| 0800 – 1500 | Pre-Congress Workshops |
| 1500 – 1800 | Registration |
| 1800 – 1830 | Welcome Address and Award Presentations |
| 1830 – 1900 | Opening Plenary Lecture 1: SARS & COVID-19 A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
| 1900 – 2100 | Opening Reception |
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | |
| 0700 – 1000 | Registration | ||
| 0900 – 1000 | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium |
| 1000 – 1030 | Plenary Lecture 2: COVID-19 | ||
| 1030 – 1100 | Teabreak / Exhibitors’ Product Showcase | ||
| 1100 – 1230 | Symposium 1: Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Surveillance | Symposium 2: COVID-19 | Symposium 3: Hand Hygiene |
| 1100 – 1120 | Asian Perspective Prof Chung Doo Ryeon, Republic of Korea |
COVID Response from Regional Hospital in Singapore Dr Surinder Kaur M S Pada, Singapore |
Global Perspective on Hand Hygiene Prof Didier Pittet, Switzerland |
| 1120 – 1140 | CDC Perspective Dr Benjamin J. Park, United States of America |
COVID Response from National Centre Dr Shawn Vasoo, Singapore |
Practical Issues on Hand Hygiene compliance Dr Sharon Salmon, Philippines |
| 1140 – 1200 | WHO Perspective Dr Benedetta Allegranzi, Switzerland |
COVID Response from whole of country A/Prof Vernon Lee, Singapore * |
Behavior Science and Hand Hygiene: An Incomplete Science Dr Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
| 1200 – 1220 | Question and Answer Session | Laboratory Safety in COVID-19 Diagnostics | Question and Answer Session |
| 1220 – 1230 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1230 – 1330 | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium |
| 1330 – 1400 | Plenary Lecture 3: Politics and Pandemic * Dr Trish Perl, United States of America |
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| 1400 – 1530 | Symposium 4: Healthcare Associated Respiratory Diseases | Symposium 5: Sterilisation & Disinfection | Symposium 6: IPC in Special Settings: ILTC and Home Care |
| 1400 – 1420 | HA Tuberculosis Dr Wing-Hong Seto, Hong Kong SAR |
Will Guidelines Help Dr Patricia Ching, Hong Kong SAR |
State-of-the-art for ambulatory IC Dr William R. Jarvis, United States of America |
| 1420 – 1440 | HA Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses Prof Tan Ban Hock, Singapore |
Singapore Perspective on Endoscopy Reprocessing Ms Sherry Chua, Singapore |
Local Perspective on IPC in ILTCs Speaker coming soon! |
| 1440 – 1500 | High Level Isolation for Highly Contagious Infections Prof Leo Yee Sin, Singapore* |
Latest Update on Sterilisation & Disinfection Dr David Weber, United States of America |
Situation of MDRO transmission prevention among hospitals in a middle income country Dr Akeau Unnahalekhaka, Thailand |
| 1500 – 1520 | Question and Answer Session | Lessons Learnt from an Incident of Incomplete Sterilization in a Large Dental Facility Dr Chelsia Sim, Singapore |
Question and Answer Session |
| 1520 – 1530 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1530 – 1600 | Teabreak / Exhibitors’ Product Showcase | ||
| 1600 – 1730 | Symposium 7: Multidrug Resistant (MDR) Organisms | Symposium 8: Environmental Hygiene | Symposium 9: Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) / Ventilator-Associated Events |
| 1600 – 1620 | Epidemiology of MDROs in Asia Prof Po-Ren Hsueh, Taiwan |
Building Design and Engineering approaches in Air-Borne Infection Control Dr Terrence Rohan Chinniah, Sri Lanka |
Strategies for prevention of VAP Speaker coming soon! |
| 1620 – 1640 | Clostridioides Difficile Prof Thomas Riley, Australia |
Outbreaks related to the environment Dr Trish Perl, United States of America |
Controversies in definition of VAP Prof Stephan Harbarth, Switzerland |
| 1640 – 1700 | Global Containment Efforts for MDROs Prof Alison Holmes, United Kingdom |
Controversies in Decontamination Prof Andreas Voss, Netherlands |
Treatment of VAP and AMR Dr Mo Yin, Singapore |
| 1700 – 1720 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
