International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference

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.

The 21st International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC 2018) will be held in Asilomar, California, USA from the 23–28 September 2018.[1]

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.[2]

List of Conferences[2]

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 TBA

The Igor Stojiljkovic Memorial Fund[3]

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.[3]

References
  1. "IPNC - Neisseria.org". neisseria.org/ipnc/. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  2. "IPNC - Neisseria.org". neisseria.org. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
  3. "The Igor Stojiljkovic Memorial Fund - Neisseria.org". neisseria.org. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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