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Acknowledgements

The ESCMID Global 2025 invited programme is built on the basis of a call for session proposals addressed to ESCMID affiliated and partner societies, ESCMID Study Groups and ESCMID committees. The ESCMID Global Programme Committee is proud to acknowledge the scientific input and proposals for symposia, educational sessions, keynote lectures and meet-the-expert sessions from the following organisations:

  Jacob Moran-Gilad

Jacob Moran-Gilad

ESCMID Global Programme Director
Israel
  Giulia De Angelis

Giulia De Angelis

ESCMID Global Associate Director
Rome, Italy

Programme Committee

The ESCMID Global Programme Committee consists of experts across the range of specialities in Clinical Microbiology (CM) and Infectious Diseases (ID). They meet twice a year to firstly create the invited scientific programme and then to assign accepted abstracts to oral sessions creating the abstract programme. 

  Luisa Barzon

Luisa Barzon

Padua, Italy
  Angelika Berger

Angelika Berger

Vienna, Austria
  Silvio Brugger

Silvio Brugger

Zürich, Switzerland
  Fusun Can

Fusun Can

Istanbul, Türkiye
  Christopher Chiu

Christopher Chiu

London, United Kingdom
  Anuradha Chowdhary

Anuradha Chowdhary

Delhi, India
  Elisa Cordero Matia

Elisa Cordero Matia

Seville, Spain
  Stephanie  J. Dancer

Stephanie J. Dancer

Glasgow, United Kingdom
  Giulia De Angelis

Giulia De Angelis

Rome, Italy
  Mauricio J. Farfan

Mauricio J. Farfan

Santiago, Chile
  Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Dublin, Ireland
  Jon S. Friedland

Jon S. Friedland

London, United Kingdom
  Maddalena Giannella

Maddalena Giannella

Bologna, Italy
  Benjamin Peter Howden

Benjamin Peter Howden

Parkville, Australia
  Li Yang Hsu

Li Yang Hsu

Singapore, Singapore
  Elias Iosifidis

Elias Iosifidis

Thessaloniki, Greece
  Anu Kantele

Anu Kantele

Helsinki, Finland
  Antonios Katsounas

Antonios Katsounas

Bochum, Germany
  Yoav Keynan

Yoav Keynan

Winnipeg, Canada
  Nina Khanna

Nina Khanna

Basel, Switzerland
  Jan Kluytmans

Jan Kluytmans

Utrecht, Netherlands
  Justyna Kowalska

Justyna Kowalska

Warsaw, Poland
  Florian Krammer

Florian Krammer

New York, United States
  Tyra Grove Krause

Tyra Grove Krause

Copenhagen, Denmark
  Christian Lentz

Christian Lentz

Tromso, Norway
  Preeti Malani

Preeti Malani

Ann Arbor, United States
  Sandrine Marchand

Sandrine Marchand

Poitiers, France
  Jacob Moran-Gilad

Jacob Moran-Gilad

Israel
  Joel Mossong

Joel Mossong

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Joshua Nosanchuk

Joshua Nosanchuk

New York, United States
  Christina Obiero

Christina Obiero

Kilifi, Kenia
  Kwame Ohene Buabeng

Kwame Ohene Buabeng

Ghana
  Rita Oladele

Rita Oladele

Lagos, Nigeria
  Gülşen Özkaya Şahin

Gülşen Özkaya Şahin

Lund, Sweden
  José Ramón Paño-Pardo

José Ramón Paño-Pardo

Zaragoza, Spain
  Joseph Papaparaskevas

Joseph Papaparaskevas

Athens, Greece
  Neven Papic

Neven Papic

Zagreb, Croatia
  Pilar Retamar

Pilar Retamar

Seville, Spain
  John W. A. Rossen

John W. A. Rossen

Groningen, Netherlands
  Priscilla Rupali

Priscilla Rupali

Velore, India
  Simona Ruta

Simona Ruta

Bucharest, Romania
  Stefan Schwartz

Stefan Schwartz

Berlin, Germany
  Carlos Seas

Carlos Seas

Lima, Peru
  Bhanu Sinha

Bhanu Sinha

Groningen, Netherlands
  Robert Leo Skov

Robert Leo Skov

Copenhagen, Denmark
  Ermira Tartari

Ermira Tartari

Msida, Malta
  Julie Toubiana

Julie Toubiana

Paris, France
  Heiman Wertheim

Heiman Wertheim

Nijmegen, Netherlands
  Helena Zemlickova

Helena Zemlickova

Prague, Czech Republic
  Annelies Zinkernagel

Annelies Zinkernagel

Zurich, Switzerland

Pipeline Monday

The Pipeline Monday programme is coordinated by a special steering committee and advisory board. These individuals ensure that the latest developments in the R&D pipeline are included in this track and bring the viewpoints of academia, healthcare, industry, and policymakers together. 

