Day 1 - Wednesday, 7 July, 2004

8:00 | Registration
 
8:30 | Introduction and Announcements - Ciro de Quadros
 
8:35 | Welcome Remarks - Julio Frenk, Jon Andrus
 
8:45 | Key note address: Health, economics and poverty – Immunization as a development priority - David Bloom
 
9:30 | The Need for Rotavirus Vaccines – A View from the International Community - Roger Glass

Session I. Epidemiology & Disease Burden
Convenors: Roger Glass & Miguel O’Ryan

10:00 | The Global Epidemiology of Rotavirus Disease - Umesh Parashar
 
10:15 | Overview of the Asian Rotavirus Surveillance Network - Paul Kilgore
 
10:30 | Overview of the African Rotavirus Surveillance Network - George Armah
 
10:45 | Discussion
 
11:00 | BREAK
 
11:30 | Rotavirus Surveillance in 11 countries of Latin America - Miguel O'Ryan
 
11:45 | Disease and Economic Burden of Rotavirus in Mexico - Romeo RodriguezRaul Velazquez
 
12:05 | Population-based Surveillance of Rotavirus in Brazil - Alexandre Linhares
 
12:20 | Rotavirus Epidemiology in Venezuela - Irene Perez-Schael
 
12:35 | Questions & Discussion
 
1:00 | LUNCH

Session II. Virology, Pathogenesis, and Immunity
Convenors: Harry Greenberg & Carlos Arias

2:00 | Global Perspective on Rotavirus Strains - Jon Gentsch
 
2:15 | New Insights in the Pathogenesis of Rotavirus Disease - Richard Ward
 
2:30 | Immunity against Rotavirus Disease - Harry Greenberg.pdf
 
2:45 | Correlates of Protection Against Rotavirus Disease - Guillermo Ruiz-Palacios
 
3:00 | Discussion
 
3:15 | BREAK

Session III. Past Experience with Rotavirus Vaccines
Convenors: Ruth Bishop & Irene Perez Schael

3:45 | History of Rotavirus Vaccine Development - Timo Vesikiari
 
4:15 | Reappraisal of association between Rotavirus Vaccine and Intussuception - Lone Simonsen
 
4:30 | Is Intussusception Likely with Other Rotavirus Vaccines? - Paul Offit
 
4:45 | Discussion

Day 2 - Thursday, 8 July, 2004
Session IV. Results with New Rotavirus Vaccines
Convenors: Timo Vesikari and Alexandre Linhares

9:00 | Phase III evaluation of the Merck bovine rotavirus vaccine - Penny Heaton
 
9:45 | Phase III evaluation of the GlaxoSmithKline human live-attenuated vaccine - Beatrice de Vos
 
10:30 | Discussion
 
10:45 | BREAK
 
11:15 | Other vaccine approaches - UK Bovine Vaccine - Albert Kapikian, Rhesus vaccine - Leonard Ruiz, Neonatal Vaccines (RV3, 116E, & I321) - Ruth Bishop, Inactivated Rotavirus Vaccines & VLPs - BaomingJiang & Osamu Nakagomi
 
12:15 | Discussion
 
12:30 | LUNCH
 
2:00 | Regulatory Opportunities for rotavirus vaccines and novel licensing strategies - Liliana Chocarro
 
2:20 | Questions and Discussion

Session V. From Vaccine to EPI Implementation
Convenor: Ciro A. de Quadros and José Ignacio Santos

2:45 | Health economics of universal Rotavirus vaccination in Latin America & Carribbean - Dagna Constenla
 
3:15 | Discussion
 
3:30 - BREAK
 
4:00 | Financing mechanisms for low and low-middle income countries--GAVI - Ruth Levine
 
4:20 | Accelerating Vaccine Development and Introduction: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships - John Wecker
 
4:30 | Communication Strategies for Rotavirus Vaccines - Heidi Larson
 
4:45 | Discussion

Day 3, Friday 9 July, 2008
Session V. Roundtable: Perspectives in Vaccine Introduction — The Role of Public/Private Partnerships
Conveners: Jon Andrus and Roberto Tapia

9:00 | Participation of Ministers of Health present at the meeting - Steve Landry - The Vaccine Fund, Jon Andrus - PAHO Revolving Fund, Tore Godal - GAVI, InterAmerican Development Bank, World Bank, Steve Wiersma - World Health Organization, Jean Stephenne - GSK, Adel Mahmoud - Merck and Co., Inc.
 
11:00 | General Discussion
 
11:30 | Concluding Remarks