Program overview

11-12 September 2019
PRE-CONFERENCE “EPI MANAGERS MEETING”
Venue: PARKROYAL Nay Pyi Taw
(by invitation only)
11 September 2019, Wednesday Full Day
12 September 2019, Thursday Half Day
12 September 2019, Thursday
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Venue: Lotte Hotel, Yangon
TIME ACTIVITY ROOM
12.30 – 17.30 EASTERN-ASIAN SUB-REGIONAL
Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Exchange Forum
(VPPEF) (by invitation only) 		Sapphire Ballroom 3, Level 2
13 September 2019, Friday
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Venue: Lotte Hotel, Yangon
TIME ACTIVITY ROOM
8.30 - 17.30 EASTERN-ASIAN SUB-REGIONAL
Vaccine Procurement Practitioners Exchange Forum
(VPPEF) (by invitation only) 		Sapphire Ballroom 3, Level 2
10.00 - 12.00 ASAP Workshop (for pre-registered delegates only):

Pneumococcal disease prevention in the era of conjugate vaccines: what's new?
Chairs: Zulkifli Ismail and Daniel Goh

  • Update on pneumococcal seroprevalence status and vaccine use
    Maria Rosario Capeding
  • Pneumococcal disease burden and prevention strategies in adults
    Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro
  • Pneumococca vaccines in special at-risk groups
    H. T. Wickramasinghe
More information 		Sapphire Ballroom 1, Level 2
8.30 - 12.30 Workshop by CoMO
Help us make a Difference to Meningitis across Asia at ASVAC
Invitation - Board Room Discussion in Myanmar
Discussing, in back-to-back 90 minute sessions:
  • ‘Meningitis 2030’: the global WHO Initiative
  • ‘Meningitis Progress Tracker’ – what’s going on worldwide
  • The Gaps, the Barriers, and Opportunities across Asia
More information Reserve a seat 		Emerald Room,
Level 2
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch Sapphire Ballroom 2, Level 2
13.00 - 18.30 ASVAC Vaccinology Masterclass
* Asia Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA)

* Myanmar Pediatric Society (MPS)

* Industry Partners 		Sapphire Ballroom 1, Level 2
18.45 – 19.15 Evening Industry Symposium by Bharat Biotech
Lab to Licensure Novel Vaccines: Disruptive Innovations
@ Bharat Biotech
Krishna Mohan
Raches Ella 		Crystal Ballroom, Level 1
19:15 - 21:00 Welcome reception Crystal Ballroom, Level 1
DAY 1: 14 September 2019, Saturday
Crystal Ballroom, Level 1
SESSION TIME ACTIVITY
Opening 08:30 – 08:40 Welcome Address
Lulu Bravo
President of Immunization Partners of Asia Pacific (IPAP)
08:40 – 08:50 Introduction to ASVAC 2019
Saw Win
Professor of pediatrics, Member of South-East Asia ITAG
Conference Chair
08:50 – 09:00 Opening Message
Thar Tun Kyaw
Permanent Secretary,
Union Ministry of Health and Sports, Myanmar
09:00 – 09:10 Opening Performance
Opening Plenary Lecture 09:15 – 09:45 Chairs:

Umesh Parashar, Center for Disease Control & Prevention


Saw Win, Professor of Pediatrics, Member of South-East Asia ITAG

Title: Partnerships and Collaborations to advance the vaccine agenda
Speaker: Roger Glass, Director

Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA
NVI Panel Discussion 09:45 – 10:30 Title: ASEAN Vaccine Security and Self-Reliance (AVSSR)
Moderator: Nakorn Premsri, Director of NVI

Speakers:

  1. Stephane Guichard, WHO Regional Advisor, WHO SEARO
  2. Aurelia Gasca, UNICEF
  3. Pramote Akarapanon, Thailand Food and Drug Administration
  4. Tanapat Laowahutanon, National Health Security Office Thailand
Partners: National Vaccine Institute (NVI) / UNICEF
Break 10:30 – 10:50 Poster and Exhibition Viewing
Plenary Lecture 2 10:50 – 11:20 Chairs:
  1. Hoan Jong Lee, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital
  2. Pornthep Chanthavanich, Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
Title: Maternal vaccination
Speaker: Janet Englund, University of Washington, USA

