Programme

The program schedule is still being finalized and will be updated over time.

    • Welcome address

    • Session: Advances in HCV, flaviviruses and other viruses

    • Keynote speaker: Dan Barouch
      Correlates of Protection for Respiratory Virus Vaccines

    • Afternoon break

    • Oral presentations

    • Welcome reception

    • General housekeeping

    • Session: Public health/Clinical science and epidemiology of Hepatitis C and flaviviruses
      Co-chairs: Michael Diamond, Hannah Eleanor Clapham

    • Plenary speaker: Eva Harris
      Immune imprinting of dengue and Zika viruses: Immunological, epidemiological, and clinical consequences

    • Oral presentations

    • Morning tea

    • Plenary speaker: Marianne Martinello
      Towards HCV elimination in Australia

    • Oral presentations

    • Lunch

    • Session: Virus Life Cycle
      Co-chair: Jason Mackenzie

    • Plenary speaker: Jens Bukh
      TBA

    • Oral presentations

    • Afternoon break

    • Oral presentations

    • Poster session-1

    • General housekeeping

    • Session: Vaccines and therapeutics
      Co-chairs: Jody Peters, Branka Grubor

    • Plenary speaker: Sudhanshu Vrati
      Role of the host proteins in Japanese encephalitis virus replication

    • Oral presentations

    • Morning tea

    • Plenary speaker: Andrea Cox
      Natural Hepatitis C Virus Infection Informing Vaccine Design

    • Oral presentations

    • Lunch

    • Session: Evolution, emergence and vectors

    • Plenary speaker: Saravanan Thangamani
      Emerging Powassan Virus Strains: Genetic and Phenotypic Insights into Transmission, Perpetuation, and Public Health Risk

    • Oral presentations

    • Afternoon break

    • Poster session-2

    • General housekeeping

    • Session: Pathogenesis
      Co-chairs: Kartik Chandran, Sylvie Alonso

    • Plenary speaker: Neelika Malavige
      The Role of T Cells, Obesity, and Oxidative Stress in Severe Dengue

    • Oral presentations

    • Morning tea

    • Plenary speaker: Thomas Baumert
      Hepatitis C Virus and the Circadian Clock: Impact for Liver Disease Biology and Cancer Risk

    • Oral presentations

    • Lunch

    • Session: Innate and Adaptive Immunity
      Co-chairs: Alexander Ploss, Karla Helbig

    • Plenary speaker: Ellie Barnes
      TBA

    • Oral presentations

    • Session: Structural biology and therapeutic targets
      Co-chair: Richard Khun, Andrew Flyak

    • Plenary speaker: Sheemei Lok
      Dengue virus NS1 dynamic structures

    • Oral presentations

    • Networking dinner @ Singapore Zoo