Objectives of the meeting

The Humane World for Animals and IABS have been collaborating together since the 2019 IABS conference “Animal Testing for Vaccines Implementing Replacement, Reduction and Refinement: Challenges and Priorities” (Akkermans et al.) and under the AFSA Collaboration since 2020. They successfully organized online and face to face meetings (AFSA Collaborations Events) to promote dialogue and joint actions on animal testing replacement for both human and veterinary vaccines. This conference wishes to bring together again all the stakeholders in the field with the scope to concretely discuss about future projects and policy changes that need to be implemented to successfully phase out the reliance on animal testing within the vaccines testing control strategy (including product development, CMC and release), including the importance of vaccines’ supply chain sustainability and continuity and the benefits of this in supporting the role of vaccines in One Health (ensuring animal health and food chain security, addressing zoonosis and emergency disease situations as well as the critical role of vaccines in reducing AMR).

Scientific Committee

• Elisabeth Balks, PEI, Germany
• Patricia Carneiro, Butantan Foundation, Brazil
• Emmanuelle Coppens, Sanofi
• Pradip Das, Biological E, India
• Juliana Gutierrez, bioMèrieux
• Sunil Goel, Serum Institute of India
• Carmen Jungbäck, IABS
• Robin Levis, US FDA
• Laurent Mallet, EDQM
• Alexandrine Maes, WHO - NNB
• Kutub Mahmood, PATH
• Laure Martinez, Virbac, HealthforAnimals
• Shawn Novick, IABS
• Hendrik Jan Ormel, Chair of the Dutch Central Committee on Animal Testing
• Ray Prasad, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Shahjahan Shaid, GSK
• Gautam Sanyal, Vaccine Analytics, USA
• Heidemarie Schindl, AGES, Austria
• Dean Smith, HealthCanada
• Paul Stickings, MHRA, UK
• Catrina Stirling, Zoetis, HealthforAnimals
• Joris Vandeputte, IABS
• Geneviève Waeterloos, Sciensano, Belgium
• Wipawee Wongchana, Institute of Biologicals Products, Thailand
• Irma Riyanti, Bio Farma, Indonesia
• Jack Xie, J&J China

Organising Committee

• Laura Viviani, SciEthiQ for Humane Society International
• Madinina Cox, IABS Secretariat Director
• Marlène Louis, IABS Secretariat