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Programme

  • 14 July — 18 July 2025

  • HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, University of Hong Kong

  • HK$3,500 (Includes accommodation)

  • Apply by 28 March 2025

1st Day
08:30 — 08:45
Registration
08:45 — 09:00
Course introduction
09:00 — 10:45
Participants’ self-introduction
10:45 — 11:00
Tea break
11:00 — 12:45
Lecture 1

Emerging viruses: current challenges in preparedness and response

Christian Drosten

12:45 — 14:15
Lunch
14:15 — 16:00
Lecture 2

Research-based public policies

Malik Peiris

16:00 — 18:30
Workshop 1

Monitoring, surveillance and risk assessment of emerging threats

18:30 — 21:30
Welcome dinner
2nd Day
09:00 — 10:45
Lecture 3

The ecology of influenza viruses

Erik Karlsson

10:45 — 11:00
Tea break
11:00 — 12:45
Lecture 4

Evolution of influenza viruses

Vijay Dhanasekaran

12:45 — 14:15
Lunch
14:15 — 15:45
Lecture 5

Ecology and evolution of Mpox

Antoine Gessain

15:45 — 17:30
Workshop 2

Virus ecology: the One Health concept

3rd Day
09:00 — 10:45
Lecture 6

Epidemiology of influenza

Michelle Wille

10:45 — 11:00
Tea break
11:00 — 12:45
Lecture 7

Mammalian adaptation of influenza viruses

Sander Herfst

12:45 — 14:15
Lunch
14:15 — 16:00
Lecture 8

Transmission of influenza viruses

Hui Ling Yen

16:00 — 17:45
Workshop 3

Virus transmission

4th Day
09:00 — 10:45
Lecture 9

Immune response to influenza infection and vaccination

Sophie Valkenburg

10:45 — 11:00
Tea break
11:00 — 12:45
Lecture 10

Immune response to Mpox

Bas Oude Munnink

12:45 — 14:15
Lunch
14:15 — 16:00
Workshop 4

Immune response dynamics to infections and vaccinations

5th Day
09:00 — 10:45
Lecture 11

Anthropology and sociology in pandemics

Tamara Giles-Vernick

10:45 — 11:00
Tea break
11:00 — 12:45
Lecture 12

Mathematical modelling in outbreaks and pandemics

Simon Cauchemez

12:45 — 14:15
Lunch
14:15 — 19:00
Workshop 5

Matters arising from workshops 1 – 4

19:00 — 21:00
Farewell dinner

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