Prof. Luiz Carlos Alcantara (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil) and Prof. Tulio de Oliveira (CERI, Stellenbosch University and Wellcome Sanger Institute), are the main organizers.
Workshop teachers include about 41 world-renowned researchers from top international universities and research institutions.
The preliminary list of teachers (to be confirmed) is as follows:
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Alexander G Lucaci | Weill Cornell Medicine, USA |
| Ana Isabel Bento | Cornell University, USA |
| Anna Zhukova | Pasteur Institute, Paris, France |
| Anne Mieke Vandamme | KU Leuven, Institute for the Future, Rega Institute, Belgium |
| Ayda Susana Ortiz-Baez | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Carla Mavian | University of Florida, Gainesville, USA |
| Chris Tomkins-Tinch | Broad Institute, USA |
| Cornelius Roemer | Biozentrum (Center for Molecular Life Sciences), University of Basel, Switzerland |
| Daniel Park | Broad Institute, USA |
| Darren Martin | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Eduan Wilkinson | CERI, University Stellenbosch & KRISP, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
| Francesco Pinotti | University of Oxford, UK |
| Gabriel Fernandes | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil |
| Gerald Mboowa | Africa CDC |
| Heiko Schmidt | University of Vienna, Austria |
| Houriiyah Tegally | CERI, University Stellenbosch & KRISP, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
| Jenicca Poongavanan | CERI, University Stellenbosch |
| Joicymara Xavier | Institute of Agricultural Science, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri |
| JT McCrone | Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Julio Croda | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil |
| Koen Deforche | Emweb bv, Herent, Belgium |
| Luciane Amorim Santos | Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Brazil |
| Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil |
| Mandev Gill | Department of Statistics, University of Georgia |
| Marta Giovanetti | Fiocruz, Brazil / University of Rome, Rome Italy |
| Maya Van Leemput | Erasmus University, Applied Futures Research Center, Brussels, Belgium |
| Nidia Trovão | National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Richard Lessells | CERI, University Stellenbosch & KRISP, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
| Richard Scheuermann | National Library of Medicine (NLM), USA |
| Rodrigo Kato | Ministry of Health, Brazil |
| Ronaldo de Jesus | Ministry of Health, Brazil |
| Samuel Leandro Hong | KU Leuven, Institute for the Future, Rega Institute, Belgium |
| Simona Pesaresi | KU Leuven, Institute for the Future, Rega Institute, Belgium |
| Taylor Paisie | University of Florida, USA |
| TinhTam Nguyen | KU Leuven, Institute for the Future, Rega Institute, Belgium |
| Tommy Lam | University of Hongkong |
| Tulio de Oliveira | CERI, University Stellenbosch & KRISP, University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
| Vagner Fonseca | Bahia State University |
| Verity Hill | Yale University, USA |