Partner: Immunization Partners of Asia Pacific (IPAP)
Symposium 1
New opportunities for adolescent vaccination		 11:20 – 12:20 Chairs:
  1. Janet Englund, University of Washington, USA
  2. Thein Thein Myint, Professor, Pediatrics, Patron, Myanmar Pediatric Society
HPV vaccination: is pre-adolescence the optimal target age?
Speaker: Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh, National Cancer Council of Mongolia

Pertussis in adolescence and pregnancy
Speaker: Zulkifli Ismail, Secretary General, Asia Pacific Pediatric Association

Optimal Adolescent Vaccination Schedules Review of WHO Guidelines
Speaker: Pramod Jog, Former Committee Member, International Pediatric Association

Partners:
Asian Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ASPID)
Japanese Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (JPIDS)
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand (PIDST)
Lunch Industry Symposium by Takeda 12.30 - 14.00 Chair: Hlaing Myat Thu, Deputy Director General – Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar

Co-chair: Choo-Beng Goh, Regional Medical Affairs, Takeda Vaccines Pte Ltd

A commitment to dengue prevention - Takeda’s dengue tetravalent vaccine development

The burden of dengue in Asia
Speaker: Htay Htay Han, Takeda USA

Understanding the dengue immune response to infection and vaccination
Speaker: Mayuri Sharma, Takeda USA

An update on the dengue tetravalent vaccine (Live, Attenuated) candidate
Speaker: Shibadas Biswal, Takeda USA
Plenary Lecture 3 14:00 – 14:30 Chairs:
  1. Qihan Li, Institute of Medical Biology, CAMS, PUMC
  2. Khin Nyo Thein, Professor and Head, University of Medicine 2, Yangon
Title: Reemerging Measles
Speaker: Stephen Chacko, SEARO
Symposium 2 Dengue and vaccine safety 14:30 – 16:00 Chairs:
  1. Roger Glass, Director Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, USA
  2. Sri Rezeki S. Hadinegoro, Department of Child Health, Medical Faculty, University of Indonesia
What happened in the Philippines with Dengue vaccine?
Speaker: Edsel Salvaña, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila

Where next with the Dengue vaccines
Speaker: T. Anh Wartel, Head of Clinical Development and Regulatory, International Vaccine Institute

Update in Dengue diagnostic and management guidelines
Speaker: Kyaw Zin Wai, Myanmar

Vaccine safety guidelines/updates
Speaker: Gagandeep Kang, Christian Medical College, Velore. GAVACS member

Partners:

Immunization Partners of Asia Pacific (IPAP)

Asian Dengue Vaccine Advocacy (ADVA)

International Society of Tropical Pediatrics (ISTP)
Break 16:00 – 16:30 Poster and Exhibition Viewing
Symposium 3 Respiratory vaccines 16:30 – 18:00 Chairs:
  1. Tony Nelson, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  2. Nilar Lwin, Professor and Head, Defense Service Medical Academy
Scaling influenza vaccine uptake
Speaker: Prabda Praphasiri, CDC Bangkok

PCV coverage
Speaker: Kim Mulholland, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia

Estimating the impact and cost effectiveness of RSV interventions
Speaker: Clint Pecenka, PATH

Universal flu vaccine
Speaker: John Tam, APACI

Partners:

Asia Pacific Alliance for the Control of Influenza (APACI)
Partnership for Influenza Vaccine Introduction (PIVI)
Evening Industry Symposium by GSK 18:00 – 19:00 Chair: Daniel Goh, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Singapore

IMPACT: New strategies to improve vaccines effectiveness

Broad Protection
Speaker: Phillipe Buchy, Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health, GSK Region Intercontinental

Maternal Immunization
Speaker: Michael Nissen, Director of Scientific Affairs and Public Health, GSK Region Intercontinental
Conference Dinner 20:00 – 22:00 Sapphire Ballroom 1, Level 2
DAY 2: 15 September 2019, Sunday
Crystal Ballroom, Level 1
SESSION TIME ACTIVITY
Symposium 4
Enteric vaccines 		08:30 – 10:00 Chairs:

