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Sponsor:

Foundation for AIDS Vaccine
Research and Development

Cosponsors:

US National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases

AIDS Vaccine
Research Center

HIV Vaccine Trials Network

Office of AIDS Research

National Cancer Institute

US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention

UNAIDS and the World
Health Organization

Agence Nationale de
Recherches sur le SIDA, France



     

Wednesday

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Time
September 5
September 6
September 7
September 8
  2. Plenary
Lessons from Acute Infection and
Relevance to Vaccine Development
[View Abstract]

Ashley Haase, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
54. Plenary
South Africa: A Case Study in Vaccine Implementation
William Magkoba, Med. Res. Council of South Africa, Cape Town
64. Plenary
Therapeutic Vaccines and Immune Response
Bruce Walker, Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., Harvard Med. Sch., Charlestown, USA
  3. Plenary
Innate Immunity: The Toll-Like Receptor Family [View Abstract]
Bruce Beutler, The Scripps Res. Inst., La Jolla, CA, USA
55. Plenary
Lessons from the Monkey [View Abstract]
Norman Letvin, Harvard Med. Sch., Beth Israel-Deaconess Med. Ctr., Boston, MA, USA
65. Plenary
The Genesis of HIV Diversity
[View Abstract]
Paul Sharp, Univ. of Nottingham, Queens Med. Ctr., UK
   
<----------------------------- Coffee Break----------------------------->
  Slide Sessions

4. Candidate Vaccines I [View Abstracts]
Moderators: Frances Gotch, Imperial Coll. Sch. of Med., London, UK and Etienne Karita, Treatment and Res. AIDS Ctr., Kigali, Rwanda

5. Virology [View Abstracts]
Moderators: Francine McCutchan, Henry M. Jackson Fndn., Rockville, MD, USA and Larry Arthur, NCI, Frederick, MD, USA

6. Access and Implementation [View Abstracts]
Moderator: Jorge Beloqui, Group for Life Incentive (GIV), São Paulo, Brazil

7. Molecular Epidemiology [View Abstracts]
Moderator: Saladin Osmanov, WHO-UNAIDS Geneva, Switzerland

8. Novel Immune Responses [View Abstracts]
Moderators: Steven Harrison, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA and Frank Miedema, Univ. of Amsterdam/CLB, The Netherlands

9. Animal Models [View Abstracts]
Moderators: John Shiver, Merck Res. Labs, West Point, PA, USA and Harriet Robinson, Yerkes Reg. Primate Res. Ctr. of Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA

10. Human Trials I [View Abstracts]
Moderator: John Mascola, NIAID Vaccine Res. Ctr., NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

Slide Sessions

56. Innovative Approaches to HIV Vaccine Research: Highlighted NIAID Innovation Grants [View Abstracts]
Moderators: James Bradac, NIAID, NIH Bethesda, MD, USA and Jamie Scott, Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada

57. Candidate Vaccines II [View Abstracts]
Moderators: Deborah Birx, Walter Reed Army Inst. of Res., Rockville, MD, USA and Thomas Lehner, Guy's King's & St. Thomas' Hosp. Med. Sch., London, UK

58. Antibodies and Cytokines [View Abstracts]
Moderators: Peter Wright, Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr., Nashville, TN, USA and Susan Zolla-Pazner, New York Univ. Sch. of Med., NY, USA

59. Human Trials II [View Abstracts]
Moderator: Raphael Dolin, Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA, USA

60. HIV Evolution [View Abstracts]
Moderator: Leopold Zekeng, Ministry of Hlth., Yaounde, Cameroon

61. Pathogenesis [View Abstracts]
Moderators: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France and Martin Markowitz, Aaron Diamond AIDS Res. Ctr., New York, NY, USA

10-11:30 am

66. Slide Session
Late Breakers
[View Abstracts]
Moderators: Beatrice Hahn, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, USA and Douglas Richman, Univ. of California, San Diego, USA

11:30 am-1 pm

67. Wrap-Up Session and Summary Roundtable
AIDS Vaccine 2003: The Future?
Convener:
David Baltimore, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena
 
