Veranstaltungen

Pandemic preparedness: Achievements, current challenges, and new frontiers

Datum
November 11, 2024 - November 13, 2024

Zeit
Ganztägig

Veranstaltungsort
Hotel Savoia Excelsior Palace, Trieste, Italy


The International Conference “Pandemic preparedness: Achievements, current challenges, and new frontiers” involves world-renowned scientists with the aim of providing an overview of known and emerging viruses representing a potential epidemic risk.

It focuses on prevention, surveillance, detection, drug discovery, treatment, and cooperation, to tackle challenges and implementing response strategies related to the threat posed by potential pandemic outbreaks.

The scientific event, attracting international experts from different disciplines applied to the study of pathogens, such as Artificial intelligence, virology, structural biology, genomics, data management, clinical diagnostics, infectious diseases and zoonoses, supports knowledge sharing and networking, encouraging the development of broad synergies and multidisciplinary cooperation.

The Conference is organized by Area Science Park, in conjunction with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology – ICGEB, in the frame of PRP@CERIC project.

Topics

  • Emerging and re-emerging viruses with pandemic potential
  • Risk of viral zoonoses and its mitigation
  • Diagnostics, surveillance and capacity building in resources limited settings
  • Immunization and preventive approaches
  • Drug discovery: stocking the shelves for the next pandemic
  • Biosafety and Biosecurity when dealing with viral infections
  • Multidisciplinary approaches, infrastructure, and cooperation
  • Future challenges in pandemic preparedness

Invited speakers

  • Tatjana Avšič-Županc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Lucia Banci, University of Florence and Instruct-ERIC, Italy
  • Tulio de Oliveira, KwaZulu-Natal and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  • Jonathan Ewbank, ERINHA, Belgium
  • Daniel Hurdiss, Utrecht University, Netherlands
  • Yoshihiro Kawaoka, University of Tokyo and National
  • Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan; University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Marion Koopmans, Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands
  • Fabrizio Maggi, L. Spallanzani National Inst. for Infectious Diseases, University of Insubria, Italy
  • Johan Neyts, University of Leuven, Belgium
  • Tom Peacock,The Pirbright Institute and Imperial College London, UK
  • Rino Rappuoli, Biotecnopolo Foundation, Italy
  • Emma Thomson, University of Glasgow, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK
  • Martin Weigt, Sorbonne Université, France

Scientific oganizers

  • Giuditta De Lorenzo (Area Science Park)
  • Alessandro Marcello (ICGEB)
  • Paola Storici (Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste)
  • Pietro Campiglia (University of Salerno)
  • Federica Mantovani (Area Science Park)

Key dates and deadlines

  • 18th March 2024: Registration and abstract submission open
  • 18th August 2024: Deadline for abstract submission
  • 9th September 2024: Notification of acceptance or rejection to submitting Authors
  • 15th September 2024: Deadline for presenting Authors and EARLY registration
  • 31st October 2024: Deadline for REGULAR registration

Click here to visit the conference website.