Science and Stormont Monday 10 October 2016 Antimicrobial Resistance

Programme Senate Chamber & the Long Gallery, Parliament Buildings, Stormont

12:30pm : Registrations, exhibition & light refreshments 3:45pm : TEA BREAK The Long Gallery 4:15pm : Panel two 1:45pm : Proceed to the Senate Chamber for the Afternoon Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance - Presentations A Multidisciplinary Approach 2:00pm : Opening Address Dr Patrick Dunlop, Lecturer in Engineering Naomi Long MLA, Chair, Northern Ireland Materials (NIBEC), Ulster University and Chair NI Assembly All-Party Group on Science and AMR Network Technology Natural alternatives to antibiotics Prof Paul Ross, Head of College of Science 2:05pm : Welcome and introduction Engineering and Food Science, University College Prof Sir John Holman, President, Royal Society of Cork Chemistry Tackling AMR, an Industry Perspective 2:15pm : Together against the bugs: scientific and political Dr Robert Grundy, Co-Chair Life and Health leadership on a mission Sciences, Department for the Economy’s MATRIX Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer, panel Northern Ireland 5:15pm : MLA Panel 2:40pm : Session Chair Naomi Long MLA, Chair, Northern Ireland Dr Geetha Srinivasan, Queen’s University Belfast, Assembly All-Party Group on STEM and member, Royal Society of Chemistry Steve Aiken OBE MLA, Vice Chair, All-Party Group 2:45pm : Panel one on STEM Antibiotic use in care homes Caoimhe Archibald MLA, Vice Chair, All-Party Prof Michael Tunney, Chair in Clinical Pharmacy, Group on STEM School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast 5:45pm Closing Remarks Antibiotic resistance from source to sink :  Prof Sir John Holman, President, Royal Society of Dr Fiona Walsh, Lecturer and Research Group Chemistry Leader, Maynooth University How to reduce the use of antibiotics and improve Please proceed to the Long Gallery gut heath in poultry 6:00pm : Drinks Reception, Buffet & Exhibition Prof Nicolae Corcionivoschi, Senior Scientific 7:30pm : Event ends Officer in Food Microbiology Unit, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Please note that this a DRAFT Programme, and subject to change

Exhibitor list Scientific Societies and Professional Bodies represented at the Exhibition

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute National Museums Northern Ireland The Geological Society of London Association of Science Education Northern Ireland AMR Network Open University Biochemical Society Northern Ireland Science Festival The Royal Academy of Engineering British Academy Queen’s University Belfast The Royal Society British Pharmacological Society Royal Astronomical Society Ulster University British Psychological Society Royal Irish Academy W5 Institute of Food and Science Technology Royal Society of Biology Institute of Physics Ireland Royal Society of Chemistry Institution of Mechanical Engineering Sentinus Learned Society Partnership on Society for Applied Microbiology Antimicrobial Resistance (LeSpar) The Academy of Medical Sciences Longitude Prize The British Society for Applied Microbiology Society Chemotherapy