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Conference Programme

7:00-16.30

Registration

7:00-	Registration
9:00-9:30	Welcome and opening remarks
9:30-10:30	Session I: Overview—where are we with pandemic influenza?
	Global status of human infection with H1N1 virus and influenza pandemic preparedness
	Regional situation update and pandemic response strategies
	Overview of pandemic H1N1 virology
	Overview of clinical characteristics of pandemic H1N1 infection
10:30-10:40	Coffee break
	Session II: Lesson learnt and challenges ahead
10:40-11:40	Experience sharing and response strategy for the coming winter
11:40-12:25	Panel discussion
12:30-14:00	Lunch break
	Session III: Latest scientific insights into the influenza virus
14:00-14:50	Update on H5N1 virology Immune response to pandemic A/H1N1 virus by seasonal influenza vaccination Antiviral resistance monitoring Virological and serological study of the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in mainland China
14:50-15:20	Q&A
15:20-15:30	Tea break
	Session IV: Pandemic surveillance
15:30-17:00	1) WHO 2) Epidemiological findings of cases of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection in mainland China 3) Japan 4) US CDC 5) European CDC 6) Australia
17:00-17:40	Panel discussion
18:30-21:00	Welcome Reception

7:00-	Registration
8:30-8:40	Opening
8:40-10:30	Session V: Clinical management
	Overview and update on antiviral therapy and prophylaxis
	Clinical features of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1)
	Report on treatment of influenza A (H1N1) with traditional Chinese medicine
	Management of critically ill patients with pandemic H1N1
	Pathogenesis and clinical observations of human infection with H5N1 and pandemic H1N1, 2009
10:00-10:30	Panel discussion
10:30-10:40	Coffee break
10:40-12:30	Session VI: Vaccine development
	WHO global strategy on pandemic vaccine development
	Overview of influenza vaccine strain selection and seeds development
	Global overview of influenza vaccine manufacture
	Progress of the clinical trial of A (H1N1) influenza vaccine in China
12:10-12:30	Panel discussion
12:30-13:00	Summary of the meeting and closing remarks by China Ministry of Health
13:00-14:30	Lunch Symposium
	Session I: Strategic preparedness in the Asia-Pacific region
14:30-14:55	Pandemic preparedness and H1N1 pandemic severity assessment in southeast Asia
14:55-15:20	How modeling can help us prepare for an influenza pandemic
15:20-15:40	Q&A
15:40-16:00	Tea break
	Session II: Public health strategy and operation
16:00-16:25	Implications for medical care of an influenza pandemic
16:25-16:50	Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions for pandemic influenza
16:50-17:10	Q&A

7:00-	Registration
8:15-9:00	Breakfast Symposium
	Session III: From strategy to operation: experience with influenza in the Asia-Pacific region
9:00-9:25	Keynote speech: Pandemic influenza preparedness in the APAC region: from strategy to operation
9:25-9:35	Q&A
9:35-10:10	1) China
10:00-10:25	2) Vietnam
10:25-10:50	Coffee break
10:50-12:50	3) Hong Kong, China 4) Thailand 5) Singapore 6) Taiwan, China 7) Australia/New Zealand 8) Pakistan
12:50-13:15	Q&A
13:15-14:30	Lunch Symposium
	Session IV: Seasonal influenza
14:30-14:55	The evolution of seasonal influenza strains
14:55-15:20	Reducing the disease burden of influenza in children and adults
15:20-15:40	Tea break
15:40-16:05	The value of vaccinating the elderly
16:05-16:30	Seasonal flu control and its implication for pandemic preparedness
16:30-16:55	Q&A
16:55-17:00	Concluding Remarks

Programme is correct at time of publication