Event Schedule

Seventh International Rotavirus Symposium

Presentation slides from the Symposium can be viewed in PDF format by clicking the presenter’s name from the list below. Adobe Acrobat® Reader is required to view the slide

Day 1 - Monday, 12 June 2006

Keynote address

Diarrhea, RV Vaccines, and the Disease Control Priorities Project - Dean Jamison

The need for rotavirus vaccines - Roger Glass

Session I. Epidemiology & Disease Burden

Europe - Jim Gray

7 country European surveillance - THE REAL Study - Pierre Van Damme

Asia - Tony Nelson

Latin America - Lucia de Oliveira

Africa - Jason Mwenda

United States - Umesh Parashar

Session II. Virology, Pathogenesis, and Immunity

Global update on rotaviruses: Why survey for rotavirus strains? - Jon Gentsch

New insights in the pathogenesis of rotavirus disease - Harry Greenberg

Immunity against rotavirus disease - Richard Ward

Session III. Spotlight on New Vaccines

RotaTeqTM pentavalent rotavirus vaccine (Merck) - Penny Heaton

RotarixTM human rotavirus vaccine (GSK) - Beatrice de Vos

Alternative upstream rotavirus vaccines - Duncan Steele

Questions & discussion

Day 2 - Tuesday, 13 June 2006

Session IV. Challenges to Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction

Risk management strategies - Robert Davis, Elizabeth Miller, Tom Verstraeten, Luc Hessel

Will live oral vaccines work with children in the developing world? - Martin Friede

Cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines:
United States - Marc-Alain Widdowson
Europe - The REVEAL Study - Carlo Giaquinto

Cost effectiveness of rotavirus vaccines:
Europe - Baudouin Standaert
Developing World - Colin Sanderson