5th Annual Network Meeting 2024

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

04 – 07 November 2024

 

BactiVac was proud to host its 5th Annual Network Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in collaboration with The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) at the Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers.

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We welcomed an attendance of 176 Network members from 32 different countries. BactiVac provided travel bursaries to enable early career researchers to attend, ensuring diversity of experience and perspective, which is central to our mission to accelerate the development of bacterial vaccines.

See the meeting highlights video:

BactiVac's 5th Annual Network Meeting 2024 highlights video

Attendees heard from a variety of speakers within research, industry and manufacturing, and a number of delegates were also able to visit and tour OUCRU’s impressive laboratory facilities. BactiVac continues to uphold its promise to bring together voices internationally, including those within agriculture, sociology, manufacturing, policy, and more, to work most effectively towards our shared goal.

The Annual Network Meeting provided a supportive environment for collaboration, starting with a speed-networking event on the first day of the conference. Connections were formed and fostered over the coming days, with another opportunity for shared practice in our poster session, which saw over 35 presenters sharing their research activities.

To close the programme, BactiVac invited Hilleman Laboratories to deliver a half-day workshop on ‘‘What Does it Take to Move a Vaccine Through the First ‘Valley of Death?’. The workshop provided valuable insight into vaccine development and building a business case. The workshop ended with an interactive Q&A session featuring a panel of Dr Jerome Kim, Mr Rajinder Kumar Suri, and Ms Kay Hunsberger, where members were given exclusive access to leaders within industry, in line with BactiVac’s mission to unite different voices within bacterial vaccinology.

2024 was BactiVac’s largest Annual Network Meeting to date – a reflection of the continued growth and success of the Network, which now stands at over 2,000 members from 90 different countries. We look forward to furthering our reach over the next year and hope to see you at 2025’s event in Birmingham, UK. 

 

 

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