2nd Workshop of the coordinated action on respiratory viruses

The 2nd Workshop of the ANRS MIE coordinated action (CA) on respiratory viruses will be held in Paris on 2 and 3 December 2024.

From 02 to 03 December 2024

The essential

This workshop will bring together the entire scientific community with an interest in respiratory viruses, and will cover a range of different fields, from pathophysiology to clinical, epidemiological and human and social sciences.

This year, the workshop is being organised over two days, with 5 scientific sessions and 2 keynotes by international speakers.

The workshop will cover the field of respiratory viruses across the board, from pathophysiology to therapeutic aspects and public health.

The topics covered will be

  • Influenza
  • RSV
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Respiratory viruses and immunodepression
  • Metapenumovirus, PIV 1-3
  • Health communication in times of crisis

Programme

2 décembre 2024

 14H00 |WELCOME – Yazdan YAZDANPANAH, Directeur de l’ANRS-MIE

14H15 – 15H15 | KEYNOTE #1:  AVIAN INFLUENZA LINKED TO HIGHLY PATHOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS (HPAIV)

 15H15-16h15 : SESSION #1 : GRIPPE / INFLUENZA

Modérateurs: Guillaume MARTIN BLONDEL, Marie-Anne RAMEIX WELTI

  • Emergence of new influenza viruses and zoonotic risk |15 min – Daniel MARC | Inrae
  • Mechanisms of the innate immune response to Influenza A virus| 15 min – Caroline GOUJON | CNRS, IRIM Montpellier
  • Pipeline of antiviral treatments and other therapeutic strategies | 15 min – Alexandre GAYMARD | VirPath, Lyon
  • COVARS’ vision of the avian influenza risk |15 min – Brigitte AUTRAN | Covars

16H35-17h50 : SESSION #2 :  PUBLIC COMMUNICATION DURING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS

Modérateur: Jocelyn Raude

  • Disinformation and belief | Laurent CORDONIER, sociologist, Fondation Descartes – 15 min
  • Mechanisms | Hugo MERCIER, Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS-ENS-PSL) – 15 min
  • ROUND TABLE & DEBATE (45 min)

3 December 2024

9H30 – 10H15 : SESSION #3 : COVID-19 (Modérateurs / Chair : Quentin RICHIER, Constance DELAUGERRE)

  • B memory response and SARS-Cov2 re-infection – Mathieu MAHEVAS | Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris Est Créteil
  • Update on the evolution of the SARS-CoV2 virus / Variants – Delphine PLANAS | CNRS – UMR3569 – Université Paris Cité
  • Long COVID update – Olivier ROBINEAU| CH de Tourcoing
  • Covid-19 infection in intensive care units: pathophysiological mechanisms – Matthieu SCHMIDT | AP-HP, Sorbonne University, Inserm UMR-S 1166
  • SEVARVIR study: characteristics of patients with COVID-19 hospitalised in intensive care units – Nicolas DE PROST | Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris Est Créteil

 11h00 – 12H30 : SESSION #4 : VIROSES RESPIRATOIRES ET IMMUNODEPRESSION (Modérateurs / Chair : Slim FOURATI, Sophie TROUILLET ASSANT)

  • Position of convalescent plasma in immunocompromised patients (pathophysiology, clinic, positioning) – Benoît MISSET | CHU de Liège
  • Challenges in respiratory virus sequencing
  • Technological challenges of molecular surveillance of respiratory infections in the South
  • Focus : Métapneumovirus et Parainfluenza Virus Types 1-3Clinical presentation in immunocompromised patients – Anne BERGERON | Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève

    Update on diagnostic tools – Jérôme LEGOFF | Hopital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Cité, InsermU976, INSIGHT team

 14H00 – 15H00 : KEYNOTE #2 –  MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST RESPIRATORY VIRUSES

 15H00 – 16H15 : SESSION #5 : VRS (Modérateurs / Chair : Astrid VABRET, Pierre FRANGE)

  • Immunity and RSV: New experimental neonatal model – Nabila SEDDIKI | CEA
  • RSV regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic targets – Marie-Anne RAMEIX WELTI | Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Saclay, Université de Versailles St. Quentin, UMR 1173 (2I)
  • Monoclonal antibody resistance – Slim FOURATI | Hôpital Henri Mondor, Université Paris Est Créteil
  • Nirsevimab: Update on real-life effectiveness and medical-economic studies – Naim OULDALI | Univ. Paris, APHP CHU Robert Debré

 17H00 | CLOSING

Registration

The event will take place at Campus les Cordeliers, 15 rue de l’école-de-médecine 75006 Paris.
The workshop will start on 2 December 2024 at 2pm and will finish on 3 December in the late afternoon. A cocktail reception will be held on the evening of 2 December.
Registration is free for participants but compulsory via the dedicated website.

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