WHO Information Meeting on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines for Use in the 2020 Southern Hemisphere Influenza Season

27 September 2019 09:30 – 13:30 UTC Time

Meeting venue

Geneva, Switzerland

Participants

Representatives and individuals from vaccine regulatory agencies, influenza vaccine manufacturers, members of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS), and other interested institutions.

Registration is required and free of charge. For registration to the information meeting, please send an email to gisrs-whohq@who.intby 10 September 2019 with subject: Registration Information Meeting on the Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines 

For security reasons, failure in registration before the deadline may result in rejection of admission into the meeting venue.

Provisional agenda

  • Opening and welcome
  • Selection of Chair
  • Summary of influenza activity in the world and virus characterization
  • Vaccine serology studies
  • WHO recommendation for the composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2020 southern hemisphere influenza season
  • Availability of candidate vaccine viruses and reference reagents
  • Round-table discussion
  • Closure of the meeting