Advancing the Vaccine Law Dialogue
Pre-conference: September 13
Washington, D.C.
Planning of the 2023 National Vaccine Law Conference is underway.
The schedule for the 2023 conference will expand upon that of the 2022 National Vaccine Law Conference, reflected below.
This schedule will be enhanced for the 2023 conference by the addition of at least one additional track of panels in each time slot, and updates to the content of the 2022 panels and presentations.
George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School
- National Vaccine Law Conference
The first National Vaccine Law Conference has been convened to address the urgent need for an increased understanding in many sectors of the operations of different aspects of vaccine, vaccination, and immunization law.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
6:30PM – 9:00PM
Pre-conference dinner for speakers, panelists, organizers, and special guests.
Thursday, September 15, 2022
7:00AM
Registration Opens, at Van Metre Hall
7:30AM – 8:00AM
Breakfast Buffet Opens, at Van Metre Hall
8:00AM – 9:10AM
Welcome — Opening remarks be GMU Law School Dean Ken Randall; Introductory Program and Vaccine Law Year(s) In Review, by Brian Dean Abramson and Denise M. Hill
9:10AM – 9:30AM
Break – 30 Minutes
9:30AM – 10:30AM
Morning A: Breakout Sessions (60-minute programs)
3 Breakout Tracks Available:
10:30AM – 10:50AM
Break – 20 Minutes
10:50AM – 12:20PM
Morning B: Breakout Sessions (90-minute programs)
3 Breakout Tracks Available:
12:20PM – 2:00PM
Lunch — What History Tells Us About Vaccination and Vaccine Law
Roundtable Discussions – Vax to the Future
2:00PM – 3:30PM
Afternoon C: Breakout Sessions (90-minute programs)
3 Breakout Tracks Available:
3:30PM – 3:50PM
Break – 20 Minutes
3:50PM – 4:50PM
Afternoon D: Breakout Sessions (60-minute programs)
3 Breakout Tracks Available:
4:50PM – 5:10PM
Break
5:10PM – 7:00PM
Exclusive Documentary Screening: Virulent: The Vaccine War (see the teaser here), with remarks by producer Laura Davis and director Tjardus Greidanus
Friday, September 16, 2022
7:30AM – 8:00AM
Breakfast Buffet Opens, at Conference Site
8:30AM – 9:30AM
Morning E: Breakout Sessions (90-minute programs)
2 Breakout Tracks Available:
9:30AM – 9:40AM
Break – 10 Minutes
9:40AM – 10:20AM
Roundtable Discussions
10:20AM – 10:30AM
Break – 10 Minutes
10:30AM – 12:00PM
Morning F: Breakout Sessions (90-minute programs)
2 Breakout Tracks Available:
- Patent Law, Policy, and Economics of Vaccine Development
- Brian J. Malkin (moderator), John R. Thomas, Carla Mouta-Bellum, Minna Moezie, Richard Wilder, Brian Dean Abramson.
12:00PM – 1:30PM
Lunchtime Closing Keynote Address by Montrece Ransom
1:30PM – 2:00PM
Break – 30 Minutes
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Post-conference 60 Minute Vaccine Legal Professional Ethics Program by Michael Diederich Jr. and Don Mallo