Time | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
0730 – 0845 | Registration | ||
0845 – 0915 | Opening Ceremony Guest-Of-Honour Dr Janil Puthucheary Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Communication and Information & Ministry of Health |
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0915 – 0945 |
Chair: Prof Dale Fisher, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 1: COVID-19
Prof Cao Bin, China |
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0945 – 1015 |
Chair: Dr Mark Chen, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 2: Advances in Influenza Therapeutics
Prof Frederick Hayden, United States of America |
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1015 – 1045 | Coffee/Tea break / Exhibition / E-Posters viewing | ||
1045 – 1245 | Concurrent Symposia 1 ISAC Symposium Chairs: Dr Catherine Ong, Singapore Dr James Sim Heng Chiak, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 2 Hot Topics in Microbiology Chairs: Dr Jasmin Chung, Singapore Dr Chew Ka Lip, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 3 MERS CoV, Avian Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses Chair: Prof Gavin Smith, Singapore |
1045 – 1115 | From Answers in Days to Answers in Minutes Prof Robin Patel, United States of America |
Utility of Typing Carbapenemases Prof David Paterson, Australia |
Emerging Adenovirus Threats: Vaccine and Antiviral Interventions Prof Gregory Gray, United States of America |
1115 – 1145 | Rapid Diagnosis for Bacterial Resistance Prof Yohei Doi, Japan |
Advances in Laboratory Mycology Prof Arunaloke Chakrabarti, India |
Novel Influenza Viruses Prof Kanta Subbarao, Australia |
1145 – 1215 | Rapid Diagnosis: Where Engineering meets Infectious Diseases Prof Jackie Y. Ying, Singapore |
Clinical Virology: from Culture to Metagenomics Prof Malik Peiris, Hong Kong SAR |
Community MERS CoV: Clinical Aspects and Diagnosis Prof Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia |
1215 – 1245 | RABBIT: Randomised Trial of Rapid Diagnosis in Bacteraemia Dr Shawn Vasoo, Singapore |
The link between Clinical Microbiology and IPC Prof Andreas Voss, Netherlands |
Nosocomial MERS CoV and Hospital Response Prof Doo Ryeon Chung, Republic of Korea |
1245 – 1315 | Lunch Break | ||
1315 – 1415 |
Chair: Dr Hoe Nam Leong, Singapore
Effective management of cSSTI – bringing the focus back to the patient
Prof Murat Akova, Turkey Dr Chia-Ying Liu, Taiwan |
Chair: Dr Jasmin Chung, Singapore
Immunosenescence and the new recombinant zoster vaccine in the prevention of shingles
Dr Asok Kurup, Singapore |
Chair: Dr James Sim Heng Chiak, Singapore
Current Trends in Superinfections in COVID 19 patients and Role of Microbiology – the Indian experience
Dr Aruna Poojary, India |
1415 – 1615 | Concurrent Symposia 4 Hot Topics in Infection Control Chairs: A/Prof Brenda Ang, Singapore Dr Surinder Pada, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 5 One Health In Infectious Diseases Chairs: A/Prof Ng Lee Ching, Singapore Dr Lee Tau Hong, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 6 Transplant Infectious Diseases Chair: A/Prof Tan Thuan Tong, Singapore Dr Ng Tong Yong, Singapore |
1415 – 1445 | WHO Infection Prevention and Control Prof Wing Hong Seto, Hong Kong SAR |
Why “One Health” is critical for Public Health Prof Malik Peiris, Hong Kong SAR |
Role of Prophylaxis in the Era of AMR Prof Tan Ban Hock , Singapore |
1445 – 1515 | Myths in Infection Prevention and Control Prof Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
One Health AMR And Human Health A/Prof Direk Limmathurotsakul, Thailand |
Antifungal Stewardship Prof Monica Slavin, Australia |
1515 – 1545 | Evidence based MRSA Control Prof Yee Chun Chen, Taiwan |
One Health AMR in the Environment A/Prof Karina Gin, Singapore |
Parasitology in Transplantation A/Prof Siriorn Watchanaranan, Thailand |
1545 – 1615 | Update in Sterilisation A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
Mitigating Future Pandemics: New Threats and Strategies to Consider Prof Gregory Gray, United States of America |
Viral Hepatitis In Transplantation Prof Vincent Cheng, Hong Kong SAR |
1615 – 1645 |
