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  • 18 July — 22 July, 2016

1st Day
Day One
The University of Hong Kong
08:30 — 09:00
Registration
09:00 — 09:10
Welcome remarks
09:10 — 10:40
Immunologic principles of vaccination
10:40 — 11:00
Coffee
11:00 — 12:30
Vaccine trials
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Evaluating serological responses induced by influenza vaccination
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee
16:00 — 17:30
Planning a phase III vaccine trial: How big does it have to be?
2nd Day
Day Two
The University of Hong Kong
09:00 — 10:30
Disease surveillance: Clinical, virological, serological and internet-based surveillance
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee
11:00 — 12:30
Updating vaccines based on molecular epidemiology studies: genetic and antigenic surveillance
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Inferring disease burden from surveillance data
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee
16:00 — 17:30
Selecting a vaccine strain for influenza virus?
3rd Day
Day Three
The University of Hong Kong
09:00 — 10:30
Infectious disease modeling
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee
11:00 — 12:30
Health economic evaluation of vaccination programs
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Optimizing vaccination strategies: Targeting high-transmitters or high-risk groups?
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee
16:00 — 17:30
The benefit is worth the risk: The case of rotavirus vaccine
4th Day
Day Four
The University of Hong Kong
09:00 — 10:30
Vaccine acceptability
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee
11:00 — 12:30
Communicating 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

Pauline Paterson
Thomas Abraham
Gabriel Leung
Hongjie Yu

16:00 — 16:30
Coffee
5th Day
Day Five
The University of Hong Kong
09:00 — 10:30
Post-marketing safety and efficacy surveillance
10:30 — 11:00
Coffee
11:00 — 12:30
Vaccine licensure in China
12:30 — 14:00
Lunch
14:00 — 15:30
Poster session
15:30 — 16:00
Coffee
16:00 — 17:30
Vaccine trends in China

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