Addressing AMR across the tightrope of politics, policy and practice
30 November – 1 December
QEII Centre, London and online
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Programme
0830
Registration & coffee
0930
Welcome and opening remarks
David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust & BSAC President - View Bio
OPENING LECTURE
Chair: David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust & BSAC President - View Bio
0935
Indication-wise antimicrobial management - bringing AwARE to life
Benedikt Huttner, Team Lead, Essential Medicines, World Health Organization - View Bio
1000
Q&A
TECHNICAL BREAK - 5 MINUTES
SESSION ONE: Clinical challenges
Chair: Sanjay Patel, Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Southampton Children’s Hospital - View Bio
1015
Complex infective endocarditis
Jonathan Sandoe, Associate Professor, University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
1035
New frontiers for complex UTIs
Angela Huttner, Infectious Disease Division, University Hospitals of Geneva - View Bio
1055
Candida auris - no longer an emerging problem
Tina Joshi, Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology, University of Plymouth - View Bio
1115
Adeno-associated virus 2 infection in children with non-A–E hepatitis
Antonia Ho, Clinical Senior Lecturer, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research & Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases, NHS Greater Glasgow & Lanarkshire - View Bio
1135
Q&A
1145
REFRESHMENT BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION TWO: Diagnostics - a critical lever for supporting National Action Plans?
Chair: Gail Hayward, Associate Professor of Primary Care & Director of the NIHR Community Healthcare MIC University of Oxford - View Bio
1210
How do we assess and value rapid diagnostics?
Luke Moore, Consultant Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, & Virology, Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, Consultant Microbiology, North West London Pathology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London - View Bio
1230
Optimising the role of blood cultures to drive effective prescribing decisions
Brigitte Lamy, Clinical microbiologist & Assistant professor, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord & Academic hospital of Avicenne (APHP, Paris) - View Bio
1250
Optimising the blood culture pathway – moving from nice to do so must do
Jane Freeman, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
1310
Q&A
1320
LUNCH BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION THREE
Chair: Andrew Seaton, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - View Bio
Supported by: Pfizer
1400
AMR: New models of antimicrobial funding in England (13 months update)
Philip Howard OBE, AMR Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead, NHS England & NHS Improvement - North-East & Yorkshire, UK and immediate Past President, BSAC - View Bio
TECHNICAL BREAK - 5 MINUTES
SESSION FOUR: Free papers - Difficult to treat infections, antimicrobial alternatives & common clinical conundrums
Chair: Helena Parsons, Consultant Microbiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals - View Bio
1435
Impact of Dietary Habits on AMR Development in Human Gut Bacteria: Insights from a Hollow Fiber Infection Model
Jegak Seo, PhD Student, University College London - View Bio
1450
Epidemiology and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Infections: Experience from a Large Tertiary Care Center in a Developing Country
Banan Aiesh, National University Hospital, Palestine
1505
Reintroducing Pen and Leaving Quin-Alone
Lisa Duffy, ID Registrar, University Hospital Galway
1520
Antimicrobial susceptibility to last-resort antibiotics in carbapenemase-producing bacteria from Ukrainian patients
Nelianne Verkaik, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam - View Bio
1535
Q&A
1545
REFRESHMENT BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION FIVE: Panel discussion - The impact of conflict and natural disaster on AMR
Chair: David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - View Bio
1625
Scene setting
David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
1630
Panel discussion
Panellists:
Clare Shortall, MSF
Mark Koziol, Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) - View Bio
Shehan Hettiaratchy, UK-MED
1710
Day One closing remarks
David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - View Bio
0730
Registration & coffee
SESSION SIX: Interpreting EUCAST guidance
Chair: Mandy, Wootton, Consultant Scientist/Operational Manager, Specialist Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Unit (SACU), Public Health Wales - View Bio
0800
BSAC Guidance on aminopenicillin BP changes
Robin Howe, Director of Infection Services, Public Health Wales Microbiology - View Bio
0820
What to do when there are no BPs; recent new EUCAST guidance
Pegah Hafezi, AST & AMR lead, Bristol
0840
Interpreting fosfomycin breakpoints: a recent EUCAST consultation
Alasdair MacGowan, Consultant in Infection, North Bristol NHS Trust & Professor of Antimicrobial Therapeutics, University of Bristol - View Bio
0900
Q&A
TECHNICAL BREAK - 5 MINUTES
SESSION SEVEN: Conflict and crisis - how do we prevent, contain and manage MDR infections?
Chair: David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust & BSAC President - View Bio
0915
Communicable diseases and AMR post-earthquakes
Aula Abbara, Consultant in Clinical Infectious Diseases/General Internal Medicine & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Infection, Imperial College
0935
Management of microbiology in conflict and crisis situations
Scott Pallett, ST5 Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Defence Medical Services, Frimley Park Hospital - View Bio
0955
Q&A
1015
REFRESHMENT BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION EIGHT
Chair: Naomi Fleming, Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship Lead East of England, NHS England & NHS Improvement - View Bio
Supported by: Menarini - This supported session is organised and sponsored by Menarini including honoraria in accordance with ABPI Code of Practice. Presentation includes promotional content.
1050
Insights from a KPC outbreak at a major teaching hospital and improving outcomes with treatment guidelines
Kavita Sethi, Lead clinician in Microbiology, Honorary Clinical lecturer, University of Leeds Teaching Hospitals - View Bio
TECHNICAL BREAK - 5 MINUTES
SESSION NINE: Garrod Lecture
Chair: David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust & BSAC President - View Bio
1125
Antibiotic use and antimicrobial stewardship in primary care: what works, and what next?
Paul Little, Professor of Primary Care Research, University of Southampton - View Bio
TECHNICAL BREAK - 5 MINUTES
SESSION TEN
Chair: David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - View Bio
Supported by: Pfizer
1210
A One Health Approach to Tackling Antifungal Resistance
Darius Armstrong James, Professor and Honorary consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medical Mycology, Imperial College London and the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals NHS Trust - View Bio
1240
LUNCH BREAK - EXHIBITION & POSTER VIEWING
SESSION ELEVEN: Forecasting the future of infectious disease management
Chair: Andrew Seaton, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde - View Bio
1320
Artificial Intelligence - the answer to our research dreams?
Autumn Gertz, Project Manager, Computational Epidemiology Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School - View Bio
1340
Reducing global MDR infections through the WASH agenda
Dennis Lupenga, Senior Voices from the Field officer, WaterAid - View Bio
1355
The supply chain crisis - problem and potential solutions
Liz Breen, Director of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone (DHEZ) & Professor of Health Service Operations, University of Bradford - View Bio
1415
Microbiotoxicity: a plea from your patient’s microbiome
Anastasia Theodosiou, MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow (University of Southampton) & Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology Registrar - View Bio
1435
Q&A
1455
Closing remarks
David Jenkins, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust & BSAC President - View Bio
1500
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