Programme Day 1

Day 1 29 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Time
Programme
07:30 – 08:55

Registration & Morning Breakfast

08:55 – 09:00

CONFERENCE WELCOME BY CONFERENCE CONVENOR

Speaker Mona Abdul Manap (Malaysia) | Conference Convenor, Rabies in Asia (RIA) and Rabies in Borneo (RIB) 2026
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Place Borneo Sdn Bhd
09:00 – 09:40

KEYNOTE 1

ROADMAP TOWARDS ZERO RABIES. ARE WE ON TRACK FOR 2030?

Speaker Dr. Rachel Tidman (France) | Global Rabies Coordinator, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
10:00 – 12:30

RIA & RIB 2026 Launching Ceremony

12:30 – 13:50

Lunch

13:50 – 14:00

Energiser

14:00 – 14:30

PLENARY 1

FROM EXPOSURE TO PROTECTION: ANALYSIS OF RABIES PREVENTION GAPS IN CAMBODIA

Speaker Dr. Claude Flamand (Cambodia) | Head of Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, Institute Pasteur Cambodia (IPC)
14:30 – 15:00

PLENARY 2

SUSTAINABILITY OF RABIES ELIMINATION AND CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION

Speaker Dr. Gyanendra Gongal (Nepal) | World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region, WHO, based in India
15:00 – 15:30

PLENARY 3

STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR RABIES SURVEILLANCE & MASS DOG VACCINATION IN ASIA

Speaker Dr. Kinley Choden (Bhutan) | Sub-Regional Representative for South East Asia, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
15:30 – 16:00

Networking Tea Break

16:00 – 16:30

PLENARY 4

GETTING BACK ON TRACK TO ELIMINATE RABIES THROUGH INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE

Speaker Dr. Mary Elizabeth Miranda (The Philippines) | Chief Executive Officer, Field Epidemiology Training Foundation and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), The Philippines
16:30 – 17:30

FORUM 1

POLICY WITHOUT BORDERS: STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION FOR RABIES ELIMINATION

Moderator YBhg. Datu Dr Adrian Susin Ambud (Malaysia) | Director, Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
Panellists Dr. Rachel Tidman (France) | Global Rabies Coordinator, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Dr. Claude Flamand (Cambodia) | Head of Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, Institute Pasteur Cambodia (IPC)
Dr. Gyanendra Gongal (Nepal) | World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region, WHO
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Miranda (The Philippines) | Chief Executive Officer, Field Epidemiology Training Foundation and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), Philippines
End of Day 1