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<\/p>\nIDWeek 2025 to spotlight innovation, AI, and global collaboration in infectious diseases | Image Credit: \u00a9 borisblik – stock.adobe.com.<\/p>\n
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The infectious diseases community will gather in Atlanta from October 19\u201322 for IDWeek 2025, a joint meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP).<\/p>\n
Held at the Georgia World Congress Center and streamed virtually, the meeting will bring together thousands of clinicians, researchers, pharmacists, and public health professionals to share knowledge and accelerate progress in patient care and infection prevention.<\/p>\n
Learning objectives center on integration and impact<\/p>\n
The 2025 program is designed to:<\/p>\n
Update ID clinicians and investigators with the latest in research and clinical careBridge gaps across basic science, clinical practice, and implementation researchPromote interdisciplinary dialogue among providers, pharmacists, and investigatorsSupport training in advocacy, education, and leadership within the ID specialtyOpening plenary and BugBash to kick off the meeting<\/p>\n
The official program begins Sunday, October 19, with an afternoon slate of high-impact sessions, including:<\/p>\n
Emerging Infectious Diseases You Should Know AboutGenerative AI\u2019s Role in Health Care Epidemiology SurveillanceHot Topics in the MicrobiomeWhat\u2019s Hot in ID + HIV<\/p>\n
That evening, attendees will gather for the Opening Plenary, followed by BugBash, a signature social event celebrating collaboration across the ID disciplines.<\/p>\n
Key themes: AI, equity, AMR, and respiratory threats<\/p>\n
Across the four-day agenda, attendees can expect updates on:<\/p>\n
Artificial intelligence and digital health \u2013 Sessions include AI in Clinical Microbiology, AI in ID Education, and Driving Better Decisions: Incentivizing Diagnostic StewardshipAntimicrobial resistance and stewardship \u2013 Featured sessions such as Top 10 Papers in AMR, New Antibiotics, Untapped Potential, and Stewardship in Latin America and the CaribbeanVaccine innovation and hesitancy \u2013 Including Maternal Immunization, Vaccines on the Horizon, and Vaccine Hesitancy at Home and AbroadLong COVID, hepatitis, HIV care and prevention \u2013 With debates, conundrums, and updates across specialtiesClimate and global health \u2013 Including Environmental Upheaval and Infectious Diseases, Decolonizing Global Health, and Global Health at HomePediatrics, transplant, and special populations<\/p>\n
Multiple symposia and interactive sessions will address infectious diseases in pediatric and immunocompromised populations. Topics include:<\/p>\n
What\u2019s New with Respiratory Infections in Children?Cavities, Appys and CLABSIs: ID Perspectives From Surgery and RadiologyIt\u2019s a Small World After All: Pediatric Immunocompromised HostsRespiratory Viruses in Transplant RecipientsChallenging Cases in Pediatric IDNamed lectures and expert panels<\/p>\n
The conference will feature high-profile named lectures, including multiple IDSA lectures, the Caroline B. Hall Lecture, the Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology, and the SHEA Lectureship.<\/p>\n
Specialized panels will cover pressing clinical issues such as diagnostic dilemmas, novel antivirals, CMV vaccine development, and metallo-beta-lactamase resistance mechanisms.<\/p>\n
Poster sessions, industry events, and networking<\/p>\n
Poster sessions and rapid-fire presentations will run daily alongside Learning Lounges, industry symposia, and the ever-popular IDBugBowl to close out the final day.<\/p>\n
On-site and virtual access<\/p>\n
In-person attendees will have access to all sessions and exhibits, with select content livestreamed and made available on demand via the IDWeek Interactive Program. Virtual attendees can access plenary sessions, symposia, and workshops remotely.<\/p>\n
Stay connected with coverage<\/p>\n
Contemporary Pediatrics will be providing daily coverage, session highlights, and expert interviews throughout the meeting. Check back regularly for the latest updates from IDWeek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IDWeek 2025 to spotlight innovation, AI, and global collaboration in infectious diseases | Image Credit: \u00a9 borisblik –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134,527,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-93398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}