« Understanding Emerging Viral Diseases and their Public Health Impact » Organizers: Laurent Kaiser, Isabella Eckerle Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, University Hospital Geneva & University Geneva Geneva, Switzerland Scientific Commitee: Marylyn Addo, Germany Amadou Sall, Senegal Olivier Engler, Switzerland Daniel Bausch, UK François Chappuis, Switzerland Antoine Flahault, Switzerland Claire-Anne Siegrist, Switzerland Volker Thiel, Switzerland Nahoko Shindo, Switzerland Pascal Cherpillod, Switzerland Noël Tordo, France/Guinea Gary Kobinger, Canada Venue: Campus Biotech, 9 Chemin des Mines, Geneva, Switzerland www.unige.ch/emerging-virus-symposium 1 Wednesday April 10, 2019 12.00 - 13.00 Registration 13.00 – 13.15 Laurent Kaiser Welcome and introduction Isabella Eckerle Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, Geneva, Switzerland Session I: Arbovirus emergence in Europe 13.20 – 13.40 Jose Arribas Autochthonous CCHF transmission in Spain Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain (confirmed) 13.40 – 14.10 Tom Fletcher CCHF in Europe – Lessons from Turkey Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK (confirmed) 14.10 – 14.30 Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Mayaro, Usutu, West Nile - the next emerging Bernhard-Nocht-Institute arbovirus? Hamburg, Germany (confirmed) 14.30 – 15.00 Coffee Break Session II: Yellow Fever Virus – Old virus, new challenges 15.00 – 15.20 Annelies Zinkernagel Imported yellow fever case to Switzerland University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (t.b.c.) 15.20 – 15.50 Ho Yeh-Li Severe yellow fever – clinical experience from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Brazil (confirmed) 15.50 – 16.20 Jan Felix Drexler Epidemiology & ecology of the YFV outbreak – Charité Berlin, Germany why now? (confirmed) 16.20 – 16.30 Mini-Break Evening lecture 16.30 -17.00 Esperanza Martinez Crisis management in emergency situations International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland (t.b.c.) Social program 18.00 Guided tour of the International Red Cross Museum Apero 2 Thursday April 11, 2019 Session I: Vaccines for emerging viruses – the long and winding road to protection 08.30 - 9.00 Annelies Wilder-Smith The Ups and downs of Dengue vaccination Initiative for Vaccine Research, WHO (confirmed) 09.00 - 09.30 Colin Russell Evolutionary dynamics of influenza viruses Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam (confirmed) 9.30 – 10.00 Coffee break Session II: Emerging virus of global relevance: Measles and HIV 10.00 - 10.30 Sabine Santibanez Measles epidemiology - Drawbacks and current Robert Koch Institute, Germany challenges (confirmed) 10.30 – 11.00 Alexandra Calmy The impact of ART and HIV self-testing on HIV University Hospital Geneva (confirmed) Session III: Ebola - recent challenges and new approaches 11.00 – 11.30 Pauline Vetter Ebola in DRC – a clinical point of view University Hospital Geneva (t.b.c.) 11.30 - 12.00 Peter Salama Challenges and vaccination approaches in an World Health Organisation, Ebola outbreak Geneva (t.b.c.) 12.00 – 12.30 Late breaker To be announced 12.30 - 14.00 Lunch Venue: Foyer, Campus Biotech Session IV: Emerging rodent-borne viruses: Lassa and hantaviruses 14.00 - 14.20 Cornelia Staehelin New World hantavirus infection in Switzerland University Hospital Bern (confirmed) 14.20 – 14.40 Timo Wolf Imported Lassa virus to Germany, 2016 Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (confirmed) 14.40 - 15.10 Daniel Bausch Lassa – Lessons from the field London School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, London, UK (confirmed) 15.10 – 15.40 Stephan Günther Novel diagnostics for Lassa virus in the field Bernhard Nocht Institute Hamburg, Germany (confirmed) 15.40 - 16.10 Coffee break Session V: Novel approaches to tackle emerging viruses 16.10 - 16.40 Åge Nærdal The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) 3 Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Oslo, Norway (t.b.c.) 16.40 – 17.10 Rudi Pauwels A mobile laboratory for outbreak situations Praesens Foundation, Belgium (confirmed) Session V: Virus discovery – the anticipation of the next pandemic? 16.40 - 17.20 Antoine Flahault Precision global health – forecasting outbreaks? Institute of Global Health, Geneva (confirmed) 17.20 - 17.50 Edward Holmes Expansion of the RNA virosphere University of Sydney, Australia (confirmed) 17.50 – 18.00 Mini-Break Evening lecture 18.00 – 18.30 François Chappuis Snakebite: From research to public health University Hospital Geneva interventions (confirmed) Social program 19.30 Conference dinner Restaurant Vieux-Bois 4 Friday April 12, 2019 Session I: Emerging viruses and the brain 08.30 - 08.50 T.b.a. Human bornavirus infection of the brain 08.50 – 09.20 Marc Lecuit, The Pasteur South East Asian Encephalitis project Pasteur Institute Paris (confirmed) 09.20 - 09.50 Tom Solomon t.b.a. Institute of Infection & Global Health, Liverpool, UK (t.b.c.) 9.50 – 10.20 Hervé Bourhy Rabies risk in Europe and beyond Pasteur Institut Paris (confirmed) 10.20 - 10.50 Coffee break Session II: Emerging viruses from Africa 10.50 - 11.20 Marc Jacobs Imported monkeypox to the UK Royal Free Hospital, London, UK (confirmed) 11.20 – 11.50 Amadou Sall Arboviruses in Africa – Lessons from Senegal Pasteur Institut Senegal (t.b.c.) Session III: Award lecture 11.50 – 12.20 Gary Kobinger A research journey through emerging viruses University Laval, Quebec, Canada (confirmed) 12.20 - 12.35 Laurent Kaiser Closing remarks & farewell Isabella Eckerle 5 .