Program

Sunday, September 17th

2:00-6:30 p.m.

Registration

5:00-6:20 p.m.

Welcome Reception

6:30-6:40 p.m.

Opening Remarks

6:40-7:40 p.m.

Keynote Lecture I (EMBO Lecture): Professor Raymond Dwek, Oxford University
"Glycosylation of viral proteins: role for virus uptake, morphogenesis and immune control"

7:45-9:15 p.m.

1. Viral Entry

9:30-11:00 p.m.

Social

Monday, September 18th

7:15-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m.

2. RNA and Protein Synthesis

10:00-10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

3. DNA Synthesis

12:15-1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:30-3:00 p.m.

4. Assembly, Morphogenesis and Trafficking

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:30-5:30 p.m.

5. Immune Response I

6:00-7:00 p.m.

Dinner

7:00-9:15 p.m.

6. Workshop: Therapeutic Vaccination, with Special Lecture by Professor Rafi Ahmed, Emory University, "Strategies to break tolerance and improve vaccines"

9:30-11:00 p.m.

Poster Session I and Social

Tuesday, September 19th

7:15-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-9:30 a.m.

7. Immune Response II

9:30-10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:00-11:30 a.m.

8. Regulatory Proteins and Carcinogenesis

11:45 a.m.

Box Lunch

12:00-6:00 p.m.

Free Time (Optional Group Tour of Vancouver Harbour*)

6:15-7:15 p.m.

Dinner

8:30-10:00 p.m.

Poster Session II and Social

Wednesday, September 20th

7:15-8:15 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30-10:00 a.m.

9. Pathogenesis

10:00-10:30 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon

10. Variants and New Models

12:15-1:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:30-3:00 p.m.

11. Antivirals

3:00-3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Keynote Lecture III: Professor Peter Sarnow, Stanford University, "Subversion of a liver-specific microRNA by HCV"

4:30-4:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

6:30 p.m.

Banquet*

End of the Meeting