Scientific Programme | ESCV 2022 - 24th Annual Conference of the European Society for Clinical Virology

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 - TUESDAY

Time Slot

PLENARY HALL

PARALLEL HALL

10:00 - 17:00

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:
Out of a Pandemic:
Lessons Learned for Better Future Viral Diagnostics

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 - WEDNESDAY
Time Slot	PLENARY HALL	PARALLEL HALL
13:30 – 15:00	SESSION 1: Neurological Infections *Chairs: Elisabeth Puchhammer, Austria & Svein Arne Nordbø, Norway* An update on Global Eradication of Polio, *Aidan O’Leary, Switzerland*
15:00 - 16:00	SESSION 2: Emerging and Re-emerging Viral Diseases *Chairs: Marcus Panning, Germany & Heli Harvala, UK* Nordic life with mosquitos and ticks, *Olli Vapalahti, Finland*
16:00 - 16:30	COFFEE BREAK
16:30 – 17:00	OPENING KEYNOTE Chairs: Mariet Feltkamp, Netherlands & Paul Klapper, UK Discovery of Prions, *Stanley Prusiner, United States*
17:00 – 17:30	KEYNOTE vCJD in the UK, *Richard Knight, UK*
17:30 – 18:00	TWiV
18:00 – 20:00	WELCOME RECEPTION (at the Exhibition Area)

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 - THURSDAY
Time Slot	PLENARY HALL	PARALLEL HALL
08:00 - 09:00	Slot for Industry Symposium	Slot for Industry Symposium
09:00 – 10:30	SESSION 3: SARS-CoV-2 *Chairs: Catherine Moore, UK & Nicholas Machin, UK* Origins of SARS, *Edward Holmes, Australia*
10:30 – 11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:30	SESSION 4: Vaccines/Vaccinology *Chairs: Javier Buesa, Spain & Pamela Vallely, UK* Progress with vaccines for HCV, *Amit Kapoor, United States*
12:30 – 14:00	LUNCH BREAK (Council Meeting will be held during the lunch break)
12:30 – 14:00	13:00 - 14:00 Slot for Industry Symposium	13:00 - 14:00 Slot for Industry Symposium
14:00 – 15:30	SESSION 5: Respiratory Viruses *Chairs: Kate Templeton, UK & Joel Paul, UK* Avian Influenza, *Ian Brown, UK*
15:30 – 16:00	COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 17:30	SESSION 6: NGS and Virus Discovery *Chair: Peter Coyle,Qatar* Implication for diagnostics, *Nicole Fischer, Germany*
17:30 – 19:30	POSTER SESSION 1

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022 - FRIDAY
Time Slot	PLENARY HALL	PARALLEL HALL
08:00 - 09:00	Slot for Industry Symposium	Slot for Industry Symposium
09:00 – 10:30	SESSION 7: Viral Hepatitis *Chair: William Irving,UK* Patrick Behrendt, Germany
10:30 – 11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:30	SESSION 8: Immune Response to Infection *Chairs: George Sourvinos, Greece & Paulo Paixao, Portugal* To be announced
12:30 – 14:00	LUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION 2
12:30 – 14:00	13:00 - 14:00 Slot for Industry Symposium	13:00 - 14:00 Slot for Industry Symposium
14:00 – 15:30	SESSION 9: Late Breakers Chair: Bert Niesters, Netherlands HOT TOPIC/PRIZE LECTURE AS KEYNOTE
15:30 – 16:00	BREAK
16:00 – 17:30	SESSION 10: Clinical Cases Chairs: Heli Harvala & William Irving, UK HOT TOPIC/PRIZE LECTURE AS KEYNOTE
17:30 – 18:00	ESCV GENERAL ASSEMBLY (With attendance of ESCV members)
19:30 -	CONFERENCE NETWORKING DINNER (Ticket event - tickets can be purchased through the registration form)

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022 - SATURDAY
Time Slot	PLENARY HALL	PARALLEL HALL
08:00 – 09:00	Slot for Industry Symposium	Slot for Industry Symposium
09:00 – 10:30	SESSION 11: Antivirals *Chair: Maria de São José Garcia Alexandre, Portugal* New tools for clinical virologist in the future?, *Johan Neyts, Belgium*
10:30 – 11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:00	SESSION 12: Panel discussion – Is less more? Christopher Smith, UK Malur Sudhanva, UK Rachel Jones, UK
12:00 - 13:00	CLOSING REMARKS & HANDOVER FOR ESCV 2023