Programme

Course info Speaker bios
  • 1 July — 7 July, 2018

1st Day
Course presentation and General framework of emerging infections
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
09:00 — 12:30
Welcome and Introduction by Course Directors
12:30 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 15:00
The One-Health approach to emerging viruses
15:00 — 15:30
Break
15:30 — 17:00
Wildlife virus reservoirs
17:00 — 17:30
Break
17:30 — 18:30
Introduction to workshops
2nd Day
Ecology of emerging viral infections
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
08:30 — 10:00
Disease ecology: evolutionary origin and transmission
10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 12:00
Emerging viruses and climate change: the entomologist’s approach
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 15:00
Arbovirus diversity and emergence
15:00 — 16:30
Workshop
3rd Day
Molecular evolution and species transmission/adaptation
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
08:30 — 10:00
Virus evolution and population dynamics
10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 12:00
Molecular determinants of virus transmission among and between reservoirs
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 15:00
Structural basis of immune response for designing new vaccines
15:00 — 16:30
Workshop
4th Day
Public Health Impact
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
08:30 — 10:00
Outbreak management in clinical setting
10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 12:00
Social structures, space, and behaviors in the spread of infectious diseases
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 15:00
Workshop
5th Day
Countermeasures
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
08:30 — 10:00
New methods for early risk assessments
10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 12:00
Spatial dynamics of viruses and their vectors
12:00 — 13:30
Lunch
13:30 — 15:00
Workshop
6th Day
Countermeasures and Preparation of the workshops results
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
08:30 — 10:00
Searching for new antivirals
10:00 — 10:30
Break
10:30 — 11:00
Workshop
7th Day
09:00 — 09:30
Presentations and general discussion of the workshops.

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