Welcome and Introduction

Jincy Jerry, Director of Infection Prevention and Control, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, UK

Keynote Presentation | Advancing surveillance of HCAIs: Focus of VAP

Top 10 IPC publications of the year -  A curated review of most influential studies & the impact on frontline IPC practice

Dr Gemma Winzor, Editor-in-Chief, Infection Prevention in Practice, UK

Dr Martyn Wilkinson, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Hospital Infection, UK

Ongoing and upcoming clinical trials in IPC - Global IPC trends and lessons  from WHO guidelines

Dr Walter Zingg, Senior Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Universitätsspital Zürich, Switzerland

Ethics & IPC: Balancing Autonomy with Control Measures

Panel Discussion

• Perspectives from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland
• Key surveillance insights
• New national initiatives

Colin Brown, Deputy Director, Clinical and Emerging Infections, UKHSA, UK

Eimear Brannigan, Clinical Lead - AMRIC, Health Service Executive, Ireland

   Other presenters to be announced

16:10 - 16:30

CLABSI surveillance

Dr Niccolo Buetti, Assistant Physician, Infection Prevention and Control Dept, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland

16:30 - 16:50

Using sequencing data in IPC and AMR surveillance

Esther van Kleef, Senior Research Associate, University of Oxford, UK

16:50 - 17:10

Wastewater surveillance for developing pathogen forecasting systems

Matt Holden, Head of Pathogen Genomics, Public Health Scotland

Panel Discussion

What do surveillance insights mean for IPC practice in the next year

Drinks reception & poster presentations

Presentation | Climate Change & Emerging Pathogens (implications to IPC  in healthcare)  

Prof Hugh Montgomery, Consultant Intensivist, UCL and Director, Real Zero, UK

Research trials including vaccines to prevent AMR and AMS 

How to develop a strategy for AMR and AMS

Dr Emma McGuire, AMS Strategy Lead, University College Hospitals NHS FT, UK

AMR - Diagnostics

14:45 - 15:05

Novel Antimicrobial Stewardship Models

Prof Evelina Tacconelli, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Verona, Italy

15:05 - 15:25

AMR in intensive care

Luke Moore, Infectious Diseases Consultant and Clinical Microbiologist, Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, UK

15:25 - 15:45

AMR data in conflict areas

Dr Aula Abbara, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, UK

15:45 - 16:00