Steering Committee

 

Till Bachmann (Chair)

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Charlotte Vernhes

Vaccines Europe, Belgium

Ghada Zoubiane

LifeArc, United Kingdom

Holger Rohde

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany

Maarten Postma

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Ursula Theuretzbacher

Center for Anti-Infective Agents, Austria

Advisory board

 

Erin Duffy

CARB-X, United States

Fred Peyrane

BEAM Alliance, France

Iana Slobodeaniuc

MedTech Europe, Belgium

Jane Schumacher

AMR Industry Alliance, United States

Joao Madeira

The Health Emergency Preparedness and Response department (HERA), Portugal

Lesley Ogilvie

Global AMR R&D Hub

Luka Srot

IFPMA, Switzerland

Mirfin Mpundu

React, Zambia

Mondher Toumi

JCA, France

Radu Botgros

European Medicines Agency (EMA), Netherlands

Silvia Bertagnolio

WHO, central AMR office, Switzerland

Contributing organisations

The organisations listed here have contributed to the development of the scientific programme at ESCMID Global this year by co-organising sessions within the invited programme. Their participation in the congress enhances both the width and breadth of content available for attendees. 

     

Asia Fungal Working Group (AFWG)

European Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

Nordic Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (NSCMID)

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID)

European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Antimikrobielle Chemotherapie (ÖGACH)

Austrian Society for Medical Mycology (ÖGMM)

European Scientific Working group on Influenza (ESWI)

Pan-Aamerican Association Infectious Diseases (API)

Belgian Society of Human and Animal Mycology

European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV)

Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft für Chemotherapie e.V. (PEG)

Biomed Alliance

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Portuguese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI)

European Society of Paedriatic Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

Romanian Society for Medical Mycology and Mycotoxicology (SRMMM)

British Infection Association (BIA)

Federation of European Societies for tropical medicine and international health (FESTMIH)

Slovenian Society for Infectious Diseases

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)

French Pediatric Infectious Diseases Group (GPIP)

Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

CAESAR Network

German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI)

Società Italiana Multidisciplinare per la Prevenzione delle Infezioni nelle Organizzazioni Sanitarie (SIMPIOS)

Clinical Microbiologists of Finland

German-Speaking Mycological Society

Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française

Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases

Hellenic Society of Medical Mycology

Society for the Study of liver Diseases in Africa (SOLDA)

Consortium for Clinical Metagenomics in Infectious Diseases (CCMID)

Hungarian Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)

Dat'AIDS Working Group

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Spanish Study Group for Medical Mycology of SEIMC (GEMICOMED)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin, Reisemedizin und Globale Gesundheit e.V

International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS)

Study Group of Viral Hepatitis of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

Dominican Society of Infectious Diseases

International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS)

Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases (SSID)

Dutch Committee on Antimicrobial Policy

International Pediatric Association (IPA)

Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM)

Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology (NVMM)

International Sepsis Forum (ISF)

Taiwan Society of Microbiology

Ecuatorian Society for Medical Microbiology and Pediatric Infectious Diseases

International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)

Turkish Association for the Study of the Liver (TKAD)

EPIET alumni network (EAN)

International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses (ISIRV)

Turkish Society of PAediatric Infectious Diseases

EU Lab Semantic WG HL7

International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)

UEMS Section of Medical Microbiology

Euroguidelines in Central and Eastern Europe Network Group

International Society of Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM)

UK National Health Service Genomic Network of Excellence

European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)

International Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases (INSPiRED)

Viral Hepatitis Society of Türkiye (VHSD)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Israel Society for Medical Mycology (ISMM)

World Health Organization (WHO)

European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases (ECRAID)

Latin American Society for Travel Medicine

 

European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Mèdecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

 

ESCMID Entities

ESCMID is comprised of a number of committees and subcommittees who lead the Society and guide it along the path forward. These entities also support the organisation of the ESCMID Global scientific programme by submitting cross-cutting sessions that reach for higher-level science and education. 

   

CMI Board of Editors

ESCMID Parity Commission

CMI Communications Board of Editors

ESCMID Professional Affairs Subcommittee

ESCMID AMR Action Subcommittee

ESCMID Scientific Affairs Subcommittee

ESCMID Education Subcommittee

EUCAST Steering Committee

ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee

EUCIC Steering Committee

ESCMID Ethics Advisory Committee (EEAC)

Trainee Association of ESCMID (TAE) Steering Committee

ESCMID Guidelines Subcommittee

 

ESCMID Study Groups

ESCMID Study Groups (SGs) are dedicated to pushing scientific understanding and facilitating educational initiatives including ESCMID Global. Each SG focuses on a specialised topic and co-organise related sessions within the scientific programme bringing with them, their expertise and innovation.

     

Anaerobic Infections (ESGAI)

Fungal Infection (EFISG)

Non-traditional Antibacterial Therapy (ESGNTA)

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS)

Genomic and Molecular Diagnostics (ESGMD)

Nosocomial Infections (ESGNI)

Antimicrobial stewardship (ESGAP)

Host and Microbiota Interaction (ESGHAMI)

PK/PD of Anti-Infectives (EPASG)

Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation (ESGAID)

Implant-associated Infections (ESGIAI)

Public Health Microbiology (ESGPHM)

Biofilms (ESGB)

Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH)

Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV)

Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis (ESGBIES)

Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE)

Sexually Transmitted Infections (ESTISG)

Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP)

Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM)

Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases (ESGS)

Clostridioides difficile (ESGCD)

Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB)

Tick-Borne Diseases (ESGBOR)

Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP)

Legionella Infections (ESGLI)

Urinary Tract Infections (ESGUTI)

Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM)

Mobile Elements and Plasmids (ESGMAP)

Vaccine (EVASG)

Food- and Water-borne Infections (EFWISG)

Mycobacterial Infections (ESGMYC)

Veterinary Microbiology (ESGVM)

Forensic and Postmortem Microbiology (ESGFOR)

Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC)

Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH)

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