SPEAKER'S ABSTRACTS

Alter Harvey	Chronic viral hepatitis and liver cancer
Bucchi Massimiano	The visible virus: media representation of virus and pandemics
Capua Ilaria	Animals, humans and viruses: novel perspectives for managing global threats
Casson Felice	Science, policy and law
Coffin John	Endogenous viral sequences and their evolution
Crawford Dorothy	Viruses: the invisible enemy revealed
Feldmann Heinz	Emerging Zoonotic Viruses: Response and Preparedness
Franchini Genoveffa	Oncogenic retrovirus, chronic infection and cancer: Viral strategies that favor viral persistence in humans
Gallo Robert	Basic Science and HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from the Past and Prospects for the Future
García-Sastre Adolfo	Pandemic influenza
Gruissem Wilhelm	The battle against plant viruses
Ippolito Giuseppe	Global burden of infectious diseases: not just numbers
Kron Manuela	Overcoming a virus nightmare: why and how companies protect their people at all cost
Mackenzie John	Societal drivers of disease emergence - the consequences of human actions and activities
Mantovani Alberto	Viruses and immunity: molecular pirates and the challenge of a global alliance
Montagnier Luc	Living with viruses
Ostfield Marc	Transatlantic Partnerships to Counter Biological Threats
Pandey Shivaji	Viruses, Insects and Hunger
Rappuoli Rino	Vaccines to address the needs of 21st century society
Rice Charles	Hepatitis C: towards control and eradication
Verma Inder	Viruses as Allies of Man
Weiss Robin	Viruses and Cancer
Wolfe Nathan	Viral Forecasting

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