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

Sponsored symposium

By Nanosonics

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

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

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

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

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

Shona Cairns, Consultant Healthcare Scientist, ARHAI Scotland, UK

Samantha Matthews, HARP Head of Nursing, Public Health Wales, UK

Dr Paul McGurnaghan, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Agency, UK

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

Dr 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

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

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

PPE and reusables in IPC

Prof Mahmood Bhutta, Consultant Otologist and Clinical Green Lead, University Hospitals Sussex, UK

Talk title to be announced

Dr Sarah Walpole, Infectious Diseases and Medicine Specialist Registrar, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Sponsored Symposium | Reducing Blood Culture Contamination: The role of blood culture diversion devices.

By IPC Partners in partnership with Kurin

Oral presentations form selected abstracts

Sponsored Symposium | AMR - Diagnostics

By bioMérieux

Talk title to be announced

Dr Catrin Moore, Professor in Global Health and Infectious Diseases, City St George’s, University of London, UK

How to develop a strategy for AMR and AMS

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

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