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About the meeting

Date and Venue

The Institut Pasteur in Montevideo (IP Montevideo), Uruguay will organize the 2nd Institut Pasteur International Network - Americas Regional Meeting on October 28-31, 2012.

The Institut Pasteur International Network is a partnership of research and public health institutes spanning all five continents. Born of Loui...(read more)

Welcome Address

Welcoming Remarks from Luis BARBEITO

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are very pleased to be hosting the Second Meeting of the Institut Pasteur International Network – Pole Americas.

The Institut Pasteur de Montevideo is one of the youngest institutes within the network, and from its inception...(read more)

News

2012-11-29

Photos Available

Photos of the Symposium, the Reception at the French Ambassador's Residence and IP Montevideo are available in the Media Gallery.

2012-10-27

IPIN-Americas Region Brochure

If you wish to know more about the Pasteur Institutes of the Americas region, their missions and their acitivities, please visit the media gallery and download our brochure available in English, French and Spanish.

2012-10-26

List of Participants Available

The full list of the participants is available here.

Programme

16:30

Opening Ceremony

Tryp Hotel

Local and Invited Authorities

Luis BARBEITO, Executive Director IP Montevideo
Marc JOUAN, Executive Secretary, RIIP
Gregory RANDALL, Director of the Scientific Research Commission, UdelaR
Jorge VENEGAS, Ministerio de Salud Pública
Ricardo ERLICH, Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura

17:30-18:30

Presentation of the IPIN Institutes

Directors of the IPIN-Americas Institutes

Luis BARBEITO, IP Montevideo
Charles DOZOIS, Institut Armand FRAPPIER
Claude PIRMEZ, Fiocruz
Philippe QUENEL, IP French Guiana
Antoine TALARMIN, IP Guadeloupe

18:30-19:30

Plenary Lecture

Chair: Alejandro BUSCHIAZZO

Maria Elena BOTTAZZI, Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Head of product development, Sabin Vaccine Institute

19:30-21:00

Welcome Cocktail

08:00

Transport to IP Montevideo

08:30-10:30

Symposium "Collaboration Opportunities in Bacterial Diseases"

Main Lounge

Chair: Arlinet KIERBEL - Co-chair: Javier PIZARRO-CERDA

Charles DOZOIS, Institut Armand FRAPPIER
Julie MILLET, IP Guadeloupe
Paula RISTOW, UFBA and Fiocruz-Salvador
Paula RISTOW, UFBA and Fiocruz-Salvador
Alejandro BUSCHIAZZO, IP Montevideo
Javier PIZARRO-CERDA, Institut Pasteur

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break and Visit to IP Montevideo Laboratories

11:00-12:00

Miniworkshop "Bacterial Diseases" / Simultaneous Poster Session 1

Seminar Room / Hallway

12:00-13:30

Lunch Break

13:30-15:30

Symposium "Collaboration Opportunities in Emerging Viral Diseases"

Main Lounge

Chair: Otto PRITSCH - Co-chair: Claudia NUNES DUARTE DOS SANTOS

Juan CRISTINA, School of Sciences, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Pierre-Yves LOZACH, Institut Armand FRAPPIER
Claudia NUNES DUARTE DOS SANTOS, Fiocruz-Curitiba
Vincent LACOSTE, IP French Guiana
Otto PRITSCH, IP Montevideo

15:30-16:00

Coffee Break and Visit to IP Montevideo Laboratories

16:00-17:00

Miniworkshop "Viral Diseases" / Simultaneous Poster Session 2

Seminar Room / Hallway

17:00-18:00

Plenary Lecture

Main Lounge

Chair: Juan CRISTINA

Marco VIGNUZZI, Head of the Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Group, Institut Pasteur

19:00

Asado (local Barbecue) at IP Montevideo

08:00

Transport to IP Montevideo

08:30-09:45

Symposium "Collaboration Opportunities in Trypanomiasis and Leishmaniasis" Session 1

Main Lounge

Chair: Carlos ROBELLO - Co-chair: Gerald SPAETH

Albert DESCOTEAUX, Institut Armand FRAPPIER
Marcelo COMINI, IP Montevideo
Alfonso CAYOTA, IP Montevideo
Gerald SPAETH, Institut Pasteur

09:45-10:00

Coffee Break

10:00-11:15

Symposium "Collaboration Opportunities in Trypanomiasis and Leishmaniasis" Session 2

Main Lounge

Samuel GOLDENBERG, Fiocruz-Curitiba
Eliane BOURREAU, IP French Guiana
Elisa CUPOLILLO, Fiocruz-Rio de Janeiro
Carlos ROBELLO, IP Montevideo

11:15-12:00

Miniworkshop "Trypanosomal Diseases" / Simultaneous Poster Session 3

Seminar Room / Hallway

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:30

Symposium "Sharing Molecular Technologies"

Main Lounge

Chair: Hugo NAYA - Co-chair: Rosario DURAN

François LEPINE, Institut Armand FRAPPIER
Isabelle DUSFOUR, IP French Guiana
Marco KRIEGER, Fiocruz-Curitiba
Rosario DURAN, IP Montevideo
Guilherme de OLIVEIRA, Fiocruz-Belo Horizonte
Fernando ALVAREZ-VALIN, Universidad de la Republica-School of Sciences

15:30-16:00

Coffee break and visit to IP Montevideo Laboratories

16:00-1800

Round Table "Partnership and Funding Opportunities within the IPIN-Americas

Main Lounge

Chair: Marcelo COMINI

Martín RIVERO ILLA – Uruguayan Agency of International Cooperation (AUCI)
Daniel MECHALLI & Cecilia CASTILLO - Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)
María Laura FERNANDEZ – Research & Innovation National Agency (ANII)
Roberto BAZZANI & Lucy GRAY-DONALD - International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Mónica SILENZI, Science, Tehcnology and Productive Innovation Ministry (MINCYT)

18:00-19:00