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Avian Flu : Social and Anthropological Perspectives A conference organized at Hong Kong University (Seminar Rom 7) February 23-24 2009 Sponsors : Area of Excellence for Influenza – Pasteur Centre – Fyssen Foundation – French Centre for Research on Contemporary China Abstract : Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza is an emerging infectious disease currently active in the animal reservoir and causing hundreds of human deaths in many countries, allowing to fear a worldwide pandemic. Since 1997, networks of surveillance and measures of control have been set up to prevent the spread of this disease, profoundly transforming the economy and public health infrastructures of these countries. The goal of this conference is to discuss the social aspects of these networks and measures, and to open perspectives for the future at an international level. This conference will gather microbiologists, social anthropologists and public health officials to study the impacts of Avian Flu surveillance in different parts of the world (Asia, Europe, Africa, America) and at different stages of the spread of the virus (from the animals to the humans). Hong Kong being at the door of the epicentre of the disease in 1997 and a sentinel for watching its evolution since then, it is the adequate place to gather experts in animal health, human health and social issues in order to assess the signification of ten years of mobilization against Avian Flu. This conference will open the way for an anthropological analysis of Avian Flu, integrating all the aspects of this global phenomenon : environmental, biological, social and psychological. Program : February 23 9.00 : Opening by Roberto Bruzzone (HKU- Pasteur Research Centre) and Jean-François Huchet (French Centre for Research on Contemporary China) 9.15 : Presentation of the conference by Frédéric Keck (National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris) 9.30-12.30 : First Panel Animal Surveillance : How to control birds while protecting the environment ? Chairman : Mike Kilburn (Civic Exchange, Hong Kong) Speakers : Guan Yi (Hong Kong University) Evolutionary Dynamics and Emergence of Panzootic H5N1 Influenza Viruses in Southern China Vincent Martin (Food and Agriculture Organization, Beijing) The influence of farming and cultural practices in the emergence of Avian Flu in Asia Vanessa Manceron (National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris) Problems of confinement after the bird flu outbreak in France : the perception of animal diseases from an anthropological perspective Captain Wong (Kadoorie Farm, Hong Kong) Avian Flu and Wild Bird Release in Hong Kong 2.30-5.30 : Second Panel Public Health: How to build networks of surveillance with a division of expert labor ? Chairman : Malik Peiris (Pasteur Resarch Centre, Hong Kong University) Speakers : Nyoman Kandun (Director of Health, Djakarta) Clusters of Avian Influenza and Public Health Policy in Indonesia Sirenda Vong (Pasteur Institute, Phnom Penh) Surveillance of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Context of Cambodia François Moutou (French Food Safety Agency, Paris) Animal Health and Public Health in the French Food Safety Agency Carlo Caduff (Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley) The Publics of Public Health : an Anthropological Study at the CDC 7.00 : Dinner February 24 9.30-12.30 : Third Panel Food and Hygiene : How to change habits in a free market society ? Chairman : Kwok Yung Yuen (Hong Kong University) Speakers : Richard Fielding (Hong Kong University) Avian Influenza Risk Perception and Live Poultry Purchase in China and Southeast Asia Constance Chan (Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Hong Kong) Avian Influenza control measures on poultry trade in Hong Kong Tik-Sang Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Local Culture and Chicken Consumption in Hong Kong Noelie Vialles (Collège de France, Paris) Food Safety in France, from Mad Cow Disease to Avian Flu 2.30-5.30 : Fourth Panel Media and Communication : How to prepare a possible pandemics without causing panick ? Chairman : Thomas Abraham (Hong Kong University) Speakers : Thomas Tsang (Centre for Health Protection, Hong Kong) « Risk Communication at the Centre for Health Protection » Mary Ann Benitez (South China Morning Post, Hong Kong) The media and bird flu fatigue: what's next ? Matthieu Fintz (French Environmental Safety Agency, Paris) Media framing and the web of causation in avian flu crisis in Egypte, 2006-2008 Annick Guenell (National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris) Avian flu, Vietnamese media and the "renovated chicken"