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26th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PAEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES Organized jointly by ESPID and the ESPID Foundation GRAZ, AUSTRIA, MAY 13-17, 2008



Invitation to 6th International Symposium on Pneumococci & PneumococcalDiseases, ISPPD-6, 8 -12 June 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland

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  Meet the Professor Sessions   Company Sponsored Symposia
  Scientific Sessions   Social Events


Tuesday,
May 13, 2008
Wednesday,
May 14, 2008
Thursday,
May 15, 2008
Friday,
May 16, 2008
Saturday,
May 17, 2008

 

  07:30-08:30
Meet the Professor
Session 1:

Diagnosis and management of viral encephalitis

Whitley, R., USA

07:30-08:30
Meet the Professor
Session 2:

HIV: Advances in antiretroviral therapy

Giaquinto, C., Italy

07:30-08:30
Meet the Professor Session 3:

Diagnostic tools in respiratory infections – when to use, what to ask for

Peiris, M., Hong Kong

Diez-Domingo, J. , Spain
07:30-08:30
Meet the Professor
Session 4:

Viral Hepatitis – when and how to treat

Mieli-Vergani, G., UK
07:30-08:30
Meet the Professor
Session 5
:


Influenza, clinical manifestations and antiviral treatment

Heikkinen, T., Finland

07:30-08:30
Meet the Professor Session 6:

Prevention and treatment of RSV infection in healthy and high-risk infants and children

Kimpen, J., The Netherlands
09:00-11:00
Invasive Fungal infections in children
Jointly
sponsored by Aesca/Schering-Plough, Gilead, MSD and Pfizer
9:00-17:00
Walter Marget
Educational Workshop
08:30-10:00
Rotavirus vaccination: what are we waiting for?
Sponsored by Sanofi Pasteur MSD
08:30-10:00
ESPID Scientific Session 1:
Challenges in the development of vaccines against viral infections

Offit P, USA
Plotkin S. ,
USA
08:30-10:30
ESPID Scientific Session 4:
Meningococcal infections

Levin M., UK
Pollard A.,
UK

 

10:00-10:30
Coffee Break, Visit Exhibition
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
10:30-12:00
Innovative vaccines designed for public health benefits
Symposium
Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline
10:30-12:30
ESPID Scientific Session 2:
New challenges in viral infections

Peiris M.,
Hong Kong
Cant A, UK
11:00-12:30
Guided Poster Walks
12:00-13:00
Lunch Break,
Visit Exhibition
12:30-14:00
Research Lunches
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break, Poster
Viewing, Visit Exhibition
12:30-13:00
Awards
14:00
Registration
opens
13:00-14:30
Criteria for the evaluation of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Symposium
Sponsored by Wyeth
14:00-15:00
Bill Marshall Award & Lecture
13:00-14:30
Research Lunches
13:00-14:30
Lunch Break, Post Viewing,
Visit Exhibition
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break,
Visit Exhibition
15:00-16:30
ESPID Scientific Session 3:
Viral infections of the central nervous system

Heinz F.X., Austria
Whitley, R., USA

14:30-16:00   

Free Papers Session 1

14:30-16:00

Free papers Session 2

16:00 – 17:30
Paediatric Influenza: Original strategies to reduce the burden of disease sponsored by MedImmune
15:00-16:30
Recent Advances in Invasive Meningococcal Disease Prevention
Sponsored by Novartis
Vaccines
16:30-17:00
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing,
Visit Exhibition
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing, Visit Exhibition
16:30-18:30
ESPID Scientific Session 5:
Preventing viral infections – How are we doing?

Salisbury, D.

Schmitt, J., Luxembourg
Edwards, K.,
Australia and Isaacs, D., Australia
17:30 – 18:00
Coffee Break
16:30-16:50
Ice-Cream Break
17:00-18:30
ESPID Annual General Assembly
(members only)
18:00 – 20:00
Better results for children today and tomorrow: Influenza and tick-borne encephalitis Symposium
Sponsored by
Novartis Vaccines
16:50-18:20 Combating TBE & MenC: Latest news and recent developments
Sponsored by Baxter
18:20-19:00
Opening Ceremony
19:00-20:00
Get Together Reception
20:30-23:00
ESPID Members and
Faculty Dinner
20:30-23:00
Farewell Event

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