George Martin Baer (1936-2009) Memorial
2009 World Rabies Day Symposium

The CDC World Rabies Day Symposium will focus on the importance of rabies prevention and control at the global and national levels, as well as human and animal rabies epidemiology, diagnosis and surveillance issues. This year's symposium will be held in memory of George Baer, his pioneering work on oral rabies vaccination, and dedication to rabies control in the United States and abroad.

When

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Where

CDC Global Communications Center

Registration

Registration is now closed. If you are interested in participating remotely, please e-mail Halima Sykes.

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Agenda

Time	Event	Presentor/Description
9:00AM	Welcome and Introductions	Dr. Ali Khan, Acting Director, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, & Enteric Diseases
9:15AM	Personal Reflections	Hilary Koprowski
9:30AM	First Session	Jesse Blanton: Rabies in the USA - then and now Kis Robertson: The EIS perspective & the NY experience Ivan Kuzmin: Bats as experimental models Lillian Orciari: Diagnostics and the laboratory
10:30AM	Break
11:00AM	Second Session	Andres Velasco: Engagement with Mexico Sergio Recuenco: Extentions to Latin America Dennis Slate: The ORV concept Charles Rupprecht: Future implications
12:00PM	Questions, Comments, and Memories from Audience
12:30PM	Adjourn

For more information, contact Halima Sykes.