ABOUT WSV FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING

MAIN MEETING TOPICS:

WSV – celebrating its foundation and inspiring its future

The 1st meeting of the World Society for Virology will provide a forum for discussion of different disciplines of virology, not only human virology but also animal and plant virology, including clinical, environmental, evolutional and molecular virology. The WSV meeting will feature many keynote speakers from Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America who will discuss recent advances in virology.

The meeting will focus on the challenges of continuous emergence of viral pathogens that threaten humans, animals and plants. To meet this challenge, we have formed an interdisciplinary virology community with its members communicating together and exchanging ideas. The meeting will be the first physical meeting of this community following foundation and launching its activities. WSV has officially formed partnerships with eight national societies of virology, including the Indian Virological Society, the Colombian Association for Virology, the Mexican virology network, the Finnish Society for Study of Infectious Diseases, Societas biochemica, biophysica et microbiologica Fenniae, the Chinese Society for Virology-Division of the Chinese Society for Microbiology, La Société Marocaine de Virologie (SMaV) and the Swedish Society for Virology (SSV). The upcoming meeting and planning of future joint activities will be of interest to a broad range of virologists worldwide in a manner that stimulates collaboration among scientists.

What information You’ll get:

  • You will get information about different topics in virology.
  • You will meet the founder and the different managing committee members of the WSV.

Significance

The meeting will allow the first physical meeting of the steering group (board) and their selected lab-members of the WSV with the aim to further improve the global activities of the society. Each board member will give an oral presentation of their latest scientific achievements to stimulate further interactions.

MEETING SCHEDULE

For a schedule of WSV Committee of the Whole meetings 2019, PLEASE PRESS HERE

DAY 1: Sunday, August 25
18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception, Elite Hotel Carolina Tower, Kristina Broliden
DAY 2: Monday, August 26

Welcome remarks, opening of meeting

Kristina Broliden, Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim
9:00 – 9:20

Welcome remarks/slot for dignitary remarks

Prof. Anna Martling, Dean, Karolinska Institutet
9:20 – 9:30

Welcome remarks/slot for dignitary remarks

Prof. Anna Färnert, Head of Division for Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital
9:30 – 9:40
9.40-10.00 Group Pictures

WSV: Current and prospective plans.

Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim
10.00-10.15

South African mobile laboratory response to Ebola outbreak in West Africa – lessons learned.

Janusz Tadeusz Paweska
10:20-10:35

MERS-CoV an emerging virus from the Arabian Peninsula.

Ziad Memish
10:35-10:50
10:50-11:-30 Coffee Break

Interspecies transmission of bat coronaviruses.

Zhengli Shi
11:-30-11:45

Emerging arboviruses in the Americas.

Laura D. Kramer
11:45-12:00

Maintenance mechanism of Dengue viruses during inter epidemic period.

Vinod Joshi
12:00-12:15

Emerging SARS and MERS coronaviruses: From basic research to drug discovery

Deyin Guo
12.15-12.30

Molecular evolution of hepatitis viruses and HIV in Latin America.

Flor Pujol
12:30-12:45

Mucosal factors of importance for susceptibility to HIV infection.

Kristina Broliden
12:45-13:00

Pathogenesis of hepatitis C and other viruses: molecular basis and animal model application.

Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara
13:00-13:15

Involvement of persistent viral infections in the development of nervous system diseases.

Modra Murovska
13:15-13:30
13:30-14:45 Lunch

Understanding and targeting the human cytomegalovirus.

Michael Nevels
14:45-15:00

Epidemiology and clinical impact of emerging human parvoviruses.

Maria Soederlund-Venermo
15:00-15:15

Study, detection, and control of foodborne viruses.

Matthew D. Moore
15:15-15:30

Development of novel viral vaccines for fish aquaculture

Vikram N. Vakharia
15:30-15:45

Detection and genotyping of human enteric viruses in clinical and environmental samples.

Jesus L. Romalde
15:45-16:00

Emergence and evolution of new enteric viruses in animals.

Yashpal S. Malik
16:00-16:15

Spillover : Jumping viruses and the Risk of New Epidemic Diseases

Sayeh Ezzikouri
16:15-16:30

Zoonosis Science Center (ZSC) - a multidisciplinary platform for zoonotic research.

Åke Lundkvist
16:30-16:45

Viral causes of acute flaccid paralysis

Begona Valdazo-Gonzalez
16:45-17:00
17:30 Dinner/Group Networking
DAY 3: Tuesday, August 27

WSV: Current status.

Ahmed Abdel-Moneim
9:00-9:10

Registering our society as non-profit: steps and latest update, rules to be followed afterward.

Matthew Moore
9:10-9:20

WSV Bylaws: Inspiring experience from other societies.

Kristina Broliden
Laura D. Kramer
9.20-9.30

Election of the first president of the WSV: rules and criteria: Experience from ASV, SSV and IVS.

Kristina Broliden
Laura D. Kramer
9.30-9.45

Fund raising without asking for a membership fee, how to raise? IDEAS

Begona Valdazo-Gonzalez
Modra Murovska
Sabrina Schreiner
Vinod Joshi
9.45-10.00

WSV online training on specific topics and accredited certificates form WSV: Is it possible?

Maria Soederlund-Venermo
Michael Nevels
10.00-10:15
10:15-10:45 Coffee break

WSV webinars: Could we make WSV a platform to vaccines, diagnostic and pharmaceutical companies webinars? - Research - partnership

Jesús L. Romalde
Michael Nevels
Sayeh Ezzikouri
Vikram N. Vakharia
10:45-11:00

WSV partnership with national and international societies-maximizing the mutual benefits

Deyin Guo
Kristina Broliden
Laura D. Kramer
Matthew Moore
11:15-11:30

WSV partnership with international bodies (WHO, FAO, OIE) and governmental organization.

