Scientific Programme
Day 1, December 7, 2026
Day 2, December 8, 2026
Day 3, December 9, 2026
| Time | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00-08:00 | Registration | ||
| 08:00-09:00 | Opening Ceremonies | ||
| 09:00-09:45 | Plenary 1: ISAC Hamao Umezawa Memorial Award Lecture | ||
| 09:45-10:30 | Plenary 2: History of Dengue Vaccination in the Philippines & The Future | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Research Poster Session / Exhibit Visit / Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00-12:30 | Industry satellite Symposium 1 | Industry satellite Symposium 2 | Industry satellite Symposium 3 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Symposium 1: AMR AMS diagnostic stewardship Implementation of AMS in HIC Ethical dilemmas in AMS: ecology vs patient Role of diagnostic stewardship |
Symposium 2: Emerging Fungal Infections (sponsored by APSCMI) Emerging Tick Borne Infections Therapeutics for Emerging Pathogens |
Symposium 3: HIV Towards ending HIV in HIC Towards ending HIV in LMIC HIV Epidemiology and Challenges in the Philippines |
| 14:00-15:30 | Symposium 4: AMR IPC Contact precaution: is it really necessary? N95/full PPE vs surgical masks for respiratory viruses Environmental decontamination |
Symposium 5: (sponsored by ISHAM) Candida auris Fluconazole resistant Candida parapsilosis Fluconazole resistant Candida tropicalis |
Symposium 6: Viral Hepatitis HCV elimination Ending Hepatitis B: The Last Mile Challenge HDV, the neglected virus |
| 15:30-16:00 | Research Poster Session / Exhibit Visit / Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00-16:30 | Keynote 1: Asia Pacific Under the Microscope: Emerging Fungal Infections in a Changing Region | Keynote lecture 2: Pandemic preparedness research: How to prepare for the next pandemic or disease X? | Keynote lecture 3: Infection Prevention and Control, Nosocomial infections The hospital microbiome and its role in guiding environmental interventions to control nosocomial infections |
| 16:30-18:00 | Industry satellite Symposium 4 | Industry satellite Symposium 5 | Industry satellite Symposium 6 |
| 18:00-20:00 | Welcome Dinner | ||
| Time | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00-08:00 | Registration & Exhibit / Poster Viewing | ||
| 08:00-09:30 | Symposium 7: AMR diagnostics State of the art diagnostics for MDRO Cheap and effective diagnostics for MDRO MDRO Diagnostics in LMIC |
Symposium 8: Influenza Will H5N1 be the next pandemic? Towards universal influenza vaccines Treatment of influenza |
PSMID Business Meeting |
| 09:30-11:00 | Symposium 9 (or Research Forum) | Symposium 10 (ESCMID): Where are we heading with Group A Streptococcal infections? Invasive Group A Streptococcal infections - why are they more frequent? Controversies in antibiotic prophylaxis for household contacts of Invasive Group A Streptococcal patients |
PSMID Business Meeting |
| 11:00-11:30 | Research Poster Session / Exhibit Visit / Coffee Break | ||
| 11:30-13:00 | Industry satellite Symposium 7 | Industry satellite Symposium 8 | Industry satellite Symposium 9 |
| 13:00-14:30 | Industry satellite Symposium 10 | Industry satellite Symposium 11 | Industry satellite Symposium 12 |
| 14:30-15:00 | Keynote lecture 4: Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria: What have we achieved in the past 20 years? | Keynote lecture 5: The Dr. Bienveido Alora Memorial Lecture | Keynote lecture 6: Prolonged infusions of beta-lactam antibiotics in sepsis and septic shock |
| 15:00-15:30 | Keynote lecture 7: Stopping HIV in its Tracks: Prevention, Treatment & Hope | Keynote 8: Present Status and Future of the Philippines' National Infectious Diseases Specialty Centers | Oral Research Presentation (or Another Keynote) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Research Poster Session / Exhibit Visit / Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00-16:45 | Plenary lecture 3 | ||
| 16:45-17:30 | Plenary lecture 4 | ||
| 18:00-22:00 | Optional Fellowship night with Industry lecture | ||
| Time | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00-07:30 | Registration | ||
| 07:30-08:00 | Exhibit Visit / Poster Viewing / Coffee Break | ||
| 08:00-08:45 | Plenary lecture 5 | ||
| 08:45-09:30 | Plenary lecture 6 | ||
| 09:30-10:00 | Research Poster Session / Exhibit Visit / Coffee Break | ||
| 10:00-11:30 | Symposium 11: AMR epidemiology Effective control CRE Effective control other carbapenem resistant GNB Effective control of Clostridium difficile |
Symposium 12: AMR therapeutics New antibiotics for XDR GNB Ethical dilemma in drug development: access to new antibiotics in areas of needs Repurposing old antibiotics |
Symposium 13: Dengue and other arboviruses Impact of Zika on babies and adults Climate change and dengue and other arboviruses Control of dengue via Wolbachia |
| 11:30-13:00 | Industry satellite Symposium 13 | Industry satellite Symposium 14 | Industry satellite Symposium 15 |
| 13:00-14:30 | Industry satellite Symposium 16 | Industry satellite Symposium 17 | Industry satellite Symposium 18 |
| 14:00-15:30 | Symposium 14: Vaccines Vaccine hesitancy How to improve adult vaccination How to improve pediatric vaccination after the post-pandemic vaccine hesitancy |
Symposium 15: Acinetobacter baumanii Anti-infectives Working Group Understanding the threat: epidemiology, resistance & clinical impact Decoding diverse mechanisms of resistance Lessons & successes in treating XDR Acinetobacter baumanii |
Symposium 16: co-organised by PK PD Anti-infectives Working Group PK PD to optimize treatment of MDROs PK PD in antimicrobial breakpoints PK PD in drug discovery Lessons & successes in treating XDR Acinetobacter baumanii |
| 15:30-17:00 | Symposium 17: TB Treatment of non MDR and latent TB |
Symposium 18: Malaria The Prognostication & Treatment of Malaria |
Symposium 19: Overview of ICARS Vaccines to reduce AMR in Southeast Asia |
| 16:50-18:00 | Closing Ceremonies | ||
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