Meet the Expert
7:30 a.m. ‐ 8:00 a.m.
To Be Determined
Plenary Sessions
8:00 - 9:00
K1: Building a Biomedical Research Culture
Convener
Joann Lindenmayer, Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
Speaker
Alejandro Cravioto, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
K2: Spread of Vector-borne Diseases
Convener
C. Ben Beard, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Speaker
Lyle Petersen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ft. Collins, Colorado
K3: Influenza: New Emerging Viruses
Conveners
Joel Gaydos, Department of Defense-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance, Silver Spring, Maryland
Ann Moen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker
Jeffery Taubenberger National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Bethesda, MD
K4: Social Determinants of Health and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Convener
Marian McDonald, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker
Sir Michael Marmot, UCL Institute for Society and Health, London, United Kingdom
Plenary Sessions
9:10 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
L1: Integration of Surveillance Systems
Convener
David White, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Speaker
Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
L2: Neglected Diseases as Emerging Infectious Diseases
Convener
Suzanne Beavers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker
Frank Richards, The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia
L3: Mobility/Travel
Conveners
Philippe Parola, International Society of Travel Medicine, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Clive Brown, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker
David Hill, National Travel Health Network and Centre, London, United Kingdom
L4: Emerging Fungal Diseases
Convener
Tom Chiller, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker
Arturo Casadevall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
Coffee Break
10:10 a.m. ‐ 10:30 a.m.
Panel Sessions
10:30 a.m. ‐ 12:00 p.m.
M1. Biomedical Approaches to HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Conveners
Joel Gaydos, Department of Defense-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance, Silver Spring, Maryland
Michael Hendry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
William Levine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speakers
Anna-Lise Williamson, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Peter Leone, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
M2. Food Processing & Infectious Diseases
Conveners
Emilio Esteban, US Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia
Christine Hoang, American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, Illinois
Susan Lance, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Speaker
TBA
M3. Pneumonia & acute lower respiratory infections
Conveners
Thomas File, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
Eric Mast, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Gina Mootrey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speakers
Global Action Plan for Pneumonia
Shamim Qazi, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Surveillance for Severe Respiratory Disease: Challenges and Opportunities
Nusrat Homaira, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Diagnostic Challenges and New Molecular Tests: Implications for Surveillance and Treatment
Jonas Winchell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
M4. Novel diagnostics & technologies
Conveners
Frances Downes, American Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland
Lesley McGee, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC
David White, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Speakers
Christine Ginocchio, North Shore LIJ Health System, Lake Success, New York
Daniel Wattendorf, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, Virginia
Richard O'Brien, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland
M5. Malaria
Convener
Peter Bloland, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
P. Stephen Kachur, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Stacey Knobler, Fogarty International Center, Bethesda, Maryland
Speaker
TBA
M6. TBD
Convener
Speaker
TBA
Lunch
12:00 p.m. ‐ 12:30 p.m.
On your own.
Poster Sessions
12:30 p.m. ‐1:30 p.m.
Directors' Tour of Posters
To Be Determined
Panel Sessions
1:30 p.m. ‐3:00 p.m.
N1. Occupational exposure
Conveners
Frances Downes, American Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland
Ingrid Garrison, National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Topeka, Kansas
Stephen Streed, Association for Professionals in Infection Control, Washington, DC
Speaker
Impact and Prevention Strategies for Emerging Infectious Diseases on Animal Workers
Hume Field, Queensland Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases Biosecurity, Queensland, Australia
N2. Aquatic animals and food security
Conveners
Thomas Gomez, US Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, Georgia
Christine Hoang, American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, Illinois
Jim Zingeser, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
Speaker
TBA
N3. Tuberculosis
Conveners
Suzanne Beavers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Craig Conover, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, Atlanta, Georgia
Clifford McDonald, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Speakers
The Global Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Sarita Shah, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
New Diagnostics for Active Tuberculosis
Mark Perkins, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland
Detection and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infections
C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr., Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusettes
N4. Whole genome sequencing
Conveners
Lesley McGee, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC
David White, US Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Speaker
The Human Microbiome
Claire Fraser-Liggett, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Host Genomics and Infection
Ian Lipkin, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
Microbial Genomes and Pathogen Evolution
Martin Maiden, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
N5. Communications
Conveners
Peter Drotman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Patricia Strickler-Dinglasan, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland
Litjen Tan, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois
Speaker
TBA
N6. Measles
Conveners
Eric Mast, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Ann-Christine Nyquist, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Arlington, Virginia
Murray Trostle, US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC
Speaker
Jane Seward, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Kristen R. Ehresmann, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota
Coffee Break
3:00 p.m. ‐3:15 p.m.
Oral Presentations
3:15 p.m. ‐ 4:45 p.m.
To Be Determined
Closing Keynote
5:00 p.m. ‐6:00 p.m.
To Be Determined