• June 30th to July 3rd, 2025
  • Cásper Líbero University, Paulista Avenue, 900 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
  • Monday2025, June 30
  • Tuesday2025, July 01
  • Wednesday2025, July 02
  • Thursday2025, July 03
07:30 - 08:30
REGISTRATION/WELCOME RECEPTION
08:30 - 09:00
OPEN CEREMONY
09:00 - 10:00
OPENING LECTURE: Behavioural aspects influencing plant pathogen transmission by insect vectors
Speaker: DR. ALBERTO FERERES - ICA-CSIC, Spain
10:00 - 10:45
COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBIT
10:45 - 14:00
Session 1: GENERAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
CHAIRS: RENATO BEOZZO BASSANEZI AND ALBERTO FERERES
10:45 - 11:15 KEYNOTE LECTURE 1 : Epidemiology-based strategies for important vector-borne citrus diseases in Brazil: Leprosis and Huanglonbing
Speaker: DR. RENATO BEOZZO BASSANEZI - Fundecitrus, Brazil
11:15 - 12:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
12:15 - 14:00 LUNCH AND POSTER EXHIBIT (LOCAL)
14:00 - 19:00
Session 2: PATHOGEN-VECTOR-INTERACTIONS
CHAIRS: KERRY E. MAUCK AND JOÃO ROBERTO SPOTTI LOPES
14:00 - 14:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE 2 : From vectors to victims: how pathogen acquisition changes vector biology
Speaker: DR. KERRY E. MAUCK - University of California, USA
14:30 - 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
16:00 - 16:45 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBIT
16:45 - 17:45 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
17:45 - 19:00 POSTER SESSION P1
19:00 - 20:00
Welcome Cocktail
08:30 - 14:00
Session 3: VIRUS DISCOVERY AND ROLE OF METAGENOMICS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY
CHAIRS: NICOLÁS E. BEJERMAN AND PEDRO LUIS RAMOS-GONZÁLEZ
08:30 - 09:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE 3: Data mining in the new era of virus discovery
Speaker: DR. NICOLÁS E. BEJERMAN - CONICET-INTA, Argentina
09:00 - 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
10:00 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBIT
10:45 - 12:15 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
12:15 - 14:00 LUNCH AND POSTER EXHIBIT
14:00 - 17:30
Session 4: DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND RESISTANCE
CHAIRS: LAVA KUMAR AND WILLIAM M. WINTERMANTEL
14:00 - 14:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE 4: Advancing Sustainable Virus Disease Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from Yam Mosaic Virus Control
Speaker: DR. LAVA KUMAR - IITA, Nigeria
14:30 - 16:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
16:00 - 16:45 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBIT
16:45 - 20:00 MASP VISIT TOUR
08:30 - 14:00
Session 5: VIRUS ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
CHAIRS: SANTIAGO ELENA AND RENATE KRAUSE SAKATE
08:30 - 09:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE 5: Changing environments and variations in the rates of plant virus evolution
Speaker: DR. SANTIAGO ELENA - CSIC-UV, Spain
09:00 - 10:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
10:00 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBIT
10:45 - 12:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH AND POSTER EXHIBIT
13:30 - 15:30
Session 6: OTHER VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
CHAIRS: JUDITH K. BROWN AND EMILYN MATSUMURA
13:30 - 14:00 KEYNOTE LECTURE 6: Biological and multi-omics interrogation of psyllid-Liberibacter interactions
Speaker: DR. JUDITH K. BROWN - University of Arizona, USA
14:00 - 15:30 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER EXHIBIT
16:00 - 17:00
Session 7: CLIMATE AND EPIDEMICS
CHAIRS: ANDERS KVARNHEDEN AND PIOTR TREBICKI
16:00 - 16:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE 7: Challenges with insect-transmitted viruses infecting crop plants in a changing climate
Speaker: Dr. ANDERS KVARNHEDEN - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
16:30 - 17:00 ORAL PRESENTATIONS
17:00 - 18:30
BUSINESS MEETING
19:00 - 23:00
CLOSING DINNER: **Tickets available (not included at ISPVE Registration)
07:30 - 19:00
FIELD TRIP