DNA Vaccines 2008
December 9-11, 2008
The Tropicana
Las Vegas, NV
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
7:00 am Registration Opens
7:30- 8:45 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST in exhibit area with sponsors & posters
8:45 am Congress Welcome – Chairman’s Introduction
PLENARY SESSION
9:00 am Immune Challenges for Vaccines
Rafi Ahmed
Emory University
9:45 am Vaccine Challenges for the Developing World
Adel Mahmoud
Princeton University
10:30- 11:00 am Coffee Networking Break – Poster Session, Exhibits, and Sponsors. Sponsored by Althea Technologies & AltheaDX
SESSION ON CANCER APPROACHES - Session Chairs: Freida Stevenson, Dennis Klinman
11:00 am Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides: Cancer and Vaccine Applications
Dennis Klinman
National Cancer Institute
11:30 am Approaches to Cancer Immune Therapy
Freida Stevenson
University of Southampton , UK
12:00 noon Of Mice and Men (and Dogs): Clinical Development of Xenogeneic DNA Vaccines for Cancer
Polly Gregor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital
12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH in Exhibit Hall with Sponsors and Posters
STATE OF THE ART SESSIONS - Session Chairs: Harriet Robinson, Mary Wloch (1:30-3:30)
1:30 pm DNA Vaccines in Clinical Application
Mary Wloch
Vical
2:00 pm DNA Vaccination in Animals: Development of Equine West Nile DNA Vaccine and Canine Rabies DNA Vaccine
Steve Chu
Fort Dodge, Wyeth
2:30 pm GeoVax DNA/MVA HIV/AIDS Vaccine
Harriet Robinson
GeoVax Labs
3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Networking Break – Poster Session, Exhibits, and Sponsors. Sponsored by Althea Technologies & AltheaDX
Session Chairs: Matti Sallberg, Joe White (3:30 - 4:30)
3:30 pm HCV Vaccines
Matti Sallberg
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
4:00 pm Combination Approaches
David Weiner
Program Chair, University of Pennsylvania
4:30 pm Special Tribute to Maurice Hilleman
Paul Offit
CHOP
5:30 - 7:30 pm Poster Session & Exhibits - Cocktail Social Hour
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
7:30 - 9:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST in Exhibit Area with Sponsors & Posters
VACCINE TARGETS Session Chairs: Jeffrey Ulmer, Connie Schmaljohn
9:00 am Vaccine Challenges
Jeffrey Ulmer
Novartis
9:30 am DNA Vaccines for Biodefense
Lesley C. Dupuy, Jr.
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Virology
10:00 am Mucosal Immunization with HPV-Encapsidated Plasmid DNA
Barney Graham
NIH Vaccine Research Center
10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Networking Break – Poster Session, Exhibits, and Sponsors. Sponsored by Cyto Pulse Sciences, Inc.
HIV VACCINES SESSION - Session Chairs: George Pavlakis, Shan Lu
11:00 am Experimental and Clinical Approaches for Genetic Immunization Against HIV-1”, Which is the Title of her Submitted Abstract
Andreas Brave
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
11:30 am Improved Vaccines in Macaques
George Pavlakis
NIH
12:00 noon Prime Boost Approaches
Shan Lu
University of Massachusetts
12:30 – 1:30pm LUNCH in Exhibit Hall with Sponsors and Posters
ELECTROPORATION FOCUSED SESSION - Session Chairs: Drew Hannaman, Rune Kjeken (1:20 - 2:30)
1:30 pm Skin Electroporation: an Effective and Tolerable Approach to DNA Delivery in Patients
Anna-Karin Roos
Cyto Pulse Sciences
2:00 pm DNA EP Technology
Drew Hannaman
Ichor
2:30 pm Lifetide™ Sw5 - From Basic Research to Commercial Product
Ruxandra Draghia-Akli
VGX
3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Networking Break – Poster Session, Exhibits, and Sponsors. Sponsored by Cyto Pulse Sciences, Inc.
