Global Vaccine Congress - First conference

VACCINE CONGRESS
Celebrating 25 years of Publication
9 - 11 December 2007 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sunday December 9, 2007
13:30 Ray Spier
University of Surrey, UK and Editor of Vaccine
Welcome
Session1
Social issues with vaccines and vaccination
Part one: current issues and areas for development
13:37 P.L. Nara
Biological Mimetics Inc, USA
Perspectives on advancing the field of vaccinology at the wild, domestic, laboratory, veterinary and human interface: not missing the opportunities
14:07 L. Hessel
Sanofi Pasteur MSD, France
25 years of vaccine development: an industry perspective
14:22 M.P. Girard
Viovision Lyon, France
HIV/AIDS vaccines: An update
14:37 J. Shiver
Merck Research Laboratories, USA
Strategies for HIV-1 vaccine development
14:52 C. Myint Oo
Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
HIV-GagVLPs induce activation of innate and adapted immune responses by activation of dendritic cells, T cells and NK cells
15:07 S.T. Turbant
CEA, DSV, iBiTec-S, SPI, LIAS, France
Evaluation of the immunogenicity of a new Tat candidate vaccine against HIV, in a non human primate model
15:14 F. Martinon
CEA, France
Induction of persistent T Cell responses against HIV in macaques with a multivalent DNA vaccine injected intradermaly with electroporation
15:21 K. Alagappan
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, USA
Protective titers and immunizable diseases among HIV infected patients
15:28 D. Weiner
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Enhanced DNA vaccine potency and immune phenotype targeting HIV-1
16:00 Refreshments, poster session 1 and exhibition viewing
Session 2
Latest status in the development of vaccines for TB, malaria and HIV
16:28 X. Bosch
Institut Catala d’oncolgia, Spain
HPV vaccines for cancer prevention
16:43 J.C. Sadoff
Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation, USA
Development of new vaccines to address the TB pandemic
16:58 M. Romano
Pasteur Institute Brussel-WIV, Belgium
Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of ppe44-based tuberculosis subunit vaccines
17:05 F. Dobakhti
Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Oral administration of BCG encapsulated in alginate microspheres induces protective immunity in BALB/c mice
17:12 A. Dey
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Developing a chimeric DNA vaccine against tuberculosis and leishmaniasis
17:19 G.H. Mitchell
Guy’s Kings College and St. Thomas’ Hospitals’ School of Medicine, UK
Resisting malaria
17:33 A.Reyes-Sandoval
University of Oxford, UK
Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of simian adenoviral vectors against P. berghei
17:40 K. Pusic
University of Hawaii, USA
Antigenicity and immunogenicity of the P. falciparum merozoite surface protein, MSP1-33
17:47 A.Mohd Nor
University Science Malaysia, Malaysia
Immunogenicity and in vitro protective efficacy of recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacilli Calmette Guerin (BCG expressing the 19kDa C-terminus of merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1C) and the 22 kDa of serine repeat antigen (SE22) of Plasmodium falciparum
17:54 V. Chitnis
Pharmexa-Epimmune, USA
Pre-clinical development of a pre-erythrocytic P. falciparum malaria DNA vaccine based on conserved cytotoxic T Lymphocyte and Helper T Lymphocyte Epitopes delivered by an in vivo electroporation device
18:01 M. Roestenberg
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Netherlands
Comparison of safety and immunogenicity of AMA-1 malaria vaccine adjuvanted with Alhydrogel, Montanide ISA 720 and AS02A
18:08 Discussion  
18:15 G.A. Poland
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
Variations in vaccine response: The role of immunogenetics: Bench to bedside to population
Reception and poster session 1
Monday December 10, 2007
Session 3
New and upcoming issues with other vaccines including : Influenza H5N1 vaccines, HPV Vaccines, biowarfare vaccines, respiratory vaccines, diarrhoeal vaccines
8:30 A.D.M.E. Osterhaus
Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Vaccination against emerging viral infections
8:55 A.M. Palache
Solvay Pharmaceuticals BV,
Netherlands
Seasonal influenza control: Urgent time for actions
9:20 U. Reichl
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of complex Technical Systems, Germany
Influenza vaccines – challenges in optimization of virus yields in mammalian cell culture
9:45 M. Rudolf
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Germany
Long-term study under field conditions on the efficacy of commercial, inactivated H5 influenza vaccines against highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 in poultry
9:52 S. Mossman
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, Belgium
Immunization of ferrets with low doses of influenza H5N1 antigen formulated with a novel adjuvant system protects against lethal challenge with Heterologous H5N1 Virus
9:59 I.Leroux-Roels
Ghent University and Hospital, Belgium