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| 1730 – 1900 | Debate Session 1: Is room ventilation important in management of patients with respiratory viral infections? |
Symposium 10: Waste Management | Symposium 11: Free Paper Presentation |
| 1730 – 1750 | Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Singapore Dr Julian Tang, United States of America |
The role of surfaces in the transmission of emerging infectious diseases (MERS, COVID-19, Ebola): Pathogen survival and disinfection Dr David Weber, United States of America |
Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
| 1750 – 1810 | Waste Handling for Highly Infectious Pathogens Dr Brenda Ang, Singapore |
Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
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| 1810 – 1830 | Waste Management Issues in Low and Middle-income Countries Dr Namita Jaggi, India |
Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
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| 1830 – 1850 | Question and Answer Session | Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
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| 1850 – 1900 | Question and Answer Session | ||
| 1900 – 2000 | Council Meeting | ||
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | |
| 0700 – 1000 | Registration | ||
| 0900 – 1000 | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium |
| 1000 – 1030 | Plenary Lecture 4: IPC for AMR Prof Susan Huang, United States of America |
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| 1030 – 1100 | Teabreak / Exhibitors’ Product Showcase | ||
| 1100 – 1230 | Symposium 12: Outbreak Management | Symposium 13: IPC Considerations in Building and Renovation | Symposium 14: Implementation Science in IP |
| 1100 – 1120 | Lessons Learnt from historical outbreaks Dr William R. Jarvis, United States of America |
Overview Ms Glenys Harrington, Australia |
Behavioral Change Dr Wing-Hong Seto, Hong Kong SAR |
| 1120 – 1140 | WHO Perspective on outbreak management Dr Benedetta Allegranzi, Switzerland |
How can patient environment contributed to HAI? Dr Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
Use of Data and Technologies Dr Eli Perencevich, United States of America |
| 1140 – 1200 | Local Perspective on outbreaks Dr Shawn Vasoo, Singapore |
Local Perspective Dr Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
ASP & IC Dr Andrew Stewardson, Australia |
| 1200 – 1220 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1220 – 1230 | |||
| 1230 – 1330 | Satellite Symposium  |
Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium |
| 1330 – 1400 | Plenary Lecture 5: Getting infection control right in the face of a pandemic Prof Didier Pittet, Switzerland |
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| 1400 – 1530 | Symposium 15: Antibiotic Stewardship in the Region |
Symposium 16: Microbiological Diagnosis for IPC | Symposium 17: Prevention of Blood Stream Infections |
| 1400 – 1420 | Malaysia Perspective Dr Siew-Moy Fong, Malaysia |
Role of Public Health Lab in IPC Speaker coming soon! |
Chinese Perspective on CLABSI Dr Zong ZhiYong, China |
| 1420 – 1440 | National Implementation of Surveillance of Antimicrobial Utilization and Antimicrobial Stewardship Dr Mari Rose los Reyes, Philippines |
Role of Laboratory in detection, effective management and control of IPC Dr Terrence Rohan Chinniah, Sri Lanka |
What is New with Devices Dr Trish Perl, United States of America |
| 1440 – 1500 | Local Perspective A/Prof David Lye, Singapore |
Emerging Carbapenem Resistance – Microbiological Approaches Dr V Balaji, India * |
Recent Development Closer to date Speaker coming soon |
| 1500 – 1520 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1520 – 1530 | |||
| 1530 – 1600 | Teabreak / Exhibitors’ Product Showcase | ||
| 1600 – 1730 | Symposium 18: MRSA & Other Gram Positive | Symposium 19: Molecular Typing in IPC | Symposium 20: SSI Prevention Strategies |
| 1600 – 1620 | Latest in Preventional and Control of MRSA Prof Susan Huang, United States of America |
Role of Molecular Typing Prof Stephan Harbarth, Switzerland |
