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Scientific Program of the Second Congress of the International Federation of Apitherapy

 

Business Leader Center (BLC), 5th floor, Conference Room “Didžioji”, Donelaičio g. 62, Kaunas

 

THURSDAY, 22 September, 2016             Arrival of Participants


FRIDAY, 23 September, 2016

 

08:00 - 10:00 Registration of participants

10:00 - 10:45 Official Opening of Api-Expo 2016

 

10:45 – 11:15 Honey-Tea Break

 

11:15 - 12:00 Congress Official Opening

 

12:00 – 12:30
Apitherapy in Preventive Medicine
Chair: M.D. Prof. Jurate Jankauskiene
(President of Lithuanian Apitherapy Association) and M.D.  Stefan Stangaciu (General  Secretary of the IFA).

 

12:00-12:30 Healthy Aging with Beehive Products - Pharm. Prof. Antanas Gendrolis (Honorary member of Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)

 

12:30 – 13:15 Apitherapy in the World, an updated review. M.D. Stefan Stangaciu  (General  Secretary of the IFA).

 

 

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break (participants who registered for luch will have lunches at BEST WESTERN Santaka Hotel, J. Gruodžio g. 21, KAUNAS)

 

15:00 – 16:30
Bio-pharmacological Properties of Bee Products and their Bio-active Compounds

Chair: M.D. prof. J. Jankauskiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences) and Pharm. Prof. Sonata Trumbeckaite (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences).

 

15:00 – 15:30  Bees and Bee Products in Lithuanian Folk Medicine - Pharm. Assoc. Prof. Tauras Mekas (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)


15:30 – 16:00 Experimental Propolis Products and their Quality Evaluation - Pharm. PhD Modestas Zilius (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
 

16:00-16.30  Propolis potential for the development of new drugs and therapeutic applications - Prof. PhD. José M. Sforcin (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, UNESP, 18618-970, Botucatu, SP, Brazil)

 

16:30 - 17:00 Honey-Tea Break

 

17:00 – 18:30 Bee Products in Clinical Practice (Part I)

Chair: M.D. Dr. Sci. Med. Dalia. Stasytyte-Buneviciene (Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos) and M.D. prof. J. Jankauskiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

 

17:00 – 17:30 Bee Products in Corneal Disorders - M.D. PhD Dalia Jarusaitiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

 

17:30 – 18:00 Biological activity of differently prepared propolis extracts - Pharm. Assoc.Prof. PhD Loreta Kubiliene, Pharm. Prof. Daiva Majiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

 

18:00 – 18:30 International Project: Usage of Bee Products for Correction of Metabolic Alterations under Impact of Industrial Contamination - M.D. Dr. sci. med. D. Stasytyte-Buneviciene (Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos), prof. R.J.Tatarintseva (Russian University of People Friendship, Russia)

 

18:45 – 19:30 General Assembly of the International Federation of Apitherapy

 

20:00 Festive dinner (at Hotel BEST BALTIC Kaunas (former hotel "Daniela"), A. Mickevičiaus g. 28, Kaunas – for participants who registered for Festive Dinner)

 

SATURDAY, 24 September, 2016

 

9:00 – 11:00
Medicinal Bee Plants and Beehive products

Chair: Pharm. Prof. S. Trumbeckaite (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Prof. Nijole Savickiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

 

9:00 – 9:30 Medicinal herbs for bees - Pharm. Prof. Nijole Savickiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
 

09:30-10:00 The contribution of bee venom in the treatment of melanomas: a review. - Iouraouine  El Mehdi (Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, Morocco)
 

10:00 – 10:30 Apitherapy in Neurodegenerative Diseases: New Findings and Prospects -

Pharm. PhD Rachid Kacemi (Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Fez, Morocco).

 

10:30 - 11:00 Changes in antioxidant activity of bee products during storage - Chem. PhD
Violeta Ceksteryte (Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture), Bioch. PhD. Bogumila Kurtinaitiene (Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Lithuania)

 

11:00 - 11:30 Honey-Tea Break

 

11:30-13:30 Bee Products in Clinical Practice (Part II)

Chair: M.D. Stefan Stângaciu (Secretary General of the IFA) and M.D. PhD Andrei Zbuchea (County Emergency Hospital, Ploiesti, Romania).

 

11:30 – 12:00 Bee Bread-honey Mixture in the Treatment of Chronic Alcoholic Hepatitis - M.D. Assoc. Prof. Algirdas Baltuskevicius (Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)
 

12:00 – 12:30 L-Mesitran medicinal honey dressings: properties and clinical effects – M.D. PhD Andrei Zbuchea (Ploiesti, Romania)

 

12:30 – 13:00 Apitherapy in Ophthalmology - M.D. Prof. J. Jankauskiene/PhD D. Jarusaitiene (Eye Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

 

13:00-13:30 Apitherapy in Palliative Medicine and Nursing - M.D. Ceslovas Zvicevicius (Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)

 


13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break (participants who registered for luch will have lunches at BEST WESTERN Santaka Hotel, J. Gruodžio g. 21, KAUNAS)

 

 

15:00-17:00 Apitherapy in different countries: History, Experience and Education (Part I).

Chair: MD. P. Rimkus (Lithuanian Apitherapy Association) and M.D. S. Stângaciu (General Secretary of the IFA)

 

15:00-15:30 Caffeic  Acid Phenethyl  Ester Antioxidant  Properties and Effect  on Mitochondria - Pharm. Prof. S.Trumbeckaite (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Bioch. Prof. Rasa Baniene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)

 

15:30-16:00 History of Apitherapy in Lithuania - M.D. Povilas Rimkus (Vice-President of Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)
 

16:00-16:30 Apitherapy in Hungary – Dr. CCs. János Körmendy-Rácz (President of the Hungarian Apitherapy Association and Vice-President of IFA)

 

16:30-17:00 Beekeeping, beehive products, telomeres and longevity. An updated review - M.D. Stefan Stangaciu (General Secretary of the IFA).
 

 

17:00 - 17:30 Honey-Tea Break

 

17:30 - 18:30

Apitherapy in different countries: History, Experience and Education (Part II).

Chair: Prof., PhD. José M. Sforcin (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biosciences of Botucatu, Brazil) and M.D.  Stefan Stangaciu (General  Secretary of the IFA).


17:30-18:00  The attitude of  under graduated pharmacy students in Lithuania towards the use of bee products for treatment and disease prevention - Pharm. Assoc. Prof. J. Dauksiene (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences),  Pharm. Prof. S. Trumbeckaite (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences)
 

18:00 – 18:30 Apitherapy and Apiprophylaxis in Lithuania. Experience of Education – M.D. Dr. Sci. Med. D. Stasytyte-Buneviciene (Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos),

S. Vasiliauskas (Lithuanian Apitherapy Association)

 


18:30-19:00 Round Table with open discussions between the speakers and the participants

 

19:00 – 19:30 – Congress Conclusions and Closing Ceremony

 

 

Preliminary program in PDF is here