Following on from the previous Open day on Modelling held at the headquarters of Santé publique France, the Coordinated Action on Infectious Disease Modelling of ANRS-MIE organises a scientific day for researchers and public health professionals on the theme of "Mathematical models and vaccination". Through presentations by modellers, researchers in biological, medical or human sciences, and public health practitioners, we will discuss the various aspects of vaccine development, vaccine strategies and efficacy assessment for which mathematical modelling can provide original insights that complement biomedical approaches. 

The workshop will be held on March 24th, 2025 (10:00-17:30), at the International Conference Centre of Sorbonne University in Paris, and online.

Registration is free, but mandatory (details below).

The workshop will open with introductory talks by Yazdan Yazdanpanah (director of ANRS-MIE), Eric Quéméneur (coordinator of the France-Vaccin programme) and Rodolphe Thiébaut (Bordeaux U.). An introductory lecture will be given by Yves Lévy (Vaccine Research Institute, Henri Mondor de Créteil Hospital).

The following questions will then be discussed, with cross-presentations by a modeller and specialists in the field concerned:

• Pre-clinical vaccine development
  • Véronique Godot (Paris-Est Créteil University)
  • Roger Le Grand (CEA)
  • Mélanie Prague (INRIA Bordeaux)
• Clinical vaccine development
  • Liem Binh Luong Nguyen (AP-HP, Paris Cité University)
  • Laura Richert (Bordeaux University and University Hospital)
• Viral evolution and impacts on vaccines
  • Jean-Sébastien Casalegno (UCBL, Hospices Civils de Lyon)
  • Noémie Lefrancq (ETH Zürich)
• Efficacy assessment in populations
  • Lulla Opatowski (UVSQ, INSERM, Pasteur Institute)
  • Naïm Ouldali (Robert-Debré Hospital)
  • Mahmoud Zureik (EPI-PHARE, UVSQ, AP-HP)
• Decision support for vaccine strategies
  • Paolo Bosetti (Institut Pasteur)
  • Andrea Lasserre (Haute Autorité de Santé)
  • David Smith (University of Oxford)
• Vaccine hesitancy and social issues around vaccines
  • Alessia Melegaro (Bocconi University)
  • Patrick Peretti-Watel (INSERM, Aix-Marseille University)
  • Jocelyn Raude (EHESP)

Registration is free but mandatory. The form can be accessed from the "Registration" tab in the left column, once logged in to your SciencesConf account (if you don't already have an account, you need to create one to be able to register).

Registration deadline:

• for in person participation: March 10th, 2025 (evening)
• for online participation: March 20th, 2025 (evening)

Lunch will be organised on site for the participants attending in person. The connection link for remote participants will be sent by e-mail a few days before the meeting.

The workshop is organised by the Coordinated Action on Infectious Disease Modelling of ANRS-MIE.

The organising committee is composed of: François Blanquart, Simon Cauchemez, Vittoria Colizza, Pascal Crépey, Florence Débarre, Audrey Dumas, Sandrine Halfen, Lulla Opatowski, Mélanie Prague, Mircea Sofonea, Olivier Supplisson, Rodolphe Thiébaut and Amandine Véber.

Contact: model-vaccin ** at ** sciencesconf.org.