Programme and Presentations
5 DECEMBER CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
| Opening Session |
Moderator: Dr Pierre-Etienne Bost,Chair of DNDi Scientific Advisory Committee, formerly Institut Pasteur, France [Video]
Opening Addresses:
- Prof. Christian Bréchot, President, Institut Pasteur, France [Video]
- Prof. Marcel Tanner, Director, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Chair of DNDi Board of Directors, Switzerland [Video]
- Dr Claire Rieux, Vice President, Médecins Sans Frontières, France [Video]
- Dr Rhona MacDonald, Senior Editor, PLOS Medicine, UK [Video]
Keynote Presentation: Reflecting on ten years of progress in the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria
- Prof Michel Kazatchkine, UN Secretary General Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia & Senior Fellow, Global Health Program, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland [Video]
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10 Years of Portfolio Building for Neglected Diseases: a PDP Experience |
Chair: Dr Tim Wells, Chief Scientific Officer, Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Switzerland [Video] 
Overview Presentation: The Origins of DNDi
- Yves Champey, Consultant and former Chair of DNDi Board of Directors, France [Video]
Perspectives Presentation:
10 Years of Portfolio Building for Neglected Diseases: A DNDi Experience
- Prof. Simon Croft, Dean, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, formerly Director of Research and Development, DNDi, UK [Video]
- Dr Shing Chang, Consultant, and former Director of Research and Development, DNDi, USA [Video]
- Dr Graeme Bilbe, Director of Research and Development, DNDi, Switzerland [Video]
| Main Progress and Key Challenges in Drug Discovery for Infectious Diseases in the Past Decade |
Chair: Prof. Alan Fairlamb, Professor of Biochemistry and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK [Video]
Keynote Presentation:
Progress and Challenges in Infectious Diseases Drug Discovery
- Prof. Dyann Wirth, Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Diseases, Harvard University and The Broad Institute [Video]
Panel Discussion:
- Dr James McKerrow, Director, Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco USA [Video]
- Prof. Philippe Sansonetti, Director, Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis, Institut Pasteur, France [Video]
- Dr Gerald Spaeth, Head of Laboratory, Molecular Parasitology and Signaling Unit, Institut Pasteur, France [Video]
- Dr Nick Cammack, Senior Vice President and Head of the Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus at GSK, Spain [Video]
- Q & A [Video]
| Breakthroughs and Challenges in Clinical Development |
Chair: Prof. Nick White, Professor of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand [Video]
Keynote Speech: Dr Elias Zerhouni, President, Global R&D, Sanofi, France [Video]
Panel Discussion:
- Dr Lance Gordon, Director for Neglected Infectious Diseases in the Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA [Video]
- Prof. Ogobora Doumbo, Director, Malaria Research and Training Centre, University of Bamako, Mali [Video]
- Dr Leonard Sacks, Associate Director for Clinical Methodology, CDER, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA [Video]
- Dr Jaideep A. Gogtay, Chief Medical Director, Cipla Ltd, India [Video]
- Q & A [Video]
| The Future of Research on Neglected Diseases |
Chair: Ms Ellen ‘t Hoen, Consultant, medicines law and policy, The Netherlands [Video]
Keynote Speech: Dr Philippe Douste-Blazy, Chair of the Executive Board, UNITAID, France [Video]
Panel Discussion:
- Dr Charles Clift, Senior Consulting Fellow, Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, UK [Video]
- Dr Line Matthiessen, Head of Infectious Diseases and Public Health Unit, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission, Belgium [Video]
- Dr Christophe Paquet, DTO/SAN Santé et protection sociale, Agence Française du Développement (AFD), France [Video]
- Dr Joanne Liu, International President, Médecins Sans Frontières, Switzerland [Video]
- Dr Bernard Pécoul, Executive Director, DNDi, Switzerland [Video]
- Q & A [Video]
| Awards Ceremony |
Awards Ceremony for “Project of the Year” and “Partnership of the Year [Video]
| Closing Session |
Closing Remarks by the Representative of the French Government: Mr Djillali Annane, Conseiller Recherche et Eduction de la Ministre des Affaires Sociales, France
Closing Remarks: Prof Marcel Tanner, Chair DNDi Board of Directors, Director Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland [Video]
