Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Front-Line Challenges Across Disciplines in the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases and Contamination
Discussion Leader: Edward Livingston (UCLA, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
Diamantis Plachouras (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden)
"Challenges of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Prevention / The Era of the Superbugs: Rising Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
Lee Portnoff (CDC / NIOSH, United States)
"Respiratory Protection for Infectious Diseases: Protective Devices, Exhalation Valve Research, and Standards Development"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Host (patho-)physiology and associated biofluids and function
Discussion Leader: Joanna Pulit-Penaloza (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:55 am
Kyu Rhee (Weill Cornell Medicine, United States)
"Lost in Translation: Complexities of the Science of Pathogen Transmission"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Catherine Ovitt (University of Rochester, United States)
"Saliva and Oral Health / Frontier Topics in Salivary Gland Research"
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:05 pm
Blake Warner (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, United States)
"The Mouth: The Often Overlooked, but Yet Most Important Entry to the Human Body / The Salivary Glands: Robust Sites for Infection and Transmission of SARS-CoV-2"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Aerosol Measurements in Complex Environments: From Fundamental Methodology to the Field
Discussion Leader: Noelle Bryan (Colorado State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm
Richard Flagan (Caltech, United States)
"Fundamentals in Aerosol Measurement and Characterization / Frontier Challenges in Bioaerosol Measurements"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Lynn Hildemann (Stanford University, United States)
"Sources and Dispersal of Indoor Aerosols and Challenges in Quantification of Human Exposure"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Brent Christner (University of Florida, United States)
"Phytopathogens Living the High Life: Lessons Learnt for Other Pathogens"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mixing and Transport Across Scales: Challenges and Interplay of Theory and Data
Discussion Leaders: Arne Pearlstein (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:50 am
Donald Aylor (The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, United States)
"Disease Epidemiology and Aerial Dispersal: Grand Interdisciplinary Challenges in Measurement, Data Analysis, and Modeling Across Scales and Systems Illustrated with Plant Pathogens"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Michelle DiBenedetto (University of Washington, United States)
"Particle Transport Across Scales: Challenges in Modelling and Data Illustrated with Microplastics Transport in the Ocean"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Jean-Luc Thiffeault (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
"Braids and Dynamics: Frontiers in Theory and Modelling with Scarce Data"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Interplay Between Biology, Mechanics and Fluid Physics at the Source
Discussion Leaders: Laura Miller (University of Arizona, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Agnese Seminara (University of Genoa, Italy)
"Fungal Spore Dispersal: From the Release Biomechanics to Survival in Long Distance Transport"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Sunghwan Jung (Cornell University, United States)
"Detachment of Contaminants From Surfaces"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Johan Leveau (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Phyllosphere: Water and Life on Leaves"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Air Contamination Indoors: Challenges in Computation and Validation at Various Scales
Discussion Leaders: Jonathan Jilesen (Dassault Système , United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 10:00 am
S Balachandar (University of Florida, United States)
"Examination of Well-Mixed Theory for Room-Scale Airborne Viral Contagion and a Statistical Framework for Going Beyond"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Kenny Breuer (Brown University, United States)
"Contamination in Confined Space: Experimental and Numerical Frontier Challenges"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Interfacial Flows in Contamination/Decontamination: From Surface-Fluid Interaction to Droplets and Their Phase Change
Discussion Leaders: Hyoungsoo Kim (KAIST, South Korea)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
Ian Wilson (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Fluid Dynamics of Surface Cleaning and Decontamination"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Alvaro Marin (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Stability and Internal Flow of Respiratory-Like Droplets Under Evaporation"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Hanneke Gelderblom (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Physics of Organism-Laden Droplets: Insights and Unexpected Challenges"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Spillovers, Transmission Ecology and Challenges of Animal Models
Discussion Leader: Sander Herfst (ErasmusMC, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:50 am
Vincent Munster (NIH, United States)
"Zoonotic and Cross-Species Viral Transmission Events"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Jonathan Runstadler (Tufts University, United States)
"Rethinking Natural Transmission Pathways and Probabilities in the Wild"
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 12:00 pm
Edward Nardel (Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital, United States)
"Animal Models of Tuberculosis Transmission: Their Usefulness and Their Limits"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Frontiers in Viroscience and Transmission
Discussion Leader: Emmie de Wit (NIH, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm
Ron Fouchier (Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
"Challenges in Viroscience: Influenza Virus Ecology, Evolution, and Public Health Impact"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm
Elke Muhlberger (Boston University, United States)
"Frontier Challenges in Studying Emerging Viruses with Pathogenic Potential"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
General Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure