The Roadshow Concept

Paul Duprex (University of Pittsburgh, USA and Journal of General Virology Editor-in-Chief)

Applying for Society grants

Aisling Brady (University of Liverpool, UK, Society Champion and grant recipient) and Jake Mills (University of Leeds, UK and grant reviewer)

Knocking Out AMR

Chloe James (University of Salford, UK and Knocking Out AMR Scientific Advisory Group)

Publishing for the Community

Jo Parish (University of Birmingham, UK and Journal of General Virology Deputy Editor-in-Chief)

Industry Talk: Live and let LAIV: re-discovering live attenuated influenza vaccine

Oliver Dibben (AstraZeneca, UK)

Keynote Talk: How worried should we be about cow flu?

Wendy Barclay (Imperial College London, UK)

Offered Talk: Characterising mutational pressures exerted by nucleoside analogues on SARS-CoV-2 evolution

I'ah Donovan-Banfield (University of Liverpool, UK and Members Panel member)

Offered Talk: The RNA virome of parasitic nematodes

Shannon Quek (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK)

Editor Talk: Geminiviridae: Advances and challenges in the taxonomy of one of the most diverse families of viruses

Murilo Zerbini (The Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, ICTV President and Journal of General Virology Editor)

Invited Talk: How to find what you don’t know you’re looking for; limitations of targeted diagnostics and an alternative approach

Anna Smielewska (Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK)

Offered Talk: Uncovering Bacteriophages: Isolation and Characterization of Two Phages Capable of Lysing Rifampicin-Resistant DM1187 and WG5 E. coli strains

Eleanor McCall-McGovern (University of Liverpool, UK)

Offered Talk: In vitro modelling of seizure genesis during HSV-1 encephalitis

Claire Hetherington (University of Liverpool, UK)

Editor Talk: Norovirus NS1/2 protein increases glutaminolysis for efficient viral replication

Christiane Wobus (University of Michigan, USA and Journal of General Virology Editor)

Editor Talk: Oropouche Review Highlight

Ben Brennan (University of Glasgow, UK and Journal of General Virology Editor)

Afternoon break

Editor Talk: Cell-intrinsic innate immunity in HIV-1 cure: Friend or foe?

Christine Goffinet (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK and Journal of General Virology Editor)

Keynote Talk: Evolution of innate and adaptive immune evasion in a long-term persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection: implications for the emergence of VOCs

Stuart Neil (Kings College London, UK)

Prizes and close

Peter Cotgreave (Microbiology Society, UK) and Paul Duprex (University of Pittsburgh, USA and Journal of General Virology Editor-in-Chief)