  1. Mathu Santosham, John Hopkins University, USA
  2. Hlaing Myat Thu, DyDG from Department Medical Research
Rotavirus and Norovirus vaccines
Speaker: Umesh Parashar, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines
Speaker: Kathleen M. Neuzil, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA

Economic evaluation of enteric vaccines
Speaker: Clint Pecenka, PATH

Partner:

ROTA Council
Break 10:00 – 10:20 Poster and Exhibition Viewing
Panel Discussion 10:20 - 10:50 Title: Vaccine hesitancy

Moderators:
  1. Daniel Goh, National University of Singapore
  2. Zulkifli Ismail, Secretary General, Asia Pacific Pediatric Association
Panelists:
  1. H.T. Wickramasinghe
  2. Saw Win, Professor of pediatrics, Member of South-East Asia ITAG
Symposium 5 Communication AEFIs & Advocacy 10:50 - 11:50 Chairs:
  1. Anthony A Marfin, PATH
  2. Ye Myint Kyaw, Professor and Head, University of Medicine 1, Yangon
Finding Friends in Asia - Understanding the Barriers
Speaker: Bruce Langoulant, CoMO

Equity, communications and community partnerships
Speaker: Craig Burgess, John Snow Inc

Assessing and communicating AEFI
Speaker: Aye Mya Chan Thar, Assistant Director, Expanded Programme on Immunization

Immunize India Project
Speaker: Ranjan Kumar Pejaver, Professor of Neonatology, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Science, India

Partners:

Confederation of Meningitis Organizations (COMO)

Asia Pacific Pediatric Association (APPA)
Lunch Industry Symposium by Serum Institute of India 12:00 - 12:30 New Vaccines from SIIPL
Speaker: Sajjad Desai, India
Lunch Industry Symposium by MSD 12:30 - 13:00 Toward Comprehensive HPV Disease Control in Asia-Pacific Region
Moderator: Ma. Cristina Crisologo
Speaker: May Emelline B. Montellano
Lunch Industry Symposium by AJ Vaccines A/S 13:00 - 13:30 The First Standalone Adjuvanted IPV – The Philippines Experience
Speaker: Lulu C. Bravo, University of Philippines Manila
Plenary Lecture 4 13:30 - 14:00 Chairs:
  1. Umesh Parashar, Center for Disease Control & Prevention
  2. Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Nagasaki University, Japan
Hepatitis vaccines
Speaker: Ping-Ing Lee, Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Symposium 6
Neuro vaccines		 14:00 - 15:30 Chairs:
  1. Chris Head, CoMO
  2. Pe Thet Khin, Professor, Pediatrics, Patron, Myanmar Pediatric Society
Japanese Encephalitis vaccine
Speaker: Anthony A Marfin, PATH

EV71 - updates on China's vaccine
Speaker: Xingli Xu, Institute of Medical Biology, CAMS, PUMC

Vaccines to prevent brain damage in newborns/fetuses
Speaker: Hiroyuki Moriuchi, Nagasaki University, Japan

Update on rabies vaccine guidelines
Speaker: Terapong Tantawichien, Chulalongkorn University, Department of Medicine
Break 15:30 – 16:00 Poster and Exhibition Viewing
Symposium 7
Meet the Expert Panel Discussion +/- interactive Quiz		 16:00 – 17:00 Moderators:
  1. Ye Myint Kyaw, Professor and Head, University of Medicine 1, Yangon
  2. Lulu Bravo, University of Philippines Manila
Panelists:
  1. Shelly De la Vega, University of Manila, Philippines, PFV
  2. Pramod Jog, Former Committee Member, International Pediatric Association
  3. Sri Rezeki S. Hadinegoro, University of Indonesia
Partners:

Philippine Foundation for Vaccines (PFV)

Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP)
Closing Plenary Lecture 17:00 – 17:30 Chairs:
Kathleen M. Neuzil, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
Kyaw Linn, Professor, Pediatrics, President, Myanmar Pediatric Society

Future trends
Speaker: Kim Mulholland, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Closing Ceremony 17:30 – 18:00