Agenda
Venom Week 2025 Agenda
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Shuttle Pickup | Ollie the Trolley picks up attendees from hotel |
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | Matthew R. Lewin & Jessi Krebs – Welcome to Venom Week 20th Anniversary |
| 9:15 AM | Keynote | Stephen S. Hall – “Fangs and the Pharmakon” -- How Ancient and Modern Snake Symbolism Intersects With Contemporary Science |
| 10:00 AM | Talk | Dr. Haley Beer – Optimizing Captive Snake Conditions with AI |
| 10:20 AM | Morning Break | — |
| 10:40 AM | Talk | Dr. Philip Bickler – Clinical Evaluation of the Neurotoxic Bite |
| 11:00 AM | Talk | Dr. Cory Woliver – Varespladib in Dogs with Neurotoxic Envenoming |
| 11:20 AM | Talk | Jordan Benjamin—Deadly Dendroaspis: A Decade Of Pearls, Pitfalls And Lessons Learned Managing Mamba Bites In West Africa |
| 11:40 AM | Panel Discussion | Bickler, Lewin, Woliver, Benjamin: Panel Discussion and Q&A on Neurotoxic Envenomings |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch Break (12:00–1:00 PM) |
| 1:00 PM | Talk | Dr. Rick Dart – Surprises & Controversies in Emergency Medicine |
| 1:20 PM | Talk | Dr. Ben German—True Compartment Syndrome Following A Bitis arietans (Puff Adder) Bite |
| 1:40 PM | Talk | Dr. Charles Gerardo – Highlights from Recent Clinical Trials |
| 2:00 PM | Afternoon Break | — |
| 2:20 PM | Talk | Dr. Melisa Benard-Valle – Design and development of recombinant antivenoms to treat snake envenomation in sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2:40 PM | Talk | Dr. Stephen Mackessy – Venom Composition in Rattlesnakes and why it matters |
| 3:00 PM | Talk | Dr. Stanisław Pikul - Marimastat as a veterinary drug for the treatment of snakebite envenoming |
| 3:20 PM | Talk | Dr. Matthew Lewin – How expeditions drive clinical research |
| 3:40 PM | Talk - TBD | Late Breaking Abstracts |
| 4:00 PM | Adjourn for Day | — |
| 5:00 PM | Dome: Behind the Scenes | Zoological Sciences: Management of an Isolated Ecosystem - Desert Dome Entrance |
| 5:00 PM | Cocktail Hour | Desert Dome Bar |
| 7:00 PM | Dinner | Treetop Restaurant |
| 8:30 - 9:30 PM | Shuttle Pickup | Ollie the Trolley picks up attendees from the Zoo |
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Shuttle Pickup | Ollie the Trolley picks up attendees from hotel |
| 9:00 AM | Talk | Dr. Sakthi Vaiyapuri – Long-Term Effects of Snakebite and a New Molecule for Muscle Recovery |
| 9:30 AM | Talk | Dr. Choo Hock Tan – Comparative Physiology & Preclinical Therapeutics |
| 10:00 AM | Morning Break | — |
| 10:20 AM | Talk | Dr. Cara Smith – Thrombolytic Activities and Blood Clot Degradomes of Snake Venoms |
| 10:40 AM | Talk | Lorenzo Seneci – Venom Variation in Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes |
| 11:00 AM | Talk - TBD | Late Breaking Abstracts |
| 11:30 AM | Talk - TBD | Late Breaking Abstracts |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch Break (12:00–1:00 PM) |
| 1:00 PM | Talk | Dr. Dan Keyler – Envenoming by Conophis lineatus concolor (Dipsadidae) |
| 1:20 PM | Talk | Dr. Spencer Greene – Recidivism in Snake Envenomation |
| 1:40 PM | Talk | Dr. Lyndi Gilliam – Treatment of Snakebite in Horses |
| 2:00 PM | Talk - TBD | Late Breaking Abstracts |
| 2:20 PM | Poster Session & Exhibit Hall | Posters and exhibitor booths |
| 4:00 PM | Cocktails & Refreshments | Ollie the Trolley begins picking attendees up from Zoo |
| Time | Session | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Shuttle Pickup | Ollie the Trolley picks up attendees from hotel |
| 9:00 AM | Talk | Jordan Benjamin – Ten Years of Snakebite Surveillance and ASBR Insights from Guinea |
| 9:30 AM | Talk | Dr. Geoffrey T. Smelski – Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Rattlesnake Envenomation |
| 9:50 AM | Talk | James Hearth – Varespladib for Swarming Hymenoptera: An Animal Model |
| 10:10 AM | Talk | Jerrod Tynes – North American Venomous Reptile Recognition for PA Students |
| 10:30 AM | Morning Break | — |
| 11:00 AM | Talk | Dr. Spencer Greene – Plains Hog-Nosed Snake (Heterodon nasicus) Bites: A Literature Review |
| 11:20 AM | Talk - TBD | Late Breaking Abstracts |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch Break (12:00–1:00 PM) |
| 1:00 PM | Key Talk (Armitage Speaker) | Dr. Jeffrey Ettling – Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Armenian Vipers (Montivipera raddei) in Two Landscapes: Implications for Conservation |
| 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Jeopardy | Jeopardy-style quiz with expert discussion and prizes |
| 4:30 PM | Cocktail Hour | Pre-dinner social and networking |
| 6:00 PM | Banquet Dinner & Awards | Celebrating 20 Years of Venom Week |
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| 12:00 PM | Conference Ends | Conclusion of Venom Week 2025 | ||