Keynote Speakers
Meet the invited keynote speakers and view their profiles.
Klaus Osterrieder
Professor Dr. Klaus Osterriede, President of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany
Renate Krause-Sakate
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Department of Plant Protection, São Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil
Florian Krammer
Professor the director of the Ignaz Semmelweis Institute and the director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Science Communication and Pandemic Preparedness at the Medical University of Vienna.
Nigel Temperton
Professor and Chair in Molecular Virology, Director of Viral Pseudotype Unit, University of Kent, UK
Indrani Karunasagar
Director (R&D), Nitte University, Director, UNESCO MIRCEN for Medical & Marine Biotechnology & Nitte University Center for Science Education and Research, India
Johan Neyts
Full professor of Virology at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, Member WHO Development Group for Dengue Antivirals
Arun Srivastava
George H. Kitzman Professor of Genetics and Division Chief of Cellular & Molecular Therapy in the Departments of Pediatrics, and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, and Powell Gene Therapy Center at the University of Florida College of Medicine, in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Olivier Schwartz
Head of the Virus & Immunity Unit at Pasteur Institute, Former president of the Scientific Council of Pasteur Institute Pasteur (2009-2011) and former director of the Virology Department (2012-2014)
Vincent Racaniello
Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, USA
Jürgen Richt
Director - Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases , University Distinguished Professor at KSU
Director - Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, A NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
Placide Mbala Kingebeni
Director, Clinical Research Center of the National Institute of Biomedical Research Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health at the National Institute of Biomedical Research, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).