Pandemic influenza preparation: Cross-reactive immunity with an adjuvanted H5N1 candidate vaccine associated with a good safety profile
10:06 C. He
Agricultural University, China
Whole virion H5N1 inactivated vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza
10:13 D. Higgins
Dynavax Technologies, USA
Immunostimulatory DNA conjugated to conserved viral antigens as a universal influenza vaccine
10:28 P. Bilsel Pharmexa-Epimmune, USA T-Lymphocyte epitope based vaccine for pandemic influenza
10:35 T.V. Nguyen
Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No. 1 (VABIOTECH), Vietnam
Development of a human H5N1 influenza vaccine by reverse genetics in Vietnam
10:42 Discussion Cross protective influenza vaccines - prospects
10:55 Refreshments, poster session 1 and exhibition viewing
Session 4
Methods of vaccine production focusing on the new areas of plasmid vaccines, whole cell vaccines and others
11:20 R. Strugnell
University of Melbourne, Australia
Whither Salmonella vaccine, vectors
11:45 C.B. Palatnik de Sousa
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vaccines for Leishmaniasis in the forecoming 25 years
12:00 A.Zanetti
University of Milan, Italy
Vaccination against Hepatitis B: A historical overview
12:15 A.Bianchi
University at Buffalo, USA
The role of the CYS-PAM3 motif of Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae OMP P6 in stimulating innate immune responses
12:30 K.Roland
AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc., USA
Construction and preclinical evaluation of a V. cholerae Peru-15 (CholeraGarde®) strain that expresses high levels of CTB for use as a vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
12:45 F. Roohvand
Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran
Construction and evaluation of CD8-polytope DNA constructs based on immunodominant and sub-dominant HCV epitopes
13:00 M. Doskaya
Ege University Medical School, Turkey
Immunogenic anti-0sporozooite  vaccine candidate against Toxoplasmosis
13:10 Lunch, poster session 1 and exhibition viewing
Session 5
Immunological aspects of vaccines; Adjuvanting vaccines – methods, targets, mechanisms, materials and presentation
14:15 I.G. Ovsyannikova
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA
Influence of host genetic variation on the immune response to the smallpox vaccine
14:22 J. Kyd
Central Queensland University, Australia
Targeting mucosal vaccine delivery and differential immune modulation against respiratory bacterial infection
14:37 V.E.J.C. Schijns
Intervet Int. BV, Netherlands
The importance and mechanistic activities of vaccine adjuvants
14:52 W.A. Jeffries
University of British Columbia, Canada
TAP as a general adjuvant to augment immune responses to low-dose vaccination
15:07 K.S.Korsholm
Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
The new versatile DDA-TDB adjuvant system enhances the protective efficacy of vaccines against both malaria and tuberculosis
15:22 B.D. Livingston
Dynavax Technologies, USA
Development of immunostimulatory Oligonucleotides as vaccine adjuvants
15:29 Ch. Hartoonian
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Administration of GM-CSF (Granulocyte-Monocyte Colony Stimulating Factor) and IL-23 enhances immune responses generated against Hepatitis C virus core DNA prime-protein boost immunization
15:36 X.M. Song
Zhejiang University, China
Adjuvant activity of Ginseng nanoparticles (Ginsomes) on the immune responses to Ovalbumin in BABG/c mice
15:45 Refreshments, poster session 2 and exhibition viewing
Session 6
Correlates of protection; clinical trials; regulatory agencies
16:15 S.A. Plotkin
University of Pennsylvania, USA, Sanofi Pasteur, USA
Correlates of vaccine induced immunity
16:45 K. Gijzen
Netherlands Vaccine Institute (NVI), Netherlands
Identification of new correlates of protection against influenza
17:00 J.A.C. Schalk
Centre for biological Medicines and Medical Technology, Netherlands
Infectivity PCR, a  rapid method for detection and quantification of infectious viruses in live virus vaccines and gene therapeutics
17:15 K.A.Bryant
University of Louisville, USA
Safety and immunogenicity of a 13-valent Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infants
17:30 C. Martin
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Attenuated live vaccines against tuberculosis based in phoP inactivation: Further studies on safety, one step to clinical trials
17:45 A.Vila-Corcoles
Institut Catala de la Salut, Spain
Clinical effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in order adults with chronic respiratory disease
18:00 Discussion  
19:00 Congress dinner with after-dinner speech, “Vaccine”: The journal and the future; R.E. Spier, University of Surrey, UK and Editor of Vaccine
Tuesday December 11, 2007
Session 7
Vaccines to non-infectious diseases; Cancer vaccines; Therapeutic vaccinations; Social vaccines; Vaccines to addiction
8:30 R.G. van der Most
National Research Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases, Australia
Turning the tumor into its own vaccine: Adding context to content
