Acknowledgements

The ESCMID Global 2025 invited programme is built on the basis of a call for session proposals addressed to ESCMID affiliated and partner societies, ESCMID Study Groups and ESCMID committees. The ESCMID Global Programme Committee is proud to acknowledge the scientific input and proposals for symposia, educational sessions, keynote lectures and meet-the-expert sessions from the following organisations:

  Jacob Moran-Gilad

Jacob Moran-Gilad

ESCMID Global Programme Director
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer Sheva)
Hadassah Medical Center (Jerusalem)
Israel
  Giulia De Angelis

Giulia De Angelis

ESCMID Global Associate Director
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
  Emmanuelle Cambau

Emmanuelle Cambau

Education Officer
Université Paris Diderot
Paris, France
  Fusun Can

Fusun Can

Istanbul, Turkey
  Anuradha Chowdhary

Anuradha Chowdhary

Secretary
V. P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi. Medical Mycology.
Delhi, India
  Elisa Cordero Matia

Elisa Cordero Matia

Treasurer
University of Sevilla, Hospital U. Virgen del Rocío, IBIS. Department of Medicine. Infectious Diseases Unit.
Seville, Spain
  Stephanie  J. Dancer

Stephanie J. Dancer

Education Officer
NHS Lanarkshire. Microbiology
Glasgow, United Kingdom
  Giulia De Angelis

Giulia De Angelis

ESCMID Global Associate Director
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Rome, Italy
  Mauricio J. Farfan

Mauricio J. Farfan

Member
Departamento de Pediatría y Cirugía Infantil
Facultad de Medicina
Hospital Dr. Luis Calvo Mackenna
Santiago, Chile
  Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Pandemic Preparedness Officer
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
  Jon S. Friedland

Jon S. Friedland

President-elect & Secretary General
City St George’s, University of London
London, United Kingdom
  Maddalena Giannella

Maddalena Giannella

Chairperson
Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital. Infectious Diseases.
Bologna, Italy
  Heli Harvala

Heli Harvala

London, United Kingdom
  Benjamin Peter Howden

Benjamin Peter Howden

Treasurer
University of Melbourne. Microbiological Diagnostic Unit.
Parkville, Australia
  Jaroslav Hrabak

Jaroslav Hrabak

Pilsen, Czech Republic
  Li Yang Hsu

Li Yang Hsu

Singapore, Singapore
  Anu Kantele

Anu Kantele

Professional Affairs Officer
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
  Antonios Katsounas

Antonios Katsounas

Bochum, Germany
  Yoav Keynan

Yoav Keynan

Winnipeg, Canada
  Nina Khanna

Nina Khanna

Basel, Switzerland
  Kimberley Kline

Kimberley Kline

Geneva, Switzerland
  Justyna Kowalska

Justyna Kowalska

Education Officer
Medical University of Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland
  Florian Krammer

Florian Krammer

New York, United States
  Tyra Grove Krause

Tyra Grove Krause

Copenhagen, Denmark
  Christian Lentz

Christian Lentz

Tromso, Norway
  Preeti Malani

Preeti Malani

Ann Arbor, United States
  Sandrine Marchand

Sandrine Marchand

Poitiers, France
  Jacob Moran-Gilad

Jacob Moran-Gilad

ESCMID Global Programme Director
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer Sheva)
Hadassah Medical Center (Jerusalem)
Israel
  Joel Mossong

Joel Mossong

Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Anna Norrby-Teglund

Anna Norrby-Teglund

Huddinge, Sweden
  Joshua Nosanchuk

Joshua Nosanchuk

New York, United States
  Christina Obiero

Christina Obiero

Kilifi, Kenia
  Kwame Ohene Buabeng

Kwame Ohene Buabeng

Ghana
  Rita Oladele

Rita Oladele

Lagos, Nigeria
  Gülsen Özkaya

Gülsen Özkaya

Lund University
Lund, Sweden
  José Ramon Pano-Pardo

José Ramon Pano-Pardo

Publication & Guidelines Officer
Hospital Clínico Universitario Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
  Anna Papa-Konidari

Anna Papa-Konidari

Thessaloniki, Greece
  Elisabeth Presterl

Elisabeth Presterl

Chairperson
Medical University Vienna. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Vienna, Austria
  Mario Ramirez

Mario Ramirez

Treasurer
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa. Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular.
Lisbon, Portugal
  Pilar Retamar

Pilar Retamar

Seville, Spain
  Priscilla Rupali

Priscilla Rupali

Velore, India
  Simona Ruta

Simona Ruta

Member
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Virology
Bucharest, Romania
  Stefan Schwartz

