19 – 20 September 2014, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

• Jonathan Cohen
  International Society for Infectious Diseases
• Giuseppe Cornaglia
  European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• John McConnell
  The Lancet Infectious Diseases
• Xu Yingchun
  Peking Union Medical College Hospital

• National policies to promote the rational use of antibiotics
• Care bundles in infection control
• The need for rapid diagnosis
• The molecular biological revolution in infectious diseases
• Epidemiology of MDR organisms in febrile neutropenia
• Epidemiology and control of MDR enterobacteria
• Therapy of ESBL-producing enterobacteria beyond carbapenems
• A carbapenemase overview
• Antibiotic use in ICU
• Detection and monitoring of emerging respiratory infections
• TB screening programmes and active case finding in the era of MDR infection
• Update on influenza vaccination
• Pneumococcal vaccination
• Vaccines for respiratory infections