International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference 2020

Hosted in partnership CIRAD and the National Institute of Veterinary Research, this three-day conference will consist of four species-specific themes:

• Vaccines for Poultry: co-hosted by One Health Poultry Hub and chaired by Prof. Fiona Tomley (Royal Veterinary College, UK) and Professor Hualan Chen (Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, China)
• Vaccines for Aquaculture: chaired by Prof. Sandra Adams (University of Stirling, UK) and Dr. Thao Ngo (Biotechnology Centre of Ho-chi Min City, Vietnam)
• Vaccines for Ruminants: chaired by Prof. Bryan Charleston (The Pirbright Institute, UK) and Dr. Yanmin Li (The Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS, Lanzhou, China) 
• Vaccines for Swine: chaired by Dr. Simon Graham (The Pirbright Institute, UK) and Dr. Filip Claes (Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD), Thailand)

Each session will be composed of presentations from invited speakers and selected talks from abstract submissions. There will also be a poster session, social afternoon, conference dinner and plenty of networking opportunities.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

• Dr. Nguyen Duc Hoang (Vietnam National University, Vietnam)
• Dr. Carolina Tafalla (Animal Health Research Centre (CISA-INIA), Spain)
• Dr. Vivek Kapur (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Professor Wanzhong Jia (Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, China)
• Professor Jacques Godfroid (University of Tromsø, Norway)
• Dr. Yu Qiu (OIE South-East Asia and China Foot-and-Mouth Disease Campaign, Thailand)
• Professor George Warimwe (KEMRI - Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya)
• Dr. Kim Thompson (Moredun Research Institute, UK)
• Professor Dirk Pfeiffer (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
• Dr. Nicola Stock and Jayne Quoiani (The Roslin Institute, UK)
• Dr. Chris Netherton (The Pirbright Institute, UK)
• Professor Hualan Chen (Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, China)
• Professor Brendan Wren (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
• Dr. Glory Mbah (University of Buea, Cameroon)
• Dr Peera Jaru-Ampornpan (National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Thailand)
• Mr. Lee Yeng Sheng (MSD Animal Health, Singapore)
• Professor Xiangxi Wang (Chinese Academy of Science)

Registration includes: 2.5 days of scientific programme, lunches, tea/coffee breaks, conference dinner on 16th March and social activity on 17th March.