Advancing Vaccines in the Genomics Era

October 31-November 4, 2013

Windsor Barra Hotel • Rio de Janeiro • Brazil

Part of the Keystone Symposia Global Health Series, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Abstract Deadline:July 30, 2013

Brazil Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Registration Subsidy Deadline:August 20, 2013. Here

Discounted Registration Deadline: August 29, 2013. 

Save US$150 by registering by August 29, 2013 and submit an abstract for our second conference in Brazil, to be held October 31-November 4, 2013.

We are also pleased to offer a limited number of registration subsidies to students and postdoctoral fellows in Brazil who would not otherwise be able to participate (see here for details).

The conference will:

 * Convene with a keynote address by Rino Rappuoli

of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics on "Designing Vaccines for the 21st Century Society" on November 1, followed by four days

of stimulating plenary sessions, workshops and poster sessions;

 *   Explore the potential of systems biology in vaccine design and development, as well as genomic and structural approaches to antigen and adjuvant discovery, design and validation;

 * Provide a rare opportunity bringing together immunologists, vaccinologists, virologists and systems biologists from academia, industry and government to accelerate progress in vaccine development.

Full program here, submit an abstract and register.

For a printable flyer click here.

Short talks on the program will be selected from abstracts submitted by the abstract deadline. We will continue to accept abstracts for the poster sessions and abstract book on our website until the August 29 discounted registration deadline.

SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZERS

Bali Pulendran, Emory University

Chris Wilson, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Rino Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

(as of July 22, 2013)

Alan Aderem

Rafi Ahmed

Bonnie B. Blomberg

Scott D. Boyd

Mary Carrington

Danilo R. Casimiro*

Robert L. Coffman

Rhea N. Coler

Mark M. Davis

Ennio De Gregorio

Ricardo T. Gazzineli

Hana Golding

Jorg J. Goronzy

Thomas Richard Hawn

Adrian V. S. Hill

Daniel Kastner

Peter D. Kwong

Antonio Lanzavecchia

Ofer Levy

J. Christopher Love

Andrew J. Pollard

Scott Presnell

Bali Pulendran

Rino Rappuoli

Rafick P. Sékaly

Lynda G. Tussey

Ian A. Wilson

*added since June 15, 2013

Additional speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.

PLENARY SESSION TOPICS

• Genetic Dissection of Immunity

• Genomics of T Cell Responses to

  Vaccination

• Systems Biological Approaches to

  Vaccination

• Genomics of Antibody Responses to

  Vaccination

• Genomic and Structural Approaches

  to Antigen and Adjuvant Discovery,

  Design and Validation

• Lessons to be Learned from Other

  Fields

• Immunology of Vaccination in the

  Young and Elderly

• Translation of Immunological

  Concepts to the Clinic