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Scientific program


  • Welcome Address

    Opening Session

  • Maria Van Kerkhove (World Health Organisation, CH)

    Opening Session

  • Christian Drosten (Institute of Virology, Charité, Germany)

    Opening Session

  • Get together

    Exhibition foyer


  • Edward Holmes (University of Sydney, Australia)

    Genetic Diversity & Evolution

  • Emma Hodcroft (University of Bern, Switzerland)

    Genetic Diversity & Evolution

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Genetic Diversity & Evolution

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Genetic Diversity & Evolution

  • Coffee Break


  • Linda Saif (Ohio State University, USA)

    Epidemiology & Surveillance

  • Zhengli Shi (Wuhan Institute of Virology, China)

    Epidemiology & Surveillance

  • Selected Abstracts x3 (15 min each)

    Epidemiology & Surveillance

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Epidemiology & Surveillance

  • Lunch


  • Thomas Gallagher (Loyola University Chicago, USA)

    Virus entry

  • Cody Warren (Ohio State University, USA)

    Virus entry

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Virus entry

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Virus entry

  • Coffee Break


  • John Ziebuhr (University of Giessen, Germany)

    Viral replication

  • Elizabeth Campbell (Rockefeller University, USA)

    Viral replication

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Viral replication

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Viral replication

  • Poster Session I

    Exhibition foyer


  • Monika Evdokimova (Chicago, US)

    Virus-host interaction I

  • Susan Weiss (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

    Virus-host interaction I

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Virus-host interaction I

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Virus-host interaction I

  • Coffee Break


  • Ralph Baric (University of North Carolina, USA)


  • Vincent Racaniello (Columbia University, USA)


  • Lunch


  • Excursions


  • Lisa Gralinski (University of North Carolina, USA)

    Virus-host interaction II

  • Srivatsan Parthasarathy (Lawrence, USA)

    Virus-host interaction II

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Virus-host interaction II

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Virus-host interaction II

  • Coffee Break


  • Stanley Perlman (University of Iowa, USA)

    Pathogenesis

  • Isabel Sola (Spanish National Research Council, Spain)

    Pathogenesis

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Pathogenesis

  • Flash Presentations x3 (5 min each)

    Pathogenesis

  • Lunch


  • Shane Crotty (University of California San Diego, USA)

    Immune response to virus inf.

  • Marit van Gils (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands)

    Immune response to virus inf.

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Immune response to virus inf.

  • Flash Presentations x1 (5 min each)

    Immune response to virus inf.

  • Coffee Break


  • Vincent Munster (National Institute of Health, USA)

    Virus transmission

  • Marion Koopmans (Erasmus MC, Netherlands)

    Virus transmission

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Virus transmission

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Virus transmission

  • Poster Session II

    Exhibition foyer

  • Networking Dinner

    Exhibition foyer


  • Jason McLellan (University of Texas, USA)

    Vaccines

  • Volker Thiel (University of Bern, CH)

    Vaccines

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Vaccines

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Vaccines

  • Coffee Break


  • Bruno Canard (Aix-Marseille University, France)

    Antivirals

  • Mark Denison (Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, USA)

    Antivirals

  • Selected Abstracts x2 (15 min each)

    Antivirals

  • Flash Presentations x2 (5 min each)

    Antivirals

  • Kanta Subbarao (WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza)


  • Meeting Summary & Farewell

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