International Precision Vaccines Conference

October 8 - 9, 2025
Hotel Champlain
Burlington, Vermont, United States

Day 1: October 8th, 2025

Welcome to the Conference

Keynote Speaker: John Tsang 

Coffee Break

8:30 – 8:40 AM

8:40 – 9:25 AM

9:25 – 9:50 AM

Session 1: Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases and Challenges

Welcome to Vermont

Presented by Bukky Idoko

To be announced…

Infectious Disease Surveillance presented by Al Ozonoff

Q&A Panel

9:50 - 10:00 AM

10:00 – 10:15 AM

10:15 – 10:30 AM

10:30 – 10:45 AM

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Session 2: Preclinical Modeling of Vaccine Action

To be announced…

Presented by Soumik Barman

Presented by Guzman Sanchez Schmitz


Q&A Panel

Lunch on own

11:00 - 11:15 AM

11:15 - 11:30 AM

11:30 - 12:45 AM

11:45 - 12:00 PM

12:00 – 02:00 PM

Session 3: Systems Vaccinology

Presented by Joann Arce

Presented by Casey Shannon

To be announced…

Q&A Panel

2:00 – 2:20 PM

2:20 – 2:35 PM

2:35 – 2:50 PM

2:50 – 3:15 PM

Session 4: Clinical Vaccinology

Presented by Dr. Paolo Palma

Presented by Dr. Kristen Pierce

Q&A Panel

Closing Remarks

3:15 - 3:35 PM

3:35 - 3:50 PM

3:50 - 4:05 PM

4:05 - 4:30 PM

4:30 – 4:50 PM

Day 2: October 9th, 2025

Opening Remarks

Keynote Speaker: Dr Maria Yazdanbakhsh

8:30 – 8:40 AM

8:40 - 9:25 AM

Session 5: Implications of Climate and Population Trajectory on Precision Vaccinology

To be announced…

Aging and Vaccinology presented by Dr Amy Sherman

To be announced…

Q&A Panel

Coffee Break

9:30 – 9:45 AM

9:45 – 10:00 AM

10:00 - 10:15 AM

10:15– 10:35 AM

10:35 - 11:00 AM

Session 6: Addressing Opioid Epidemic with Vaccines

Youth Opioid Epidemic presented by Dr Sharon Levy

Presented by David Dowling

Attitudes Towards an Opioid Vaccine presented by Elissa Weitzman

Presented by Jay Evans

Q&A Panel

Mid-day Break: Local activities include walking, biking, hiking, volunteering, shopping, etc.

11:00 – 11:15 AM

11:15 – 11:30 AM

11:30 - 11:45 AM

11:45 – 12:00 PM

12:00 - 12:25 PM

12:30 – 3:00 PM

Session 7: Horizons in Vaccinology

Vaccine Technology presented by Dr Margie Ackerman

To be announced…

To be announced…

Q&A Panel

3:00 – 3:15 PM

3:15 – 3:30 PM

3:30 – 3:45 PM

3:45 – 4:00 PM

Session 8: Adjuvants

Presented by Simon van Haren

Presented by Jay Evans

To be announced…

Q&A Session

Closing Remarks

4:00 - 4:15 PM

4:15 - 4:30 PM

4:30 - 4:45 PM

4:45 - 5:00 PM

5:00 – 6:00 PM

October 8th Dinner

Spirit of Ethan Allen Dinner Cruise

5:30 - 7:30 PM