NSCMID 2018 Meeting Scientific Programme

Rejkjavík Iceland, Harpa, 19.08 - 22.08.2018

 

 

SUNDAY 19.08.2018

Registration opens at 12:00

Opening remarks 13:00-13:05. Sigurður Guðmundsson, Iceland

 

Symposium I 

13:05-15:05 Chairs: Terho Heikkinen, Finland & Ingibjörg Hilmarsdóttir, Iceland

Community acquired pneumonia and Pneumococcal disease

13:05-13:35 Community acquired pneumonia, Agnar Bjarnason, Iceland

13:35-14:05 A tour de force on CAP, CAP research and initiatives in Denmark, Pernille Ravn, Denmark

14:05-14:35 Pneumococcal vaccination in Iceland: clinical implications, Ásgeir Haraldsson, Iceland

14:35-15:05 Carriage and Invasive Disease post pneumococcal vaccination, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Iceland

 

Coffee & exhibition/posters 15:05 – 15:30

 

Symposium II 

15.30 - 17.00 Chairs: Andreas Matussek, Sweden & Valtýr Thors, Iceland

Pediatric Respiratory infections

15:30-16:00 Universal influenza vaccination in children, Adam Finn, United Kingdom

16:00-16:30 Respiratory syncytial virus: new developments, Terho Heikkinen, Finland

16:30-17:00 Pertussis: changing epidemiology of pertussis, Adam Finn, United Kingdom

 

MONDAY 20.08.18

Registration & mounting of posters at 08:00

 

Symposium III 

08:30 – 10:00 Chairs: Lars Östergaard, Denmark, & Bryndís Sigurðardóttir, Iceland

Hepatitis C

08:30-09:00 Can we treat HCV in addiction treatment and in people who inject drugs? Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir, Iceland

09:00-09:30 Implementation of a successful treatment program, Sigurður Ólafsson, Iceland

09:30-10:00 Preliminary results TraP HepC, Magnús Gottfreðsson, Iceland

 

Coffee & exhibition/posters 10:00 – 10:30

 

Symposium IV

10:30-12:00 Chairs: Jan Egil Afset, Norway & Helga Erlendsdóttir, Iceland

New developments in rapid diagnostics

10:30-11:00 Bacterial versus viral infections: rapid differential, Per Venge, Sweden

11:00-11:30 The EUCAST rapid disk diffusion from positive blood cultures – a report from the NordicAST/EUCAST multi-lab study, Emma Jonasson, Sweden

11:30-12:00 Rapid diagnostic: new developments, Andreas Matussek, Sweden

 

Lunch 12:00 – 13:00

 

Honorary lecture 13.00 – 13.45

Chair: Sigurður Guðmundsson, Iceland

13:00-13:45 Research in a small country - strengths and weaknesses, Karl G. Kristinsson, Iceland

 

Symposium V

13.45-15.30 Chair: Tytti Vuorinen, Finland & Brynja Ármannsdóttir, Iceland

Spanish influenza centennial, 1918-2018

13:45-14:15 The Icelandic story, Magnús Gottfreðsson, Iceland

14:15-15:00 Centennial reflections on the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, Lone Simonsen, Denmark

15:00-15:30 Pandemic preparedness: 1918 versus 2018, Ólafur Guðlaugsson, Iceland

 

Coffee & exhibition/posters 15:30 – 16:00

 

Symposium VI

16:00 – 17.30 Chair: Anders Johannson, Sweden & Ásgeir Haraldsson, Iceland

Human microbiome is the answer, what is the question?

16:00-16:30 Human microbiome project: state of the art, Lars Engstrand, Sweden

16:30-17:00 Role of microbiome in chronic diseases, Birgir Jóhannsson, Iceland

17:00-17:30 Microbiome in children, Valtýr Thors, Iceland

 

Welcome reception 17:45 – 19.00

 

TUESDAY 21.08.2018

General assembly NSCMID 08.30 - 09.00

 

Symposium VII

09.00 – 10.30 Chair: Christian Giske, Sweden & Birgir Jóhannsson, Iceland

Infections and medical devices

09:00-10:00 Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus: a tale of two outbreaks

09:00-09:30 The Icelandic story, Ólafur Guðlaugsson, Iceland

09:30-10:00 The Faroese story, Shahin Gaini, Faroe Islands

10:00-10:30 An outbreak which almost slipped through the cracks: Probing for the source, Kristján Orri Helgason, Iceland

 

Special address

10.30 – 10.45 Chair: Sigurður Guðmundsson, Iceland

The President of Iceland, Dr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson

 

Coffee & exhibition/posters 10:45 – 11:15

 

Symposium VIII

11.15 – 12.45 Chairs: Ulrik Stenz Justesen, Denmark & Kristján Orri Helgason, Iceland

Antimicrobial resistance - How should the diagnostic lab seek resistance - look for MICs, or for mechanisms?

11.15-11.45 Look for MICs, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Sweden

11.45-12.15 Look for resistance mechanisms, David Livermore, United Kingdom

12:15-12:45 Summary. What does the future hold for EUCAST and sensitivity testing? Christian Giske, Sweden

 

Lunch 12.45 – 13.45

 

Symposium IX

13:45 – 15:00 Chairs: Björn Blomberg, Norway & Magnús Gottfreðsson, Iceland

Invited Young Scientists

13:45-14:00 Early interventions to limit the establishment of the HIV-1 reservoir during initiation of antiretroviral therapy, Jesper D. Gunst, Aarhus University, Denmark

14:00-14:15 Impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the incidence of all respiratory tract infections in children, Sinikka Karppinen, Turku University Hospital, Finland

14:15-14:30 Septic arthritis in Iceland, 2003-2017, Signý Lea Gunnlaugsdóttir, Landspitalinn University Hospital, Iceland

14:30-14:45 Perinatal infections as cause of cerebral palsy, Maren Mynarek, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

14:45-15:00 TBA, Sweden

 

Coffee & exhibition/posters 15.00 – 15:30

 

Symposium XII

15:30 – 17:00 Chairs: Lena Rós Ásmundsdóttir, Iceland & Ólafur Guðlaugsson, Iceland

Frontiers in fungal infections

15:30-16:00 Fungal diagnosis goes techno, Ingibjörg Hilmarsdottir, Iceland

16:00-16:30 MALDI-TOF for mold identification, Anna F. Lau, United States

16:30-17:00 Antifungal resistance, Maiken Cavling Arendrup, Denmark

 

Congress dinner

 

WEDNESDAY 22.08.2018

 

Symposium XI

09.00 – 10.00 Chairs: Agnar Bjarnason, Iceland & Már Kristjánsson, Iceland

Group A streptococci

09:00-09:20 Invasive infections: changing epidemiology, Lovísa Ólafsdóttir, Iceland/United States

09:20-10:00 What the Nordic countries have taught the world about epidemic group A streptococcus disease, Jim Musser, United States

 

Coffee & exhibition/posters 10.00 - 10.30

 

Symposium XII

10.30 – 12.00 Chairs: Shahin Gaini, Faroe Islands & Karl G. Kristinsson, Iceland

The year in infectious diseases and clinical microbiology

10:30-10:50 Clinical microbiology, Lena Rós Ásmundsdóttir/Brynja Ármannsdóttir, Iceland

10:50-11:10 Clinical infectious diseases, Sigurður Guðmundsson, Iceland

11:10-11.30 HIV, Bryndís Sigurðardóttir, Iceland

11.30-11.50 Pediatric infectious diseases, Valtýr Thors, Iceland

 

Closing & farewell

11:50-12:00

· Announcement of NSCMID 2019 – NN

· Adjournment of the conference

Take away lunch