Agenda

Under the High Patronage of Mr Emmanuel MACRON President of the French Republic

June 20, 2025 Académie Nationale de Médecine, Paris Please note that this program could change.

8:30-9:30

Welcome coffee

9:30-10:00

Opening of the Summit

Welcome and Opening remarks

  • Philippe Mauguin, Director General, INRAE
  • Didier Samuel, Director General, INSERM
  • Emmanuelle Soubeyran Director General, WOAH
  • Yasmine Belkaid, Director General, PASTEUR France

10:00-10:15

Contribution of Microbiome Research to Planetary Health

  • George Fu Gao, Chinese Academy of Science

10:15-10:30

History of the WMP and Objectives of the Summit

  • Joël Doré, Acting President WMP/INRAE
  • Lita Proctor, Acting Vice President WMP/NIH

10:30-11:00

'Blue Sky' Session – What could WMP do?

WMP and One Health - Quadripartite

  • Chadia Wannous, WOAH
  • Thanawat Tiensin, FAO

11:00 – 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:00

WMP and the Human Microbiome

  • Jim Versalovic, Baylor Coll. Med., 
  • Hiroshi Ohno, RIKEN, 
  • Willem De Vos, Wageningen Univ. - contributor

12:00-12:30

WMP and Plant and Animal Microbiomes

  • Rebecca Stumpf, Univ. ILL
  • Tim McAllister, Agriculture/Agric-Food Canada
  • Carolee Bull, Penn. State Univ.

12:30-13:00

WMP and Environmental Microbiomes

  • Alice Ortmann, Fisheries/Ocean Canada
  • Peer Bork, EMBL
  • Susan Prescott, Univ W. Australia

13:00-13:30

'Action' Session - What will the WMP do?

Working Group F: Environmental Microbiomes and Climate Change

  • Emma Rocke, Univ. Capetown 
  • Rob Knight, UCSD

13:30-14:30

Lunch

14:30-15:00

Working Group A: Human Microbiome and Public Health Targets

  • Jeroen Raes, VIB-KU, Leuven
  • Robert BENAMOUZIG, APHP
  • Matt Henn, SeresTherapeutics

15:00-15:30

Working Group B: Microbiome Technologies

  • Elaine Holmes, Murdoch Univ
  • Petra Louis, Rowett Inst 
  • Nicola Segata, Univ Trento

15:30-16:00

Working Group C: Microbiome Product Development and Regulatory Science

  • Chrysi Sergaki, MHRA 
  • Kristin Wannerberger, Acting WMP Treasurer/Ferring Pharmaceuticals
  • Karine Clement, Inserm
  • Hervé Affagard, MaaT Pharma

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:00

Working Group D: Agrifood System Microbiomes

  • Angela Sessitsch, Austrian Inst. Tech.
  • Rebecca Stumpf, Univ Ill
  • Fanette Fontaine, FAO

17:00-17:30

Working Group E: FAIR Microbiome Data

  • Omry Koren, Bar Ilan Univ.
  • Liping Zhao, Rutgers Univ. 
  • Stephane Pesant, EBI

17:30-17:45

Working Group G: One Health Microbiome Partnerships

  • Irma Janeth Sanabria Gomez, Univ. del Valle-Sede
  • Maria-Gloria Dominguez Bello, Rutgers Univ.

17:45-18:00

Closing Remarks by Acting WMP Secretary General/INRAE Emmanuelle Maguin