Day 1 – Wednesday, October 1, 2008

13:00h – 17:00 | Registration

17:00h – 17:30 | Welcome Remarks - Zacarías Garib

17:30h – 18:00 | Keynote Address - Ciro de Quadros

Session I: Global Pneumococcal Epidemiology
Chairperson: Ciro de Quadros

18:00h – 18:20 | Pneumococcal Disease Epidemiology & Burden - Orin Levine

18:20h – 18:40 | Global Pneumococcal Serotype Project - Orin Levine

18:40h – 19:00 | Discussion

Session II: Pneumococcal Epidemiology in the Region
Chairperson: Orin Levine

19:00h – 19:20 | Issues in Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance - Cristina Pedreira

19:20h – 19:40 | Long-term sequelae associated with pneumococcal disease - jesus M. Feris

20:00h – 20:20 | Burden of Pneumococcal disease in LAC - Elizabeth Gomez

20:20h – 20:40 | Antibiotic Resistance in the region - Jacqueline Sanchez

20:40h – 21:00 | Discussion

21:00h - 22:00 | Welcome Cocktail and Dinner

Day 2 – Thursday, October 2, 2008

Session III: Impact of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccines: Direct and Indirect Effects
Chairperson: Cristina Pedreira

08:30 – 09:00 | Coffee Break

09:00 – 09:30 | Vaccine Efficacy: IPD and Pneumonia & Pneumococcal Vaccine Efficacy against Otitis Media - Adriano Arguedas

09:30 – 09:45 | Vaccine Effectiveness: Post Licensure Experience in the USA - Cynthia Whitney

09:45 – 10:00 | Discussion

Session IV: Issues in Conjugate Vaccination and Vaccine Development Update
Chairperson: Jesús M. Feris

10:00 – 10:15 | Serotype Replacement in Perspective - Gabriela Echániz Aviles

10:15 – 10:30 | Wyeth Existing and Upcoming Vaccines - Peter Paradiso

10:30 – 10:45 | GSK Vaccine Development - Alejandro Lepetic

10:45 – 11:00 | PATH Vaccine Development - Mark Alderson

11:00 – 11:15 | Discussion

11:15 – 11:30 | Break

Session V: Country Spotlights
Chairperson: Cristina Nogueira

11:30 – 11:40 | Aruba - Johannes Hubert.pdf

11:40 – 11:50 | Curacao - Atticus Wederfoort

11:50 – 12:00 | Bahamas - Amelia Collie

12:00 – 12:10 | Cayman Islands - Kiran Kumar Alla

12:10 – 12:20 | Haiti - Olbeg Desinor

12:20 – 12:30 | Jamaica - Yvonne Monroe

12:40 – 12:50 | Dominican Republic - Hilma Coradin

12:50 – 13:00 | Discussion

13:00 – 13:15 | Closing Remarks - Jesus M. Feris

13:15 – 15:00 | Lunch