The workshop is organized over two days with 5 scientific sessions and 2 keynotes by international speakers.

The workshop will cover the field of respiratory viruses in a cross-disciplinary way, from pathophysiology to therapeutic aspects and public health.

Particular topics will include :

• Coronaviruses and emergence risks
• RSV
• Respiratory viruses and immunosuppression
• Avian respiratory viruses
• Pandemic risks and prepardness

Programme

11 December 2025

2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. INTRODUCTION

• Welcome by Director of ANRS MIE Pr Yazdan YAZDANPANAH
• Welcome by the presidents of AC52 ‘clinical respiratory viruses’ – Karine LACOMBE and Edouard LHOMME

2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. KEYNOTE #1: Beyond COVID-19: the global landscape, evolution, and emerging risks of coronaviruses

3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. SESSION #1: CORONAVIRUS

• Presentation 1 – History of coronavirus epidemics – Frederic KECK
• Presentation 2 – Mechanisms of emergence of pathogenic coronaviruses – Florence DEBARRE
• Presentation 3 – R&D on pan-coronavirus monoclonal antibodies – TBD

4:35 p.m. – 5:50 p.m. SESSION #2: Pandemic risk and preparedness: bridging research and policy for global resilience

12 December 2025

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. SESSION #3: VRS

• Presentation 1–The genomic evolutionary dynamics and global circulation patterns of respiratory syncytial virus – Philippe LEMEY
• Presentation 2– Therapeutic innovations in the field of RSV – Louis BONT
• Presentation 3– Speaker Cost-effectiveness of RSV prevention strategies – Mahmoud ZUREIK

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. SESSION #4: RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION

• Presentation 1– Persistent COVID-19 in immunocompromised patients
• Presentation 2– The role of immunomodulators in severe respiratory viruses in immunocompromised patients?
• Presentation 3 – Pathogenicity of metapneumoviruses: from myth to reality – TBD

1:30pm – 2:30pm KEYNOTE #2 / Global surveillance systems for respiratory viruses: detecting emergence, mutations, and new threats

3:15pm – 4:30pm SESSION #5: Avian respiratory viruses: from animals to humans

1. Presentation 1 – Overview of avian viruses – Romain VOLMER
2. Presentation 2 – Avian paramyxovirus: a human case study – Marie JASPARD
3. Presentation 3 – Update on the global H5N1 epidemic – Sibylle BERNARD-STOECKLIN (SPF)

Programme

Venue and registration

The workshop will be held in the heart of Paris, at Campus les Cordeliers, 15 rue de l’école-de-médecine 75006 Paris.

Remote video access to the seminar will be available.

The workshop will begin on 11 December 2025 at 2 p.m. and end on 12 December in the late afternoon. A cocktail reception will be held on the evening of 11 December.
Registration is free for participants but mandatory and must be completed via the dedicated website.

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