3rd ESCMID Conference on Vaccines - Vaccines for Mutual Protection
6 - 8 March 2015, Lisbon, Portugal
Final Programme
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Friday, 6 March 2014
08:00 - 09:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee | ||
09:00 - 09:15 | Opening of the Conference by Mario Poljak, Susanna Esposito and Ron Dagan | ||
09:15 - 11:00 | Opening symposium: Mutual protection - the key for disease prevention | Chairpersons: Susanna Esposito (IT), Ron Dagan (IL) | |
Protection through life – the key role of indirect immunity | Liz Miller (UK) | ||
Mutual responses to shared threats: the European Region | Robb Butler (WHO) | ||
The role of surveillance in assuring mutual protection | Pier Luigi Lopalco (ECDC) | ||
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | ||
11:30 - 13:15 | Influenza - how best to prevent transmission of | Chairpersons: Albert Osterhaus (NL), Keith Klugman (Gates Foundation) | |
Seasonal influenza vaccines and mutual protection, what are the facts? | Chris Chiu (UK) | ||
Pandemic vaccines, are we prepared for the next pandemic? | Pier Luigi Lopalco (ECDC) | ||
Universal influenza vaccines, a realistic option? | Guus Rimmelzwaan (NL) | ||
13:15 - 14:30 | Lunch Break | ||
14:30 - 16:15 | How can we achieve HPV control in Europe? | Chairpersons: Paolo Bonanni (IT), Elmar Joura (AT) | |
Who and when - does it matter for overall population protection? | Xavier Castellsagué Piqué (ES) | ||
Cancer, warts or both? | Elmar Joura (AT) | ||
Safety and perception - who are the great enemies of HPV vaccination programmes? | Paolo Bonanni (IT) | ||
16:15 - 16:45 | Tea Break | ||
16:45 - 18:00 | Debate: Are Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine useful in adults, in the presence of widespread pediatric PCV use in Europe? | Chairperson: Ake Ortqvist (SE) | |
Pro | Marc Bonten (NL) | ||
Con | Ron Dagan (IL) |
Saturday, 7 March 2015
09:00 - 10:45 | Safety issues in vaccines – potential risk for mutual protection | Chairpersons: Litjen Tan (US), Pauline Paterson (UK) |
Is EU population protected from polio? | Pauline Paterson (UK) | |
Does the unvaccinated population impact the community they live in? | Frederic Bouder (NL) | |
Does knowledge about mutual protection increase or decrease vaccination behavior? | TBC | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
11:15 - 13:15 | Pertussis throughout life – how can we achieve this? | Chairpersons: Stanley Plotkin (US), TBC |
Current schedules in Europe – how many doses throughout life? | Susanna Esposito (IT) | |
Protection against pertussis in the very young baby – adult vaccines, pre-partum maternal immunization or neonatal immunization? | Philippe Duclos (WHO) | |
Insights from the biology of Bordetella pertussis and vaccine research to new directions | Stanley Plotkin (US) | |
Live pertussis vaccine – will they provide protection form carriage and spread of pertussis | Camille Locht (FR) | |
13:15 - 14:30 | Lunch Break | |
14:30 - 16:15 | New insights into prevention of Viral Gastroenteritis in all ages | Chairpersons: Adam Finn (UK), Timo Vesikari (FI) |
Transmission of GIT viral infections – rotavirus and norovirus; potential for herd protection prevention | Timo Vesikari (FI) | |
Challenges to uptake and optimal performance of rotavirus vaccines that might impact herd immunity | Umesh Parashar (US) | |
Vaccines against norovirus – state art; trials in children and adults | Hugues Bogaerts (Takeda Pharma) | |
16:15 - 17:15 | Poster Discussion and Tea Break | |
17:15 - 18:30 | Can we achieve Meningococcal control in Europe? | Chairpersons: Juhani Eskola (FI), Lucia Pastore-Celentano (ECDC) |
What would be the best schedule for prevention of meningococcal disease in all ages? | Ray Borrow (UK) | |
Can we control all-cause meningococcal disease in Europe? | Andrew Pollard (UK) |
Sunday, 8 March 2014
09:00 - 10:45 | Recent threats of Poliovirus - did we open the Pandora box? | Chairpersons: Robb Butler (WHO), Liz Miller (UK) |
Rapid spread and control of wild poliovirus in highly IPV-vaccinated population - the Israel experience | Jacob Moran-Gilad (IL) | |
Where is surveillance on Poliovirus spread going Europe | Paloma Carrillo-Santisteve (ECDC) | |
Do we need to modify our approach to Poliovirus "end of game" including going for a new improved vaccine | David Salisbury (UK) | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
11:15 - 12:30 | Debate: universal VZV vaccination to children | Chairpersons: Ron Dagan (IL), Roman Prymula (CZ) |
To include the following points
| Pro: Adam Finn (UK) Con: Hanna Nohynek (FI) | |
12:30 - 12:45 | Closing Remarks | |
12:45 - 14:00 | Farewell Lunch and Departure |