International symposium on 'Vaccines: Discovery to Translation'

'Vaccines: Discovery to Translation'

Nov 14-17, 2011

Surajkund, New Delhi

The international symposium on 'Vaccines: Discovery to Translation' will bring together people and institutions that are interested in basic science discovery, product development, market introduction, and adoption into immunization programs so that collaborative opportunities may be explored and exploited. The overall aim is to take advantage of the collective experience, good practices and research tools that various stakeholders and initiatives around the world apply in order to protect people of all ages as a safe and friendly “life insurance” from a multitude of diseases reaching far beyond classic childhood vaccines.

The symposium is organized by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India under its new initiatives – Vaccine Grand Challenge Program (VGCP), Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Research Centre (VIDRC), Translational Health Science and Technology Institute(THSTI), Clinical Development Services Agency (CDSA) and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).

The meeting will bring together world-leading experts to debate the many-sided correlations between vaccines, medicine and society at the dawn of the third millennium. It aims to provide high-quality, up-to-date reports of such scientific progress in its unique mix of invited presentations by acknowledged international experts in symposia of topical interest,  provide a perspective on the multifaceted approach to vaccine development to Indian scientists and information among both researchers and health care providers that is necessary for development of cost effective vaccines. The meeting shall encourage the participation of all the disparate fields of vaccinology in both its human and veterinary domains in order to facilitate valuable cross-fertilization of ideas and approaches among researchers often narrowly focused on their specific diseases or methods.

The symposium will take place at  The Claridges, Surajkund, Delhi, NCR.

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