Scientific Agenda

Friday, 12 October 2007

12:50
Welcome and introduction
John S. Oxford, PhD and Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, MD, PhD

Session I: Influenza A and B, present and future implications

13:00               
State of the art presentation on influenza A and B
Albert D. Osterhaus, PhD, DVM       

13:30
Estimates of incidence of interpandemic influenza in Europe, driving factors including global travel
Angus Nicoll, CBE

14:00
Medical and financial burden of influenza
Thomas D. Szucs, MD, MPH, MBA

14:30               
Diagnosis of influenza
Maria C. Zambon, MD

15:00               
Break

Session II: Keynote lecture

15:30               
Neuraminidase and its role in treatment of influenza
W. Graeme Laver, PhD, FRS

Session III: Approaches to the prevention influenza

16:10               
Comparison of live and attenuated vaccines in influenza
Arnold S. Monto, MD

16:30               
Seasonal prophylaxis with antivirals
Allison J. McGeer, MD, FRCPC

16:50               
New vaccine approaches for seasonal and pandemic influenza
Abraham M. Palache, PhD, MSc    

17:10
New adjuvant based approaches to influenza prevention
Karl G. Nicholson, MD
                       
17:30               
Summary and adjourn
Arnold S. Monto, MD   

Saturday, 13 October 2007

8:00                 
Introduction
Arnold S. Monto, MD, and Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, MD, PhD

Session IV: Influenza infection and the patient

8:10
Influenza infection and the “normal patient”
Werner Lange, MD
           
8:30                 
Influenza infection and the high risk patient (including the elderly)
Laurent Kaiser, MD

8:50                 
Influenza infection and the pediatric patient
Terho Heikkinen, MD, PhD

9:10                 
Effect of infection within the family unit
Douglas Fleming, MB, PhD, FMedSci

9:30
Break

Session V: Management of influenza virus infection

10:00               
Overview of antivirals
Fred Y. Aoki, MD, FRCPC

10:20
Case management of your patient
Iain Stephenson, MRCP

10:40
New data on reduced risk of mortality with oseltamivir
Allison J. McGeer, MD, FRCPC

11:00               
Panel discussion: Barriers to treatment (self-limiting disease, cost, perceived efficacy, resistance, “reserve it”)
John S. Oxford, PhD
Fred Y. Aoki, MD, FRCPC
Alan J. Hay, PhD
Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, MD, PhD
Arnold S. Monto, MD
Karl G. Nicholson, MD

11:40               
Better benefits with faster use: Importance of spread of access to therapies
Fred Y. Aoki, MD, FRCPC

11:55               
Drug resistance
Alan J. Hay, PhD

12:10
Lunch symposium
Pandemic influenza: From plans to practicalities
Supported by Roche

Session VI: Keynote lecture

14:00               
Future planning for pandemic influenza
Bruno Lina, MD

Session VII: Post-exposure prophylaxis of influenza virus

14:40               
Overview of post exposure prophylaxis
Arnold S. Monto, MD

15:00
Panel discussion: Post exposure prophylaxis (role of therapy, transmission from primary, health economics)
John S. Oxford, PhD
Arnold S. Monto, MD
Raul Ortiz de Lejarazu, MD, PhD

16:00
Break

Session VIII: Therapeutic approaches to your patient: A case based discussion

16:30
Therapeutic approaches to the pediatric patient
Karl G. Nicholson, MD

16:50               
Therapeutic approaches to the geriatric patient
Arnold S. Monto, MD

17:10               
Therapeutic approaches to the family unit
Douglas Fleming, MB, PhD, FMedSci

17:30
Therapeutic approaches to the institutionalized patient
Bernhard R. Ruf, MD

17:50               
Summary and adjourn
John S. Oxford, PhD

Sunday, 14 October 2007

9:00
Welcome and introduction
Arnold S. Monto, MD

Session IX: Future therapeutic approaches to influenza virus

9:10                 
Protecting virus RNA: A new concept in influenza antivirals
Nigel J. Dimmock

9:30
New approaches to antiviral therapy
Noel A. Roberts

9:50
International challenges in pandemic vaccine development
John Wood, PhD

10:10
Pandemic vaccination approaches
David Fedson, MD

Session X: Keynote lecture

10:30
Working on the front line with H5N1
Abdel-Nasser, MD

11:00
Panel Discussion

11:30
Summary and adjourn
Arnold S. Monto, MD and John S. Oxford, PhD


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