MONDAY 9th JULY, 2007
0800-0900
Congress Registration

0900-1000

Opening Ceremony
Plenary Hall
1000-1030
Morning Break
Ballroom 1 / Exhibition Booths
1030-1115
Keynote 1
Plenary Hall
Infection Control: A Global Patient Safety Challenge
Didier Pittet (Switzerland)
1115-1230
Symposium 1
Plenary Hall
MRSA: Epidemiology, Management and Prevention
S1.1 MRSA - A Global Perspective
Didier Pittet (Switzerland)
S1.2 New Insight in Management and Prevention
Trish M Pearl (USA)
S1.3 MRSA - A Problem in the Community?
Paul A Tambyah (Singapore)

Symposium 2
Conference Hall 1
Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Settings
(In Collaboration with The Philippines Hospital Infection Control Society)
S2.1 Healthcare-Associated Infections: New Insights
Regina Berba (Philippines)
S2.2 Tuberculosis: A Global Concern
Jaime Montoya (Philippines)
S2.3 Respiratory Viral Infections
Charissa Fay Tabora (Philippines)

Symposium 3
Conference Hall 2
Antimicrobial Management Strategies
S3.1 Global Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistance
William R Jarvis (USA)
S3.2 Antibiotic Stewardship: Malaysian Experience
VKE LIM (Malaysia)
S3.3 Novel Ways of Preventing Antibiotic Resistance: What Does the Future Hold?
Latre Buntaran (Indonesia)

Symposium 4
Conference Hall 3
Current Practices and Challenging Behaviours: A Global Perspective
(In Collaboration with IFIC)
S4.1 Unsafe Practices in Developing Countries
Ossama Rasslan (Egypt)
S4.2 Unsafe Practices in Developed Countries
Gayle K Gilmore (USA)
S4.3 Preventing Bloodborne Diseases
Gertie van Knippenberg Gorde Beke (Holland)
1230-1330
Industrial Lunch Symposium 1
Conference Hall 1
Sponsored by AstraZeneca

Industrial Lunch Symposium 2
Conference Hall 2
Evidence-Based Medicine in the Management of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia,
Charlotte D Owens (USA)
Sponsored by Kimberly-Clark

Industrial Lunch Symposium 3
Conference Hall 3
Sponsored by Schulke & Mayr
1330-1430
Lunch
Banquet Hall / Ballroom 2
1430-1515
Plenary 1
Plenary Hall
The Economics of Infection Prevention
Kathleen M Arias (USA)
1515-1645
Symposium 5
Plenary Hall
Influenza: A Global Threat

S5.1

Update on Influenza
Paul A Tambyah (Singapore)

S5.2

Pandemic Preparedness
Hasan Abdul Rahman (Malaysia)

S5.3

Non-Pharmacological Approach
Seto Wing Hong (Hong Kong)

Symposium 6
Conference Hall 1
Surgical Site Infections  

S6.1

Current Concept in the Prevention of SSI
Charlotte D Owens (USA)

S6.2

Surveillance in SSI: Foundations for Success
Patricia Ching (Hong Kong)

S6.3

Wound Care: A Novel Natural Remedy
Peter Molan (New Zealand)

Symposium 7
Conference Hall 2
Sterilization and Disinfection
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

S7.1

Infections Associated with Medical Devices
William R Jarvis (USA)

S7.2

New Developments in Reprocessing Endoscopes
Charles Roberts (USA)

S7.3

Advances in Low Temperature Sterilization
Martin Favero (USA)

Symposium 8
Conference Hall 3
Strategies for Infection Prevention and Control
Sponsored by Yoshida Pharmaceutical Japan

S8.1

SSI Surveillance in Japan
Keita Morikane (Japan)

S8.2

Infection Control Practice in China
Li Liuyi (China)

S8.3

STD Education for Adolescents
Mutsuko Watarai (Japan)

S8.4

Importance of Hand Hygiene for Infection Control and New Aspects in the European Perspective
Axel Kramer (Germany)
1645-1730
Afternoon Break
Ballroom 1 / Exhibition Booths
1930-2230
Industrial Dinner Symposium
Banquet Hall
New Developments in Disinfection and Sterilization
William A Rutala (USA)
(By Invitation Only)
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

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