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DAY 2 FRIDAY 17TH APRIL

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

08:00 a.m. – Keynote lecture:

Presented by: Flavia Indrio, Ruggiero Francavilla

Phytonutriens and intestinal microbiome: clinical perspectives
Nitida Pastor Perez

Session 3 | 08:30 – 09:30 a.m.

Kidney and Microbiome

Chair: Ilenia Chillura, Mehetan Ozen

08:30 a.m. – Gut–Kidney Axis and Microbiome
Pieter Evenepoel

08:55 a.m. – Gut–Brain–Kidney interplay and Brain Fog in patients with AKI and CKD
Loreto Gesualdo

09:20 a.m. – Discussion

Session 4 | 09:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Round Table: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Application in Microbiome Research

09:30 a.m. – The Mis use of AI: How to Reveal the Fake News
Elio Masciari, Flavia Indrio, Eslam El-Baroudy, Massimo Barberi, Christian Boggio Marzet

Session 5 | 11:00 – 01:00 p.m.

Deciphering the Nutrition and Microbiome Interplay

Chair:  Jose Vicente Noronha Spolidoro, Mario Vieira

11:00 a.m. – The Missing Bacteria
Petra Zimmermann

11:25 a.m. – Driving the Best Trajectory for Gut Microbiome Development and Function in Early Life
Anne Salonen

11:50 a.m. – Beneficial Drivers
Alessio Fasano

12:15 a.m. – Detrimental Drivers
Roberto Berni Canani

12:40 a.m. – Discussion

01:00 – 02:00 p.m. | Nestlé Nutrition Institute Symposium

Lunch box provided

Milestones That Matter: How Early Microbiome Development Shapes Immune and Metabolic Health

Marie‑Claire Arrieta, PhD — University of Calgary, Canada
Stéphane Duboux, PhD — Nestlé Research, Switzerland

Presented by: Vanessa Dargenio, Ruggiero Francavilla

Session 6 | 03:30 – 04:15 p.m.

Gut–Brain Axis

Chair:  Pedro Gutierrez-Castrellon, Sylvia Cruchet

03:30 p.m. – The Use of AI to Explore the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Autism
Sabina Tangaro

03:45 p.m. – Early-Life Gut Microbiota and Neurodevelopment: Foundations for Lifelong Health
Rochellys Diaz Heijtz

04:00 p.m. – Gut–Immune–Brain Interactions During Neurodevelopment: From a Brain-Centric to a Multisystem Perspective
Pasquale Striano

04:15 p.m. – Discussion

05:00 p.m. | Nutricia Symposium

RESTORING BALANCE EARLY: BIOTIC BASED APPROACHES
FOR GUT MICROBIOTA ALTERATIONS

Prof. Remco Kort
Host Microbe Interactions Group
Amsterdam Institute for
Life and Environment Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Prof. Flavia Indrio
Department of Experimental Medicine,
University ofSalento, Lecce, Italy

Prof. Jan Knol
APC Microbiome Ireland and School of Microbiology,
University College Cork
Senior Director Gut, Immune & Microbiology,
Global Danone Research & Innovation Center Utrecht

Pizzica and panzerotti

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