Program

2025 XXV International Poxvirus, Asfarvirus, and Iridovirus Conference Tentative Program

Sunday, May 18, 2025

12:00 pm-4:00 pm, registration

4:15 pm-6:15 pm, reception

Dinner (on your own)


Monday, May 19, 2025

7:00 am-8:30 am, Breakfast

8:30 am-8:45 am, Welcome Remarks

8:45 am-10:15 am, Session 1: Viral Entry

Session Chairs:

Dr. Wen Chang, Academia Sinica

Dr. Carlos Maluquer de Motes, University of Surrey

10:15 am-10:45 am, Break

10:45 am-12:30 pm, Session 2: Gene Expression & Genome Replication 

Session Chairs:

Dr. Bernard Moss, National Institutes of Health

Dr. Ryan Noyce, University of Alberta

 

12:30 pm-2:00 pm   Lunch

2:00 pm-4:00 pm, Session 3: Viral Assembly & Trafficking

Session Chairs:

Dr. Brian Ward, University of Rochester

Dr. Don Gammon, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

4:15 pm-6:15 pm, Poster Session I

6:30 pm-8:30pm Dinner

 

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

7:00 am-8:30 am, Breakfast

8:30 am-10:15 am, Session 4: Genomics & Evolution, Other Omics

Session Chairs:

Dr. Stefan Rothenburg, University of California, Davis

Dr. Dustin Hancks, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

10:15 am-10:45 am, Break

10:45 am-12:30 pm, Session 5: Virus-Host Interactions I

Session Chairs:

Dr. Derek Walsh, Northwestern University

Dr. Jia Liu, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 

12:30 pm-2:00 pm   Lunch

 2:00 pm-4:00 pm, Session 6: Virus-Host Interactions II

Session Chairs:

Dr. Matthew Wiebe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Dr. John Connor, Boston University

4:15 pm-6:15 pm, Poster Session II

Dinner on your own

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

7:00 am-8:30 am, Breakfast

8:30 am-10:15 am, Session 7: Viral Immunity

Session Chairs:

Dr. Ingo Drexler, Heinrich-Heine Universität

Dr. Heather Hickman, National Institutes of Health

10:15 am-10:45 am, Break

10:45 am-12:30 pm, Session 8:  Pathogenesis & Therapeutics

Session Chairs:

Dr. Luis Sigal, Thomas Jefferson University

Dr. Zhengqiang(ZQ) Wang, University of Minnesota

 

12:30 pm-2:00 pm   Lunch


 Free Afternoon/Dinner on your own

 

Thursday, May 22, 2025

7:00 am-8:30 am, Breakfast

8:30 am-10:15 am, Session 9: Vector Development

Session Chairs:

Dr. Asisa Volz, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Dr. Rafael Blasco, Spanish National Research Council

10:15 am-10:45 am, Break

10:45 am-12:30 pm, Session 10: Oncolytic Poxviruses

Session Chairs:

Dr. Liang Deng, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Eric Bartee, University of New Mexico

 

12:30 pm-2:00 pm   Lunch 

                                Reserve a table for Conference business discussion (past, current, and future meeting organizers attend)

 2:00 pm-3:45 pm, Session 11: Vaccine & Diagnostics

Session Chairs:

Dr. Stuart Isaacs, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Benjamin M. Liu, Chidren’s National Hospital  

3:45 am-4:15 am, Break

4:15 pm-6:15 pm, Session 12:  Emerging Viruses

Session Chairs:

Dr. Rachel Roper, East Carolina University

Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, University of Manitoba

6:15 pm-6:30 pm Closing remarks and introduction to Poxvirus 2027

 

7:00 pm- 11:00 pm Closing Dinner

 

Friday, May 23, 2025

Departure