Plenaries
Plenary talk
Using Mobile Data and Global Mapping to Tackle the Next Outbreak: Andy Tatem (UK/Sweden)
Plenary talk
Collaborating with the Innate Immune System to Control Antibiotic-resistant Superbugs: Victor Nizet (US)
Plenary talk
At the Forefront of Hepatitis C Virus Elimination: Noor Hisham Abdullah (Malaysia) and Manal El-Sayed (Egypt)
Plenary Session - Malaria
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The Threat of Multidrug Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: Elizabeth Ashley (Lao PDR)
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The Key to a Better Malaria Vaccine: Faith Osier (Kenya)
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Plasmodium knowlesi-Malaria at the One Health Interface: Fong Mun Yik (Malaysia)
Plenary Session - Emerging Infectious Diseases Preparedness
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Population Displacement, Conflict and War as Drivers of Emerging Diseases: TBD
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Ecosystem Destruction and Loss of Biodiversity: Peter Daszak (US)
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Epidemic Preparedness in China, the Region and Beyond: George Gao (China)
Plenary Session - Dengue
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Innovations in Clinical Management - Novel Therapeutics, Diagnostics and Vaccine Update: Bridget Wills (Vietnam)
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Dengue - Unusual Clinical Presentations: Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar (Malaysia)
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ABUZZ: Citizen Science for Mosquito Monitoring: Haripriya Vaidehi Narayanan (US)
Meet-the-Expert Sessions
A Career in Public Health and Global Health
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Rana Hajjeh (Egypt)
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Wan Noraini Wan Mohamed Noor (Malaysia)
Meet-the-Editors
(developed in collaboration with Elsevier)
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases: Eskild Petersen (Oman)
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The Lancet Digital Health: Rupa Sarkar (UK)
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The Lancet infectious Diseases: John McConnell (UK)
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IDCases: Larry Lutwick (US)
Urinary Tract Infections - Updates in Prevention and Management
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Sally Roberts (New Zealand)
Surgical site infections - Updates in Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
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Alison Holmes (UK)
Managing Resistant Fungal Infections
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TBD
… AND MORE TO COME!
Symposia
Infectious disease innovations for a digital world
(developed in collaboration with the Lancet ID and the Lancet Digital Health)
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The Use of Mobile Phone Data for Outbreak Tracking: Amy Wesolowski (US)
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Genomics and Metagenomics Approaches to the Diagnosis, Treatment and Surveillance of Infectious Diseases: Jennifer Gardy (US)
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TBD
Vaccines to Prevent Respiratory Disease Morbidity and Mortality
(developed in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
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Pneumococcal Pneumonia, RSV, Influenza, and Pertussis: Critical Updates: Keith Klugman (US)
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Introduction of and Access to PCV Vaccination in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Bill Hausdorff (US)
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Lessons Learned from the Genomic Surveillance ofStreptococcus pneumoniae: Stephanie Lo (UK)
HIV - Hot Topics (developed in collaboration with the International Aids Society)
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HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Updates for the Infectious Disease Physician: Iskandar Azwa (Malaysia)
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Same Day ART Initiation: Reshmie Ramautarsing (Thailand)
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Treatment of Latent TB Infection: Sean Wasserman (South Africa)
The Great Debates 1
Antibiotics for Diarrheal Disease: Miguel O'Ryan (Chile) and Per Ashorn (Finland)
Serosurveillance for Spillover of High Consequence Zoonotic Viruses at the Human-Animal Interface
(developed in collaboration with EcoHealth Alliance)
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Risk of bat borne virus spillover in Northeast India: TBD
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Seasonal seroprevalence of Nipah virus infection in Pteropus lylei Bats in Thailand, 2017-2018: TBD
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Serological Biosurveillance for Spillover of Henipaviruses and Filoviruses at Agricultural and Hunting Human-Animal Interfaces in Peninsular Malaysia: TBD
Enterovirus Infections in Asia Pacific – Critical Updates
(ISID Member-proposed symposium competition winner)
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Asia-Pacific Network for Enterovirus Surveillance Overview and Development of Enterovirus A71 Vaccines: Min-Shi Lee (Taiwan)
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Laboratory Diagnosis and Management of Enterovirus Infections: Yoke-Fun Chan (Malaysia)
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Genetic and Antigenic Evolution of Enteroviruses in Asia Pacific: Jiratchaya Puenpa (Thailand)
Clinical Management of Multidrug Resistant Infections
(developed in collaboration with ESCMID)
Symposium under development
Pandemic Preparedness - 25 years ProMED
(developed in collaboration with ProMED – the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases)
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Climate and Global Disease Outbreaks: The View from 36,000 km: Assaf Anyamba (US)
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TBD
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ProMED – 25 years: Larry Madoff (US), Linda MacKinnon (US) and Marjorie Pollack (US)
Viral Hepatitis
(developed in collaboration with DNDi)
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Decentralized testing and treatmentDNDi
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TBD
Scientific Story Telling
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Session under development
Global Action on AMR – New Control and Treatment Strategies
