The Embassy of France in Japan, Institute Pasteur Japan office, the International Vaccine Design Center, and the International Joint Research Center at IMSUT invite you to join our first symposium “France-Japan Cooperation on Health -Outbreak Response and Pandemic Preparedness-”. The two-day event will invite leading researchers and specialists from France, Japan, and the Pasteur Network to discuss about how we can cooperate for better health, especially for outbreak response and pandemic preparedness in the Indo-Pacific and African region.
● Date
Nov 2, 2022 (Day 1: 10AM- 5 PM)
Nov 3, 2022 (Day 2: 9AM - 5 PM)
● Venue
Auditorium, Institute of Medical Science (IMSUT)
● Speakers：
| Speaker name | Affiliation | Potential topic |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteur | ||
| Amadou Sall | Director, Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal and President of Pasteur network | Outbreak response |
| James Di Santo |
Innate Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur |
Mucosal Immunity |
| Etienne Simon-Loriere |
Evolutionary Genomics of RNA Viruses, Institut Pasteur |
RNA viruses |
| Sébastien Boyer |
Entomology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge |
Mosquito-borne infection in South-east Asia |
| Kathleen Victoir | Pasteur network | The Pasteur network |
| Yusuke Shimakawa |
Epidemiology of Emergence Diseases, Institut Pasteur |
Mother-to-child transmission of viral hepatitis |
| Gary Wong | Institut Pasteur of Shanghai | Bat viruses |
| Gamou Fall | Institut Pasteur de Dakar | Outbreak response |
| Veasna Duong | Institut Pasteur du Cambodge | Outbreak response |
| Cheikh Loucoubar | Institut Pasteur de Dakar | Digital Health |
| Japan | ||
| Ken Ishii | IMSUT | Vaccine science |
| Fumihiko Matsuda |
Center for Genomic Medecine, Kyoto University |
Omics medicine |
| Cevayir Coban | IMSUT | Malaria Immunology |
| Yoichiro Kamatani | IMSUT | BioBank Japan |
| Tomoji Mashimo | IMSUT | Rat genetics/Gene editing the Amami Project |
| Tomoko Ishino | Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Malaria molecular biology |
| Yasutsugu Suzuki | Ehime University | Insect specific viruses |
| Leon Ochiai | Sanofi K.K., Head of Public Affairs | To Be Determined |
● Program
● Participants：100 in-person + 100 virtual attendees
● Cost：free
● Contact information:
https://www.institutpasteur-office.jp/symposium-2022
<Symposium Secretariat>
Email: pasteurjapan@projectliaison.org
https://www.institutpasteur-office.jp/
● Language：English