9.00                 Coffee

9.15-9.25        Opening words
                         Professor Olle Stendahl, University of Lindköping (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research)

9.25-9.35        MICMAN, Microbes and Man research programme
                         Vice-rector Marja Makarow, University of Helsinki, chair of the Steering Programme Committee

9.35-10.00      Origin of allergy
                          Professor Tari Haahtela, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Skin and Allergy Hospital

10.00-10.25      Infection biology of Borrelia spirochetes
                         Professor Sven Bergström, University of Umeå, Sweden

10.25-10.45    Host and microbial factors predicting infection susceptibility
                          Associate professor Jaana Vuopio-Varkila, National Public Health Institute

 10.45-11.15   Results of the scientific evaluation of the MICMAN programme
                          Professor Guy Cornelis, chair of the evaluation panel
                          University of Basel, Switzerland

 11.15-11.30    Discussion

 11.30              Closing words
                          Soile Juuti, programme manager, MICMAN

 11.35              Lunch buffet