Oct 13–16, 2025 | Crowne Plaza Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Scientific Organizers:
Suresh Mahalingam, Christopher F. Basler, Felicity Burt, and Alina Baum

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Scientific Organizers: Suresh Mahalingam, Christopher F. Basler, Felicity Burt, and Alina Baum
Suresh Mahalingam
Christopher F. Basler
Felicity Burt
Alina Baum
***Meeting program subject to change.
Available Formats: = In Person = On DemandMonday, October 13, 2025
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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Remote Presentation: Preparing For the Next Pandemic in Increasingly Complex Times
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Environmental Change and Drivers of Emergence of Vector-Borne Viruses
Virus Surveillance and Predictive Modeling: Insights from Singapore's Public Health Interventions
Diagnosis and Surveillance of Emerging Arboviruses in Africa
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The Use of Pathogen-Focused Metagenomics Strategies Within the Diagnostic Network Interrogating Both Clinical and Environmental Samples for Surveillance and Discovery
Mpox Virus Surveillance in Regions of Central Africa at a One Health Animal-Human Interface
How AI Can Help Predict Viral Evolution to Accelerate Vaccine and Therapeutic Design
Modeling Age-Specific Innate Responses to Respiratory Viruses Using Primary Human Airway Epithelial Cells: Implications for Pandemic Preparedness
The Host Response as a Novel Diagnostic Biomarker for ‘Pre-positive’ Viral Infection
Development of Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing for the Discovery and Surveillance of Emerging and Reemerging Viruses in Ireland
Forecasting H1N1 Influenza Pandemic and Seasonal Evolution
Bayesian Latent Class Modeling to Assess Diagnostic Accuracy of Dengue, Zika, And Chikungunya Tests Across Multi-Country Studies
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Remote Presenter: GSK's Role in Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness
Autochthonous Theta: A Refractory Index of Airborne Disease Transmissibility
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Short Talk: Rational and Computational Design of Pre-fusion Stabilized Coronavirus Glycoproteins: A Platform Approach to Pandemic Preparedness
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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The Future of Pandemic Preparedness
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Anticipating the Next Pandemic: Platforms, Pathogens, and Predictive Tools
Current Filovirus Vaccine Candidates – Focus on VSV-based Vaccines
Combating Rift Valley Fever - ChAdOx1 Rift Valley Fever Vaccine Safety and Immunogenicity: Phase 1 Trial in Adults
Preparing for Future Pandemics: The Aftermath of the COVID Vaccine
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Constraining Viral Escape with mRNA-Encoded Engineered Antibodies
Advancements in Drug Repurposing and New Therapeutics for Arthritogenic Alphaviruses: Tackling Acute and Chronic Disease
Filovirus Therapeutic Antibodies
Short Talk: Plitidepsin as a Novel Antiviral Candidate Against Monkeypox Virus
Short Talk: Efficacy of the Antiviral, BDGR-49, During Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Infection of the Emulate Human Brain-Chip
Thursday, October 16, 2025
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Arbovirus and Zoonotic Virus Surveillance in Africa: Emphasizing a One Health Approach
One Health Approach to Avian and Swine Influenza
Discovery of New Filoviruses/Other Viruses in Bats in Asia
Re-emerging Alphaviruses: Chikungunya and Western Equine Encephalitis
Short Talk: System Serology Analyses of Antibody Responses in Bats to Human Pathogens
Short Talk: CD8+ T Cell Epitope Conservation in Emerging H5N1 Viruses Suggests Global Protection
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Immune Modulators in Mosquito Saliva: A New Therapeutic Target to Combat Arboviral Threats
DNA Vaccination With Inferred Ancestral Antigens: A New Strategy Against Evolving Swine Influenza Viruses
Intranasal Dendritic Cell-Targeting Vaccine Booster Elicits Cross-Clade, Durable And Protective Systemic And Mucosal Immunity Against Sarbecoviruses Of Pandemic Potential
Obeldesivir: A Candidate Oral Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Filovirus Outbreak Control
Preclinical Development of a MOPEVAC Vaccine Against Lassa Fever in Nonhuman Primates
Therapeutic Protection Against Multiple Encephalitic Alphaviruses By A Vaccine-Elicited Pan-Alphavirus Antibody
Development of a Codon-Deoptimized Live-Attenuated Vaccine for Zika Virus: Preclinical Efficacy in Pregnant and Male Mouse Models
Antigen Avidity Drives the Durability of the Vaccine Immune Response
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An Unexpected Outbreak of H5N1 Influenza in Dairy Cattle
Host Restriction of Monkeypox Virus and Viral Evasion Strategies
Virus-Host Interactions of Filoviruses with a Focus on Ebola and Marburg
Short Talk: Ebola Virus VP35 Hijacks P-body and Stress Granule Components into Inclusion Body
Friday, October 17, 2025
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