Draft Programme
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Scientific Programme
Wednesday 17th November 2010
All sessions to be held in the Pentland Auditorium
09:45 - 10:00 |
Welcome Address and Introductions
Dr Jane Stockley, President of BIA (formerly BIS and AMM) &
Professor Steve Green, Meetings Secretary of BIA (formerly BIS and AMM) |
10:00 - 11:30 |
Plenary Session: What’s New In ....
Chairs: Professor Dilip Nathwani, Dundee & Professor Tom Rogers, Dublin
Antifungals
Professor David Denning, Manchester
Supported by BSMM
Infection and Inflammation in PET Scanning
Dr Eleanor Lorenz, Sheffield
Surviving Severe Sepsis
Professor Jon Cohen, Brighton |
11:30 - 12:00 |
COFFEE & Trade Exhibition |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Garrod Lecture Supported by BSAC
Chair: Dr Laura Piddock, President, BSAC
Drift and Selection in the Evolutionary Biology of Antibiotic Resistance
Professor Fernando Baquero, Madrid, Spain |
13:00 - 14:00 |
LUNCH & Trade Exhibition |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Scientific Free Papers
Chair: Professor Jon Friedland, London
6 selected presentations (10 minutes each) |
15:00 - 16:00 |
Contemporary Issues and Research in HAP and VAP Sponsored by Pfizer
Chair: Prof Ian Gould, Aberdeen
Epidemiology of MRSA Nosocomial Pneumia in the UK and the Latest Treatment Evidence
Dr Bob Masterton, Ayrshire & Arran
Contemporary Issues in the Prevention and Treatment of HAP and VAP
Dr Duncan Wyncoll, London |
16:00 – 16:30 |
COFFEE & Trade Exhibition |
16:30 – 18:30 |
International Symposium on Difficult to Treat Infections in Soft Tissue and Bone
Chair: Dr Matthew Dryden, Winchester
Prosthetic Joint Infections - Current Challenges
Dr Bridget Atkins, Oxford
Soft Tissue Infection in the Subtropics
Professor Tom Gottlieb, Sydney, Australia
Soft Tissue and Joint Manifestations of Arboviruses and Rickettsia
Professor Dominic Dwyer, Sydney, Australia
Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection in Bone and Joint
Dr John Hartley, London
Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Community MRSA Infection
Dr Matteo Bassetti, Genoa, Italy
Recommendations from the European MRSA ECCMID Survey
Professor Silvano Esposito, Napoli, Italy
Sponsored by British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Australian Society for Infectious Diseases and Italian Society for Chemotherapy |
18:30 onwards |
Welcome Reception, Trade Exhibition & Poster Walks
Meet the Presidents of the Collaborating Societies
Poster Walks Led by Dr Albert Mifsud & Dr Matthias Schmid x 6 selected posters |
Thursday 18th November 2010
08:00 - 09:30
PENTLAND |
Clinical Lessons
Chair: Dr Nick Beeching, Liverpool
9 selected presentations (10 minutes each) |
09:30 - 10:50 |
Parallel Society-supported Sessions |
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SIDLAW
HIV - Three Ages of Man
Supported by BHIVA, BASHH & CHIVA
Chairs: Dr Paddy McMaster, Stoke on Trent & Prof Clifford Leen, Edinburgh
In the Beginning - HIV in Pregnancy
and the Neonate
Dr Laura Jones, Edinburgh
The End of the Beginning - Transition from Child to Adulthood
Dr Conor Doherty, Glasgow
The Beginning of the End -
HIV and Ageing
Dr Martin Fisher, Brighton
Boehringer Ingleheim has provided funding for this symposium |
PENTLAND
Progress Through Technological Advancements in Surveillance and Prevention of Infection
Supported by SGM
Chair: Professor Dietrich Mack, Swansea
Preventing Surgical-site Infections in Nasal Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus
Dr Lonneke G.M. Bode, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread
Dr Stephen D. Bentley, Cambridge
Decrease of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia Rates Triggered Through Enhanced Mandatory Surveillance, Mandatory Screening and Targets in England!?
