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T ANNOUNCEMENT
Thank you!
Our sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the 25th IPV, including:
• All the participants. • The Scientific Committee • The publisher, Medicinsk • The Congress Bureau
• The Speakers and Chair- • Region Skåne and City of Informationsteknik AB Destination Öresund
persons Malmö
All books produced by Medicinsk Informationsteknik AB. All photos taken by Medicinsk Informationsteknik AB
• Sponsors:
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
• Exhibitors:
ArthroCare ENT
• Exhibitors:
Genomed
• Exhibitors:
Meda
a summary of the
Sanofi Pasteur MSD Axlab Genomica Merck Sharp & Dohme
Gen-Probe bioMérieux Greiner Bio-One mtm laboratories AG
Qiagen
Roche
Catch By Gene
GenoID
Hologic UK Ltd
Innogenetics
Seegene
Unilabs
25th International
Abbott
NorChip
Kurabo Industries
papillomavirus conference
We are looking forward to see you in Montreal at the
& clinical workshop
26th International Papillomavirus Conference with Clinical and
Public Health Workshops July 3-8, 2010
www.hpv2010.org May 8 - 14 2009
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Malmö, Sweden
Joakim Dillner, Peter Bistoletti, Lena Dillner, Kristina Elfgren, Ola Forslund, Bengt - Göran Hansson,
Geo von Krogh (deceased), Bodil Norrild, Stefan Schwartz, Marc Steben, Thomas Zheng
Destination Öresund
Fersens väg 18 • 211 42 Malmö, Sweden
Tel +46 (0)40-300 665 • Fax +46 (0)40-918 952
hpv2009@destinationoresund.com
www.hpv2009.org
Dear colleagues... NETWORKING AT
EXHIBITION & BREAKS
SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS
With this “last announcement” we would like to summarize the 25th International Papillomavirus (IPV) Conference in & PRESS CONFERENCES
Malmö, Sweden and thank all those who contributed to making the conference such an extraordinarily successful event.
Presentation highlights of obvious public inter-
Joakim Dillner
est were summarised in daily press conferences:
Chairman of the Organizing Committee
*The increasing importance of tumor virology in
explaining the causes of cancer and providing new
Jubilee and Nobel Prize Celebration methods for prevention.
A major theme of the 25th IPV was celebration, which was underlined at the Opening Ceremony at the Malmö Opera. It was a 25th jubilee
for a successful conference series that has brought the interdisciplinary HPV field together and hosted the original public presentations of many *Genital warts are vanishing in Australia, just a year
seminal discoveries, including the discovery of the cervical cancer-causing papillomaviruses, their mechanisms of transformation, the preven- after introduction of an HPV vaccination program-
tive HPV vaccines and the HPV-based cervical screening tests. Another major reason for the celebration was the fact that the discovery of the The first evidence of control of HPV infections at the
cervical cancer-causing papillomaviruses was also awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine. population level.
*The more common HPV is, the more common
Larger than ever before – ample opportunity cervical cancer is. Cervical cancer is very common in
some countries, such as sub-Saharan Africa and Latin
for global networking
America, but very rare in other countries. Surveys of
With 2225 participants, out of which >2000 were HPV prevalences in many countries all over the world
foreign delegates from 80 different countries, the reveal that the spread of HPV appears to explain this
25th IPV was one of the largest international con- difference.
ferences ever held in Southern Sweden. *Cervical screening with sampling for HPV tests at
home improves by coverage by 10%.
STUDENT EVENING
*New mechanism for making HPV vaccines detect-
Favourable evaluation ed: The small protein L2 of the virus capsid may of-
Webcasting of Lectures – A Lasting Educational The conference received very high fer less expensive vaccines with more broad protec-
Resource marks in the evaluation by partici- tion against many HPV types.
For the first time, the reviews were peer-reviewed to en- pants. E.g., 94% thought the con-
sure accuracy and clarity. Furthermore, the review lectures * Men have particularly high rates of HPV infection:
ference was well organised and 95%
were broadcast on the web such that everyone in the en- As many as 5% of men get HPV every month
thought the content and speakers were
tire world will for free be able to listen to these lectures good. 97% strongly agree or agree that *Do allergies protect against HPV-associated cancer?
and study the slides at their convenience. Just click on they have learned something from this Does this suggest that an overly vigorous immune sys-
hpv2009.org/webcasts.htm and select the review lecture event. tem may help to protect against HPV-associated can-
of your choice. One participant stated: “The work- cers?
hpv2009.org/webcasts.htm
shop was the best organised ever *Whom should be vaccinated and how? How can we
from all previous HPV conferenc- estimate which HPV strategy will be most effective
es. Outstanding! I will use the ma- for eradication of HPV
terials on the web during my entire and HPV-associated
year with my students! Thanks for cancers? How is it pos-
organising such a wonderful re- sible to predict what the
source.” future effects will be and
how reliable are those
predictions?
• 2250 program books • 1200 educational workshop CD
• 2250 abstract books, 624 pages • 1200 educational workshop books,
• 2250 abstract CD 602 pages
190 m
POSTER SESSIONS
ATTENTIVE AUDIENCES
Abstracts & Scientific Presentations
155 m With the amazing amount of high Peer-Reviewed Educational Review
quality abstracts submitted, the IPV
Lectures
WORKSHOP
BOOK
has consolidated its position as the
WORKSHOP
BOOK
The conference started with an Edu-
PROGRAM
BOOK leading conference encompassing all
ABSTRAC T
BOOK cational Pre-conference that provided
areas of HPV research, from clini-
updated reviews by distinguished ex-
cal vaccinology to molecular biology.
perts on the essential facts on HPV
About 3300 authors submitted 966
WORKSHOP BOOK that underpin the cancer-preventive
WORKSHOP BOOK abstracts, which were presented as 887
efforts targeting HPV.
PROGRAM BOOK
ABSTRACT BOOK
posters and 237 oral presentations.
ABSTRACT BOOK The amount of printed matter would
ABSTRACT BOOK
PROGRAM BOOK have sufficed to build a skyscraper!
ABSTRACT BOOK