List of speakers (in alphabetical order)

Dr. Laurent Abel Head, Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases INSERM - Descartes University - Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases,

Pr. Moulay Hicham Afif Professor of pulmonology at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca - Director of Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center in Casablanca - Head of pulmonology department at Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center - President of Moroccan society of Respiratory Diseases - President of Moroccan univerity college of pulmonology - Member of scientific advisory committee of national program for prevention and control of influenza and acute respiratory infections, Ministry of Health - Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University & Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca - Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University & Ibn Rochd University Hospital Center, Casablanca,

Dr. Avelin F. Aghokeng Virologist – Joint Research Unit MIVEGEC - Department of Virology - Research Institute for Development and University of , France - Director of CDC Virology Laboratory - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - Global AIDS Program (GAP), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire - Institute for research and development (IRD), Montpellier, France - Coordinator of the “HIV DRUG RESISTANCE IN SOUTH” Group at ANRS – France - Expert Member of the WHO HIVResNet Laboratory Working Group for surveillance of HIV Drug Resistance, Member of the ANRS Scientific Expert Panel - Virology Laboratory, Yaoundé, CAMEROUN- International center of medical research of Franceville, GABON

Pr Jean François Allilaire Permanent executive officer of French Academy of medicine, FRANCE

Pr. Christian Boitard Member of the National Academy of Medicine - Professor of Clinical Immunology - Université de Paris - Director, Institute Physiopathology, Metabolism, Nutrition (AVIESAN), FRANCE

Dr. Marco Cavaleri Head of Biological Health Threats and Vaccines Strategy - European Medicines Agency, FRANCE

Pr. Patrice Debré Professor emeritus of Immunology, Sorbonne University and Department of Immunology Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital , Former Ambassador for HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases, Chair of the International Relationship Committee , French National Academy of Medicine, FRANCE

Pr. Carlos Del Rio Distinguished Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) - Emory University School of Medicine - Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health - Emory Rollins School of Public Health - Foreign Secretary, US National Academy of Medicine, USA

Pr. Jean-François Delfraissy, doctor and professor of medicine, specializing in immunology. Chairman of the National Ethics Advisory Committee in 2016. Chairman of the Covid-19 Scientific Council to advise the French government in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic, FRANCE

Pr. Detlev Ganten Specialist in pharmacology and molecular medicine. Founder of the in 2009. Chairman of the Foundation Board of the Charité Foundation. Editor of the Journal of Molecular Medicine, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology as well as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ethnological Museum Dahlem of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, GERMANY

Pr. Johan Giesecke Professor emeritus - Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SWEDEN

Pr. Adrian Hill Director, The Jenner Institute - University of Oxford, UK

Pr. Didier Houssin President of the Covid-19 Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization - Full member of the French Academy of Medicine, FRANCE

Pr. Esper G. Kallas Full Professor - Department of Infecious and Parasitic Diseases - School of Medicine - University of Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

Dr. Carole Jabet Scientific Director - Quebec Health Research Fund - (Quebec),

Pr. Vincent Jarlier Bacteriologist and specialist in hospital hygiene - Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospitals - Director of the National Reference Center for Mycobacteria and Mycobacterial Resistance to Tuberculosis (CNR-MyRMA) - Member of the National Academy of Medicine, FRANCE

Pr. Marie-Paule Kieny Director - Priority Research Programme on Antimicrobial resistance, Inserm, FRANCE

Pr. Jean-François Mattei President of the French Academy of Medicine - Former Minister of Health, FRANCE

Pr. Dror Mevorach Full professor and the former vice dean for teaching at the medical school of the hebrew university, Head of Rheumatology research center, and chairman of medicine at the Hadassah-Hebrew University medical center, ISRAËL

Dr. Brian McCloskey CBE, MD, FFPHM, Senior Consulting Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), UNITED KINGDOM

Pr. Arnold Migus Former CEO of the National Center for Scientific Research - (CNRS), Honorary judge at the Court of Audit, FRANCE

Pr. Patrick Netter Member of the National Academy of Medicine - Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology - Honorary Dean of the - Faculty of Medicine of Nancy - Former Director of the Institute of Biological Sciences of the National Center for Scientific Research - (CNRS), FRANCE

Pr. Guang Ning Head of Shanghai Clinical Center for Endochrine and Metabolic Disease, Director and Professor of Department of Endocrine and Metabolism in Ruijin Hospital, Director of Shanghai Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vice President of Ruijin Hospital affiliated Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, CHINA

Pr. Stanley Plotkin Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Pr. Angelo Ravelli Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Residency Program, University of Genoa - Head, Division of Rheumatology, Giannina Gaslini Institute - EULAR Center of Excellence in Rheumatology 2018-2023 - Treasurer, Pediatric Rheumatology European Association (PRES) - Chair, EULAR Standing Committee for Pediatric Rheumatology - Chairman, Italian Pediatric Rheumatology Study Group, ITALY

Pr. Gerd Sutter Chair of Virology - Director, Department of Veterinary Sciences - Institute for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses - Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität München, GERMANY

Pr. Yazdan Yazdanpanah Director of the Institute of Immunology, Inflammation, Infectiology and Microbiology at Inserm and Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Bichat Hospital, FRANCE