12:00 - 16:00

Registration and distribution of conference materials.

16:00 - 17:00

Welcome to the congress and official opening ceremony.

Organizing Committee, President of the SEV, and institutional representatives

17:00 - 18:00

Opening Lecture (C1)

Prof. Christian Drosten

Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

18:00 - 19:00

SEV Senior Virologist Award 2026 Lecture (C2)

09:00 - 11:00

Symposium 1 “Applied -Omics Technologies: Innovation and Solutions for Viral Research, Diagnosis, and Surveillance”

Chairs:

Speakers:

• Dr. Gustavo Palacios — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

• Dr. Vítor Borges — INSA – National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30

PLENARY SESSION (PL I) “Virological and Immunological Determinants of Emergence and Pathogenicity of Emerging Viruses”

Chairs:

• Dr. Juan E. Echevarría. CNM-ISCIII
• Dr. Sonia Vázquez Morón. CNM-ISCIII

Speakers:

• Dr. Adolfo García Sastre — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Dr. Ana Fernández Sesma — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Dr. Inmaculada Casas — CNM-ISCIII
• Dr. Miguel Ángel Jiménez Clavero National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology – Spanish National Research Council (CISA – INIA-CSIC)

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 16:00

Poster Session

16:00 - 17:30

Parallel Sessions (Block 1) “Viruses in the Ecosystem: Diversity, Transmission, and Interaction with Their Hosts”

1. PS1: Zoonoses and Emerging Viruses

   Chairs:

   Mr. Juan Antonio Vicente Báez
   President of the College of Veterinarians of Cáceres

   Dr. Antonio Rivero Juárez
   IMIBIC – Maimónides Institute for Biomedical Research of Córdoba

2. PS2: Viruses in Plants

   Chairs:

   Dr. Vicente Pallás
   CSIC, Valencia

   Mr. Jesús Navas Castillo
   HSM-UMA-CSIC, Málaga

3. PS3: Virus–Host Interaction

   Chairs:

   Dr. Ana Fernández Sesma
   Mount Sinai, New York

   Dr. Adolfo García Sastre
   Mount Sinai, New York

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee Break

18:00 - 19:30

Parallel Sessions (Block 2) “Integrated Virology: From Virus to Global Health”

1. PS4: Clinical Virology and Public Health

   Chairs:

   Dr. Inmaculada Casas
   CNM-ISCIII

   Dr. Juan E. Echevarría
   CNM-ISCIII

2. PS5: Veterinary Virology

   Chairs:

   Mr. José Marín Sánchez-Murillo
   President of the College of Veterinarians of Badajoz

   Dr. Esther Blanco
   CISA – INIA-CSIC, Madrid

3. PS6: Structural Virology

   Chairs:

   Dr. José Ramón Castón
   CNB/CSIC

   Dr. Jesús Rodríguez 
   University of Valencia

09:00 - 11:00

PLENARY SESSION (PL II): Antivirals and Vaccines

Chairs:

• Mr. Víctor Sánchez Merino — CNM-ISCIII

• Dr. Sonia Zúñiga — CNB-CSIC

Speakers:

• Dr. Pablo Gastaminza — CNB/CSIC

• Dr. Eloísa Yuste — CNM- ISCIII

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30

Symposium 2: RSV – Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Viral Evolution, Clinical Impact, Vaccines, and Therapies

Chairs:

• Dr. Cristina Calvo La Paz University Hospital, Madrid

• Dr. María Iglesias Caballero — CNM-ISCIII

Speakers:

• Dr. Thomas Williams — Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh

• Dr. José Yuste — CNM-ISCIII

• Dr. Ruth Gil — Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid

• Dr. Esther Redondo — International Vaccination and Travel Health Center, Madrid

• Dr. Vicente Mas — CNM-ISCIII

13:30 - 15:00

Lunch

15:00 - 16:00

Poster Session

16:00 - 17:30

Parallel Sessions (Block 3) “Strategies Against Viral Infections: From Diagnosis to Intervention”

1. PS7: Viral Diagnosis

   Chairs:

   Dr. Rafael Delgado Vázquez
   12 de Octubre University Hospital, Madrid

   Dr. Josep Quer Sivila
   Vall d’Hebron University Hospital

2. PS8: Antiviral Therapies

   Chairs:

   Dr. Pablo Gastaminza
   CNB-CSIC, Madrid

3. PS9: Vaccines and Platforms

   Chairs:

   Dr. Eloísa Yuste
   CNM-ISCIII

   Dr. Yolanda Revilla
   CBM-CSIC

17:30 - 18:00

Coffee Break

18:00 - 19:00

SEV Junior Virologist Award 2026 Lecture (C3)

09:00 - 11:00

Symposium 3: “New Therapeutic Approaches for Hepatitis”

Chairs:

• Dr. Ana Avellón Calvo — CNM-ISCIII

• Dr. Josep Quer Vall d’Hebron University Hospital

1. Bulevirtide, the first approved drug against HDV: from the laboratory to clinical practice

   Prof. Dr. Stephan Urban
   Heidelberg University, Germany

2. Recent and future challenges to achieve Hepatitis B virus elimination

   Dr. María Francesca Cortese
   Vall d’Hebron Institut of Research, Barcelona

3. Hepatitis E virus and emerging zoonotic threats

   Prof. Dr. Daniel Todt
   Bochum University, Germany

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:00

Parallel Sessions (Block 4) “Frontiers of the Virosphere: Surveillance, Microbiomes, and Biotechnology” 

1. PS10: Surveillance in Wildlife and Vectors

   Chairs:

   Mr. Rubén Bueno Marí
   Rentokil Initial España

   Dr. Miguel Ángel Jiménez Clavero
   CISA, INIA

2. PS11: Viromes and Microbiota

   Chairs:

   Dr. Gustavo Palacios
   Mount Sinai, New York

   Dr. Jesús Rodríguez
   University of Valencia

3. PS12: Viruses and Biotechnology

   Chairs:

   Dr. Carlos Briones
   Center for Astrobiology–CSIC, Madrid

   Ms. Pilar García Suárez
   IPLA-CSIC, Asturias

13:00 - 15:30

Lunch

Afternoon: Science Outreach Session

Outreach Lecture