Plenary Symposia

OPENING PLENARY SYMPOSIUM – OPPORTUNITIES IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES: THE GLORY OF PREVENTION!

• Current challenges for public health – Marion Koopmans, The Netherlands
• Vaccines to protect newborns and infants from dying – Keith Klugman, USA

MICROBIOME AND HOST IMMUNITY IN EARLY LIFE

• Born in a microbial cloud – Debby Bogaert, UK
• Shaping of the immune system – Petter Brodin, Sweden

GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN ANTIBIOTIC USE

• Managing patient pressure to prescribe in the clinic – Tanya Stivers, USA
• Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Lower Middle Income Countries (LMIC) setting – Ramanan Laxminarayan, India

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY: STRATEGIES TO DECREASE MATERNAL AND NEONATAL INFECTIONS IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES

• Maternal and child/neonatal health in LMIC – Malaria – Clara Menéndez, Spain
• Maternal vaccination in developing countries – Shabir Madhi, South Africa

RESPIRATORY VIRUSES: TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

• Respiratory viruses: treatment and prevention – Menno de Jong, The Netherlands
• RSV vaccine development: almost there? – Jason McLellan, USA

Joint Symposia

ESPID is proud to have joint symposia in their scientific programme with the following organisations:

• UMBRELLA
• ESCMID
• PIDS
• MSF
• ESWI
• ESPR and ESPNIC

Young ESPID Debate

• YOUNG ESPID DEBATE – Controversies in Paediatric Infectious Diseases