Flor Pujol
Janusz Tadeusz Paweska
Modra Murovska
Ziad Memish
11:30-11:45

Partnership to ORCID, Researchgate, LOOP, is it possible?

Abdelouaheb Benani
Begona Valdazo-Gonzalez
Matthew Moore
Sabrina Schreiner
11:45-12:00
12:00-13:00 Lunch

Hosting a journal vs. collaborating with already existed one

Vikram N. Vakharia
Yashpal S. Malik
Zhengli Shi
13:00-13:15

How to make our society useful to virologists?

Jawhar Gharbi
Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara
Modra Murovska
Vinod Joshi
Sabrina Schreiner
13:15-13:30

Best way to increase the number of membership from different countries.

Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara
Vikram N. Vakharia
Zhengli Shi
13:30-13:45

Physical offices in different countries: Possibilities and obstacles.

Janusz Tadeusz Paweska
Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara
Matthew Moore
13:45-14:00

WSV educational resources.

Ake Lundkvist
Begona Valdazo-Gonzalez
Flor Pujol
Sayeh Ezzikouri
Yashpal S. Malik
14:00-14:15

From the first meeting to the first conference: Task force team.

Jesús L. Romalde
Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara
Michael M. Nevels
Sayeh Ezzikouri
Yashpal S. Malik
14:15-14:45

Summary

Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim
Åke Lundkvist
Jesús L. Romalde
Kristina Broliden
Maria Soederlund-Venermo
Mahmoud Naguib
Matthew Moore
15:00-15:20
15:30-16:30 Closing Remarks/Adjourn

SPEAKERS

Prof. Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim

Ahmed S. Abdel-Moneim

Professor of Virology at Taif University, Saudi Arabia, Beni-Suef University, Egypt

Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara

Prof. Kyoko Tsukiyama-Kohara ,the director of Transboundary Animal Diseases Center, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Japan

Vikram N. Vakharia

Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA

Åke Lundkvist

The head of the Zoonosis Science Center (ZSC) at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Laura D. Kramer

Prof. Laura D. Kramer, Director of the Arbovirus Laboratories at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany
Prof. Vinod Joshi

Vinod Joshi

Professor & Deputy Director, Amity University, Noida, India

Deyin Guo

Professor, the dean of the School of Medicine (Shenzhen), Sun Yat-sen University, China. The president of Virology Division of Chinese Society for Microbiology.
Prof. Flor Helene Pujol

Flor Pujol

Full Professor, Head of the Lab. Virología Molecular, IVIC, Caracas, Venezuela

Kristina Broliden

Professor and Senior Consultant, Unit of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital and Head of Department, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute

Modra Murovska

Director and Leading Researcher at the August Kirchenstein Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Riga Stradiņš University

Michael Nevels

University of St Andrews & Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Regensburg, UK

Maria Soederlund-Venermo

Adjunct professor of virology and university lecturer, at the Department of Virology, College of Medicine, Haartman Institute, Helsinki University, Finland

Matthew D. Moore

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and currently, Assistant professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Massachusetts, USA

Jesus L. Romalde

Professor of Microbiology. University of Santiago de Compostela. Dept. Microbiology and Parasitology.CIBUS-Fac Biology.
Yashpal-S.-Malik

Yashpal S. Malik

Professor & ICAR-National Fellow, Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Anupam-Varma

Anupam Varma

The President of the Indian Virological Society, INSA Emeritus, Scientist, Advanced Centre for Plant Virology Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Zhengli Shi

Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ziad-Memish

Ziad Memish

Professor and senior consultant in infectious diseases and Head of the research department at Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdelouaheb Benani

Head of Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Medical Biology, Pasteur Institute of Morocco

Begona Valdazo-Gonzalez

Senior Research Scientist, Virology Department, National Institute of Biological Controls and Standards (NIBSC), United Kingdom (UK)

Sayeh Ezzikouri

Head of Viral hepatitis Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, 1, Place Louis Pasteur, 20360, Casablanca, Morocco

Declan Schroeder

Associate Professor of Virology in the Veterinary Population Medicine Department in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota, USA

Jawhar Gharbi

Head of the Research Unit UR17ES30 “Virology & Antiviral Strategies”, Biotechnology Institute, University of Monastir, Tunisia

Nolwenn Jouvenet

A group leader, Virology Department, the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France

Sabrina Schreiner

Head of Research Unit Antiviral defense of DNA viruses, Institute of Virology, TU München, Germany

Sareen Galbraith

A Senior Lecturer in Microbiology and Biomedical Science, School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, Leeds, United Kingdom

Mahmoud M. Naguib

Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Infection Biology, Antimicrobial Resistance and Immunology, Uppsala University, Sweden

REGISTRATION

WSV Members

Remote Attendance

Free

$10 e-Certificate Fees

In case of the requirement of obtaining electronic Certificate, 10$ is required to be paid.

For member virologists from countries with low economic rates, there is a waiver from certificate issuing fees.

Physical Attendance

$200

Scientists

Physical attendance for WSV members is available only for very limited numbers.

Physical Attendance

$100

Students

Physical attendance for WSV members is available only for very limited numbers.

Non Members

Physical Attendance

$500

Scientists

It is understood that accommodation should be arranged by the applicants, Elite hotel or nearby hotels are suggested.

Physical Attendance

$200

Students

It is understood that accommodation should be arranged by the applicants, Elite hotel or nearby hotels are suggested.