Program
October 9 - 12, 2011
Venue: Holiday Inn-In the Walt Disney World® Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida USA
| Sunday, October 9, 2011 | |
| 2:00 - 5:00 pm | Registration |
| 5:00 – 5:15 pm | Welcome |
| 5:15 – 6:15 pm | Keynote A: G. McFadden (USA) "Viruses Have All Been Educated About Innate Immunity: There Are No Dumb Viruses" |
| 6:15 – 8:00 pm | Session I: Viral Entry Chairs - Camille Sureau & Stephan Urban |
| 8:00 - 10:00 pm | Welcome Reception |
| Monday, October 10, 2011 | |
| 9:00 – 9:30 am | Breakfast | 9:30 – 11:30 am | Session II: cccDNA Function & Transcription Chairs - Massimo Levrero & Michael Nassal |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 12:30 – 2:30 pm | Session III: Reverse Transcription /Assembly & Morphogenesis Chairs - Teresa Pollicino & Haitao Guo |
| 2:30 – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 5:00 pm | Session IV: Regulatory Proteins and Intracellular Trafficking Chairs - Michael Bouchard & Michael Kann |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Poster Session I: Sessions I - VI |
| Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | 8:30 – 10:15 am | Session V: Innate Immune Response Chairs - Kumar Visvanathan & Ulrike Protzer |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 – 12:30 pm | Session VI: Adaptive Immune Response Chairs - Mala Maini & Adam Gehring |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 4:30 pm |
Workshop: Models for Preclinical Research :The pros and cons of evolving systems Chairpersons: M. Levrero & M. Dandri Workshop agenda, click here. |
| 4:30pm | Unscheduled free time and recommended attractions Click here for discounted ticket information |
| Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | |
| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Breakfast | 8:30 – 10:15 am | Session VII: Viral Pathogenesis Chairs: Lucina Cova & Amalia Penna |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45 - 12:30 pm | Session VIII: HBV-Mediated Carcinogenesis, HCC Chairs: Betty Slagle & Ourania Andrisani |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:30 pm | Session IX: Antiviral Strategies and Variants Chairs: Fabien Zoulim & Anna Kramvis |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break | 4:00 – 5:00 pm | Keynote B:
M. Maini (UK) "How HBV Exploits the Intrahepatic Immune Environment" |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Poster Session II: Sessions VII-IX |
| 8:00 - 11:00 pm | Banquet Bongos Cuban Cafe - Downtown Disney |