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
Israel
  Giulia De Angelis

Giulia De Angelis

ESCMID Global Associate Director
Rome, Italy

Programme Committee

The ESCMID Global Programme Committee consists of experts across the range of specialities in Clinical Microbiology (CM) and Infectious Diseases (ID). They meet twice a year to firstly create the invited scientific programme and then to assign accepted abstracts to oral sessions creating the abstract programme. 

  Emmanuelle Cambau

Emmanuelle Cambau

Paris, France
  Fusun Can

Fusun Can

Istanbul, Turkey
  Anuradha Chowdhary

Anuradha Chowdhary

Delhi, India
  Elisa Cordero Matia

Elisa Cordero Matia

Seville, Spain
  Stephanie  J. Dancer

Stephanie J. Dancer

Glasgow, United Kingdom
  Giulia De Angelis

Giulia De Angelis

Rome, Italy
  Mauricio J. Farfan

Mauricio J. Farfan

Santiago, Chile
  Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Dublin, Ireland
  Jon S. Friedland

Jon S. Friedland

London, United Kingdom
  Maddalena Giannella

Maddalena Giannella

Bologna, Italy
  Heli Harvala

Heli Harvala

London, United Kingdom
  Benjamin Peter Howden

Benjamin Peter Howden

Parkville, Australia
  Jaroslav Hrabak

Jaroslav Hrabak

Pilsen, Czech Republic
  Li Yang Hsu

Li Yang Hsu

Singapore, Singapore
  Anu Kantele

Anu Kantele

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

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

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, Sweden
  José Ramon Pano-Pardo

José Ramon Pano-Pardo

Zaragoza, Spain
  Anna Papa-Konidari

Anna Papa-Konidari

Thessaloniki, Greece
  Elisabeth Presterl

Elisabeth Presterl

Vienna, Austria
  Mario Ramirez

Mario Ramirez

Lisbon, Portugal
  Pilar Retamar

Pilar Retamar

Seville, Spain
  Priscilla Rupali

Priscilla Rupali

Velore, India
  Simona Ruta

Simona Ruta

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

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

Zurich, Switzerland

Contributing Organisations

The organisations listed here have contributed to the development of the scientific programme at ESCMID Global this year by co-organising sessions within the invited programme. Their participation in the congress enhances both the width and breadth of content available for attendees. 

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

ESCMID is comprised of a number of committees and subcommittees who lead the Society and guide it along the path forward. These entities also support the organisation of the ESCMID Global scientific programme by submitting cross-cutting sessions that reach for higher-level science and education. 

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

ESCMID Study Groups (SGs) are dedicated to pushing scientific understanding and facilitating educational initiatives including ESCMID Global. Each SG focuses on a specialised topic and co-organise related sessions within the scientific programme bringing with them, their expertise and innovation.

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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