Event agenda
Thursday, 2 October 2025
09:15 - 09:30
09:40 - 10:10
Keynote: Combatting emerging viruses in a changing world - Prof. Dr. Ab Osterhaus, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
An overview will be given of emerging virus infections that have had a major impact on human and animal populations in the past decades: from predisposing factors and virus discovery to intervention strategies.
10:10 - 10:35
Archetypes of pathogens with pandemic potential - Prof. Dr. Niel Hens, University of Hasselt & Antwerp
In this work, Prof. Dr. Niel Hens will review key epidemiological parameters of 19 pathogens with pandemic potential and use an unsupervised clustering approach to group them into six distinct epidemiological archetypes.
10:35 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 11:45
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch & Networking
Lunch & 1-1 Meetings via the B2Match networking app
14:00 - 14:20
14:20 - 14:40
Closing the Evidence Gap: Advancing Infant and Maternal Mpox Vaccination in the DRC: A Phase 3 Trial on MVA-BN - Ynke Larivière, UAntwerp
This presentation will provide an overview of the PregInPoxVac project, a Phase 3 vaccine trial taking place in Boende, DRC.
14:40 - 15:00
Vaccine innovation against old and new threats: insights from the Vaccines Europe 2024 pipeline review - Charlotte Vernhes, Director Scientific and Medical Affairs, Vaccines Europe
Key insights from the Vaccines Europe 2024 Pipeline Review, incl. AMR & climate impact
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:20 - 16:45
16:45 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Reception & Networking
Enjoy a drink and a bite & 1-1 Meetings via the B2Match networking app