day 1 agenda

Scientific Program

Day -1: July (06, 2026)

Meeting Hall - PARIOLI 1

Registrations Open (08:30-09:10)

Opening Ceremony (09:10-09:30)

Keynote Talks

 

Ted Rothstein,

George Washington University, United States

 

 

09:30-10:00

 

Title: Neuroanatomic changes associated with 55 consecutive long-term post COVID-19 patients with cognitive deficits

 

 

 

Bram Palache, Flupal Consultancy, Netherlands

 

10:00-10:30

 

Title: Disparities in Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Europe

 

 

 

Airi Poder,
Clinical Research OU,
Estonia

 

10:30-11:00

 

Title: Recruitment Strategies for Vaccine Trials in Areas of Low Population Density

 

 

 

Group Photo & Refreshment Break (11:00-11:20)

 

 

Scientific Session I

 

 

 

Moriya Tsuji, Columbia University, United States

 

11:20-11:40

 

Title: Harnessing CD1d-restricted NKT cells to prevent respiratory viral infections in vivo

 

 

 

Rene Traksel,

Maxima Medical Center, Netherlands

 

11:40-12:00

 

Title: Oral iodine in COVID-19 patients: effects on clinical outcomes and antiviral immune responses

 

 

 

 

Manish A Mahajan,

Zydus Lifesciences,

India  

 

12:00-12:20

 

Title: Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs in Lower Middle Income Countries: Role Beyond Pandemic Preparedness

 

 

 

 

Arlene Calvo,

University of South Florida, United States

 

 

12:20-12:40

 

Title: Follow-up of HPV Vaccine Outcomes in Panama

 

 

 

Jürgen Gailer,

University of  Calgaray, Canada

 

12:40-13:00

Title: Degradation of the Vaccine Additive Thimerosal by L-Glutathione and L-Cysteine at Physiological pH

 

 

 

(13:00-14:00) Lunch Break @ Restaurant

 

 

Scientific Session II

 

 

 

 

Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Nagasaki University, Japan

 

 

14:00-14:20

 

Title: A Multicounty assessment of Chikungunya Virus Infection in Asia Using Molecular and

Serological Approaches

 

 

 

 

Thomas P Monath,

Quigley Biopharma,

USA

 

 

14:20-14:40

Title: PHV02 Live, attenuated recombinant VSV vaccine against Nipah Virus: Clinical trial update

 

 

 

 

 

Adam Frederik Sander,

University of Copenhagen,

Denmark

 

 

14:40-15:00

 

Title: Combining mRNA Speed with cVLP immunogenicity - A modular mRNA vaccine platform encoding antigen-presenting capsid virus-like particles

 

 

 

 

Albert Jonathan Auguste,

Virginia Tech, United States

 

 

15:00-15:20

 

Title: Exploring the immunogenicity and efficacy of an insect virus-based vaccine against Zika virus and Spondweni virus

 

 

 

Ademola O. Olaniran,

University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

 

15:20-15:40

Title: Rotaviruses in treated wastewater effluent and receiving aquatic milieu: Prevalence, Genetic characterization and Infectivity

 

 

 

 

Rajendra Upadhya,

Duke University,

USA

 

 

15:40-16:00

 

Title: Targeting Fungal Cell Wall Biology to Develop Whole-Cell Vaccines Against Cryptococcosis

 

 

 

Refreshment Break(16:00-16:10)

 

 

 

Sam Pallerla,

IAVI,

USA

 

16:10-16:30

Title: Scale-up and cGMP manufacturing of next-generation vaccine adjuvant saponin/MPLA nanoparticles (SMNP)

 

 

 

Ying Peng,

Zhengzhou University,

China

 

16:30-16:50

Title: A cDC1 targeting, plug-and-play custom nanoparticle vaccine triggers effective cancer immunity

 

 

 

 

Bella Manshion,

KU Leuven,

Belgium

 

16:50-17:10

 

Title: Combination therapy of inorganic nanocparticles with Anti-PD1 reduces tumor growth and acts as targeted selective anti-tumor therapy

 

 

 

Pannel Discussions

End of Day-1

day 2 agenda

Scientific Program

Day -2: June (07, 2026)

Meeting Hall - PARIOLI 1

Scientific Session III

 

 

 

Kai-Michael Toellner,

Babraham Institue,

United Kingdom

 

 

10:20-10:40

 

Title: Mastering Immunity: Antibody Feedback as a Driver of Germinal Centre Fate and Vaccine Responses

 

Sara Landeras,

University CEU

Spain

 

 

10:40-11:00

Title: Antigenic landscape and structural stabilization of the SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid protein

Roberto Ademo,

GlaxoSmithkile

Italy

11:00-11:20

Title: Towards a polysaccharide-based Group B Streptococcus vaccinefor Global Health

 

Antonio Acosta-Hoyos,

Universidad Simon Bolivar,

Colombia

 

 

11:20-11:40

Title: Point of care dengue screening & Verima stratification by raman spectroscopy of serum liquid biopsies

 

 

 

 

 

Sara Al Dahir,

Xavier University of Louisiana,

USA

 

 

11:40-12:00

 

Title: The Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic Shutdowns on Immunization Completion in Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq: A Case-Study of Vaccine Completion in a Recovering Healthcare System

 

 

 

 

Cristina Scavone,

Link University,

Italy

 

 

12:00-12:20

 

Title: Parental vaccine hesitancy: Recent evidences support the need to implement targeted communication strategies

 

 

 

Clint McDaniel, UMass Chan Medical School,USA

 

12:20-12:40

 

Title: Cryo-electron tomography reveals virion-associated influenza hemagglutinin clusters upon receptor binding

 

 

 

Sung-Hou Kim,

University of California, United States

 

12:40-13:00

Title: Whole-genome demography of COVID-19 virus during its pandemic period and On a pan- valent vaccine design and test in mice

 

 

 

(13:00-14:00) Lunch Break @ Restaurant

Poster presentations (14:00-15:00)

Scientific Session IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slot Available

 

 

15:00-15:20

 

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Malaspina,

University College London,

United Kingdom

 

15:20-15:40

 

Title: Neurofilament and Dipeptide Repeats Autoantibodies and Loss of Immune Tolerance in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

 

 

 

 

 

 Slot Available

 

 

15:40-16:00

 

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refreshment Break(16:00-16:10)

 

 

 

 

Slot Available

 

16:10-16:30

 

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

Stine Søgaard Normann,

University of Southern Denmark,

Copenhagen

 

 

16:30-16:50

 

 

Title: Prenatal and childhood PFAS exposure and vaccine?induced immunity at 15 years of age in a Faroe mother?child cohort

 

 

 

 

Gisselle Nilda Medina,

USDA,

United States

 

 

16:50-17:10

 

Title: Rethinking next-generation FMDV vaccines: use of codon deoptimization strategies

 

Closing Ceremony

 

Please note that this program is tentative, and the timings are subjected to change

 

If any one interested to attend the conference or to book your speaker slot, please send an email to ryan_cooper@vaccine-congress.org

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