Day 1 – December 1, 2009

8:30 – 9:00 | Registration

9:00 – 9:30 | Welcome:

• Ministry of Health, Peru
• Sabin Vaccine Institute
• Pan American Health Organization
• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC

Introduction Session
Moderator: Óscar Ugarte Ubilluz- Minister of Health, Perú

9:30 – 9:50 | Introduction of New Vaccines: PAHO’s position - Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus

9:50 – 10:10 | Progress in surveillance implementation and introduction of rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccines in the Region of the Americas -  Lucia De Oliveira

Session I: Epidemiology and Surveillance of Pneumococcal Disease
Moderator: Jennifer Verani

10:10 – 10:30 | Global estimate of Pneumococcal in children under 5 - Susan Wang

10:30 – 10:50 | From global to regional: the importance of pneumococcal disease in Latin America - Ciro de Quadros

10:50 – 11:00 | Discussion

11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee Break

11:20 - 11:40 | Burden of invasive pneumococcal disease in children in Brazil - Ana Lucia Andrade

11:40 – 12:00 | Characterization of isolates of S. pneumoniae and H. influenza between 1994 and 2008, SIREVA II - Jean-Marc Gabastou

12:00 – 12:20 | Potential emergence of non-vaccine preventable clones post vaccination - Maria Cristina Brandileone

12:20 – 13:00 | Discussion

Session II: Pneumococcal Vaccines and Cost-Effectiveness Studies
Moderator: Ron Dagan

14:00 – 14:30 | 10 Valent Vaccine - Eduardo Ortega

14:30 – 15:00 | 13 Valent Vaccine - Gail Rodgers

15:00 – 15:20 | Cost-effectiveness study of Argentina -PROVAC - Carla Vizzoti

15:20 – 16:00 | Discussion

16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee Break

Session III: HPV Surveillance and Vaccines
Moderator: Adolfo Rechkemmer Prieto

16:20 – 16:40 | HPV Vaccines: new tools for accelerating cervical cancer prevention - Silvana Luciani

16:40 – 17:00 | Role of laboratory in supporting and monitoring the introduction of HPV vaccine - Alejandra Picconi

17:00 – 17:20 | HPV vaccination: myths and misconceptions - Edurado Franco

17:20 – 17:45 | Discussion

Day 2 – December 2, 2009

Session IV: Rotavirus Epidemiology, Surveillance and Vaccines
Moderator: Manish Patel

8:30 – 8:50 | Global burden of rotavirus - Susan Wang

8:50 – 9:10 | Introduction of rotavirus vaccines: lessons from the Region of the Americas - Lucia De Oliveira

9:10 – 9:40 | Study of effectiveness of the vaccine against rotavirus in El Salvador: preliminary results - Julio Armero

9:40 – 10:00 | Monitoring of serotypes of rotavirus in the Region - Jon Gentsch

10:00 – 10:20 | New circulating strains of rotavirus - Jose Paulo Leite

10:20 – 10:40 | Safety of rotavirus vaccines: Preliminary analysis of the study from Brazil - Ernesto Renoiner

10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee Break

Session V: Other Topics

11:10 – 11:40 | Regional Plan for vaccination against influenza A (H1N1) and vaccines available - Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus

11:40 – 12:00 | Role of the Revolving Fund in the introduction of new vaccines - Monica Pereira
(video)

12:00 – 12:30 | Discussion

12:30 – 13:00 | Conclusions