Draft Agenda

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

  • Jannick Neuder, Health Ministry, France (TBC)
  • Philippe Mauguin, INRAE
  • Didier Samuel, INSERM (TBC)
  • Yasmine Belkaid, Institut Pasteur (TBC)
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, INRAE
  • Lita Proctor, NIH
10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:30

'Blue Sky' Session – What could WMP do?

WMP and One Health

  • Chadia Wannous, WOAH, Quadripartite
  • Thanawat Tiensin, FAO
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

  • Carolee Bull, Penn. State Univ.
  • Rebecca Stumpf, Univ. ILL
  • Tim McAllister, Agriculture/Agric-Food Canada
12:30-13:00

WMP and Environmental Microbiomes

  • Alice Ortmann, Fisheries/Ocean Canada
  • Susan Prescott, Univ W. Australia
  • Peer Bork, EMBL
13:00-14:00Lunch
14:00-14:30

'Action' Session - What will the WMP do?

Working Group A: Human Microbiome and Public Health Targets

  • Matt Henn, SeresTherapeutics
  • Jeroen Raes, VIB-KU, Leuven
  • Robert BENAMOUZIG, APHP
14:30-15:00

Working Group B: Microbiome Technologies

  • Elaine Holmes, Murdoch Univ
  • Petra Louis, Rowett Inst
  • Nicola Segata, Univ Trento
15:00-15:30

Working Group C: Microbiome Product Development and Regulatory Science

  • Chrysi Sergaki, MHRA
  • Kristin Wannerberger, Ferring
  • Karine Clement, Inserm
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-16:30

Working Group D: Agrifood System Microbiomes

  • Angela Sessitsch, Austrian Inst. Tech.
  • Rebecca Stumpf, Univ Ill
  • Fanette Fontaine,FAO
16:30-17:00

Working Group E: Microbiome Data Sharing

  • Omry Koren, Bar Ilan Univ.
  • Liping Zhao, Rutgers Univ. 
  • Stephane Pesant, EBI
17:00-17:30

Working Group F: Environmental Microbiomes and Climate Change

  • Emma Rocke, Univ. Capetown 
  • Rob Knight, UCSD
17:30-17:45

Working Group G: One Health Microbiome Partnerships

  • Irma Janeth Sanabria Gomez, Univ. del Valle-Sede
17:45-18:00

Closing Remarks by WMP Secretary General Emmanuelle Maguin