The 5th meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of IPS was held on 18-19 October. 5 members of SAB and two invited advisors as well as PIs attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Hans Klenk from the Institute of Virology, Marburg University, Germany. During one and half day meeting, Prof. Vincent Deubel, Director General gave a general report on behalf of IPS. Then SAB members and PIs intervened in round-table discussions on how to contribute to general strategy of IPS on different topics. During a break, the SAB members talked with part of students. A final report by the SAB will be given to the members of the Board of Directors and Direction of IPS.