PROGRAMME |
MONDAY 11 APRIL 2016 08.30 - 09.00 Emanuele Montomoli (University of Siena, Italy) and John Wood (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Hertfordshire, UK - retired) Welcome to Siena and Introduction Lance Jennings (University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand) & Jackie Katz (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA) isirv Introduction VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 9.00 - 10.00 Wendy Barclay (Imperial College, London, UK)
Virus structure and replication
Virus pathogenesis and transmissibility
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee & Networking The immune response to influenza infection
13.00 – 14.00 Light lunch EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES
14.00 – 15.00 Olav Hungnes (Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway) Methods for influenza detection: actual and future perspectives 15.00 – 16.00 Isabella Monne (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Padova, Italy) Animal influenza 16.00 – 16.30 Tea & Networking 16.30 – 17.30 Jackie Katz (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA) Emerging influenza strains in humans 17.30 – 18.00 Isabella Monne (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Padova, Italy) GISAID sequence analysis (methods and databases) TUESDAY 12 APRIL 2016
09.00 – 10.0009.00 – 10.00 Jonathan Van Tam (University of Nottingham, UK) Medical and social impact of pandemics from 1918-2009 10.00 – 11.00 Jonathan Van Tam (University of Nottingham, UK) Human influenza, burden of disease 11.00 - 11.30 Coffee & Networking 11.00 - 13.00 Students' Presentations 13.00 – 14.00 Light lunch PREVENTION AND CONTROL 14.00 – 15.00 Emanuele Montomoli (University of Siena, Italy) Immune correlates of protection against influenza 15.00 – 16.00 John Wood (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Hertfordshire, UK - retired) Vaccine virus selection process 16.00 – 16.30 Tea & Networking 16.30 – 17.30 Lance Jennings (University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Vaccines and strategy implementation
17.30 - 18.00 Students' Presentations
WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL 2016 VACCINES 09.00 – 10.0009.00 – 10.00 Otfried Kistner (Senior Consultant & Independent Vaccine Expert, Austria) Inactivated seasonal influenza vaccines 10.00 – 11.00 Rebecca Cox (University of Bergen, Norway) Pandemic influenza vaccines 11.00 - 11.30 Coffee & Networking 11.30 – 13.00 Rebecca Cox (University of Bergen, Norway) Live influenza vaccines 13.00 – 14.00 Light lunch 14.00 – 15.00 Alicia Fry (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA) Effectiveness of influenza vaccines 15.00 – 16.00 Jerry Weir (Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, USA) Regulatory challenges for influenza vaccines 16.00 – 16.30 Tea & Networking 16.30 – 17.30 Ralf Wagner (Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany)
The role of Neuraminidase
17.30 - 18.00 Students' Presentations
THURSDAY 14 APRIL 2016 NOVEL THERAPEUTICS STRATEGIES 09.00 – 10.0009.00 – 10.00 Alicia Fry (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA) Effectiveness of licensed antivirals 10.00 – 11.00 Aeron Hurt (WHO Influenza Collaborating Centre, Melbourne, Australia) Mechanism of action and resistance 11.00 - 11.30 Coffee & Networking 11.30 – 13.00 Davide Corti (Humabs BioMed SA, Bellinzona, Switzerland) Monoclonal antibodies 13.00 – 14.00 Light lunch
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS 14.00 – 15.00 Chloe Sellwood (National Health Service, London, UK) Pandemic preparedness 15.00 – 16.00 Chloe Sellwood (National Health Service, London, UK) Pandemic preparedness workshop 16.00 – 16.30 Tea & Networking EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES 16.30 – 18.00 Mark Miller (National Institutes of Health, USA) Epidemiological influenza surveillance FRIDAY 15 APRIL 2016
GUEST LECTURES
09.00 – 10.0009.00 – 10.00 Nigel Temperton (The University of Kent at Medway, UK)
Immunogenicity testing using viral pseudo-types 10.00 – 11.00 Albert Osterhaus (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany) Universal flu vaccines 11.00 - 11.30 Coffee & Networking 11.30 – 13.00 Maria Zambon (Public Health England, London, UK) Influenza in the past, present and future 13.00 – 14.00 Light lunch 14.00 - 15.00 Closing remarks & DIPLOMAS |