Professor Barry Cookson, London |
CARRICK
Antibiotic Stewardship – Triumphs and Unintended Consequences
Supported by United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association
Chair: Wendy Lawson, London
The Scottish Perspective
Dr Jacqueline Sneddon, Glasgow
The Welsh Perspective
Dr Maggie Heginbothom, Cardiff
The English Perspective
Dr Kieran Hand, Southampton |
10:50 – 11:15 |
COFFEE & Trade Exhibition |
11:15 - 12:15
PENTLAND |
Barnett Christie Lecture Supported by BIA (formerly BIS and AMM)
Chair: Professor Sunil Shaunak, London
Malaria Vaccines - The Limits and the Possibilities
Dr Susanna Dunachie, Oxford |
12:15 - 13:15
PENTLAND |
Satellite Symposium Sponsored by an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis
Chair: Professor Peter Hawkey, Birmingham
A FISt Full of Bugs
Introduction
Peter Hawkey, Birmingham
Glycopeptide Therapy for Bacteraemia
Jonanthan Edgeworth, London
Gram-positive infections and OPAT: developments and observations
Andrew Seaton, Glasgow
Summary
Peter Hawkey, Birmingham
Questions and Answers |
13:15 - 14:45 |
LUNCH & Trade Exhibition |
CARRICK
European Antibiotic Awareness Day: the Multifaceted Approach to Antibiotic Stewardship
Supported by the Scottish Infection Research Network
Introduction: European Antibiotic Awareness Day
Prof Alistair Leanord, Glasgow
How Policy Directs the Stewardship Agenda
Professor Dilip Nathwani, Dundee
Non-prescribing interventions to contain antimicrobial resistance
Dr Anne Eastaway, HPS, Glasgow
Implementing Stewardship: Trials, Tribulations and Success
Ysobel Gourlay, Glasgow |
13:45 - 14:45 |
Poster Walks
Led by Dr Robert Townsend &
Dr Anne Tunbridge x 6 selected posters |
PENTLAND
Satelite Symposium
Supported by Astellas |
14:45 - 15:45 |
Parallel Society-supported Sessions |
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CARRICK
British Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases Winter Research Meeting
Supported by BPAIIG
Chairs: Dr Saul Faust, Southampton & Dr Delane Shingadia, London
Infection and vascular injury
Professor Nigel Klein, Institute of Child Health, University College London
Three Trainees to present their research
Prizes awarded to best trainee research presentation |
SIDLAW
Infections in
Stem Cell Transplantation
Supported by British Society for Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Chair: Dr John Davies, Edinburgh
Speaker: Dr Anne Parker, Glasgow
Speaker: Professor Graham Jackson, Newcastle |
PENTLAND
Keynote Lectures
Supported by BSAC
Chair: Professor Shervathi Homer-Vanniasinkam, Leeds
The management of MRSA in complicated
skin and soft tissue infections
Professor Kamal Itani, Chief, Surgical Service,
Boston University and Harvard Medical School
NDM-1 – the current picture and future challenges
Professor David Livermore, Health Protection
Agency, London |
15:45 - 16:15 |
COFFEE & Trade Exhibition |
16:15 - 17:15
PENTLAND |
Scientific Free Papers
Chair: Professor Tom Evans, Glasgow
6 selected presentations (10 minutes each) |
17:15 - 18:15 |
Parallel Satellite Symposia |
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CARRICK
Developments in Varicella-
zoster and Vaccination
Chair: Professor Mike McKendrick, Sheffield
What’s New in VZV Infection? -
Clinical and Epidemiology
Professor Judy Breuer, London
What’s New in Prevention of VZV?
- The Use of a Shingles Vaccine
Dr Robert Johnson, Bristol
Sanofi Pasteur MSD has provided funding for this symposium |
PENTLAND
Viral Hepatitis
Chair: Dr John Dillon, Dundee
Hepatitis C: What is Coming Next?
Professor Graham Foster, London
Hepatitis B: Is it Time to Look at Interferon Again?
Dr Patrick Kennedy, London
Roche UK has provided funding for
this symposium |
SIDLAW
Management of the Prosthetic Joint Infection
Chair: Dr Rob Townsend, Sheffield
Minimal Systemic Antibiotics for PJI – the Sheffield Approach
Dr Rob Townsend, Sheffield
Antibiotics and Bone Cement
Mr Christopher Winnard, Sheffield
Outbreak
Dr Rob Townsend, Sheffield
Supported by proceeds of Infection 2009 |
20:00 |
Conference Dinner, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh |
Friday 19th November 2010
08:00 - 09:30 |
Lessons in Microbiology & Infection Control Supported by HIS/IPS
Chair: Dr Tim Boswell, Nottingham, Mr Martin Kiernan, Southport
9 selected presentations (10 minutes each) |
09:30 - 10:30 |
Plenary Session: Medico Legal Aspects of Infection, Infection Control & Vaccination
Chair: Professor Steve Green, Sheffield
Dr Ming Teoh, Medical Protection Society, London |
10:30 - 11:00 |
COFFEE & Trade Exhibition |
11:00 - 12:00 |
J. D. Williams Lecture Supported by BIA (formerly BIS and AMM)
Chair: Dr Beryl Oppenheim, Birmingham
The History of Anaerobe Reference Laboratory
Dr John Brazier, Cardiff |
12:00 - 13:00 |
Plenary Session: The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Casebook
Chair: Dr Matthias Schmid, Newcastle
Dr Nick Beeching, Professor David Lalloo, Dr Alastair Miller |
13:00 - 14:00 |
LUNCH |
14:00 - 15:00 |
Antibiotic Resistance and the ICU Patient Supported by BSAC
Chair: Prof Alasdair MacGowan, Bristol
Antibiotic Resistance in Bloodstream Infections in the ICU
Dr David Livermore, HPA London
Antibiotic Resistance in Hospital-Acquired Respiratory Infection
Dr Ian Morrissey, Quotient Bioresearch, Fordham
Clinical Management of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Dr Bob Masterton, Ayrshire & Arran |
15:00 - 15:10 |
The NIHR Clinical Research Network - Update 2010
Chair: Dr Peter Cowling, Scunthorpe
Professor Robert Read, National Chair, UKCRN Infectious Diseases & Microbiology |
15:10 - 16:10 |
Practical Problems: Preparation for Being Consultants
Supported by HIS & IPS |
16:10 |
FORMAL CLOSING |
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