Thank you to our below committees and committee members for their hard work and dedication to this conference.
Local Organising Committee

Associate Professor
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

(Conference Co-Lead)
Professor, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Associate Professor Institute of Biology Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University

Associate Professor
Microbiology and Parasitology
Fluminense Federal University

Deputy Director of Health Care, Hospital Maternidade Escola, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Postdoctoral fellow
Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Postdoctoral fellow Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Postdoctoral researcher Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Scientific Organising Committee

Professor
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Professor
Department of Microbiology The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Former Director, Department of Family, Health Promotion & Life Course at Panamerican Health Organization

Perinatal Epidemiologist in Infectious Diseases Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
McGovern Medical School, University of Texas

Chief Executive and Founder
Group B Strep Support

CEO/Co-founder
Group B Strep International

Chief Executive Meningitis Research Foundation & Confederation of Meningitis Organisations

Professor
Sydney School of Veterinary Science
The University of Sydney

Professor
Professor of Vaccinology and Immunology
St. George’s, UOL

Professor Professor of Immunology & Microbiology
University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine

Scientific Coordinator at African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise (ALIVE)
University of the Witwatersrand

VP Vaccine Medical Affairs Icosavax Inc.

Neonatologist and Associate Professor of Paediatrics, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi

Research Fellow
Estonia University of Life Sciences

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow
The University of Western Australia

Professor
Principal Staff Scientist Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

Associate Professor
Clinical Research Director Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit (VIDA) University of the Witwatersrand

Director & Scientist
Child Health Research Foundation, Bangladesh

Professor Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Senior Researcher
Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Head of Research
The Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostic of Cameroon (CEDBCAM)

Biochemist
Universidad de Buenos Aires

Postdoctoral Fellow Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute