AVG Meeting Reports

2021

  • ISIRV-WHO Virtual Conference: COVID-19, Influenza and RSV: Surveillance-Informed Prevention and Treatment
    • Dates: 19–21 October 2021
    • Format: Virtual
    • Focus: Global response to SARS-CoV-2, including antivirals, vaccines, and surveillance strategies; treatment and prevention of influenza and RSV.
    • Report: Published in Antiviral Research

2020

  • Therapeutics for COVID-19: Antiviral Group Virtual Conference
    • Dates: 6–8 October 2020
    • Format: Virtual
    • Focus: Advances in the development of antivirals and other therapeutics for COVID-19; improved clinical management.
    • Report: Available

2019

  • AVG Polymerase Inhibitor Resistance Meeting
    • Dates: 7–8 August 2019
    • Location: Atlanta, USA
    • Focus: Impact of resistance to new antivirals targeting influenza RNA polymerase.
    • Report: Available

2018

  • 6th ISIRV-AVG Conference: Advances in Respiratory Virus Therapeutics
    • Dates: 13–15 November 2018
    • Location: Washington DC, USA
    • Focus: Advancements in therapeutics for respiratory viruses.
    • Report: Available
  • Influenza 2018: Centenary of the 1918 Pandemic
      • Dates: 24–26 June 2018
      • Location: London, UK
      • Focus: Lessons from the 1918 pandemic; pandemic preparedness.

2017

  • 5th ISIRV-AVG Conference: Prevention and Treatment of Respiratory Viral Infections
    • Dates: 14–16 June 2017
    • Location: Shanghai, China
    • Focus: Strategies for prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections.
    • Report: Available

2016

  • Training Workshop: Genetic Analyses of Influenza Viruses
    • Date: 29 August 2016
    • Location: Northwestern University, Chicago
    • Organizers: ISIRV-AVG, GISAID, WHO
    • Focus: Genetic analysis techniques for influenza viruses.
    • Program: Available

2015

  • Training Workshop: Genetic Analyses of Influenza Viruses
    • Dates: 21–22 November 2015
    • Location: Hong Kong
    • Organizers: ISIRV-AVG, GISAID, WHO, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    • Focus: Genetic analysis techniques for influenza viruses.
    • Report: Available
  • 4th ISIRV-AVG Conference: Novel Antiviral Therapies for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Bench to Bedside
    • Dates: 2–4 June 2015
    • Location: Austin, Texas
    • Focus: Development and clinical application of novel antiviral therapies.
    • Report: Available
  • Workshop: Next Generation Sequencing of Viruses
    • Dates: 20–21 May 2015
    • Location: Paris, France
    • Organizers: ISIRV-AVG, GISAID, PREDEMICS
    • Focus: Advancements in sequencing technologies for viruses.
    • Report: Available

2014

  • 3rd ISIRV-AVG Conference: Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Infections: Advances in Clinical Management

2013

  • AVG Discussion Meeting: Clinical Trial Endpoints for Studies of Antivirals in Hospitalised and At-Risk Patients
    • Date: 8 September 2013
    • Location: Cape Town, South Africa
    • Focus: Endpoints in clinical trials for antiviral studies.
    • Resources: Agenda and summary report
  • Training Workshop: Sequence Analysis and Detection of Antiviral Resistance
    • Date: 7 September 2013
    • Location: Cape Town, South Africa
    • Organizers: ISIRV-AVG, GISAID, WHO
    • Focus: Techniques for detecting antiviral resistance.
    • Report: Available

2012

  • 2nd ISIRV-AVG Conference: Severe Influenza: Burden, Pathogenesis and Management
    • Dates: 29–31 October 2012
    • Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
    • Organizers: ISIRV-AVG, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
    • Focus: Burden, pathogenesis, and management of severe influenza.
    • Report: Meeting summary, program and abstract book, and addendum

2011

  • Inaugural Meeting: Influenza Antivirals: Efficacy and Resistance
    • Dates: 8–10 November 2011
    • Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Organizers: ISIRV-AVG, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
    • Focus: Efficacy and resistance of influenza antivirals.
    • Report: available

2010

  • NISN Overview: Antiviral Drug Resistance Data
    • Date: September 2010
    • Location: Hong Kong
    • Focus: Overview of antiviral drug resistance data presented at Options for the Control of Influenza VII.
    • Report: Available