| Main Areas | Topics included |
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| 1. | Biology of Listeria monocytogenes | Cell biology; Physiology; Genomics; Stress response; Ecology of Listeria monocytogens in different environments |
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| 2. | Listeria monocytogenes as a human and animal pathogen | Pathogenesis; Virulence factors; Immune response; Listeria as a vaccine carrier; Translational medicine from vaccine carriers to novel treatments |
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| 3. | Epidemiologic and clinical aspects of Listeria monocytogenes and listeriosis | Report of cases and outbreaks; Clinics in animals and humans; Molecular epidemiology; Surveillance; Conventional and alternative methods for the detection isolation and subtypingof Listeria monocytogenes; Microbial source tracking in food operations; What lessons have we learned from the outbreaks?; Risk assessments |
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| 4. | Strategies for prevention and control of Listeria monocytogenes | Contamination, survival or growth during processing; Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenesin foods; Environmental food processing plant surveillance programmes; Biofilms and enhanced resistance to chemical and physical treatments; Traditional and new technologies; Harmonization of criteria; EU guidance on shelf-life studies; Risk management |
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| 5. | Communication, risk perception and consumer practices – social sciences in Listeria control | Risk perception of listeriosis; Approaches for education of vulnerable persons; Education of vulnerable persons (pregnant women, elderly): how effective it is?; Role and education of personnel in food service establishments; Role |