Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness Retreat 2024
August 29, 2024 @ 11:00 – August 30, 2024 @ 13:45 CEST
The SciLifeLab Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness (PLP) program, started in 2021, acts to meet society’s need for efficient use of resources, training and education, to propagate skills and setting up technologies and equipment to be better equipped for new pandemics.
The PLP-retreat aims at strengthening the PLP network as well as an opportunity to highlight and discuss how the PLP program can evolve and be sustainable in the future.
With a poster session and focused group discussions on the key questions for pandemic preparedness, we believe this will be a highly rewarding event for the participants, and will spur many new ideas on how pandemic preparedness can be structured in the future.
For PLP members and collaborators only
The program below will be continuously uppdated
Thursday, August 29
| 11:00 | Bus departure from SciLifeLab Uppsala/BMC Bus departure from SciLifeLab Solna Bus departure from Stockholm City Terminal (Gate 5) |
| 11:15 | Bus departure from Arlanda From outside terminal 4 (map) |
| 11:45 | Lunch Aronsborg |
| 12:30 | Plenary Presentations Stockholmsalen Chair: Jessica Alm, Karolinska Institutet |
| 12:30 | Welcome and Introduction Jessica Alm, Karolinska Institutet |
| 12:40 | SciLifeLab Pandemic Laboratory Preparedness Capability Staffan Svärd, Uppsala University |
| 13:00 | Evaluation of large-scale testing and contact tracing during the pandemic for better preparedness Sara Byfors, Swedish Public Health Agency |
| 13:20 | Short Break |
| 13:40 | Pandemic vaccination: how should we do it next time? Helena Hervius Askling, Karolinska Institutet |
| 14:00 | Discussion: Prospective about Mpox Sara Byfors, Swedish Public Health Agency Helena Hervius Askling, Karolinska Institutet Antonio Gigliotti Rothfuchs, Karolinska Institutet |
| 14:20 | Preparedness for human biomonitoring – a toxicologists view Mattias Öberg, Karolinska Institutet |
| 14:40 | Coffee Break |
| 15:10 | Flash Talks Moderated by Peter Nilsson, KTH |
| 16:20 | Who is the PLP master? Ulf Ribacke, Karolinska Institutet |
| 16:50 | Concluding Remarks, poster hanging and check-in to hotel |
| 18:00 | Mingle and Poster Session Upplandssalen |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
| 21:00 | After Dinner Mingle Crillo |
Friday, August 30
| 08:45 | Check out from hotel |
| 09:00 | Plenary Presentations Upplandssalen Chair: Staffan Svärd, Uppsala University |
| 09:05 | What to expect when you’re not expecting Bill Hanage, Harvard University, USA |
| 09:30 | Investigating the evolution of panzootic H5N1 in mammals Thomas Peacock, Pirbright Institute, UK |
| 10:00 | Short Break |
| 10:15 | Pandrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria in Ukraine – will they spread beyond hospitals? Kristian Riesbeck, Lund University |
| 10:45 | Group Discussion Introductions Staffan Svärd, Uppsala University |
| 10:50 | Coffee Break and Group Discussions |
| 12:00 | Group Discussion Summary in plenary; 1-2 min per group Moderator Staffan Svärd, Uppsala University |
| 12:35 | Wrap-Up and taking down the posters |
| 12:40 | Bus Transfer to Arlanda Airport Brown paper bag-lunch to go. |
| 12:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45 | Bus Transfer to Stockholm City Terminal (via SciLifeLab Campus Solna) Bus Transfer to SciLifeLab Uppsala/BMC |
Scientific Committee
The program has been developed by the Scientific committee.
- Staffan Svärd, PLP Scientific lead, Uppsala University
- Ulf Ribacke, PLP Scientific co-lead, Karolinska Institutet & Uppsala University
- Jessica Alm, Karolinska Institutet
- Peter Nilsson, KTH;
- Daniel Sheward, Karolinska Institutet
- Alice Sollazzo, Coordinator PLP-Program at SciLifeLab, Alice.sollazzo@scilifelab.uu.se
alice.sollazzo@scilifelab.uu.se
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