Congress Care, Marriott Hotel, Willemstad, Curaçao
10-11 August 2011
| Wednesday August 10th, 2011 | | | | | 08.00 | Registration | | | | | 08:50 | Opening remarks and welcome | | | | | 09:00 - 11:00 | Plenary session 1 | | 09:00 | The rise of invasive NTHi | | | Raymond Tsang, Manitoba, Canada | | 10:00 | Comparative genomics as a tool to understand the evolution and pathogenesis of Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrahlis | | | Fen Hu, Pennsylvania, USA | | | | | 11:00 - 11:30 | Break | | | | | 11:30 - 13:00 | Vaccines and immune response | | | | | 13:00 - 15:30 | Lunch - Poster sessions - Workshops | | | | | 15:30 - 18:15 | Plenary session 2 | | 15:30 - 16:30 | Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae | | 16:30 - 16:45 | Break | | 16:45 - 18:15 | Clinical infection, Antimicrobial resistance, Diagnostics | | | | | 19:30 | Congress dinner | | | | | Thursday August 11th, 2011 | | | | | 09:00 - 11:00 | Plenary session 3 | | | | | 09:00 | Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis: two great opportunists that do great together | | | Edward Swords, North Carolina, USA | | 10:00 | Recent advances in otitis media: Microbiology, immunology and animal models | | | Lauren Bakaletz, Ohio, USA | | | | | 11:00 - 11:30 | Break | | | | | 11:30 - 13:00 | Virulence Mechanisms | | | | | 13:00 - 15:30 | Lunch - Poster sessions - Workshops | | | | | 15:30 - 18:15 | Plenary session 4 | | 15:30 - 16:30 | Genomics / Proteomics / Physiology / Metabolism | | 16:30 - 16:45 | Break | | 16:45 – 18:15 | Other Haemophilus and Moraxella pathogens | | | | | 18:15 – 18:30 | Closing Remarks |
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Invited Speakers:
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Lauren Bakaletz, Ohio, USA Ener C. Dimleyici, Eskisehir, Turkey Garth Ehrlich, Pennsylvania, USA John P. Hays, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Timothy F. Murphy, New York, USA Fen Hu, Pennsylvania, USA Edward Swords, North Carolina, USA Raymond Tsang, Manitoba, Canada
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