTS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 25 : MACROPHAGE REPROGRAMMING AND IMMUNE MODULATION IN PARASITIC INFECTIONS	WFP MEETING (BY INVITATION ONLY)	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 26 : ADVANCED MODELS AND MECHANISMS OF HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 27 : HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS AS TARGETS FOR INTERVENTION AND CONTROL	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 28 : INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN ANTIPARASITIC DRUG AND VACCINE DISCOVERY	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 29 : ONE HEALTH PERSPECTIVES ON ZOONOTIC PARASITES: ENVIRONMENTAL PATHWAYS, HOST DYNAMICS, AND DISEASE BURDEN	PARALLEL ORAL ABSTRACT 30 : REGULATORY AND CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE OF HOST–PARASITE INTERACTIONS

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	FROM 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