WELCOME TO THE 25th INTERNATIONAL PAPILLOMAVIRUS CONFERENCE MAY 8-14 2009, MALMÖ, SWEDEN

Programme at a glance

Pre-Conference Educational Workshop Program and Announcement
 

Friday May 8
Pre-Conference Educational Workshop: Advocacy and Cervical Cancer Control
HPV: the cause of cervical cancer
HPV: natural history of the infection
The burden of HPV-associated diseases
Cervical cancer: the natural history of the disease
Cervical cancer prevention: screening
Cervical cancer prevention: vaccination
The integration of screening and vaccination for comprehensive cervical cancer protection
Knowledge and awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention among the general public
Public Health Education and Cervical Cancer Prevention
Awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention among healthcare professionals
Raising awareness of HPV and cervical cancer prevention: the need for clinical education
Political motivation for progress with cervical cancer prevention
Developing the political will for progress

 

Saturday May 9
Pre-Conference Educational Workshop: HPV Testing and cervical screening
HPV: natural history of the infection from the biological perspective.
HPV: natural history of the infection from the epidemiological and clinical perspective
Cervical cancer screening; the principles and evaluation parameters of the programme
How to organise a successful screening programme; the examples of the Nordic countries
Cytology-based cervical cancer screening
Testing for HPV. Requirements for clinical use
Cervical cancer screening: overview of HPV tests and trials and new proposals
Sustainable screening for developing countries
HPV testing for the triage of ASCUS and LSIL; principles and results
HPV tests in the post-treatment follow up
Cervical screening in populations vaccinated against HPV
Rational transition from research studies to implementation in programmes

 

Sunday May 10
Pre-Conference Educational Workshop: Vaccines
HPV vaccines. Trials and results
How do vaccines protect?
Critical issues: Safety, Duration of protection, Cross-protection
Vaccination in infants, males, immunecompromised and mid-adult women
Monitoring HPV vaccination campaigns
Using modeling to predict the optimal combinations of vaccination and screening

Main Conference:
HPV Prophylactic Vaccines, Clinical Aspects

Opening Ceremony at Malmö Opera
Invited Speakers: Harald zur Hausen and George Klein
Swedish Rhapsody
Welcome reception

 

Monday May 11
 

Epidemiology of HPV- associated diseases  

Experimental Therapeutics in Patients & Animals


Poster session
 

Colposcopy and Clinical Management

Condylomata and respiratory papillomatoses “Geo von Krogh memorial lecture”

Epidemiology of HPV Infection

  Virus Life Cycle

Viral genome replication and antivirals



Viral genome replication and antivirals, Continued


Tuesday May 12
 

Therapeutic Vaccines and Cellular Immunology (Basic sciences)   Viral Gene Expression


Poster session
 

Cost-Effectiveness and Modelling Studies

Viral attachment and entry


Prophylactic vaccines and humoral immunity (basic sciences)

  Cutaneous HPV infections and Skin Cancer

HPV infection in the immunosuppressed

HPV and head & neck cancers


Poster session
 

Wednesday May 13
 

Transformation and carcinogenesis  

Acceptability, behaviourial and psychological aspects of screening and vaccination


Poster session
 

Treatment and post-treatment
follow-up

Primary HPV screening

HPV-based triaging

  Transformation and carcinogenesis II
 

Viral Proteins: Structure and function

Prophylactic vaccines II


Conference Party
 

Thursday May 14

 

Molecular markers & HPV testing methods   Global HPV epidemiology


Invited lecture
 

HPV infection in males

Best Poster Lectures Late-breaking news
  Pathogenesis & Virus-host interaction

Taxonomy and HPV databases


Closing Ceremony
Summary Overview Lecture



The Conference ends at 16.15 on Thursday 14th of May. Examples of suitable travelling times to Copenhagen Airport are:

Departure Malmö Central Station               Arrival Copenhagen Airport

16.22                                                            16.44

16.42                                                            17.04

17.02                                                            17.24

17.22                                                            17.44

17.42                                                            18.04