The scientific programme at ESPID 2020 will cover all aspects of vaccines and vaccinology.

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Vaccines at the ESPID 2020 Virtual Programme Highlights

ESPID OPENING PLENARY SYMPOSIUM 1 – OPPORTUNITIES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES: THE GLORY OF PREVENTION!

Session format: Pre-recorded  presentations + Live Q&A panel

• Welcome by Local Organising Committee
• Current challenges for public health – Marion Koopmans, The Netherlands
• Vaccines to protect newborns and infants from dying – Keith Klugman, USA
• Chairs: Delane Shingadia, UK & Annemarie van Rossum, NL

ESPID PLENARY SYMPOSIUM 5 – THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY: STRATEGIES TO DECREASE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL INFECTIONS IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES

Session format: Pre-recorded  presentations + Live Q&A panel

• Maternal and child/neonatal health in LMIC – Malaria Clara Menendez, Spain
• Maternal vaccination in developing countries – Shabir Madhi, South Africa
• Chair: Johannes Trueck, Switzerland & Annemarie van Rossum, NL

SYMPOSIUM 4 – MATERNAL VACCINATION

Session format: Pre-recorded  presentations + Live Q&A panel

• Recent developments in maternal vaccination – Elke Leuridan, Belgium
• Implementation of maternal immunization programmes – Philip Lambach, Switzerland
• Chairs: Elke Leuridan, Belgium & TBA

SYMPOSIUM 7 – TRAINED IMMUNITY AND HOW TO EXPLOIT THE NON-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF VACCINATION

Session format: Pre-recorded  presentations + Live Q&A panel

• The non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination – trials and tribulations – Nigel Curtis, Australia
• Heterologous effects of vaccines: the impact of trained immunity – Mihai Netea, The Netherlands
• Chairs: Marien de Jonge, The Netherlands & TBA

SYMPOSIUM 9 – SHOTS AT STAKE – MEDICAL INTERACTIONS ON VACCINATION

Session format: Pre-recorded  presentations + Live Q&A panel

• Narratives to reduce antivax – José Sanders, The Netherlands
• TBA – Jennifer Reif, USA
• Chairs: Hedwig te Molder, NL & Manish Sadarangani

ESWI/ESPID JOINT SYMPOSIUM 13 – INFLUENZA

Session format: Pre-recorded  presentations + Live Q&A panel

• Immunisation – the vision for the coming decade – Katherine O’Brien, USA
• Influenza virus transmission and children – Sander Herfst, NL
• TBA – Jamie Lopez Bernal, UK
• Chairs: Pieter Fraaij, NL & TBA

ESPID SYMPOSIUM – LATE-BREAKING – COVID-19 VACCINE

Session format: Live presentations and discussion