Chair: Prof Paul Tambyah, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 3: Innovation in Antimicrobial Stewardship
Prof Alison Holmes, United Kingdom |
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1645 – 1715 | Coffee/Tea break / Exhibition / E-Posters viewing | ||
1715 – 1745 |
Chair: Prof Leo Yee Sin, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 4: Bat Viruses and the Next Outbreak
Prof Linfa Wang, Singapore |
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1745 – 1915 | Public Health Response on COVID Chairs: A/Prof Angela Chow, Singapore A/Prof Alex Cook, Singapore |
Interactive Case-Based Panel Discussion on Managing CMV In The High-Risk Transplant Recipient Chair: Dr Jasmine Chung, Singapore |
Paediatric ID Chairs: A/Prof Chong Chia Yin, Singapore Dr Chan Si Min, Singapore |
1745 – 1815 | Public Health Response in Australia Prof Paul Kelly, Australia |
Introduction
Define the transplant recipient at high-risk of CMV infection and discuss the unmet needs and challenges in the management of CMV infection with patient cases
Prof Tan Ban Hock, Singapore |
Syndromic Testing Prof Cheng Hsun Chiu, Taiwan |
1815 – 1845 | Public Health Response in Taiwan Dr Yi-Chun (Philip) Lo, Taiwan |
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1845 – 1915 | Public Health Response in Singapore A/Prof Vernon Lee, Singapore |
Explore investigational CMV infection management options and emerging clinical data
Prof Joe Sasadeusz, Australia Panel Discussion
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Hand Food And Mouth Diseases Dr Mong How Ooi, Malaysia |
1915 – 2015 |
Chair: A/Prof Helen Oh, Singapore
The value of pneumococcal vaccination in adults with co-morbid conditions
Prof Charles Feldman, South Africa |
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2015 – 2200 | Dinner |
TIME | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
0730 – 0815 | Registration | ||
0815 – 0915 |
Chair: Prof Yoshitomo Morinaga, Japan
Current states of ESBL (extended-spectrum β-lactamase) producing Enterobacterales infections and antimicrobial treatments
Prof Hiroshige Mikamo, Japan Current status of ESBL – producing bacterial infections
Dr Katsunori Yanagihara, Japan |
Options for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19
Chair : Dr Bruce Mungall, Singapore Dr. Nakorn Premsri, Thailand
Dr Nan-Chang Chiu, Taiwan Dr Erlina Burhan, Indonesia Dr Barnaby Young, Singapore |
The development and clinical validation of MIRXES Fortitude RT-CR test kit for COVID-19 pandemic In Singapore and Philippines
Chair: Adj. Assoc Professor Timothy Mark Sebastian Barkham, Singapore Go! Developing Fortitude v2.1, an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2’
Adj. Assoc Professor Timothy Mark Sebastian Barkham, Singapore Challenges and Strategies for Conducting Clinical Validation of MiRXES Fortitude Kit 2.1 COVID-19 RT-PCR
Prof. Pia Marie S.. Albano, Philippines |
0915 – 0945 |
Chair: A/Prof Koh Tse Hsien, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 5: Assessing the Value of New Diagnostics
Prof Robin Patel, United States of America |
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0945 – 1015 |
Chair: Prof Benjamin Seet, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 6: Using Covid-19 vaccines: Lessons from Control of Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Eradication of Smallpox and Polio
Prof David Heymann, United Kingdom |
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1015 – 1045 | Coffee/Tea break / Exhibition / E-Posters viewing | ||
1045 – 1245 | Concurrent Symposia 7 Clinical Implications of Microbiome Chairs: A/Prof Gan Yunn Hwen, Singapore Dr Barnaby Young, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 8 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Chairs: Dr Lin Li, Singapore A/Prof Lee Cheng Chuan, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 9 Mycology Chairs: A/Prof Louis Chai, Singapore Dr Zheng Shuwei, Singapore |
1045 – 1115 | Fungal Microbiome In Lung Diseases Dr Sanjay Chotirmall, Singapore |
Viral Hepatitis Co-Infections Prof Sharon Lewin, Australia |
New Risk Factors for Invasive Aspergillosis Prof Monica Slavin, Australia |