8:45 E. Barr
Merck Research Laboratories, USA
Primary prevention of cervical cancer and beyond – GARDASIL (Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus {HPV] Vaccine)
9:00 T.G. Wu
University of Minnesota, USA
A potential roadmap for the development of cancer vaccines
9:15 L. Krishnan
National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Canada
Archaeosome adjuvants for tumor immunotherapy: Modulation of potent CD8+ T Cell memory of the central and effector phenotype, comparison to live bacterial vaccine  vectors
9:22 H. Hossein
Velindre NHS Trust, UK
Evaluation of clinical-grade poly I:C-analogue (Ampligen®) as a potential adjuvant for human dendritic cell (DC) maturation for cell mediated cancer immunotherapy
9:29 J. Jasinska
Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Virosome-based multi-epitope vaccine against Her-2/neu overexpressing tumors: from bench to clinic
9:35 R.W. Hepler
Merck Research Laboratories, USA
Development of multi antigenic peptide antigens as the basis for a novel vaccine approach to Alzheimer’s disease
9:50 A.Neisig
Pharmexa A/S, Denmark
Development of a PADRE-RANKL vaccine against osteoporosis
10:05 B. Anton
National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico
Preclinical studies on generation of highly immunogenic conjugates for psychothropic substances
10:20 J.A. Duckworth
National Research Centre for Possum Biocontrol at Landcare Research, New Zealand
Fertility control vaccines for wildlife management in New Zealand
10:35 Discussion  
10:45 Refreshments, poster session 2 and exhibition viewing
Session 8
Modern vaccine designs; T-Cells, genomics, immunogenetics; Conjugates; Cross-fertilization between human and veterinary areas
11:15 P.L. Nara
Biological Mimetics, Inc., USA
Circumventing deceptive imprinting: A maginot line to making broadly protective vaccines?
11:45 R. Rappuoli
Novartis Vaccines, Italy
Vaccines in the era of genomics and toll-like receptors
12:15 .Jordan
ProBioGen AG, Germany
The duck Cell Line AGE1cr for the production of vaccine vectors
12:27 S.C. Wu
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
High genetic stability of dengue virus propagation in MRC-5 cells and the comparison of viral  yields to Vero cells on microcarriers
12:39 Discussion  
12:45 Lunch, poster session 2 and exhibition viewing
Session 9
Vaccine formulation, preservations, storage, delivery; Attitudes to vaccination
13:45 B. Weniger
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
Alternative and future vaccine delivery technologies and preparedness for mass campaigns
14:15 H. Kiyona
University of Tokyo and CREST, Japan
The mucosal immune system for the development of needle-a and cold chain-free vaccine
14:30 P-P. Pastoret
World Organisation for Animal Health ,France
The story of fox vaccination against rabies using a recombinant Vaccinia-rabies virus
14:45 D.R.M. Negri
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy
Successful immunization with a single injection of nonintegrating lentiviral vector
15:00 R. Greco
University of Milan, Italy
Production of recombinant HIV-1/HBV virus-like particles in Nicotiana tabacum and Arabidopsis thaliana plants for a bivalent plant-based vaccine
15:15 A.Luxembourg
Ichor, USA
Electroporation based delivery improvise immunogenicity and potency of DNA vaccines
15:30 J.F. McGrath
Central Queensland University, Australia
Evaluation of bacterial ghost mucosal delivery technology on immunogenicity of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae mono- and multi-valent antigens
15:37 J.H.B.H. Hirschberg
Netherlands Vaccine Institute, Netherlands
BioneedlesTM: A parenteral vaccine technology platform avoiding classical syringe and needle
15:44 B.H.A. Kremer
OctoPlus NV, Netherlands
Single-shot vaccines: controlled delivery by OctoVAX-TM microspheres
15:51 Discussion  
16:00 Refreshments, poster session 2 and exhibition viewing
Session 10
Social issues with vaccines and vaccination
Part two: Where are we going locally and globally and how we are going to pay for it
16:30 A.McDermott
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, USA
Fostering innovation in AIDS vaccine development
17:00 J.B. Campbell
University of Toronto, Canada
Vaccination attitudes of medical, chiropractic and naturopathic students
17:30 W.L. Straus
Merck & Co., Inc., USA
Ethical considerations in international vaccine research: Consensus and evolving debate
17:45 S. Hilton
MRC, Social and Public Health Sciences Unite, UK
Aligning advice with the evidence: Trends in commentaries and editorials during the MMR controversy
18:00 G. Gandhi
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, USA
Demand forecasting for global health products: Recent advances and the role of Public-Private Partnerships (PDPs) (PANEL SESSION)
Concluding lecture: “The end of the beginning” … Vaccine for the next 25 years, J. Oxford, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry and Retroscreen Virology Ltd., UK
   
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