2027 SPEAKERS
WALTER E. WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C.
Dr. Erin Abramsohn, Executive Director, Infectious Disease Prevention Network (IDPN)
Mrs. Alicia Adams, Executive Director, Florida Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, Inc.
Dr Haritha Adhikarla, Senior Translational Immunology Lead, CEPI
Dr Babita Agrawal, Professor, University of Alberta
Dr Holy Akwar, Science Advisor, Veterinary & AMR, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS)
Dr Galit Alter, VP, Early Development for Vaccines & Immune Therapies, AstraZeneca
Dr. Raiees Andrabi, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Dr Joann Diray Arce, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Max Bayer, Pharma Reporter, Endpoints News
Dr Rafik Bekkat-Berkani, Vice President, Global Medical Lead Vaccines, GSK
Dr Peter Berglund, CSO, HDT Bio Corp
Dr Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director, CEID; Founding Director, BEACON; Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, Boston University
Mr Cedric Bogaert, Chief Executive Officer, myNEO Therapeutics
Dr. Amelia Burke-Garcia, Director, Center for Health Communication Science, NORC at the University of Chicago
Dr Michael Caldwell, Assoc VP Vaccine Research & Education, Meharry Medical College
Dr Alejandro Cane, SVP, Head of Medical, Vaccines, Pfizer
Dr Danilo Casimiro, Chief Science Officer, Vaccine R&D, Sanofi
Dr Javier Castillo-Olivares, Dr, CEPI
Dr Francesca Ceddia, Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Moderna
Dr Enrique Chacon-Cruz, Chief Editor, Vaccines Beat; CEO and Founder, Think Vaccines
Prof Ling Chen, Professor, Guangzhou Medical University,Guangzhou, China
Dr Robert Chen, Scientific Director, Brighton Collaboration
Dr Heath Damron, Co-founder, CSO, Montani Biotechnologies, Inc
Susan Dentzer, President & CEO, America's Physician Groups
Dr Don Diamond, Director, Division of Vaccine Research & Professor, Dept of Hem & HCT, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr Antonio DiGiandomenico, Senior Director, Head of Microbial Antibodies and Technologies, Early Vaccines and Immune Therapies, AstraZeneca
Dr Alejandro Duarte, PAHO PHE IPC, Pan American Health Organization
Dr. Sheetij Dutta, Chief Laboratory of Structural Vaccinology, Biologics Research and Development Branch, WRAIR
Ms Kathryn Edwards, Pediatrics Professor Emerita, Vanderbilt University
Ms. Katie Ellias, Advisor, Impact Investing Community; Former Managing Director, T1D Fund; Founder,, KE Advisory LLC
Dr Rikhav Gala, Sr. Principal Scientist and Group Lead, Pfizer
Ms Lauren Gardner, Reporter, POLITICO
Dr Huub Gelderblom, Director, Fred Hutch
Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Mrs. Rebecca Gentile, Director, Biologics AR&D, Merck
Dr. Michele Goodwin, Faculty Director, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law
Dr Girija Goyal, Director in Advanced Technology Team, Wyss Institute Harvard University
Dr Bassam Hallis, Deputy Director, Head of Vaccine Development & Evaluation Centre, UK Health Security Agency
Dr. Christian Harding, CSO & Co-founder, Omniose
Dr Jon Heinrichs, VP, IAVI
Dr. Caroline Heller, Chief Business Officer, Rumin8
Mr Richard Hughes IV, Partner, Epstein, Becker & Green, The George Washington University
Miss Jean Hu-Primmer, Sr. Director, Global Regulatory Product Strategy, Moderna
Hello! Looking forward to the 2026 WVC! Clarisse Ingabire, Livestock Specialist, The World Bank
Dr. Sheila Keating, Vice President Immunology, GigaGen Inc
Mr Charles Kline, Associate Vice President, Merck
Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Senior VP, Global Biologics R&D, Zoetis
Anna Larson, Advisor, Epstein, Becker & Green
Dr Ofer Levy, Director, Precision Vaccines Program, Boston Children's Hospital
Dr. Gerben Marsman, Head of Alliance Management, Vaccine Formulation Institute
Dr Patricia Martin, Chief Operating Officer (COO), LimmaTech Biologics AG
Dr John Mascola, CSO, ModeX Therapeutics
Dr Kayvon Modjarrad, Global Medical Lead, Seasonal and Pipeline Vaccines, Pfizer
Dr Stephanie Monticelli, Principal Investigator, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (USAMRIID)
Dr Kelly Moore, President & Chief Executive Officer, Immunize.org
Madison Muller, Health reporter, Bloomberg
Dr. Jomana Musmar, CEO, AMR Strategic Coalition
Jessica Nix, Reporter, Bloomberg News
Dr Elizabeth Norton, Associate Professor, Tulane University
Dr. Sallie Permar, Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College
Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, Chairman, Vaxine Pty.
Ms Amy Pisani, CEO, Vaccinate Your Family
Dr Gregory Poland, Director of Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo clinic
Dr. Lisa Purcell, Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Third Rock Ventures, LLC
Stephen Rahaim, Country Director, Unimed Americas, Unimed
Dr Parthiban Rajasekaran, Innovation Lead, Sanofi
Professor Rino Rappuoli, Scientific Director, Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena
Dr Steven Reed, Chief Executive Officer, HDT Bio Corp
Mrs Giovanna Riggall, Head of Heath Supply Chain, Unimed
Mr Mehul S Suthar, Associate Professor for Department of Paediatrics-Infectious Disease, Emory University
Dr Sushant Sahastrabuddhe, Associate Deputy Director General, International Vaccine Institute
Dr Daniel Salmon, Director, Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Gautam Sanyal, Principal Consultant, Vaccine Analytics, LLC, USA
Dr. Lindsey Shields, Deputy Director, Epidemic Prepardness and Response, PATH
John Simon, Founding & Managing Partner, Total Impact Capital
Dr Erin Strait, Chief Scientific Officer, Dalan Animal Health
Rajinder Suri, Chief Executive Officer, Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network
Prof Nigel Temperton, Professor and Director, University of Kent
Dr. Stephen Thomas, Director, Upstate Global Health Institute, New York Upstate Medical University
Dr Ciro Ugarte, Emergencies Director, The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Dr Simon van Haren, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Dr Roland Ventura, Head of Strategy, Vaccine Formulation Institute
Mr James Wassil, COO, Vaxcyte
Dr David Weiner, Executive Vice President: Director of Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute
Prof Richard White, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr Kelsey Young, Deputy Executive Secretary, Public Health Agency of Canada
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