Session Chairs: Jacob Mathiesen, Ruxandra Draglia-Akli (3:30 - 5:30)
3:30 pm DNA Vaccines Delivered by Electroporation – Challenges Related to Humans
Iacob Mathiesen
Inovio Biotech
4:00 pm Development of the DNA Plasmid Based Genetic Vaccine Vectors which Use Segregation/Partitioning Functions
of the Episomally Replicating DNA Viruses
Mart Ustav
FIT Biotech
4:30 pm Corporate – Roundtable – What’s Next for DNA Vaccines? Moderator: John Sterling, Editor In Chief, GEN
Avtar Dhillon - Inovio
Joseph Kim - VGX
Mike Egan - Profectus Biosciences
Jeff Ulmer - Novartis
Alan King - CytoPulse Sciences
Bob Bernard - Ichor
5:30 - 7:30 pm Poster Session & Exhibits - Cocktail Social Hour sponsored by Inovio & VGX Pharmaceuticals
7:30 - 10 pm GALA BANQUET sponsored by Inovio & VGX Pharmaceuticals
POSTER AWARDS PRESENTATION - Two poster awards, sponsored by Alevron were presented at the dinner by Michael
Chambers .
Dr . Maurice Hilleman DNA Vaccine Award $1,000: In recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of DNA-mediated immunization. BEST TRAINEE POSTER PRESENTATION--DNA VACCINES 2008, LAS VEGAS, NV.
Dr. Richard Ginsberg DNA Vaccine Award $1,000: In recognition for outstanding achievements in the field of DNA mediated immunization. BEST OVERALL POSTER AWARD--DNA VACCINES 2008, LAS VEGAS, NV.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
7:30 - 9:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST in Exhibit Area with Sponsors & Posters
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY SESSION - Session Chairs: Gordon Vansant, Henry Hebel (9:00-11:00)
9:00 am Regulatory Considerations for the Commercial Launch of DNA Products
E. J. Brandreth
Althea Technologies
9:20 am Manufacturing a High Concentration Multi-Component DNA Vaccine
Robert J. Juba
VGXI
9:40 am A Novel Plasmid DNA Purification Process: From Laboratory to Production Scale
Matjas Peterka
BIA Separations
T CELL IMUNOLOGY
10:00 am The Effects of Adenovirus-Based HIV-1 Vaccines on Cd4+ T Cells in Humans: Implications for the Step Trial Results
Mike Betts
University of Pennsylvania
10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Networking Break – Poster Session, Exhibits, and Sponsors. Sponsored by VGXI
Session Chairs: Franck Lemiale, Bob Whalen
11:00 am DNA Vaccination Induces Antigen Specific iTreg and its Potent Applications
Bin Wang
China Agricultural University , China
11:20 am Approaches to Melanoma
Richard Heller
Old Dominion University
NEW TECHNOLOGIES SECTION
11:40 am Immunogen Design
Robert Whalen
Maxygen Inc.
12:00 noon DNA Lentiviral Vector Boosting
Frank Lemiale
VIRxSYS Corporation
12:20 pm Epitope Tumor Vaccines
Victoria Pudney
Scancell Ltd.
12:35 – 1:30pm LUNCH in Exhibit Hall with Sponsors and Posters
ABSTRACTS SECTION - Session Chairs: Bin Wang, Richard Heller (1:30 - 3:30)
New Technologies Session II
1:30 pm Therapeutic Effect OF DNAhsp65 Vaccine in Mice Co-Infected with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Helminths
Lucia Helena Faccioli
Universidade de São Paulo
1:45 pm DNA Based Therapies Against Cancer Using HIV-1 Vpr
Ken Ugen
University of South Florida , College of Medicine
2:00 pm Use of Plasmid-based IL-12 as a pDNA Vaccine Adjuvant in Combination with In Vivo EP in Rhesus Macaques
Michael Egan
Profectus BioScience, Inc.
2:15 pm Epitope DNA Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease
Michael Agadjanyan
Institute for Molecular Medicine
2:30 pm DNA Vaccines for Transplantation
Alan Escher
Loma Linda University
2:45 pm Large-Scale Linear DNA Vaccine Production Technology
Derek Gregg
Vandalia Research Inc.
3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Networking Break – Poster Session, Exhibits, and Sponsors. Sponsored by VGXI
Session Chairs: Michael Chambers, Alan King (3:30 - 4:30)
Late Breaker Session Selected from Oral Submissions
3:30 pm Superior DNA Vaccines
Linjin Li
Washington University
3:42 pm Immunobody Vaccine Approaches
Lindy Durant
University of Nottingham
4:54 pm Pandemic Flu Vaccines
Ami Patel
NML, PHAC
4:06 pm LEC Stability and Immunology
Kris Minor
Vical, Inc.
4:18 pm Preventative and Therapeutic DNA Vaccines for Alzheimer’s Disease
T.J. Yoo
University of Tennessee, Health Science Center
4:40 pm CLOSING SUMMARY – NEXT STEPS FOR DNA VACCINES
Niranjan Sardesai , Connie Schmaljohn, and David Weiner