8:00 - 8:30 | Registration

 

8:30 - 9:30 | Opening Ceremony and Welcome - Gina Tambini, Teresa Aguado, Lauri Markowitz, Ciro de Quadros, Secretario José Angel Córdoba

 

Moderator: Gina Tambini

9:50 -10:00 | Discussion

 

10:00 - 10:30 | Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control in the Americas: Present Status and Future Direction - Silvana Luciani

 

10:30- 11:00 | Coffee Break

 

11:00 - 11:15 | Discussion

 

11:15 - 11:45 | The Impact of Immunization Programs in the Americas - Cuauhtémoc Ruiz Matus 

 

11:45 - 12:15 | The Epidemiology of HPV infections and HPV associated disease including Cervical Cancer- Global and Regional Perspectives - Xavier Bosch

 

12:15 - 12:30 | Discussion

 

12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break

 

Moderator: Nubia Muñoz

13:30 - 14:00 | HPV-Associated Disease Burden in Latin America and the Caribbean -Findings of a Regional Literature Review - Maria Teresa Valenzuela

 

14:00 - 14:15 | Discussion

 

14:15 - 14:45 | Update on HPV tests for cervical cancer screening and monitoring impact of HPV vaccination - Jose Jernimo

 

14:45 - 15:00 | Discussion

 

15:00 - 15:15 | Coffee Break

 

15:15 - 16:15 | Currently Approved HPV Vaccines: Merck's HPV Vaccine - Randall Hyer

GSK's HPV Vaccine - Eduardo Ortega

 

16:15 - 16:30 | Discussion

 

16:30 - 16:35 | Cervical Cancer Action: A Global Coalition to Stop Cervical Cancer (CCA) - Scott Wittet

 

16:35 - 16:50 | Birmex Director General

 

16:50 - 17:05 | First Day Reflections - Samuel Ponce De Leon

 

Day 2 - Tuesday, 13 May, 2008

Moderator: Ciro de Quadros

8:15 - 8:45 | HPV Vaccine Introduction: Perspectives from the Region of the Americas - Jon Andrus

 

8:45 - 9:15 | Vaccine and Programmatic Cost Effectiveness: Latin America and the Caribbean - Dagna Constenla

 

9:15 - 9:45 | Discussion

 

9:45- 10:15 | The WHO Perspective regarding HPV Vaccine Introduction - Silvia de Sanjose 

 

10:15 - 10:30 | Discussion

 

10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break

 

Moderator: Merle Lewis

10:45 - 11:45 | HPV vaccination Perspectives & Experiences:

Conceptual Perspectives from Canada - Mahnaz Farhang Mehr Mahnaz Farhang Mehr

Conceptual Perspectives from Caribbean - Beryl Irons

Actual Experiences from the USA - Lauri Markowitz 

 

11:45 - 12:00 | Discussion

 

12:00 - 12:20 | Towards Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control - The Costa Rican Perspective - Rafael Salazar

 

12:20 - 12:30 | Discussion

 

12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break

 

Moderator: Lauri Markowitz

13:30 - 14:15 | Roundtable Discussion: Towards Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control :

Brazil - Claudio P. Noronha

Chile - Marta Prieto

Colombia - Raul Murillo

 

14:15 - 15:00 | Real Life Experiences Regarding Cervical Cancer Control - The Peru Experience:

[a] Screening with Alternative Modalities - Carlos Santos

[b] HPV Vaccination - The MINSA/PATH Project - Irma Ramos

 

15:15 - 15:30 | Discussion

 

15:30 - 15:45 | Coffee Break

 

15:45 - 16:15 | Laboratory Considerations in support of Impact Monitoring in HPV vaccination programs - Elizabeth Unger

 

16:15 - 16:30 | Discussion

 

Moderator: Teresa Aguado

16:30 - 16:50 | Towards Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control - The Mexican Perspective - Mauricio Hernández-Avila

 

16:50 - 17:05 | Discussion

 

17:05 - 17:30 | Closure of Day Two Plenary Session - WHO, SABIN, CDC, PAHO