 
<----------------------------- Lunch ----------------------------->
 

11. Symposium
Novel Envelope Immunogens
[View Abstracts]
Conveners: Joseph Sodroski, Dana Farber Cancer Inst., Boston, MA, USA and Carolyn Williamson, Univ. of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa

12. Symposium
Experiences with Clinical AIDS Vaccine Trials in Humans: What We've Learned[View Abstracts]
Conveners: Larry Corey, Univ. of Washington, Seattle and
HIV Vaccine Trials Network, USA and Bette Korber, Los Alamos Natl. Lab., NM, USA

 

62. Symposium
Design, Oversight, and Review of Phase III Efficacy Trials
[View Abstracts]
Conveners: Tim Mastro, CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA and Kachit Choopanya, Bangkok, Thailand

63. Symposium
Global Challenges for Vaccine Implementation
[View Abstracts]
Conveners: Bill Snow, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, Berkley, CA, USA and Seth Berkley, Intl. AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, NY, USA

 
  Poster Sessions
All posters will be presented both Thursday and Friday
13. T-Cell Epitope Mapping [View Abstracts]
14. Mucosal Immune Responses [View Abstracts]
15. Cytokines [View Abstracts]
16. Cross-Clade Immune Responses [View Abstracts]
17. CTL Escape [View Abstracts]
18. Assay Development: CTL [View Abstracts]
19. Assay Development: Neutralizing Antibodies [View Abstracts]
20. Assay Development: Carbohydrate-Based Microarray [View Abstracts]
21. Assay Development: Subtype Classifications [View Abstracts]
22. Basic Virology [View Abstracts]
23. Cellular Receptors [View Abstracts]
24. Envelope Structure/Function/Novel Immunogens [View Abstracts]
25. Acute Infection [View Abstracts]
26. Determinants of HIV Disease Progression [View Abstracts]
27. Susceptibility of HIV/SIV Infection [View Abstracts]
28. NK Cell Activity [View Abstracts]
29. HAART and Immune Responses [View Abstracts]
30. Animal Models: Primates [View Abstracts]
31. Animal Models: Mice [View Abstracts]
32. Animal Models: Horses [View Abstracts]
33. Animal Models: Rabbits [View Abstracts]
34. DNA Vaccines [View Abstracts]
35. Live-Attenuated Vaccines [View Abstracts]
36. Whole Inactivated Virus Vaccines [View Abstracts]
37. Dendritic Cell-Based Vaccines [View Abstracts]
38. Synthetic Vaccines [View Abstracts]
39. Peptide Immunogens [View Abstracts]
40. Novel Vectors [View Abstracts]
41. Pox Virus Vectors [View Abstracts]
42. Adjuvants [View Abstracts]
43. Safety and Immunogenicity: Phase I/II Trials [View Abstracts]
44. Phase III Efficacy Trials [View Abstracts]
45. Therapeutic Vaccination [View Abstracts]
46. Database and Mathematical Modeling [View Abstracts]
47. Epidemiology [View Abstracts]
48. HIV Molecular Biology [View Abstracts]
49. HIV-1 Subtypes [View Abstracts]
50. HIV-1 Recombination [View Abstracts]
51. Infrastructure Development [View Abstracts]
52. Access and Implementation [View Abstracts]
 

1. Opening Session

Session Chairs: David Baltimore, California Inst. of Technology, Pasadena, USA and Salim Abdool-Karim, Univ. of Natal, Durban, South Africa

Greetings from Program Committee Chair, Beatrice Hahn, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

The Global Need For an AIDS Vaccine
William Foege, Senior Hlth. Advisor, Bill & Melinda Gates Fndn. and Rollins Sch. of Publ. Hlth. of Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA

NIAID and Vaccine Research: Science and Policy [View Abstract]
Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA


Keynote Lecture: AIDS in Africa

His Excellency Paul Kagame
President, Republic of Rwanda

53. Special Workshop - Orientation to Working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [View Abstracts]    

Opening Reception:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Broad and Cherry Streets
(3 blocks from the Philadelphia Marriott)

   



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