November 20, 2026
11:00 (Central European Time)
Opening
Massimo Sartelli (Italy)
11:05
Beyond technical guidelines: reimagining infection prevention and control through human factors, solidarity, and global health to address AMR.
Claire Kilpatrick – Julie Storr (United Kingdom)
11:30
Multidisciplinarity and AMR
Giancarlo Ripabelli (Italy)
SESSION I
Antimicrobial resistance in a changing world: global challenges, emerging contexts and innovative solutions
Chair: Marco Falcone (Italy)
11:50
Vaccination as a Key Strategy to Tackle AMR
Caterina Rizzo (Italy)
12:10
AMR in conflicts and wars
Souha Kanj (Lebanon)
12:30
The impact of AMR on sustainable development goals
Sujith Chandy (India)
12:50
AMR: an evolving global threat
Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy (United Kingdom)
13:10
AMR at mass gatherings: emerging challenges and public health strategies
Ziad A Memish (Saudi Arabia)
13:30
Artificial intelligence in tackling AMR
Susu Zughaier (Qatar)
13:50
Discussion
Invited to the discussion: Steward Mudenda (Zambia), Junaid Naeem (Pakistan)
SESSION II
Antimicrobial resistance as a global health challenge: stewardship, diagnostics and infection prevention
Chair: Alessandro Cassini (Switzerland)
14:10
Antibiotics as a global public good: access, stewardship, equity, innovation, One Health, and global governance
Adrian Brink (South Africa)
14:30
Principles of antimicrobial stewardship
Carlos R. V. Kiffer (Brazil)
14:50
Diagnostic microbiology stewardship to tackle AMR
Wadha Ahmed Alfouzan (Kuwait)
15:10
Infection prevention and control: a cornerstone in the fight against AMR
Sonja Hansen (Germany)
15:30
From guidelines to practice: implementing integrated antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention strategies
Constantinos Tsioutis (Cyprus)
15:50
Discussion
Invited to the discussion: Bih Awazi (Cameroon), Kasu Tola Bifa (Ethiopia)
SESSION III
Surgical infections in global health: integration, equity and future perspectives
Chair: Kemal Rasa (Turkey)
16:10
Building sustainable surgical capacity in low-resource settings
Lovenish Bains (India)
16:30
Preventing surgical site infections: an imperative for the global health agenda
Sanjay Marwah (India)
16:50
Disparities in global surgery: how AMR widens the gap and how communities can help close it
Moses Isiagi (South Africa)
17:10
Discussion
Invited to the discussion: Elina Sor (Moldova), Igor Kryvoruchko (Ukraine)
SESSION IV
Integrated approaches to surgical infections: from source control to global responsibility
Chair
Fausto Catena (Italy)
17:25
Integrating infection prevention and control, antimicrobial stewardship and source control in surgical settings
Federico Coccolini (Italy)
17.45 Surgical infections: future perspectives
Robert Sawyer (United States of America)
18:05
Controlling AMR: an ethical imperative for all
Alberto R. Ferreres (Argentina)
18:25
Discussion
Invited to the discussion: Maria Enriqueta Barido Murguia (Mexico), Arda Isik (Turkey)
18:40
AMR: global collaboration to achieve better outcomes in healthcare
Gabriel Levy Hara (Argentina)
19:00
Closing remarks