Japanese Perspective Dr Keita Morikane, Japan |
| 1620 – 1640 | Singapore Perspective on MRSA control Prof Dale Fisher, Singapore |
Molecular Typing in IPC in Singapore Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
Using Data to Improve SSI Survelliance Dr Eli Perencevich, United States of America |
| 1640 – 1700 | MRSA molecular epidemiology in Asia A/Prof Hsu Li Yang, Singapore * |
Molecular epidemiology in outbreaks A/Prof Koh Tse Hsien, Singapore |
Local Perspective Dr Surinder Kaur M S Pada, Singapore |
| 1700 – 1720 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1720 – 1730 | |||
| 1730 – 1900 | Debate Session 2: Lockdown vs No Lockdown | Symposium 21: Paediatric Neonatal IPC | Symposium 22: Emerging Fungal Infection |
| 1730 – 1750 | Neonatal IPC A/Prof Zubair Amin, Singapore & Ms Wang Xia, Singapore |
Outbreaks of fungal infections Dr Anucha Apisarnthanarak, Thailand |
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| 1750 – 1810 | IC in Respiratory Pathogens & Paediatric A/Prof Thoon Koh Cheng, Singapore * |
Aspergillus and Indoor Air A/Prof Ling Moi Lin, Singapore |
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| 1810 – 1830 | Norovirus and Enteroviruses – Infection Control Challenges Dr Siew-Moy Fong, Malaysia |
Emerging Fungal Infection A/Prof Louis Chai, Singapore |
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| 1830 – 1850 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1850 – 1900 | |||
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | |
| 0700 – 1000 | Registration | ||
| 0900 – 1000 | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium |
| 1000 – 1030 | Plenary Lecture 6 – Future of IPC in Post-COVID World Prof Andreas Voss, Netherlands * |
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| 1030 – 1100 | Teabreak / Exhibitors’ Product Showcase | ||
| 1100 – 1230 | Symposium 23: Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) | Symposium 24: Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Healthcare Settings | Symposium 25: IPC in Haemodialysis, OPAT and Other Ambulatory Settings |
| 1100 – 1120 | Lab in CAUTI Prof Yee-Chun Chen, Taiwan |
Vaccines for Healthcare Workers in Singapore Dr Sapna Pradip Sadarangani, Singapore |
Practical Ambulatory IPC Ms Glenys Harrington, Australia |
| 1120 – 1140 | Novel Technologies in CAUTI Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Singapore |
COVID Vaccine Speaker coming soon! |
CDC Recommendations on ambulatory IC Dr Benjamin J. Park, United States of America |
| 1140 – 1200 | Using Collaborative model to improve practice (Prevention of CAUTI)? Speaker coming soon! |
National Guidelines on adult vaccination A/Prof Helen Oh, Singapore |
Local Perspective on IPC in hemodialysis Dr Suzie Burford, Singapore |
| 1200 – 1220 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session |
| 1220 – 1230 | |||
| 1230 – 1330 | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium | Satellite Symposium |
| 1330 – 1400 | Teabreak / Exhibitors’ Product Showcase | ||
| 1400 – 1530 | Symposium 26: Late Breaker | Symposium 27: IP Professional Development | Symposium 28: Literature Review |
| 1400 – 1420 | Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
HK Experience Dr Patricia Ching, Hong Kong SAR |
Topic title coming soon! Ms Lee Lai Chee, Singapore |
| 1420 – 1440 | Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
Global Approach to IPC career development Prof Alison Holmes, United Kingdom |
Infection control papers for bedtime reading Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, Singapore |
| 1440 – 1500 | Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
Local Experience | Making Sense of COVID Literature A/Prof David Lye, Singapore |
| 1500 – 1520 | Speaker & Topic title Coming Soon! |
Question and Answer Session | Social Media Dr Martin Kiernan, United Kingdom |
| 1520 – 1530 | Question and Answer Session | Question and Answer Session | |
| 1530 – 1700 | Closing Ceremony | ||
Note:
Programme is updated as of 14 April 2021
The programme may be subject to change without prior notice.