Stefan Schwartz

Berlin, Germany
  Carlos Seas

Carlos Seas

Lima, Peru
  Bhanu Sinha

Bhanu Sinha

Groningen, Netherlands
  Robert Leo Skov

Robert Leo Skov

President
Infectious Disease Preparedness
Statens Serum Institut
Copenhagen, Denmark
  Ermira Tartari

Ermira Tartari

Malta, Malta
  Julie Toubiana

Julie Toubiana

Paris, France
  Annelies Verbon

Annelies Verbon

Utrecht, Netherlands
  Heiman Wertheim

Heiman Wertheim

Nijmegen, Netherlands
  Snjezana Zidovech Lepej

Snjezana Zidovech Lepej

Zagreb, Croatia
  Annelies Zinkernagel

Annelies Zinkernagel

Immediate Past President & Treasurer
University Hospital of Zurich
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Contributing Organisations

   

Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI)

European Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Infektionskrankheiten (OEGIT)

British Infection Association (BIA)

European Helicobacter & Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG)

Polish Association of Epidemiologists and Infectiologists

CAESAR network

European Scientific Working group on Influenza (ESWI)

Portuguese Society of Microbiology (SPM)

Czech Society for Medical Microbiology (SPLM)

European Sepsis Alliance (ESA)

Sociedad Espanola de Infecciones Cardiovasculares (SEICAV)

Danish Society for Clinical Microbiology (DSKM)

European Respiratory Society (ERS)

Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (SEIMC)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie (DGHM)

European Society of Paedriatic Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

Società Italiana per la Terapia Antinfettiva

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Infektiologie (DGI)

Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)

Société belge d’Infectiologie et Microbiologie Clinique (SBIKM)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenmedizin, Reisemedizin und Globale Gesundheit e.V.

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Française (SPILF)

Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology (NVMM)

International Immunocompromised Host Society (ICHS)

Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)

Dutch Committee on Antimicrobial Policy

International Sepsis Forum (ISF)

Spanish Society of Forensic Pathologists (SEPAF)

Euroguidelines in Central and Eastern Europe Network Group

International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)

Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM)

European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)

International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses (ISIRV)

UEMS Infection Control MJC

European Association for the study of the liver (EASL)

International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)

UEMS Section of Infectious Diseases

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Latin American Society for Travel Medicine

UEMS Section of Medical Microbiology

European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases (ECRAID)

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Antimikrobielle Chemotherapie (ÖGACH)

World Health Organisation (WHO)

European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM)

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Präventivmedizin (ÖGHMP)

 

ESCMID Entities

 

CMI Board of Editors

ESCMID Parity Commission

CMI Communications Board of Editors

ESCMID Professional Affairs Subcommittee

ESCMID AMR Action Subcommittee

ESCMID Scientific Affairs Subcommittee

ESCMID Education Subcommittee

EUCAST Steering Committee

ESCMID Emerging Infections Subcommittee

EUCIC Steering Committee

ESCMID Ethics Advisory Committee (EEAC)

Trainee Association of ESCMID (TAE) Steering Committee

ESCMID Guidelines Subcommittee

 

ESCMID Study Groups

   

Anaerobic Infections (ESGAI)

Forensic and Postmortem Microbiology (ESGFOR)

Mycobacterial Infections (ESGMYC)

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS)

Fungal Infection Study Group (EFISG)

Mycoplasma and Chlamydia Infections (ESGMAC)

Antimicrobial stewardship (ESGAP)

Genomic and Molecular Diagnostics (ESGMD)

Non-traditional Antibacterial Therapy (ESGNTA)

Biofilms (ESGB)

Host and Microbiota Interaction (ESGHAMI)

Nosocomial Infections (ESGNI)

Bloodstream Infections, Endocarditis and Sepsis (ESGBIES)

Implant-associated Infections (ESGIAI)

PK/PD of Anti-Infectives Study Group (EPASG)

Clinical Parasitology (ESGCP)

Infections in Compromised Hosts (ESGICH)

Public Health Microbiology (ESGPHM)

Clostridioides difficile (ESGCD)

Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE)

Respiratory Viruses (ESGREV)

Critically Ill Patients (ESGCIP)

Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM)

Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Diseases (ESGS)

Epidemiological Markers (ESGEM)

Infectious Diseases of the Brain (ESGIB)

Veterinary Microbiology (ESGVM)

ESCMID Vaccine Study Group (EVASG)

Legionella Infections (ESGLI)

Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH)

Food- and Water-borne Infections Study Group (EFWISG)

Lyme Borreliosis (ESGBOR)

 

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