SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
| Thursday May 26th | |
| 11:00 | Registration and Poster Assembly |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| 12:35 | Opening Dr. Tomoyuki Sako, Head of European Science, Yakult Europe B.V. |
| 12:45 | Welcome Prof. Günter Josef Krejs, Medical University of Graz, Austria |
| 12:55 | Keynote lecture The gut for health maintenance Prof. Herbert Lochs, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria |
| Session 1: Gut Functions - Back to basics (1) Chair: Prof. Herman Goossens, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 13:50 | Introduction |
| 13:55 | Eco-systems biology of gut microbiota for understanding health maintenance Prof. Liping Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China |
| 14:25 | How diet influences our intestinal microbiota Prof. Harry Flint, University of Aberdeen, The United Kingdom |
| 14:55 | Microbiota, immune activation and the irritable bowel syndrome Prof. Giovanni Barbara, University of Bologna, Italy |
| 15:25 | Break and poster session |
| Session 2: Gut Functions - Back to basics (2) Chair: Prof. Gerhard Rechkemmer, Max Rubner-Institut, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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| 16:25 | Introduction |
| 16:30 | Contribution of the intestinal immune system and gut microbiota to health Prof. Kenya Honda, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| 17:00 | Epithelial barrier function and protective influences Prof. Jörg-Dieter Schulzke, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany |
| 17:30 | Mechanisms of immunomodulation by probiotics Prof. Dirk Haller, Technical University of Munich, Germany |
| 18:00 | End of sessions and guide to social event |
20:00 |
Dinner and social event Welcome drinks and speech Mr. Hiroshi Suzuki, Managing Director, Yakult Europe B.V. |
| 20:30 | Dinner |
| Friday May 27th | |
| Session 3: Health maintenance in different population groups through the gut: the concepts and practice of probiotic benefits Chair: Prof. Lucio Capurso, San Filippo Neri Hospital of Rome, Italy |
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| 9:00 | Introduction |
| 9:05 | How to demonstrate health improvement? New concepts for claim support Prof. Renger Witkamp, Wageningen University, The Netherlands |
| 9:35 | Health maintenance of athletes with probiotics Prof. Michael Gleeson, Loughborough University, The United Kingdom |
| 10:05 | Elderly health care and probiotics, from a clinical perspective Prof. Veronique Verhoeven, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium |
| 10:35 | Break and poster session |
| Session 4: Future Perspectives Chair: Prof. Glenn Gibson, University of Reading, The United Kingdom |
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| 11:20 | Introduction |
| 11:25 | Probiotics: selecting strains to support vaccination programme Prof. Lorenzo Morelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Piacenza, Italy |
| 11:55 | Probiotic microorganisms in prevention of colon cancer Prof. Joseph Rafter, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
| 12:25 | Poster Prize Short presentations (5 min) of the three winners |
| 12:45 | Closing Dr. Tomoyuki Sako, Head of European Science, Yakult Europe B.V. Dr. Nic Nijman, Managing Director, Yakult Austria GmbH |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | End of Yakult International Symposium |
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