1115 – 1145 | Implications of Environmental Microbiome A/Prof Niranjan Nagarajan, Singapore |
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis HIV Prof Andrew Grulich, Australia |
Pre-Emptive Antifungal in Febrile Neutropenia Prof Yee Chun Chen, Taiwan |
1145 – 1215 | Utility of Metagenomics in COVID-19 Disease Prof Siew Chien Ng, Hong Kong SAR |
New HAART Prof Kiat Ruxrungtham, Thailand |
Candida Auris Prof Arunaloke Chakrabarthi, India |
1215 – 1245 | Next Generation Sequencing: First Diagnostic One-stop Shop in Clinical Microbiology Prof John Rossen, Netherlands |
HIV Decriminalisation Prof Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Malaysia |
Updates on Fungal Diagnostics Dr Tan Yen Ee, Singapore |
1245 – 1315 | Lunch Break | ||
1315 – 1415 |
Chair:Prof Yee Chun Chen, Taiwan
Evolutional and emerging issues for optimizing invasive mold infection management in Asia
Dr Samir Agrawal, UK Prof Arunaloke Chakrabarti, India |
Chair : Dr Asok Kurup, Singapore
Thinking Dengue Again – Chronicity, Antibiotics and Vaccination
Dr Andrew Green, Indonesia Prof Nicole Huang, Taiwan Dr Alberta Di Pasquale, Singapore |
Chair: Dr. Helen Oh May Lin, Singapore
From patients to lab, back to patients: The Ronapreve story
Dr David Lye Chien Boon, Singapore |
1415 – 1615 | Concurrent Symposia 10 Hot Topics in Antimicrobial Stewardship Chair: A/Prof Piotr Chlebicki, Singapore Dr Jyoti Somani, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 11 Malaria Chair: A/Prof Kevin Tan, Singapore Dr Limin Wijaya, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 12 Vector Borne Infections Chair: Dr Purnima Parthasarathy, Singapore |
1415 – 1445 | Implementation Barriers in Antimicrobial Stewardship in the USA Dr Arjun Srinivasan, United States of America |
Plasmodium Vivax A/Prof Yeo Tsin Wen, Singapore |
Ticks and emerging vector-borne diseases: In Singapore and beyond Dr MacKenzie L. Kwak, Singapore |
1445 – 1515 | Antimicrobial Stewardship in Paediatrics Prof Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Taiwan |
Plasmodium Knowlesi Dr Timothy William, Malaysia |
Chikungunya and Zika A/Prof Lisa Ng, Singapore |
1515 – 1545 | Does Antimicrobial Stewardship Work? Prof Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
Immune Response and Malaria Prof Laurent Renia, Singapore |
Dengue Prof Eng Eong Ooi, Singapore |
1545 – 1615 | Advancing the Integration Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention Prof Alison Holmes, United Kingdom |
Drug Resistance and Malaria Prof Nicholas Day, Thailand |
Arboviruses in Asia Dr Sherry Moi, Japan |
1615 – 1700 | Coffee/Tea break / Exhibition / E-Posters viewing | ||
1700 – 1730 |
Chair: Dr Wong Sin Yew, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 7: Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts
Prof Tan Ban Hock, Singapore |
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1730 – 1800 |
Chair: A/Prof Sophia Archuleta
Keynote / Plenary 8 HIV Cure: Are We Any Nearer?
Prof Sharon Lewin, Australia |
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1800 – 1900 | Oral Presentation 1 Chairs: A/Prof David Allen, Singapore Dr Jasmine Chung, Singapore |
COVID Symposium: COVID 19 Treatment Chairs: Prof Kim Sun Joo, Korea Dr Tsang Tak Yin, Hong Kong SAR |
Viral Hepatitis Chair: TBA |
United Kingdom Recovery Prof Peter Horby, United Kingdom |
Hepatitis B Cure Prof Seng Gee Lim, Singapore |
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Treatment of Patients with COVID-19 Dr H. Clifford Lane, United States of America |
Hepatitis C Elimination Prof Margaret Hellard, Australia |
TIME | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 |
0730 – 0815 | Registration | ||
0815 – 0915 | Oral Presentation 2 Chairs: TBA |
COVID Symposium: Immune Response to COVID Chairs: Prof Nicholas Gascoigne, Singapore |
Management of Covid-19 in Japan by Japanese Society for Chemotherapy Chair: Prof Tetsuya Matsumoto |
0815 – 0845 | Understanding Infection and Immunity of SARS-CoV-2: from Diagnostics to Therapies Prof Lisa Ng, Singapore |
Control of 2020 coronavirus pandemic (Including Antigen Testing) Dr Satoshi Takahashi, Japan |
