Opening Ceremony

  • Monday, 10 December 2018
  • 14:00 – 16:00
  • Location: Congress Hall
  • John Nkengasong – Keynote Address
    • Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia
  • Invited Speakers:
    • Michael Makanga
      • European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, South Africa
    • Ambassador Deborah Birx
      • United States Government, United States
    • Stefano Bertuzzi
      • American Society for Microbiology, United States
    • Special Guests
      • Rachel O’Shea
        • Abbott, United States
      • Duncan Mackay
        • Roche, South Africa
      • Alash’le Abimiku
        • Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Nigeria
      • Souleymane Mboup
        • Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formation, Sénégal
      • Opening Ceremony Sponsors : Roche and Abbott