Programme

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)

09:00

Welcome and Introduction by Course Directors

12:30
Lunch
13:30

The One-Health approach to emerging viruses

15:00
Break
15:30

Wildlife virus reservoirs

17:00
Break
17:30

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)

08:30

Disease ecology: evolutionary origin and transmission

10:00
Break
10:30

Emerging viruses and climate change: the entomologist’s approach

12:00
Lunch
13:30

Arbovirus diversity and emergence

15:00

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)

08:30

Virus evolution and population dynamics

10:00
Break
10:30

Molecular determinants of virus transmission among and between reservoirs

12:00
Lunch
13:30

Structural basis of immune response for designing new vaccines

15:00

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)
08:30

Outbreak management in clinical setting

10:00
Break
10:30

Social structures, space, and behaviors in the spread of infectious diseases

12:00
Lunch
13:30

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)

08:30

New methods for early risk assessments

10:00
Break
10:30

Spatial dynamics of viruses and their vectors

12:00
Lunch
13:30

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)
08:30

Searching for new antivirals

10:00
Break
10:30

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.

09:00

Presentations and general discussion of the workshops.