International Conference on Flu (Flu-2015) was convened by OMICS International during June 08-10, 2015 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago-North Shore, USA. The meeting brought together a group of clinicians, virologists and industry representatives with interest and expertise in the field of influenza research. The three day program witnessed thought provoking keynote and plenary presentations from experts in the field of virology, immunology and microbiology, highlighting the theme, “Advanced Research in Flu".

Flu-2015 Organizing Committee would like to thank the Moderator of the conference, Dr. Rupert Beale, University of Cambridge, UK who contributed a lot for the smooth functioning of this event.

In the opening remark welcome note was given by Dr. Scott Umlauf, the support was extended by Honorable guests and Keynote Speakers of Flu-2015. The opening lecture was given by Scott Umlauf, VaxInnate Corporation, USA, followed by Vadim Bichko ChemDiv, Inc, USA and Joshua DiNapoli, Sanofi Pasteur Biologics LLC, USA in Day one session. The keynote session during day two was opened by Rangaraj Selvarangan, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, USA followed by  Ming Zhang, University of Georgia, USA.

The conference proceedings were carried out through various Scientific-sessions and plenary lectures. Also the conference was featured with Workshop and Symposium.

Workshop: A workshop on “Designing effective flu vaccines against a broad- spectrum of influenza viruses” organized by Dr. Pamuk Bilsel, FluGen Inc USA.

Symposium: A symposium on “Novel jet injection technology for influenza vaccination” organized by Dr. Chris Cappello, PharmaJet Inc, USA and Charles A Altman, bioCSL, USA.

Day two sessions were flanked by poster presentations. We would like to thank the Poster Competition Judge Scott Umlauf, VaxInnate Corporation,USA for his valuable time. On behalf of the conference OMICS International, congratulates the Best Poster awardees for their outstanding performance and appreciates all the participants who put their efforts in poster presentations and sincerely wishes them success in future endeavors.

Best Poster Winners:
Janice Koshy, Baylor Scott & White Infectious Diseases Department, USA
Harshini Ashar, Oklahoma State University, USA

OMICS International also took the privilege of felicitating Flu-2015, Chair and Co-Chairs whose support made conference a great success.

Pamuk Bilsel, FluGen, Inc, USA

Masayuki Noguchi, Hokkaido University, Japan

Rob Lambkin-Williams, hVIVO, UK

Benicio Gutiérrez-Doña, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica

To continue our engagement against influenza and to be prepared for the next outbreak we need further global efforts to understand viral mechanisms, host-pathogen interactions and immunological pathways. OMICS International welcome all the 2^nd International Conference on Flu during October 31- November-02, 2016 at San Francisco, USA. We invite all the eminent researchers, students and delegate participants to take part in this upcoming conference to witness invaluable scientific discussions and contribute to the future innovations in the field of Influenza research.

Let Us meet@ Flu-2016