Planning Committees
J. S. Malik Peiris—Chair
Professor
Department of Microbiology
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
Gavin Smith—Conference Communications Liaison
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
Ilaria Capua
Head of Virology Department
OIE/FAO Reference Laboratory for Newcastle Disease and Avian Influenza
Instituto Zooprofilattico Sperimetale Delle Venezie
Legnaro, Padova, Italy
Nancy Cox
Director, Influenza Division
Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Surveillance Epidemiology and Control of Influenza
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Keiji Fukuda
Acting Director
Department for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
WHO Global Influenza Program, WHO/CDS/CSR/GIP
Geneva, Switzerland
Alan Hampson
Editor-in-Chief
Influenza Journal
Interflu Pty Ltd
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alan Hay
Director
WHO Collaborating Center
Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
Anne Kelso
Professor
WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Influenza
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Linda Lambert
Chief
Respiratory Disease Branch
Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Gabriel Leung
Under Secretary for Food and Health
Food and Health Bureau
Government of the Hong Kong SAR
Hong Kong SAR, China
Ann Moen
Deputy Chief
Influenza Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Albert Osterhaus
Professor
Head, Department of Virology
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Michael Osterholm
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Peter Palese
Professor and Chairman
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York, USA
Masato Tashiro
Director
Center for Influenza Virus Research
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Tokyo, Japan
John Watson
Professor
Health Protection Agency Center for Infections
London, United Kingdom
Robert Webster
Chairman
Department of Virology and Molecular Biology
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Yi Guan—Scientific Chair
Professor
Department of Microbiology
The University of Hong Kong;
Director
State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Hong Kong SAR, China
Ian Brown
Director
Virology Department
International Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza
Veterinary Laboratories Agency
New Haw, Addlestone Surrey, United Kingdom
Lorena Brown
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Australia
Eddie Holmes
Professor of Biology
Center for Infectious Disease
Pennsylvania State University Dynamics
University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Neil Ferguson
Professor of Mathematical Biology
Imperial College, London;
Director
MRC Center for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling
London, United Kingdom
Ron Fouchier
Professor
Department of Virology
Erasmus Medical Center
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre
Professor
Department of Microbiology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York, USA
Frederick Hayden
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Department of Medicine
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Jackie Katz
Chief
Immunology and Pathogenesis Branch
Influenza Division
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Yoshiro Kawaoka
Professor of Virology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
School of Veterinary Medicine
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Arnold Monto
Professor
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Kristin Nichol
Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota;
Associate Chief of Staff for Research
Minneapolis VA Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
David Swayne
Laboratory Director
Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory
Athens, Georgia, USA
John Treanor
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, USA
Sylvie van der Werf
Director of Molecular Genetics of RNA
Institut Pasteur
Paris, France
Maria Zambon
Head
Enteric and Respiratory Virus Laboratory
Public Heath Laboratory Services
London, United Kingdom
Yuelong Shu
Director
National Influenza Center
Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention
Beijing, China
Sir Roy Anderson
Rector
Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology
Imperial College, London
London, United Kingdom
Joseph Domenech
Chief
Animal Health Service
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Animal Production and Health Division
Montpellier, France
Lance Jennings
Clinical Virologist
Canterbury Health Laboratories
Microbiology Department
Christchurch, New Zealand
Dimitri L’Vov
Ivanovsky Institute of Virology
Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Moscow, Russia
Akhilesh Chandra Mishra
Director
National Institute of Virology
Indian Council of Medical Research
Pune, India
Geoffrey Schilds
Founding Chair
International Society for Influenza
and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (isirv)
Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
Ken Shortridge
Emeritus Professor
The University of Hong Kong
Department of Microbiology and Immunity
Hong Kong SAR, China
Sir John Skehel
Former Director
National Institute for Medical Research
Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
Prasert Thongchareon
Director
Influenza Foundation of Thailand;
Professor
Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Bangkok, Thailand