Agenda

Venom Week 2025 Agenda Snake GIF

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8:30 AMShuttle PickupOllie the Trolley picks up attendees from hotel
9:00 AMOpening RemarksMatthew R. Lewin & Jessi Krebs – Welcome to Venom Week 20th Anniversary
9:15 AMKeynoteStephen S. Hall – "Fangs and the Pharmakon" -- How Ancient and Modern Snake Symbolism Intersects With Contemporary Science
10:00 AMTalkDr. Haley Beer – Optimizing Captive Snake Conditions with AI
10:20 AMMorning Break—
10:40 AMTalkDr. Philip Bickler – Clinical Evaluation of the Neurotoxic Bite
11:00 AMTalkDr. Cory Woliver – Varespladib in Dogs with Neurotoxic Envenoming
11:20 AMTalkJordan Benjaminβ€”Deadly Dendroaspis - A Decade Of Pearls, Pitfalls And Lessons Learned Managing Mamba Bites In West Africa
11:40 AMPanel DiscussionBickler, Lewin, Woliver, Benjamin - Neurotoxic Envenomings Panel and Discussion
12:00 PMLunchLunch Break (12:00–1:00 PM)
1:00 PMTalkDr. Rick Dart – Surprises & Controversies in Emergency Medicine
1:20 PMTalkDr. Ben Germanβ€” True Compartment Syndrome following a Bitis arietans (Puff Adder) Bite
1:40 PMTalkDr. Charles Gerardo – Highlights from Recent Clinical Trials
2:00 PMAfternoon Break—
2:20 PMTalkDr. Melisa Benard-Valle – Design and Development of Recombinant Antivenoms to treat Snake Evenomation in Sub-Saharan Africa
2:40 PMTalkDr. Stephen Mackessy – Venom Composition in Rattlesnakes and why it matters
3:00 PMTalkDr. StanisΕ‚aw Pikul – Updates on the Development of Marimastat for Human and Veterinary Envenomings
3:20 PMTalkNick Gordon - 72 Hours, 37 Venomous Animals - Lessons from a Major Confiscation Event
3:40 PMTalkDr. Matthew R. Lewin - How Expeditions Drive Clinical Research
4:00 PMAdjourn for Day—
5:00 PMDome: Behind the ScenesDesert Dome Tour
5:00 PMCocktail HourDesert Dome Bar
7:00 PMDinnerTreetop Restaurant
8:30 - 9:30 PMShuttle PickupReturn to hotel
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8:30 AMShuttle PickupOllie the Trolley picks up attendees from hotel
9:00 AMTalkDr. Sakthi Vaiyapuri – Long-Term Effects of Snakebite and a New Molecule for Muscle Recovery
9:30 AMTalkDr. Choo Hock Tan – Comparative Physiology & Preclinical Therapeutics
10:00 AMMorning Break—
10:20 AMTalkDr. Cara Smith – Thrombolytic Activities and Blood Clot Degradomes of Snake Venoms
10:40 AMTalkLorenzo Seneci – Venom Variation in Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes
11:00 AMTalk - TBDLate Breaking Abstracts
11:30 AMTalk - TBDLate Breaking Abstracts
12:00 PMLunchLunch Break
1:00 PMTalkDr. Dan Keyler – Envenoming by Conophis lineatus concolor (Dipsadidae)
1:20 PMTalkDr. Spencer Greene – Recidivism in Snakebites
1:40 PMTalkDr. Lyndi Gilliam – Snakebite Treatment in Horses
2:00 PMBreak—
2:15 PMVenomous Snake Handling CourseLed by Dennis Ferraro
4:00 PMPoster Session & Exhibit HallPosters and exhibitors
4:00 PMCocktails & RefreshmentsNetworking Event
TimeSessionDetails
8:30 AMShuttle PickupOllie the Trolley pickup
9:00 AMTalkJordan Benjamin – Ten Years of Snakebite Surveillance and ASBR Insights from Guinea
9:30 AMTalkDr. Geoffrey Smelski – Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Rattlesnake Envenomation
9:50 AMTalkJames Hearth – Varespladib for Hymenoptera
10:10 AMTalkJerrod Tynes – Venomous Reptile Recognition for PA students
10:30 AMMorning Break—
11:00 AMTalkDr. Spencer Greene – Plains Hog-Nosed Snake Bites: A Literature Review
11:20 AMTalk - TBDLate Breaking Abstracts
12:00 PMLunchLunch Break
1:00 PMKey TalkDr. Jeffrey Ettling – Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Armenian Vipers (Montivipera raddei) in Two Landscapes: Implications for Conservation
2:00 - 3:00 PMToxinology JeopardyQuiz and Expert Discussion with Prizes
4:30 PMCocktail HourPre-dinner social and networking
6:00 PMBanquet Dinner & AwardsCelebrating 20 Years of Venom Week

End of Conference

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9:00 AMHerpetology Field TripLed by Dan Fogell