• Timothy Phillips (Texas A&M University, USA)
          Reducing human exposure to aflatoxins through use of clays

• Benjamin A. Suárez-Isla (University of Chile)
          The need for new functional and analytical methods for marine         biotoxins

Mycotoxins and human health - May 21^st pm

• Gordon S. Shephard (MRC, South Africa)
           The impact of mycotoxins on human health in developing countries



• Narsimha Reddy (Osmania University, India)
           Outbreaks of aflatoxicoses in India

Microcystins and other fresh water toxins - May 21^st pm

• Geoffrey Codd, (University of Dundee, UK)
           Cyanobacterial toxins: progress, persisting problems and emerging          needs

Analytical techniques for mycotoxins - May 22^nd am & pm

• Rudolf Krska (IFA-Tulln, Austria)
           State-of-the-art recent advances in the determination of          mycotoxins



• Kristian F. Nielsen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
           Metabolites profiling a powerful tool for developing trace analytical          methods looking for the right mycotoxins in the right samples



• Chris M. Maragos (USDA, USA)
           Cyclodextrins as modifiers of mycotoxin fluorescence

Animal feed and dairy products - May 22^nd am

• Johanna Fink-Gremmels, (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
           Mycotoxins in animal feeds and dairy products

Lipophilic shellfish toxins - May 22^nd pm

• Michiel Kotterman (IMARES, Netherlands)
           Minimizing risks of lypophilic shellfish toxins



• Chris Elliot (Queens University Belfast, UK)
           Rapid screening for DSP toxins using optical biosensor technology



• Heinz Schroder (University of Mainz, Germany)
           Okadaic acid: a defence molecule in marine and freshwater          demosponges

Dried fruit, spices, botanicals, wine, beer etc - May 23^rd am

• Mary Trucksess, (FDA, USA)
           Mycotoxins in botanicals and dried fruit



• Angelo Visconti (ISPA, Italy)
           Managing the ochratoxin A risk in the wine food chain

PSP, ASP and other marine toxins toxins - May 23^rd am

• Sherwood Hall (FDA, USA)
           Detection methods for seafood toxins: Options and limitations
  
  
• Paul McNabb (Cawthron Institute, New Zealand)
           Development, validation and regulatory use of LC-MS methods for          marine biotoxins in New Zealand

Nuts and nut products (peanuts, Brazil nuts, pistachios etc.) - May 24^th am

• Joe Dorner (USDA, USA)
           Management and prevention of mycotoxins in peanuts



• Monica Olsen (NFA, Sweden)
           Aflatoxins and the Brazil nut production chain



• Guner Ozay (TÜBÝTAK, Ýstanbul, Turkey)
           Aflatoxins in Turkish hazelnuts: A comprehensive study from          orchard to the storage

Cereals and cereal products - May 24^th am & pm

• Naresh Magan, (Cranfield University, UK)
           Control strategies for cereals post-harvest : minimizing mycotoxins          in the food chain



• David Miller, (Carlton University, Canada)
           Mycotoxins in cereals

Coffee, cocoa and related products - May 24^th pm

• Rebeca López-García (Logre International Food Science Consulting, México)
           Design and implementation of an integrated management system          for ochratoxin in the coffee production chain

Advances in toxicology - May 24^th pm

• James Pestka (Michigan State University, USA)
          Trichothecene mycotoxins: mechanisms and susceptibilities

Regulations, risk assessment and trade - May 25^th am

• Frans Verstraete (European Commission, Belgium)
           Developments of EU regulations for mycotoxins



• Nevzat Artik (MARA,Turkey)
           Mycotoxin control and surveillance programmes carried out in          Turkey by MARA



• Alejandra Engler (Universidad de Talca, Chile)
           The economic impacts of Mycotoxin regulations on world trade and          the agri-food system