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Invitation—1st African Symposium

on Mycotoxicology

African Symposium on Mycotoxicology 2015

1st African Symposium

on Mycotoxicology 2015 “Reducing mycotoxins in African food and feed”

Conference Themes

The impact of mycotoxins: An African perspective

Health and economic impacts of mycotoxins in Africa

Detection and identification of mycotoxigenic fungi and

their mycotoxins

Pre- and post-harvest management of mycotoxins

Mycotoxins in food and feed value chains in Africa

Technology uptake in Africa

Future challenges to ensure food safety and security in

Africa

Keynote speakers

Second Announcement

We are pleased to invite all interested parties to the 1st

African Symposium on Mycotoxicology (ASM) to be

held from 26th – 28th May 2015 in Livingstone, Zam-

bia, at the Zambezi Sun Hotel, under the auspices of

the International Society on Mycotoxicology (ISM). The

town, named after the British explorer David Living-

stone, is also home to the Victoria falls, one of the sev-

en natural wonders of the world. Livingstone offers a

variety of outdoor activities including wildlife safaris,

cultural and modern museums and can be easily

reached by air from Lusaka or directly from many Afri-

can countries.

Presenter Topic

Dr. Antonio Logrieco

Institute of Sciences of Food

Production, National Research

Council, Italy

Detection and identification of

mycotoxigenic fungi and their

mycotoxins

Prof. Petr Karlovsky

Department of Molecular

Phytopathology, University of

Goettingen, Germany

Pre- and post-harvest

management of mycotoxins

Dr. Ranajit Bandyopadhay

International Institute of Tropical

Agriculture (IITA) Headquarters,

Nigeria

The impact of mycotoxins in

Africa

Dr. Jean Kamanzi

The Food and Agriculture

Organization of the United

Nations (FAO), Zimbabwe

Future challenges to ensure

food safety and security in

Africa

Dr. Martin Epafras Kimanya

School of Life Sciences and

Bioengineering (LiSBE), The

Nelson Mandela African Institu-

tion of Science and Technology

(NM-AIST), Tanzania

Health and economic impacts of

mycotoxins in Africa

Invited talks

Presenter Topic

Prof. Felicia Wu

Center for Health Impacts of

Agriculture (CHIA),

Michigan State University,

USA

Health and economic

impacts of mycotoxins

Prof. Sarah De Saeger

Laboratory of Food

Analysis, University of

Ghent, Belgium

Masked mycotoxins

Dr. Amare Ayalew

Partnership for Aflatoxin

Control in Africa (PACA),

Ethiopia

The role of PACA in

aflatoxin control

Dr. Benoit Gnonlonfin

Partnership for Aflatoxin

Control in Africa (PACA),

Ethiopia

Mycotoxin problem in

Eastern and Central Africa

Dr. Essam Mohamed

Ibrahim

Animal Health Research

Institute, Ministry of

Agriculture & Land

Reclamation, Egypt

Mycotoxin problem in

Northern Africa

Prof. Gordon S. Shephard

Institute of Biomedical and

Microbial Biotechnology,

Cape Peninsula University

of Technology (CPUT),

South Africa

Mycotoxin problem in

Southern Africa

Prof. Olusegun Atanda

College of Natural & Applied

Sciences, McPherson

University, Nigeria

Mycotoxin problem in West

Africa

Livingstone, Zambia

26th - 28th May 2015

www.asm2015.co.za

Accommodation

A special rate for accommodation at the conference venue, du-

ring ASM 2015, has been negotiated with Zambezi Sun Hotel,

part of the Sun International group. To reserve a room, visit the

accommodation page on http://www.asm2015.co.za. Availability

of rooms only guaranteed up to 31 January 2015.

Accommodation can also be directly reserved with the Zambezi

Sun Hotel, http://www.zambezi-sun-hotel.com/ by quoting the

group ID code: AMS28 to ensure negotiated rates. Please note

that accommodation and any additional room charges are for

your own account.

Important dates Abstract submission 25 January 2015 Early bird registration 25 January 2015 Late registration 01 April 2015

Registration

To register visit: http://www.asm2015.co.za/

index.php/registration

Scientific Committee

Chair: Prof. Bradley Flett (South Africa)

FlettB@arc.agric.za

Members: Dr. Petr Karlovsky (Germany)

Dr. Hanneke Alberts (South Africa)

Dr. Martin Kimanya (Tanzania)

Dr. Benoit Gnonlonfin (Ethiopia)

Prof. Olesugan Atanda (Nigeria)

Organising Committee

Secretaries: Ms. Lizeth Swart ls3@sun.ac.za

Dr. Peter Wachira

wachirapm@yahoo.com

Members: Ms. Lindy Rose

Ms. Ilze Beukes

Dr. Belinda Janse van Rensburg

Ms. Abigael Ouko

Dr. Mweshi Mukanga

Dr. Joyce Jefwa

Abstract Submission

Submitting an abstract implies that at least one of

the authors will register, attend the conference, and

present either an oral presentation or a poster (To be

decided by the scientific committee after evaluation of

the abstracts).

Please submit MS Word format of abstract to:

abstracts@asm2015.co.za

For detailed information and “Instructions to Authors”,

please visit http://www.asm2015.co.za/index.php/

Description

Participants

Students

Accompanying

person

Early bird registration

(before 25 Jan 2015)

$550

$450

$250

Late registration

(Before 01 April 2015)

$650

$550

$350