Sunday 1 July: Course presentation and General framework of emerging infections
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Welcome and Introduction by Course Directors
- The One-Health approach to emerging viruses Malik Peiris (Hong Kong)
- Wildlife virus reservoirs Christian Drosten (Germany)
- Introduction to workshops Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Chris Mok (Hong Kong), Noel Tordo (Guinea), Sandra Junglen (Germany), Leo Poon (Hong Kong)
Welcome and Introduction by Course Directors
The One-Health approach to emerging viruses
Wildlife virus reservoirs
Introduction to workshops
Monday 2 July: Ecology of emerging viral infections
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Disease ecology: evolutionary origin and transmission Serge Morand (France)
- Emerging viruses and climate change: the entomologist’s approach Anubis Vega Rua (Guadeloupe, France)
- Arbovirus diversity and emergence Sandra Junglen (Germany)
- Workshop Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Chris Mok (Hong Kong), Noel Tordo (Guinea), Sandra Junglen (Germany), Leo Poon (Hong Kong)
Disease ecology: evolutionary origin and transmission
Emerging viruses and climate change: the entomologist’s approach
Arbovirus diversity and emergence
Workshop
Tuesday 3 July: Molecular evolution and species transmission/adaptation
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Virus evolution and population dynamics Marco Vignuzzi (France)
- Molecular determinants of virus transmission among and between reservoirs Hui-Ling Yen (Hong Kong)
- Structural basis of immune response for designing new vaccines Felix Rey (France)
- Workshop Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Chris Mok (Hong Kong), Noel Tordo (Guinea), Sandra Junglen (Germany), Leo Poon (Hong Kong)
Virus evolution and population dynamics
Molecular determinants of virus transmission among and between reservoirs
Structural basis of immune response for designing new vaccines
Workshop
Wednesday 4 July: Public Health Impact
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Outbreak management in clinical setting Yee Sin Leo (Singapore)
- Social structures, space, and behaviors in the spread of infectious diseases Emily Gurley (USA)
- Workshop Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Chris Mok (Hong Kong), Noel Tordo (Guinea), Sandra Junglen (Germany), Leo Poon (Hong Kong)Outbreak management in clinical setting
Social structures, space, and behaviors in the spread of infectious diseases
Workshop
Thursday 5 July: Countermeasures
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- New methods for early risk assessments Simon Cauchemez (France)
- Spatial dynamics of viruses and their vectors Moritz Kraemer (USA)
- Workshop Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Chris Mok (Hong Kong), Noel Tordo (Guinea), Sandra Junglen (Germany), Leo Poon (Hong Kong)
New methods for early risk assessments
Spatial dynamics of viruses and their vectors
Workshop
Friday 6 July: Countermeasures and Preparation of the workshops results
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Searching for new antivirals Mark von Itzstein (Australia)
- Workshop Ben Cowling (Hong Kong), Chris Mok (Hong Kong), Noel Tordo (Guinea), Sandra Junglen (Germany), Leo Poon (Hong Kong)Searching for new antivirals
Workshop
Saturday 7 July 2018
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole 7th/F HKJC Building for IR, 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Presentations and general discussion of the workshops.