Provisional programme
NB: This is a provisional programme: the participation of some speakers needs confirmation
The theme of the lectures will not change
Monday 6th of July 2026
08h00-08h30: Welcome coffee
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h00: Introduction to medical and veterinary entomology, Dr Richard Wall
10h00-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic role of Culicoides spp., Dr Claire Garros
11h30-12h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic role of sandflies, Dr Carla Maia
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h45-17h30/18h00: Practical and Field work
13h45 – 15h00: Principles of trapping of Culicoides spp. and sandflies, Dr Claire Garros & Dr Jorian Prudhomme
15h00-16h00: Principles of morphological identification of Culicoides, Dr Claire Garros
16h00-16h30: Coffee break
16h30- 18h00: Principles of morphological identification of sandflies and dissection of female sandflies, Dr Jorian Prudhomme
Evening: social event all together
Tuesday 7th of July 2026
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h00: Mosquito-borne diseases: a One Health perspective, Dr Jean-Philippe Martinet
10h00-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Mosquito control and public health, Dr Fabrice Chandre
11h30-12h30: Mechanisms of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes, Dr Sylvie Cornélie
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h45-18h00: Practical work
13h45-17h00: Phenotypic diagnostic of resistance in mosquitoes, Bethsabée Scheid (lecturer to be confirmed)
Free evening
Wednesday 8th of July 2026
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h00: Bio-ecology of Glossina spp. and African trypanosomiasis, Prof Steve Torr
10h00-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic roles of stable flies, Dr Emmanuel Liénard
11h30-13h00: Principle of alternative control tools against stable flies and tabanids and visit of traps on the ENVT campus, Prof Philippe Jacquiet and Dr Marc Desquesnes
13h00-13h45: Lunch break
14h00-17h30: Lecture and practical work
14h00-17h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic roles of Simulidae and principles of morphological identification, Prof Aleksandra Ignjatović Ćupina
Evening : social event all together
Thursday 9th of July 2026
08h30-12h30: Lectures and practical work
08h30-09h30: Fleas and flea-borne pathogens, Dr Emilie Bouhsira
09h30-10h30: Bio-ecology and pathogenic role of bedbugs, Jean-Michel Bérenger
10h30-11h00: Coffee break
11h00-12h30: Identification of fleas and bedbugs (practical work), E. Bouhsira & JM. Bérenger
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
Afternoon: Social event
14h00-16h00: Workshop on “Science communication…to non-entomologists”, Dr Vincenzo Lorusso
Free evening
Friday 10th of July 2026
08h30-12h30: Lectures
08h30-10h00: Biology, Ecology and Phylogeny of ticks, Prof Lorenza Beati
10h00-10h30: Coffee break
10h30-11h30: Zoonotic tick-borne diseases: Lyme Disease and Bartonellosis, Prof Richard Birtles
11h30-12h30: Global warming and tick-borne diseases, Dr Hannah Vineer (to be confirmed)
12h30-13h30: Lunch break
13h45-18h30: Practical work and final examination
13h30-14h00: Final examination
14h15-17h00: Principle of tick morphological identification, Prof Lorenza Beati
17h00-17h30: Coffee break
18h00: Hands-over course certificates
End of the course
20h30: Gala dinner