Event Schedule

SEC2010: Smallpox Eradication After 30 Years

Lessons, Legacies and Innovations

Day 1 - Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Opening Ceremony Co-Chairs: Paulo Gadelha, Ciro de Quadros, Joel Breman

18:30 - 20:30 | Welcome from representatives
FIOCRUZ
PAHO

Day 2 - Wednesday, 25 August 2010
Session I: Lessons from Smallpox-endemic countries: Illuminating experiences in program conception and execution
Chair: D.A. Henderson

08:30 - 08:45 | Brazil - Joao Baptista Risi

08:45 - 09:00 | West Africa - Bill Foege

09:00 - 09:15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo - Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfun

09:15 - 09:30 | India - RN Basu, Mahendra Dutta

09:30 - 09:45 | Stan Foster

09:45 - 10:15 | Break

10:15 - 10:30 | Ethiopia - Ciro de Quadros

10:30 - 10:45 | Somalia - Abdulahi Deria

10:45 - 11:00 | Certification - Joel Breman

11:00 - 12:30 | Discussion

12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch

Session II: Orthopixviruses: Research and public health issues
Co-Chairs: Svetlana Marennikova, Don Francis

14:00 - 14:15 | Status of human monkeypox, epidemiology and research - Inger Damon

14:15 - 14:30 | Genomic research of orthopoxviruses pathogenic for humans - Sergei Shchelkunov

14:30 - 14:45 | Human and animal infections by vaccinia-like viruses in Brazil - Monika Barth Schatzmayr

14:45 - 15:00 | Major increase in the incidence of human monkeypox thirty years after smallpox vaccination - Anne Rimoin

15:00 - 15:15 | Discussion

Session II, part 1: Principles and lessons learned for planning, implementation, research and evaluation
Co-Chairs: Paulo Gadelha, George Alleyne

15:45 - 16:00 | The Expanded Program on Immunization - J.M. Okwo-Bele

16:00 - 16:15 | Discussion

16:15 - 16:30 | Break

Session III, part 2: Historical Panel
Co-Chairs: Paulo Gadelha, George Alleyne

16:30 - 18:00 | Regional and national Smallpox Eradication Programs: Comparative historical perspectives - Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Gilberto Hochman, Claudia Agostoni

Day 3 - Thursday, 26 August 2010
Session III, part 3: Principles and lessons learned for planning, implementation, research and evaluation (continued)
Chair: George Alleyne

08:30 - 08:45 | The principles and feasibility of disease eradication - Walter Dowdle

08:45 - 09:00 | Polio eradication - J.M. Okwo-Bele

09:00 - 09:15 | Guinea worm eradication - Frank Richards

09:15 - 09:30 | Measles and rubella eradication - Ciro de Quadros, Jon Andrus

09:30 - 09:45 | Onchocerciasis control - Boakye Boatin

09:45 - 10:00 | National Immunization Program (Brazil) - Gerson Penna

10:00 - 10:30 | Discussion

10:30 - 11:00 | Break

11:00 - 11:15 | Prospects for Malaria eradication - David Brandling-Bennett

11:15 - 11:30 | Neglected Tropical Diseases: Combining control initiatives - Peter Hotez

11:30 - 11:45 | Discussion

Session IV: New Opportunities for the 21st Century
Co-Chairs: Jaime Sepulveda, Marie-Paule Kieny

11:45 - 12:00 | Vaccines of the Future - Gus Nossal

12:00 - 12:30 | Discussion

12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch

Session V: Cross-cutting lessons from smallpox and legacy programs and recommendations
Co-Chairs: Stan Foster, Daniel Tarantola

14:00 - 14:30 | Capacity building (individuals, teams, institutions) - Daniel Tarantola

12:30 - 14:45 | Epidemiological surveillance - T. Stephen Jones

12:45 - 15:00 | Research - Marie-Paule Kieny

15:00 - 15:15 | The role of research in disease eradication and elimination efforts, lessons learned - Mike Levine

15:15 - 15:45 | Administrative and technologic support, logistics, finance and communications - John Wickett

15:45 - 16:30 | Discussion

16:30 - 17:00 | Break

Session VI: Historical Panel
Co-Chairs: Jaime Benchimol, Akira Homma

17:00 - 18:30 | History of vaccine, vaccination development and deployment - Neils Brimnes, Paul Greenough, Tania Fernandes

Day 4 - Friday, 27 August 2010
Session VII, part 1: Lessons from smallpox eradication and legacy programs that can contribute to 21st century challenges
Chair: Paulo Buss

08:30 - 08:45 | The Jenner Society - a new academic society for vaccinologists - Andy Morgan

Session VII, part 2: Historical Panel
Co-Chairs: Sanjoy Bhattacharya, Paulo Buss

08:45 - 10:15 | Science and health diplomacy; Smallpox eradication, The Cold War, International Cooperation and Human Rights - Marcos Cueto, Cristiana Bastos, Daniel Tarantola

Session VII, part 3: Lessons from smallpox eradication and legacy programs that can contribute to 21st century challenges (continued)
Chairs: Paulo Buss

10:15 - 10:45 | From Smallpox eradication to the future of global health; Eradication vs. Control - Oyewale Tomori

10:45 - 11:00 | Break

11:00 - 11:30 | New science and the conquest of diseases - Carlos Morel

11:30 - 12:00 | Role of campaigns - Julio Frenk

12:00 - 12:30 | What the future holds in global health - Tadataka Yamada

12:30 - 13:00 | Closing address