Objectives of Asian-European Conference on Avian Influenza 2006 :

The aim of this conference is to bring together world specialists in order to discuss the latest advances on Avian Influenza, especially on new therapeutic targets for treatment and prevention in humans, and the strategies to avoid a human pandemic. A special session will be reserved to discuss about the management of a catastrophic scenario, in the case of a pandemic outbreak.

Targeted audience :

The Asian-European Conference on Avian Influenza 2006 targets researchers and academic professors, R&D departments, clinicians, pharmaceutical companies, food supplement companies, veterinary medicine companies, marketing departments, investors, start ups, government regulators and actors of the economic environment.

Important dates:

  • Conference: Thursday June 29 – Friday June 30, 2006
  • Abstract submission: May 29, 2006
  • Early registration fee payment: April 24, 2005

Thematic Areas

  • Focus on H5N1
  • Treatments and perspectives for the fight against influenza
  • Prevention of influenza propagation in animals and humans
  • Disaster management response

Short oral communications for scientists

Based on the abstracts, oral presentations (6 min) will be selected by the scientific committee.

Short oral communications for companies and start-ups

Based on the abstracts, oral presentations (6 min) will be selected by the scientific committee.

Abstracts

The abstract should be a one-page document, character times 12-single spacing. The title (in bold) should be typed in capital letters authors initial, surname, institution, state. Underline the name of the presenting author. The text should clearly state objectives, methodology, results, and conclusion. Simple tables and graphs are allowed. Presentation of every communication at the Conference is subjected to formal registration of at least one co-author. All accepted abstracts will be printed in the Abstract Book distributed during the Conference.

Dead line for the submission abstracts : May 29 2006.

Abstracts can be sent as a word file to the following address: [email protected]

  • Posters will be selected by the scientific committee.
  • Poster format: 0.70 width x 1 m high.

Edition of an abstract book

Abstracts of the First International Conference on Avian Influenza in humans: Latest advances on prevention, therapies and protective measures (Asian-European Conference on Avian Influenza 2006) will be published in an abstract book.

Chairmen organizing comittee:

Dr Marvin Edeas, President of the Société Française des Antioxidants (SFA)
Dr Takehiko Takada, Japanese Research Group on Avian Influenza (JRGAI)

Organisation

  • International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition & Health (ISANH)
  • The French Society for Antioxidants (SFA)
  • The Japanese Society for Antioxidants (JSA)
  • The Japanese Research Group on Avian Influenza (JRGAI)
  • The Japanese Research Group on Emerging Viral Diseases

Scientific contact

Dr Sandra Huguenin
Société Française des Antioxydants
15 rue de la Paix
75002 Paris
France
Tel : 33 1 55 04 77 55
Fax : 33 1 55 04 77 57

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