“Moving towards genome-based pathogen surveillance – lessons learnt and challenges ahead”
an ESCMID - ESGEM Conference
18-21 September 2019, Dubrovnik, Croatia 

The 12th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 18/09/2019-21/09/2019 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 15 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. 

• 18.09.2019 - 3.00
• 19.09.2019 - 6.00
• 20.09.2019 - 3.00
• 21.09.2019 - 3.00

In order to claim points, each participant must fill in the signing sheet before each session.

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Ana Budimir (ESGEM)
Joao Carrico (ESGEM)
Teresa Coque (ES)
Ed Feil (ESGEM)
Alexander Friedrich (EUCIC/ESCMID)
Jacob Moran-Gilad (ESGMD)
Richard Goering (US)
Hajo Grundmann (ESGEM)
Luca Guardabassi (ESGVM)
Beatriz Guerra (EFSA)
Kathryn Holt (AUS)
Titia M. Kortbeek (ESGPHM)
Frederic Laurent (ESGEM)
Jodi Lindsay (ESGS)
Luisa Peixe (EFWISG)
Mario Poljak (ESCMID)
Marc Struelens (ECDC)
Yang Wang (CN)
Guido Werner (ESGEM)

Dear Colleagues and Collaborators,

On behalf of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), the ESCMID study group for epidemiological markers (ESGEM) is delighted to invite you to the 12th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XII), which will take place on September 18-21, 2019 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This tri-annual event attracts experts from around the world who are utilizing molecular techniques to discover the epidemiology, ecology and evolution of microorganisms that inflict harm and disease on human, animal and plant populations.

In this edition of IMMEM, an expert faculty will discuss trends and changes in molecular typing techniques, and their impact on microbial typing and prediction of resistance. Comparisons will also be made between identification of individual microorganisms and microbiome characterisation.

There will also be a focus on One Health, with views on resistance spread, and its impact on last-resort antibiotic utilisation. Other aspects of drug-resistant pathogens, including Staphylococcus, Acinetobacter and Klebsiella species, will also be covered. The translation of this knowledge into practice will be discussed, in reference many clinical settings and situations.

In addition, a series of workshops and poster presentations will take place, facilitating open dialogue about the application of molecular typing technology in prediction and characterisation of resistance, and the importance of this information in regards to outbreaks.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Dubrovnik!

“Moving towards genome-based pathogen surveillance – lessons learnt and challenges ahead”
• Harmonisation of WGS-based typing
• Virulence and resistance gene prediction from WGS
• Plasmids and mobile genetic elements
• Genome-wide association studies
• Metagenomics and typing
• One Health and Antibiotic resistance
• Novel techniques and bioinformatics’ tools

Mario Poljak (Past Pres ESCMID, Univ. Ljubljana)
Arjana Tambić (Pres Croatian society for Clinical Microbiology)
Ivana Marković (Head of Microbiology UHC Zagreb)
Zrinka Bošnjak (School of Medicine, UHC Zagreb)
Ana Budimir (School of Medicine UHC Zagreb)
Marko Jelić (Clinic for Infectious diseases)

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