The International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC) occurs every two years and is a forum for the presentation of cutting-edge research on all aspects of the genus Neisseria. This includes immunology, vaccinology and physiology and metabolism of Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and the commensal species.
History
In the 1970s a series of conferences were held dealing with issues of meningococcal epidemiology and vaccination. Some of these conferences were held in Milano, St. Paul de Vence, and Marseille. But the first official conference was held in San Francisco, California, 1978. The location of the conference switched between North America and Europe until 2006 when the venue was located in Cairns, Australia. Please note that the meeting in South Africa was for the first time both in person and on line, and was delayed from 2020 to 2022. Subsequently the 2022 meeting in Boston was delayed to 2023.
List of Conferences
| Number of Conferences | Year | Location | Chair Persons (till 2002)/
Co-Conveners (After 2004) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1978 | San Francisco, California, USA | G.F. Brooks |
| 2nd | 1980 | Hemavan, Sweden | S. Normark and D. Danielsson |
| 3rd | 1982 | Montreal, Canada | I.WDeVoe |
| 4th | 1984 | Asilomar, California, USA | G.K. Schoolnik |
| 5th | 1986 | Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands | J.T. Poolman |
| 6th | 1988 | Pine Mountain, Georgia, USA | S.A. Morse |
| 7th | 1990 | Berlin, Germany | M. Achtman |
| 8th | 1992 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | C.I. Conde-Glez |
| 9th | 1994 | Winchester, England | M.C.J. Maiden and I Feavers |
| 10th | 1996 | Baltimore, Maryland, USA | C.E. Frasch |
| 11th | 1998 | Nice, France | X. Nassif |
| 12th | 2000 | Galveston, Texas, USA | F. Sparling and P. Rice |
| 13th | 2002 | Oslo, Norway | E. Wedege |
| 14th | 2004 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA | M.A. Apicella and H. Seifert |
| 15th | 2006 | Cairns, North Queensland, Australia | J. Davies and M. Jennings |
| 16th | 2008 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | L. van Alphen, P. van der Lay and G. van den Dobbelsteen |
| 17th | 2010 | Banff, Canada | Anthony Schryvers and Scott Gray-Owen |
| 18th | 2012 | Würzburg, Germany | Matthias Frosch, Ulrich Vogel and Thomas Rudel |
| 19th | 2014 | Asheville, North Carolina, USA | Ann Jerse, Cynthia Nau Cornelissen and Joe Dillard |
| 20th | 2016 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Ray Borrow, Christoph Tang |
| 21st | 2018 | Asilomar, California, USA | Peter T Beernink, Gregory Moe and Dan M Granoff |
| 22nd | 2022 | Cape Town, South Africa | Mignon du Plessis, Anne von Gottberg, Susan Meiring |
| 23rd | 2023 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Lee Wetzler, Caroline Genco, Paola Massari |
The Igor Stojiljkovic Memorial Fund
In memory of Igor Stojiljkovic a scholarship fund has been initiated through the Emory University School of Medicine, to be used exclusively to provide travel funds to young investigators so that they can attend bacterial pathogenesis meetings such as the IPNC.
References
- ^ "IPNC - Neisseria.org". neisseria.org. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- "The Igor Stojiljkovic Memorial Fund - Neisseria.org". neisseria.org. Retrieved 2015-06-14.