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0845 – 0915 | SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells: protection from infection or disease? Prof Antonio Bertoletti, Singapore |
Treatment for Covid-19 (Including Favipiravir) Dr Hiroyuki Kunishima, Japan |
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0915 – 0945 |
Chair: Prof Paul Tambyah, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 9: Global And Local Challenges in AMR
Prof Ramanan Laxminarayan, United States of America |
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1015 – 1030 |
Chair: A/Prof David Lye, Singapore
Keynote / Plenary 10: New Antibiotics
Prof David Paterson, Australia |
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1015 – 1045 | Coffee/Tea break / Exhibition / E-Posters viewing | ||
1045 – 1245 | Concurrent Symposia 13 AMR in Human Health Chairs: Dr Lee Tau Hong, Singapore Dr Ooi Say Tat, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 14 Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria Chair: A/Prof Kevin Pethe, Singapore Dr Purnima Parthasarathy, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 15 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring / PK PD Chairs: A/Prof Andrea Kwa, Singapore A/Prof Christine Teng, Singapore |
1045 – 1115 | Treatment of XDR And PDR Gram Negative Bacteria Prof Po Ren Hsueh, Taiwan |
Corticosteroid in Tuberculosis Prof Guy Thwaites, Vietnam |
Optimising PK PD For Antimalarials Prof Joel Tarning, Thailand |
1115 – 1145 | Control of XDR Acinetobacter Baumannii Prof Vincent Cheng, Hong Kong SAR |
Immunomodulation in Tuberculosis Dr Catherine Ong, Singapore |
TDM in Antifungals Prof Deborah JE Marriott, Australia |
1145 – 1215 | Role of Surveillance in Combating AMR Prof Jae Hoon Song, Republic of Korea |
MDR TB in Singapore A/Prof Cynthia Chee, Singapore |
TDM in Beta-Lactams Prof Jason Roberts, Australia |
1215 – 1245 | Epidemiology and Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Hypervirulent Klebsiella Pneumoniae Prof Hui Wang, China |
Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria In Asia Prof Po Ren Hsueh, Taiwan |
TDM in Sepsis Prof Jeffrey Lipman, AustraliaADDTR |
1245 – 1315 | Lunch Break | ||
1315 – 1415 |
Chair: Prof Balaji Veeraraghavan, India
The glimpse of glistening solutions for MDRO infections in Asia
Prof Tobias Welte, Germany Dr Asok Kurup, Singapore |
Chair: Dr. Wong Chen Seong, Singapore
Inflammation in HIV: More Than Meets the Eyes
Dr. Sergio Serrano-Villar |
Chair: Prof Glenda Gray, South Africa
Optimizing COVID-19 Vaccination in Asia Pacific
Prof Anna Ong-Lim, Philippines Prof Young June Choe, Korea |
1415 – 1615 | Concurrent Symposia 16 Utility of Genomic Sequencing Chairs: Prof Zamberi Sekawi, Malaysia Dr Karrie Ko, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 17 SARS COV2 in Singapore Chairs: A/Prof Danny Soon, Singapore Dr Louisa Sun, Singapore |
Concurrent Symposia 18 Vaccines Chairs: A/Prof Helen Oh, Singapore A/Prof Chong Chia Yin, Singapore |
1415 – 1445 | Genomic Sequencing in Bacteria Prof Yohei Doi, Japan |
Role of National Centre in Emerging Infections Prof Leo Yee Sin, Singapore |
Novel Strategies Influenza Vaccination Dr Barnaby Young, Singapore |
1445 – 1515 | Genomic Sequencing in MERS CoV Dr Waleed Abdurhman Al-Jabr, Saudi Arabia |
How SARS COV2 evolves Dr Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Singapore |
Practical Considerations for COVID-19 Rollout Programs A/Prof Lim Poh Lian, Singapore |
1515 – 1545 | Genomic Sequencing in Infection Control Prof John Rossen, Netherlands |
Infection Control in SARS COV2 Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
Rotavirus Vaccine Rollout Prof Gagandeep Kang, India |
1545 – 1615 | Advances in Genomic Sequencing A/Prof Niranjan Nagarajan, Singapore |
COVID19 Diagnostics Dr Shawn Vasoo, Singapore |
Controversies in Vaccination Prof Paul Tambyah, Singapore |
1615 – 1645 |
Closing Ceremony
Presentation Of Awards:
1. Best Oral, 2. SIDS Institut Mérieux Young Investigator Award |
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1645 – 1715 | Coffee/Tea break / Exhibition / E-Posters viewing |
Note:
Programme is updated as of 2 November 2021
The programme may be subject to change without prior notice.
*Speaker pending confirmation