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  • 16 July — 20 July, 2018

1st Day
08:30 — 09:00
Registration
09:00 — 09:10
Welcome remarks
09:10 — 10:40
Lecture 1: Immunologic principles of vaccination
10:40 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Lecture 2: Vaccine trials
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Tutorial 1: Evaluating serological responses induced by influenza vaccination
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 16:30
Tutorial 2: Planning a phase III vaccine trial: How big does it have to be?
2nd Day
09:00 — 10:30
Lecture 3: Disease surveillance: Clinical, virological, serological and internet-based surveillance
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Lecture 4: Updating vaccines based on molecular epidemiology
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Tutorial 3: Inferring disease burden from surveillance data
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Tutorial 4: Selecting a vaccine strain for influenza virus?
3rd Day
09:00 — 10:30
Lecture 5: Infectious disease modeling
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Lecture 6: health economic evaluation of vaccination programs
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Tutorial 5: Optimizing vaccination strategies: Targeting high-risk transmitters or high-risk groups?
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Tutorial 6: The benefit is worth the risk: The case of rotavirus vaccine
4th Day
09:00 — 10:30
Lecture 7: Vaccine acceptability
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Lecture 8: Communication the risks and benefits of vaccines to the public
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 16:00
Panel discussion: lessons from the 2009 influenza pandemic
16:00 — 16:30
Coffee break
5th Day
09:00 — 10:30
Lecture 9: Post-marketing safety and efficacy surveillance
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 — 12:30
Lecture 10: Vaccine licensure in China
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Poster session
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 — 17:30
Special presentation: Vaccine trends in China

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