Speakers & Agenda
(subject to change)
Day 1: 13th September 2016
1320 – 1420 Registration and Welcome Coffee
1420 Housekeeping
Session 1: Public Health, Vaccinology and Immunology
1430 Professor Maria Zambon, Public Health England, UK (Keynote Speaker)
Seasonal Influenza vaccines: New vaccines, new challenges
1515 Professor John Oxford, Queen Mary College London and Oxford Media & Medicine, UK
The Enigmatic Virus of the Great Pandemic 1916-1924
1545 Professor Rebecca Cox, University of Bergen, Norway
The rapidity and longevity of the immune response after live attenuated influenza vaccination in children
1615 Refreshment break
1645 Professor Alain Townsend, University of Oxford, UK
Human Monoclonal Antibodies and the Evolution of Seasonal Influenza – “Deja Flu”
1715 Professor James Stewart, University of Liverpool, UK
BPIFA1/SPLUNC1 restricts Influenza A virus infection in the host by influencing the adaptive immune response
1745 Professor Bernadette Dutia, University of Edinburgh, UK
The impact of macrophage phenotype on the immune response to influenza virus infection
1815 Miss Pramila Rijal, University of Oxford, UK
Broadly Cross-protective Human Monoclonal Antibodies to Neuraminidase
1835 Close of Day 1
Day 2: 14th September 2016
Session 2: Molecular Virology – 1
0900 Dr Craig Thompson, University of Oxford, UK
A site of limited variability within the head of H1 haemagglutinin drives the antigenic evolution of H1N1 seasonal influenza
0930 Dr Aartjan te Velthuis, University of Oxford, UK
The initiation of influenza A virus RNA synthesis
1000 Professor Jan Rehwinkel, University of Oxford, UK
Induction of type I interferon in IAV-infected cells
1030 Refreshment break
Session 3: Pathogenecity
1110 Professor David Swayne, USDA/Agricultural Research Service, USA
(Keynote Speaker)
Impact of Species Adaptation on Global Spread of Clade 2.3.4.4 H5Nx Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
1200 Dr Ruth Bouwstra, GD Animal Health, The Netherlands
Risk analysis for low pathogenic avian influenza virus infections on Dutch poultry farms, 2007-2013
1220 Dr El-Sayed AbdelWhab, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Eurasian H7N7 Avian Influenza Viruses Exhibit Variable Pathogenicity in Chickens after Acquisition of Different Polybasic Proteolytic Cleavage Motifs
1240 Lunch break
Session 4: Avian Virology, Evolution and Epidemiology
1400 Professor Ian Brown, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK (Keynote Speaker)
Avian influenza, increasing threat or not?
1445 Dr Marek Slomka, Animal and Plant Health Agency, UK
Outbreak of H7N7 HPAI in chicken layers in the UK in 2015: scientific experiences
1515 Dr Jose Gonzales, Central Veterinary Institute of WUR, The Netherlands
Avian influenza virus shedding from infected poultry: a systematic review and meta-analysis
1535 Dr El-Sayed AbdelWhab, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
Towards a Better Understanding of the Evolution of Endemic A/H5N1 at the Poultry-Human Interface in Egypt
1555 Refreshment Break
1600 Mr Mahmoud Naguib, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Germany
Egyptian avian influenza viruses H9N2 reveal distinct genetic and antigenic properties
Session 5: Molecular Virology – 2
1620 Professor Dr Martin Schwemmle, University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany
Reverse genetic analysis of the newly discovered bat influenza A-like viruses
1650 Dr Beatrice Nal, Brunel University London, UK
Mechanisms of restriction of influenza A virus by host factors
1720 Miss Joyce Jones, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Antigenic drift among cluster IV-A and IV-B swine-origin influenza A(H3N2) variant viruses in the United States
1750 Close of Day 2
1900 Networking Dinner (by prior booking or invitation)
Day 3: 15th September 2016
Session 6: Laboratory Models, Technologies, bioinformatics
0900 Dr Simon Scott, University of Kent, UK
Optimising generation of viral pseudotypes for influenza serological investigation
0920 Professor Dr Timm Harder, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany
“Fits like a glove” – Real time RT-PCR as a universal tool in animal influenza diagnosis
0950 Dr Anthony Marriott, Public Health England, UK
Ferret and non-human primate challenge studies with human influenza viruses
1020 Dr Kerstin Skovgaard, Technical University Denmark, Denmark
Transcriptional studies in the pig as a valuable animal model for influenza virus infection
1040 Refreshment Break
1110 Dr Nigel Temperton, University of Kent, UK
Exploiting viral pseudotypes for influenza vaccine research
1130 Miss Christine Eng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Reassortment simulation with machine learning prediction demonstrate increasing zoonotic potential of avian influenza A viruses
1150 Miss Malene Andersen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Molecular characterisation and assessment of the zoonotic potential of a novel H1N2 influenza virus generated by reverse genetics
1210 Close of Conference
