Vaccine Forum 2011
Striving for excellence together
Friday 1st April 2011, 10.30am – 4.30pm
Novotel, Victoria St Bristol, Avon BS1 6HY
Free of charge
Meningitis UK's Vaccine Forum 2011 took place on Friday 1 April in Bristol. The event provided the opportunity to hear from leading speakers such as Professor Andrew Pollard and Dr Ray Borrow about hot topics in meningitis vaccine development, including the feasibility of streptococcal group B vaccines and the future of meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccines.
This Forum offered a rare opportunity to participate in active discussion and contribute to future thinking.
You can view a selection of photos from the day in our Vaccine Form 2011 photo gallery.
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Event Programme
10.30 – Welcome
Steve Dayman, Chief Executive, Meningitis UK
10.35 – Introduction
Prof Paul Langford, Reader in Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London
10.50 - Reducing meningitis and septicaemia disease – successes and future vaccination challenges
Dr Stephen Robinson, Senior Scientific Officer, Immunisation Branch, Department of Health
Download Dr Stephen Robinson's presentation (PDF file).
11.30 - Progress in the prevention of meningitis
Prof Andrew Pollard, Director of Oxford Vaccine Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Oxford
Download Prof Andrew Pollard's presentation (PDF file). Please note that some content within this presentation has been removed due to copyright.
12.00 - Advances in meningococcal serogroup B vaccines
Dr Ray Borrow, Head of Vaccine Evaluation Unit, Health Protection Agency North West.
Download Dr Ray Borrow's presentation (PDF file).
12.30 - Q&A session 1
Prof Paul Langford
13.30 - Why N. meningitidis hurts people
Dr Nigel Saunders, Reader in Microbiology, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
Due to copyright, this presentation is unfortuately unavailable for download.
14.00 - GBS vaccines - where are we now?
Dr Mark Anthony, Consultant Neonatologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
Download Dr Mark Anthony's presentation (PDF file).
14.30 - Novel pneumococcal vaccine approaches
Dr Jeremy Brown, Reader in Respiratory Infection / Honorary Consultant, UCL Division of Medicine
Due to copyright, this presentation is unfortuately unavailable for download.
15.00 – Q&A session 2
Prof Paul Langford
15.30 - Discussion: Prof Paul Langford will chair a debate centred around emerging topics of the day
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