Agenda

24th March – Day 1

Registation and Refreshments

08:45 09:15

09:15

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr Samir Argawal

SESSION ONE
WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens – Keynote lecture

Chair: Adilia Warris

09:25

Presentation One

TBC

SESSION TWO
Invasive Fungal Infections in special Patient Populations

Chair: Jonathan Lambourne

09:55

Case Study: Transplant Patient

Emmanuel Way

10:15

Q&A

All

10:20

Case Study: Neonate Patient

TBC

10:40

Q&A

All

10:45

Case Study: ICU or Obese Patient

Dr Roger Bruggemann

11:05

Q&A

All

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING

11:20 – 11:30

SESSION THREE
Clinical Haematology

Chair: Dr Samir Argawal

11:30

Empiric vs pre-emptive therapy and implications for choice of prophylaxis

– Do we now have the definitive study?

Dr Johan Maertens

11:50

Prospective Prophylaxis Study (KIASII) in high Risk haem patients

Dr Varun Mehra

12:10

Q&A

All

LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING

12:20 – 13:10

SESSION FOUR
Sponsored Symposium

13:10 – 13:50

SESSION FIVE
Biomarkers – Omics in the Diagnosis of Fungal Disease

Chair: Dr Lewis White

13:55

A Novel Strategy to Identify Haematology Patients at High Risk of Developing Aspergillosis

Dr Selinda Orr

14:15

Novel Diagnostic Assays – Tools/Techniques

Dr Rebecca Gorton

14:35

Update on PCP Diagnostics

Dr Alexandre Alanio  

14:55

Q&A

All

SESSION SIX
Keynote Lecture – Antifungal Stewardship

Chair: Monique Anderson

15:20

Title TBC

Dr Laura Whitney & Monique Anderson

COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING

15:50 – 16:10

SESSION SEVEN
Meet the Pathogen

Chair: Professor Clair Hoving

16:10

Emergomyces africanus: An emerging dimorphic fungal pathogen in patients with advanced HIV disease

Professor Clair Hoving

16:30

Trichophyton Indotineae

TBC

16:50

New Findings Candida auris

TBC

17:10

Q&A

All

SESSION EIGHT
Big Data In Microbiology – The Fireside Chat

16:10

The Discussion on Big Data

– What do we have and what is the future?

Dr Anand Shah

Professor David Denning

 Dr Varun Mehra