MMVAM 2008 Second Circular and Provisional Conference Programme

A New International Conference

Modern Mucosal Vaccines, Adjuvants & Microbicides
22-24 October 2008, Tiara Park Atlantico Porto, Portugal

Advisory Scientific Panel

Ted Ross (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Julian Ma (St. George’s, University of London, UK)
Kevin Whaley (Mapp Biopharmaceuticals Inc., USA)
John Clements (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA)
Jan Holmgren (Gothenberg University, Sweden)
Martin Cranage (St. George’s, University of London, UK)
Pearay Ogra (Women and Children’s Hospital, Buffalo, New York, USA)
Alex von Gabain (Intercell AG, Vienna, Austria)
Philippe Sansonetti (Pasteur Institute, Paris, France)
Helena Tlaskalova-Hogenova (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)
Ed Lavelle (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
Eric Cox (University of Ghent, Belgium)
Ulf Schröder (Eurocine Vaccines, Stockholm, Sweden)
Cecil Czerkinsky (IVI, Seoul, South Korea)
Martin Friede (World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland)

Conference Scope/Topics

• Developmental aspects of Mucosal environment and Immunity
• Lessons learnt from earlier and existing (available) Mucosal vaccines and Microbicides
• Approaches to the development of Modern Mucosal Vaccines and Microbicides
• Considerations of the Route of Immunization (sublingual, oral, nasal, rectal, vaginal), Antigens and genomics, Adjuvants
• Developmental aspects of human Mucosal vaccines currently in progress
• Development aspects of veterinary mucosal vaccines
• Live vector vaccines
• Progress in the development of Mucosal Microbicides

Closing date for poster abstract submissions Friday 19th September 2008

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