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