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Program

1st International Congress on
Exacerbation of Airway
Disease (ICAED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



1:00-6:00pm                    
Congress registration desk opens


7:00-9:30 pm Welcome Reception and Dinner
7:30-8:30 am
BUFFET BREAKFAST


Session I: The Threat of Pandemic Influenza

8:30-9:00 am


Pathogenicity of Reconstructed 1918 Flu Virus
Jeffery Taubenberger, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rockville, Maryland (invited)
9:00-9:30 am


H5N1 Influenza Transmission and Disease: Observations from the Front Lines
Menno de Jong, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
9:30-10:00 am


Pandemic Preparedness from A to Z: Research Priorities and What Every Clinic and Physician Needs To Do
Jon McCullers, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
10:00-10:30 am

Panel discussion
Terrence Tumpey, Menno de Jong, Jon McCullers, Frederick Hayden, Albert Osterhaus
10:30-11:00 am

COFFEE BREAK

Session II: The Possibility of Respiratory Virus Persistence andChronic Disease: Does RSV Persist and Does it Cause Chronic Disease?

11:00-11:30 am

Animal and Infant Evidence of RSV Disease Persistence
Octavio Ramilo, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas
11:30-12:00 pm

COPD and Chronic RSV Persistence
Sebastian Johnston, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
12:00-12:30 pm

Respiratory Viruses in Lung Transplantation: Do They Cause Both Early and Late Disease?
Martin Zamora, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado
12:30-2:00 pm

BUFFET LUNCH

Session III: Emerging/Re-Emerging Pathogens

2:00-2:30 pm

New Respiratory Viruses: hMPV, Coronaviruses, BOCA Virus and Beyond
Albert Osterhaus, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2:30-3:00 pm

Mumps Epidemiology and Immunity: The Anatomy of a Modern Epidemic
Larry Anderson, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia
3:00-3:30 pm

The Spectrum of hMPV in Adults
Ann Falsey, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York

Session IV: Viral Respiratory Disease in Infants: Direct Cytopathic Effect or Immunopathology

3:30-4:00 pm

Immunopathology of Bronchiolitis
Jurgen Schwarze, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
4:00-4:30 pm COFFEE BREAK
4:30-5:00 pm

RSV and Influenza Infections: Observations From Tissues of Fatal Infant Cases
Robert Welliver, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York
5:00-5:30 pm

Respiratory Infections from Rhinovirus and Their Role in Asthma
Jim Gern, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
5:30-6:00 pm

Panel Discussion
Robert Welliver, Albert Osterhaus, Ann Falsey, Jim Gern, Jurgen Schwarze
6:30-9:00 pm

Special Dinner Speaker
John Barry, Author of The Great Influenza
DINNER
7:30-8:30 am

BUFFET BREAKFAST

Session V: Respiratory Virus Intervention Strategies

8:30-9:00 am


Universal Influenza Vaccination and Live attenuated influenza vaccination of Children
W. Paul Glezen, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
9:00-9:30 am

Antiviral Therapy and Resistance of Influenza
Arnold S. Monto, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
9:30-10:00 am


In vitro Affinity Matured Monoclonal Antibody (Motavizumab) vs Palivizumab for Prevention of RSV
Eric Simoes, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado
10:00-10:30 am

Vaccination for Pandemic Flu: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Need To Go
Jon McCullers, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
10:30-11:00 am

COFFEE BREAK

Session VI: Novel Vaccines and Therapeutics

11:00-11:30 am

RNA Interference Strategies as Therapies for Respiratory Viral Diseases
John DeVincenzo, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
11:30-12:00 pm

Bovine RSV Based Vaccines
Peter Wright, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
12:00-12:30 pm

Sendai Virus-based Vaccines Targeting Pediatric Paramyxoviruses
Julia Hurwitz, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
12:30-1:00 pm

Wrap-up
John DeVincenzo & Frederick Hayden
1:00-2:00 pm BUFFET LUNCH

 

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