4:00–8:00 PM | Registration |
6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer |
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:00–8:30 AM | Poster Setup |
8:15–5:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
8:30–9:30 AM | Welcome and Keynote Address |
Madhukar Pai †, McGill University Global Needs to End TB Pandemic |
9:30–11:45 AM | Reconciling the Spectrum of Disease with Transmission, Diagnosis, and Treatment |
Emily B. Wong, Africa Health Research Institute Defining the Spectrum of Prevalent TB Biology |
Katharina Kranzer †, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine TB Transmission: Prevention by Early Detection? |
Rada Savic †, University of California, San Francisco Improving Therapy Across the TB Spectrum |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
10:00–10:20 AM | Coffee Break |
11:45–12:45 PM | Panel Discussion 1: Integrating Basic and Clinical Science into Public Health Programs |
12:45–1:45 PM | Lunch |
1:00–2:30 PM | Posters |
2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
5:00–7:00 PM | Mechanisms and Consequences of TB-Mediated Tissue Damage and Post TB Sequelae |
Igor B. Kramnik †, Boston University Lung Damage and Repair Mechanisms in Tuberculosis |
Gregory Bisson †, University of Pennsylvania Post TB Lung Disease- Clinical Definitions and Mechanisms |
Ursula Rohlwink †, University of Cape Town Pathogenic Mechanisms of TB Meningitis |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
7:00–8:00 PM | On Own for Dinner |
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:00–8:30 AM | Poster Setup |
8:15–5:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
8:30–11:30 AM | Pathogen Adaptation to Immune and Drug Pressures |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
Qingyun Liu †, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mtb Diversity - Evolutionary Pressures and Phenotypic Impacts |
Sarah A. Stanley †, University of California, Berkeley Mechanisms of Immune Evasion by Mtb |
Christopher M. Sassetti, UMass Chan Medical School Evolution of Mtb Over Long and Short Time Scales |
Vinay Kumar Nandicoori †, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology Bacterial Factors Contributing to Persistence |
9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break |
11:30–12:30 PM | Panel Discussion 2: Making International Collaborations Work |
12:30–1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:00–2:30 PM | Posters |
3:00–4:30 PM | Career Roundtable |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
5:00–7:00 PM | Metabolism, Immunometabolism, and Nutrition |
Erin F. McCaffrey †, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases The Immunometabolic Topography of Tuberculosis Granulomas |
Amit Singhal †, Singapore Immunology Network Metabolic Determinants of TB Outcome |
Speaker to be Announced The Impact of Nutrition on Immunity |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
7:00–8:00 PM | On Own for Dinner |
7:30–8:30 AM | Breakfast |
8:30–11:30 AM | Immune Response: Heterogeneity and Compartmentalization |
Sara Suliman †, University of California, San Francisco Systems Biology and Genetic Approaches to Understand TB Susceptibility |
Speaker to be Announced |
Kondwani C Jambo †, Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Research Programme Host-Pathogen Interactions in the Airway |
Thomas J. Scriba †, University of Cape Town Understanding the Impact of Disease Heterogeneity on Treatment |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break |
11:30–12:30 PM | Roundtable Discussion: Stigma Against TB, How Can Research into TB Contribute to Reduced Stigma and Improve Health Care for those in Need? |
12:30–1:30 PM | Lunch |
2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
5:00–7:00 PM | Current Progress and New Ideas in TB Vaccines |
Simone A. Joosten, Leiden University Medical Center Functional Assessment of Host Immunity to Accelerate Vaccine Evaluation |
Shabaana A A. Khader †, University of Chicago Non-Canonical Mechanisms of Immunity to TB |
Speaker to be Announced Innovations in Vaccine Development and Implementation |
Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
6:45–7:00 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions |
7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
8:00–11:00 PM | Entertainment |
8:00–11:00 PM | Cash Bar |
12:00–11:59 PM | Departure |