(developed in collaboration with the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases)
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International Comparison of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria: Katsumi Shigemura (Japan)
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Enhancing the International Coordination of Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development:TBD
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Adjunctives and Alternatives to Antibiotics - Phages, Microbiome-modulating, Immune Approaches and Others: Ursula Theuretzbacher (Austria)
Vaccine Hesitancy
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Vaccine Hesitancy in a Post-fact World – the Role of Social Media and Other Drivers of Vaccine Hesitancy in High-income Countries: TBD
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Vaccine Hesitancy – Drivers in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Lulu Bravo (Philippines)
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Q/A session – moderators: Anita Shet (US)
Rabies - Key Areas of Focus for Successful Elimination
(ISID Member-proposed Symposium Competition winner)
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Enhanced Laboratory-based Surveillance is Essential to the Success of the '0 by 30' Global Rabies Program: Gowri Yale (India)
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Mass Canine Vaccination: A Proven One Health Context for the Elimination of Human Rabies Caused by Dogs: Umme Ruman Siddiqi (Bangladesh)
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The Futility of Therapeutics and the Utility of Intradermal Immunization for Human Rabies Prophylaxis: TBD
Utilizing newer diagnostic tests
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Translation of Microbial Genomics into Public Health and Clinical Microbiology: Ben Howden (Australia)
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Utilization of POC Tests and Biomarkers in Infectious Diseases: TBD
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The Lab of the Future: TBD
The Great Debates II - Access to medicines
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Debaters to be determined.
Tackling Drug-resistant Gonorrhoea
(developed in collaboration with GARDP)
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Session under development
Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Leptospirosis: Zamberi Sekawi (Malaysia)
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TBD
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TBD
Current Updates in Tuberculosis
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MDRTB Treatment Update: Sean Wasserman (South Africa)
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TB - Molecular Epidemiology and Control in an Urban City: TBD
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TB Experimental Therapeutics - A Look into the Future: Greg Cook (New Zealand)
Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Hot Topics
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A Chance at Life – Optimizing the Management of Neonatal Sepsis in Low- and Middle-income Countries: TBD
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The Global Re-emergence of Measles and other Vaccine Preventable Diseases: TBD
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HPV - TBD
…AND MORE TO COME!
Workshops
Antibiotic Allergy Workshop
(in collaboration with the Australasian Society for ID)
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Defining antimicrobial allergy: Natasha Holmes
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Recognizing the phenotype: Siew Eng Choon
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Antibiotic allergy cross-reactivity: Jason Trubiano
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Penicillin allergy testing: Elizabeth Phillips
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Antibiotic allergy assessment tools: Misha Devchand
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Practical AMS solutions for all hospital settings: Kyra Chua
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Approaches in antimicrobial associated SCAR: Elizabeth Phillips
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Antibiotic Allergy in Practice – Case scenarios: Jason Trubiano
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Antibiotic Allergy in Practice – Case scenarios: Sasheela Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar
Hand Hygiene Workshop
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Workshop under development
Mastercourse in Vaccinology
Anita Shet (US), Lulu Bravo (Philippines)
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How do vaccines work?
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Immune response to vaccines & role of adjuvants
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Combination vaccines: can we give too many antigens?
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New developments in vaccine technology for more efficient vaccines
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Q & A
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Disease and vaccine surveillance systems and public health value of vaccines (60 mins)
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How to measure the impact of vaccines
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Importance of disease surveillance in developing impactful vaccines
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Vaccine safety monitoring
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Q & A
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Vaccine economics
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Interpretation of the health economic analyses of vaccines (cost-effectiveness, cost-savings, return on investment); broader socio-economic benefits of vaccines
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Q & A
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Vaccination of specific groups
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Vaccination of pregnant women
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Vaccination of older adults
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Q & A
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Clinical cases discussion
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Quiz with clinical case discussions
Guide to Infection Control Workshop
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Workshop under development
… AND MORE TO COME!