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Day 2(March 27, 2026)

The 4th Infectious Diseases Research Institute Coopration(IDRIC)

Theme: Strategies for Developing AI-Based Rapid Response Technologies for Infectious Diseases

Time(KST) Program Speaker
09:00 ~ 09:30 Registration
09:30 ~ 09:45 Opening Remarks Youngki Jeong
(Korea National Institute of Infectious Diseases)
Welcome Address Jae-Hwan Nam
(Korea National Institute Health)
Congratulatory Remarks Hong-Bin Kim
(The Korea Society of Infectious Diseases)
09:45 ~ 10:05 Break (Group Photo)

Session 1. Next-Generation R&D Strategies for AI-Driven Antiviral Drug Development

Chair :
Joo-Yeon Lee
(Korea National Institute of Infectious Diseases)
Man-Seong Park
(Korea Univ. Korea)
10:05 ~ 10:30 AI-Enabled Generative Protein Design for Virus-Neutralizing Therapeutics Yong Ho Kim
(Sungkyunkwan Univ. Korea)
10:30 ~ 10:55 AI-based Drug Design: Introduction and Applications on Viral Diseases Keun Woo Lee
(Angel I-DRUG Design, Korea)
10:55 ~ 11:10 Break
11:10 ~ 11:35 AI Platforms for Monoclonal Antibody Discovery Ivelin S. Georgiev
(Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Science, USA)
11:35 ~12:00 Quantum-Inspired Interpretable Network AI for Therapeutic Discovery: Lessons from COVID-19 to Long COVID Namshik Han
(Cambridge/Milner Therapeutics Institute AI Center, UK)
12:00 ~ 13:00 Lunch

Session 2. AI-Based Strategies for National Management of Bacterial Infectious Diseases

Chair :
Hee Youl Chai
(Korea National Institute of Infectious Diseases)
Seung Jeong Kee
(Chonnam National Univ. Korea)
13:00 ~ 13:25 Accelerating Biological Discovery with AI César de la Fuente
(University of Pennsylvania, USA)
13:25 ~ 13:50 Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Therapeutics Hyung-Jun Kim
(Seoul National Univ. Bundang Hospital, Korea)
13:50 ~ 14:05 Break
14:05 ~ 14:30 What the Accessory Genome Tells Us: Machine Learning
– Driven Salmonella Outbreak Cluster
William W. L. Hsiao
(Simon Fraser Univ. Canada)
14:30 ~ 14:55 AI–Driven Microbiome Analytics for Biomarker Development Min Hyuk Choi
(Yonsei Univ. Korea)
14:55 ~ 15:10 Break

Session 3. AI-Based Platforms for Rapid Vaccine Development Against Infectious Diseases

Chair :
Dokeun Kim
(Korea National Institute of Infectious Diseases)
Chaok Seok
(Seoul National Univ. Korea)
15:10 ~ 15:35 Building Global AI Platform for Pandemic Preparedness Polina Brangel
(CEPI)
15:35 ~ 16:00 SFTS mRNA Vaccine Development Strategy for Pandemic Preparedness Byoung-Shik Shim
(International Vaccine Institute)
16:00 ~ 16:15 Break
16:15 ~ 16:40 AI Assisted Immunogen Design Jimmy Gollihar
(Houston Methodist Research Institute, USA)
16:40 ~ 17:05 Development of Animal-Alternative AI Models Based on Human Organoid and Animal Model Data Daesik Jung
(Sangmyung Univ., Korea)
17:05 ~ 17:10 Closing Remarks Youngki Jeong
(Korea National Institute of Infectious Diseases)