{"id":1904,"date":"2026-05-25T23:08:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ritaconference.org\/?page_id=1904"},"modified":"2026-05-31T23:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:29:38","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ritaconference.org\/en\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1904\" class=\"elementor elementor-1904\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f27e78d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f27e78d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f034b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f034b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Schedule<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8f5f60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a8f5f60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>\n\t.schedule-table {\n\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\twidth: 100%; \n\t\tborder-width: 0;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-table td {\n\t\tborder-width: 1;\n\t\tborder-color: #ffffff;\n    padding: 5px;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-date td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #b2252e !important;\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\tfont-weight: 600;\n\t\twhite-space: nowrap;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-keynote td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #03FCFF;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-red td {\n\t\tcolor: #721c24;\n    background-color: #f8d7da;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-red-special td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #C01C03;\n    color: #FFFFFF;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-yellow td {\n    color: #856404;\n    background-color: #fff3cd;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-blue td {\n    color: #004085;\n    background-color: #cce5ff;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-blue-special td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #305495;\n    color: #FFFFFF;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-closing td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #00B0F0;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-green td {\n\t\tcolor: #155724;\n    background-color: #d4edda;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-green-special td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #93D050;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-evening-invite td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #FFD966;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-roundtable td {\n\t\tbackground-color: #EAD1DC;\n\t}\n\t.schedule-grey td {\n    color: #383d41;\n    background-color: #e2e3e5;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"schedule-table\">\n  <tbody>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-date\">\n      <td colspan=\"3\">Sunday, October 18<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-red\">\n      <td width=\"50\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td width=\"250\">1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Hang Up Posters<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-blue-special\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Welcome &amp; Inaugural Conference<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-date\">\n      <td colspan=\"3\">Monday, October 19<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-red\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-keynote\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong>\nPaleo-disease Ecology -\nCarol Chambers<\/td>\n      <td>8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong> \nRabies Origins Charles<\/td>\n      <td>9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Coffee Break<\/strong> \n Only 15 mins<\/td>\n      <td>10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> \n Phylodynamics of Rabies<\/td>\n      <td>11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-blue\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>LUNCH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-roundtable\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Round Table<\/strong> RABIES Situation in the Americas<\/td>\n      <td>1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>POSTER SESSION<\/strong> +COFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n      <td>3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> Phylodynamics of Rabies<\/td>\n      <td>3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-evening-invite\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>NARMP <\/strong>(By\ninvitation only)<\/td>\n      <td>6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-evening-invite\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>International Steering Committee Meeting + Dinner<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>8:00 p.m. - 10:15 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-date\">\n      <td colspan=\"3\">Tuesday, October 20<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-red\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-blue-special\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Special Conference<\/strong> NEW INTERVENTIONS FOR BAT RABIES<\/td>\n      <td>8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> NON-HEMATOPHAGUS BAT RABIES<\/td>\n      <td>9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>POSTER SESSION<\/strong> +COFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n      <td>10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> HEMATOPHAGUS BAT RABIES<\/td>\n      <td>11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-blue\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>LUNCH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green-special\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral Presentations<\/strong> Rabies Situation in Domestic Animals<\/td>\n      <td>1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>POSTER SESSION<\/strong> +COFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n      <td>3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> BAT RABIES - PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN RISK AREAS<\/td>\n      <td>3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-evening-invite\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><p><strong>SPONSORS DINNER RITA 2025<\/strong> (By invitation only)<\/p><strong> <\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-date\">\n      <td colspan=\"3\">Wednesday, October 21<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-red\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Registration<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE RABIES VECTORS<\/td>\n      <td>8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-red-special\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>IVANETTE KOTAIT AWARD<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>POSTER SESSION<\/strong> +COFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n      <td>10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral presentations<\/strong> ORAL RABIES VACCINES AND WILDLIFE RABIES INTERVENTIONS<\/td>\n      <td>11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-blue\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>LUNCH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td>12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-roundtable\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Round Table<\/strong> NON-HEMATOPHAGUS BAT RABIES<\/td>\n      <td>1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-yellow\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>POSTER SESSION<\/strong> +COFFEE BREAK<\/td>\n      <td>3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr class=\"schedule-green\">\n      <td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n      <td><strong>Oral Presentations<\/strong> DIAGNOSTICS AND MOLECULAR TOOLS<\/td>\n      <td>3:45 p.m. - 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