April 23, 2006

TRAINING COURSES (TC)

• Emerging issues on HPV infection: from science to practice
• Prevention by HPV vaccines: status, impact and prospects
• Colposcopy Course
• Vulvar Disease Course
• Cytopathology Course
• Current Knowledge on Molecular Markers
• Advanced Course on Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Gynecological Imaging and Office Gynecological procedures

SEMINAR (SEM)

• Cervical Cancer Screening in developed and developing countries: recent developments

April 24, 2006

PLENARY SESSIONS (PS)

1. Expert consensus conferences

• A - Innovations in Cervical Cancer Prevention: Science, Practice and Action
  • HPV screening
  • Genotyping
  • Molecular Markers
• B - New Prevention Strategies in the Era of HPV Vaccines

2. Strategic Partnerships: consensus, recommendations and guidelines. The role of institutions and decision makers.

3. Modern Tools for Learning and Training on HPV and Cervical Cancer: Research, Recommendations, Practice, Education and Communication

4. Debates: Pro-Con

• Molecular versus morphologocial diagnosis in cervical pathology
• HPV vaccine for L.R. types

5. Women’s advocacy session

April 25-26, 2006

SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS (SS)

• New Developments in HPV Testing
• HPV Testing in Primary Screening
• Cytopathology, Trends and Future Applications
• Emerging Issues on HPV Genotyping
• Molecular Markers: Current Knowledge
• Prophylactic Vaccines
• Therapeutic Vaccines
• Real Time Screening Methods, Current and Emerging Technologies
• Anal Neoplasia and HPV Infections: New Management Approaches
• HPV Epidemiology: Recent Progress
• Advanced Topics on HPV Immunology
• Current Issues in HIV-Immunocompromised Patients
• Colposcopy, Improving the Practice
• Progress in Colposcopy
• New Technologies: Current Knowledge
• Impact of Health Economics on Cervical Cancer Prevention
• Women’s Advocacy Session
• Perspectives on Viral and Molecular Biology
• Advances and Perspectives in HPV vaccines
• Management of Abnormal PAP/CIN, Protocoles and Strategies
• Update on Cervical Cancer Screening
• Innovations in Cytopathology
• Progress on STIs/HIV and Diagnostic Techniques
• Global Approach to Management of Genital Warts
• Recent Progress on Conservative Treatment of Cervical Cancer
• Molecular Oncogenesis
• Vulvar/Vaginal HPV Associated Lesions
• New Drugs, Current and Future Developments
• Carcinogenesis, an Update
• HPV in Skin and Non-Genital Sites

April 25-26, 2006