Programme Day 3
Day 3 1 October 2026 (Thursday)
Time
Programme
08:00 – 08:45
Registration & Morning Breakfast
08:45 – 08:55
Energiser
08:55 – 09:00
CONFERENCE WELCOME
Speaker Dr. Nicholas Jenek (Malaysia) | Deputy Director (Veterinary Health and Compliance), Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
09:00 – 09:30
PLENARY 8
SARAWAK ENDORSED DOG-MEDIATED RABIES CONTROL PROGRAMME
Speaker Ts. George anak Bobby (Malaysia) | Senior Research Officer, Sarawak Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
09:30 – 10:00
PLENARY 9
SAVING LIVES THROUGH TIMELY MEDICAL TREATMENT
Speaker Dr. Chua Hock Hin (Malaysia) | Head of Infectious Disease Unit, Sarawak General Hospital
10:00 – 10:30
PLENARY 10
MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF RABIES IN SARAWAK
Speaker Professor Dr. David Perera (Malaysia) | Director, Institute of Health & Community Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea Break
11:00 – 11:30
PLENARY 11
TOPIC
Speaker Speaker (United Kingdom) | Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) Epidemiologist - Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) Household Surveys
11:30 – 12:30
FORUM 4
INTEGRATED RABIES VACCINATION PROGRAMME (ORAL RABIES VACCINE)
Moderator Dr. Nicholas Jenek (Malaysia) | Deputy Director (Veterinary Health and Compliance), Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
Panellists YBhg. Datin Sri Dona Drury Wee (Malaysia) | Sarawak Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) – Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) & Mass Vaccination in Kuching - Planning and Implementation
Dr. Ad Vos (The Kingdom of Netherlands) | VPH Expert Ceva Santé Animale – Successes and Challenges of Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) Projects in Asia
Speaker (United Kingdom) | Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) Epidemiologist – Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) Household Surveys
Dr. Sim Song-Lin (Malaysia) | Senior Veterinary Officer (Head of Kuching Divisional Office), Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
12:30 – 13:25
Lunch
13:25 – 13:30
Energiser
13:30 – 14:30
FORUM 5
COMMUNITY ACTION AND SURVEILLANCE THROUGH LOCAL LEADERSHIP
Moderator YBhg. Datu Sirai Daha (Malaysia) | Permanent Secretary Ministry of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Sarawak (M-FICORD)
Panellists YBhg. Dato Wee Hong Seng (Malaysia) | Mayor, Council of the City of Kuching South (MBKS)
Cr. Tan Kai (Malaysia) | Chairman Padawan Municipal Council
YBhg. Dato Peter Minos (Malaysia) | Chairman, Serian District Council
Kr. Abang Ismawi bin Abang Ali (Malaysia) | Chairman, Samarahan Municipal Council
15:30 – 16:30
FORUM 6
CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
Moderator YBhg. Datu Dr Adrian Susin Ambud (Malaysia) | Organising Chairperson Rabies in Asia (RIA) and Rabies in Borneo (RIB) 2026 and Director Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
Panellists YBhg. Datin Sri Dona Drury Wee (Malaysia) | Sarawak Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA)
Dr. Claude Flamand (Cambodia) | Head of Epidemiology and Public Health Unit, Institute Pasteur Cambodia (IPC)
Dr. Rachel Tidman (Australia) | Global Rabies Coordinator, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Miranda (The Philippines) | Chief Executive Officer, Field Epidemiology Training Foundation and Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), Philippines
Professor Reeta Subramaniam Mani (India) | Professor and Head of Neurovirology and WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
16:30 – 17:00
CLOSING CEREMONY
CLOSING REMARKS BY ORGANISING CHAIRPERSON
Speaker YBhg. Datu Dr. Adrian Susin Ambud (Malaysia) | Organising Chairperson Rabies in Asia (RIA) and Rabies in Borneo (RIB) 2026 and Director Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak
Rabies in Asia 2027 Handover to next Host Country - Thailand
Best Poster Presentation Award
PMVet - Malaysia Book of Records | Most Rabies Vaccination Administered to Dogs and Cats in a Day
Rabies in Asia (RIA) and Rabies in Borneo (RIB) 2026 LUCKY DRAW
End of Rabies in Asia (RIA) and Rabies in Borneo (RIB) 2026