Conference organizing committee:

VACFA/University of Cape Town (UCT)

Prof Gregory Hussey
Dr Anthony Hawkridge
Dr Zainab Waggie (Chair)
Dr Charles Shey Wiysonge

National Institute for Communicable Diseases/National Health Laboratory Service (NICD/NHLS)

Prof Shabir Madhi
Prof Barry Schoub

Scientific advisory committee:

South Africa

Dr Neil Cameron (University of Stellenbosch)
Prof Brian Eley (UCT)
Dr Anthony Hawkridge (VACFA)
Prof Gregory Hussey (VACFA/UCT) (Chair)
Prof Prakash Jeena (University of KwazuluNatal)
Prof Shabir Madhi (NICD/NHLS)
Mr Sam Nkalashe (MSD)
Prof Barry Schoub (NICD/NHLS)
Dr Zainab Waggie (VACFA/UCT)
A/Prof Charles Shey Wiysonge (VACFA/UCT)
Dr Jean-Antoine Zinsou (Sanofi Pasteur)

Africa

Prof Chantal Akoua-Koffi (University of Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire)
Prof George Armah (Noguchi Memorial Institute, Ghana)
Dr Andrew Bakainaga (WHO, Uganda)
Prof Wondimagegnehu Mekasha (Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
Prof Phillipa Musoke (Makerere University, Uganda)

United States

Prof Keith Klugman (Emory University)
Prof Duncan Steele (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Mr Flint Zulu (UNICEF)

Australia

Prof Michael Gold (University of Adelaide)

Europe

Dr Bernd Benninghoff (GSK Biologicals, Belgium)
Dr Mark Fletcher (Pfizer, France)
Prof Michael Levin (Imperial College, London)