Programme / Talks

Talks: 2 July 2015 8:15 – 18:30

Audimax, HG Zentrum, ETH Zürich

8:15–8:30
Opening of the Symposium
Sebastian Bonhoeffer, ETH Zurich

8:30–8:20
Patrice Nordmann University of Fribourg
Emerging antibiotic resistance in 2015: a state-of- the-art

9:20–10:10
Dan Andersson Uppsala University
Selection of antibiotic resistance in the environment

10:50–11:40
Chris Dye WHO 
The challenges of eliminating tuberculosis
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11:40-12:30
Jeremy Farrar Wellcome Trust 
Drug resistance as an emerging disease

14:00-14:50
Michael Gottesman NIH USA 
The complexity of drug resistance in cancer

14:50-15:40
Marie-Louise Newell University of Southampton
Challenges of HIV drug resistance in resource-limited settings
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15:40-16:30
Nicholas White University of Oxford
 Drug resistance against antimalarials

Moderated Panel Discussion:

17:00-18:30
Are we facing a crisis?
Moderator: Marcel Tanner Swiss TPH
Participants: Ramanan Laxminarayan, D. Andersson, M.-L. Newell,
C. Dye, N. White, M. Lipsitch
Recording

Talks: 3 July 2015 8:30 – 18:30

Audimax, HG Zentrum, ETH Zürich

8:30-9:20
Ramanan Laxminarayan Princeton University
The economics of antibiotic resistance
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9:20-10:10
Bruce Levin Emory University
The population dynamics and potential clinical implications of phenotypic resistance to antibiotics
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10:50-11:40
Marc Lipsitch Harvard University
Epidemiologic modeling of antimicrobial resistance: challenges and open questions
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11:40-12:30
Andrew Read Penn State University
An evolutionary perspective on resistance and its control

14:00-14:50
Doug Richman UC San Diego
Lessons learned from HIV: treatment
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14:50-15:40
Raymond Schinazi Emory University
Confronting HCV: from torture to cures

Moderated Panel Discussion:

16:15-17:45
How can we mitigate the evolution of resistance?
Moderator: Nicola Low University of Bern
Participants: R. Laxminarayan, B. Levin, A. Read, D. Richman,
R. Schinazi, J. Farrar, M. Gottesman
Recording