Scientific Program

The 20^th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (APCCMI 2025)

Day 1: Sunday, 2 November 2025

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
07:00-17:00	Registration
09:00-09:45 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Pre-Congress Workshop 1 Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardships: The Challenges Effective Strategies in Hospital Diagnostic Stewardship in Asia Mina Kim (Korea) Effective Strategies in Hospital ASP David Lye (Singapore) Antifungal Stewardship: Rationale and Its Impact Anucha Apisarnthanarak (Thailand) Integration of Antimicrobial Stewardship and IPC to Reduce MDROs Paul Tambyah (Singapore) Q&A	Pre-Congress Workshop 2 Beauty of The Beast: Visual Guide and Case Scenario TBA	Pre-Congress Workshop 3 Update in Management of Tropical infections TBA
09:45-10:30 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)
10:30-11:15 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)
11:15-12:00 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)
12:00-13:30	Lunch Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
13:30-14:15 45 min	Plenary Lecture 1 Current Trends in Management of Invasive Fungal Infections in Critically Ill Patients Arunaloke Chakrabarti (India)
14:15-15:00 45 min	Plenary Lecture 2 Novel Antibiotics to Combat with Asia AMR Hot Zone David Paterson (Singapore)
15:00-15:30	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
15:00-16:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 1 Bug Beat: The Excalibur for Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Souha Kanj (Lebanon) Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Minggui Wang (China) Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Visanu Thamlikitkul (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 2 Roadshow of Success in Strategic Implementation in Antimicrobial Stewardship Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots in Antimicrobial Stewardship Hsueh Po Ren (Taiwan) Effective Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementation: Strategies and Successful Case Studies in Thailand Pinyo Rattanaumpawan (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 3 The Power of Vaccines Against Preventable Diseases in Children and Adolescents Defeating Dengue: The Emerging Role of Dengue Vaccination in AP Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit (Thailand) Preventing the Spread of HPV in Adolescents: The Critical Role of the HPV Vaccine Wanatpreeya Phongsamart (Thailand) Enhancing Accessibility to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children: Addressing Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region Fiona M Russell (Australia)
16:30-17:00	Opening Ceremony
17:00-18:00	Welcome Reception
18:00-18:45 45 min	Industrial Dinner Symposium 1	Industrial Dinner Symposium 2	Industrial Dinner Symposium 3

Day 2: Monday, 3 November 2025

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
07:00-17:00	Registration
08:00-08:45 45 min	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 1	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 2	Meet the Expert 1 Update on Clinical Microbiology Core Elements in Diagnostic Stewardship Zamberi Sekawi (Malaysia) Point of Care Testings in Clinical Microbiology Nuntra Suwantarat (Thailand)	Meet the Expert 2 Tropical Infections: Not Gone and Not Forgotten Melioidosis Yupin Suputtamongkol (Thailand) Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Ploenchan Chetchotisakd (Thailand)	Meet the Expert 3 Emerging Issues in Infection Control for MDRO in Asia Beyond Surface Transmission of MDROs Vincent Cheng (Hong Kong) Emerging Strategies to Contain MDR-GNB Anucha Apisarnthanarak (Thailand)
08:45-09:00 15 min
09:00-09:45 45 min	Plenary Lecture 3 Emerging Viral Pathogens in Asia: The Next Armageddon Yong Poovorawan (Thailand)		Oral Presentation 1	Oral Presentation 2	Oral Presentation 3
09:45-10:30 45 min	Plenary Lecture 4 Diagnostic Microbiology: How It Can Help Clinicians to Fight AMR in the Real World? Robin Patel (USA)		Oral Presentation 1	Oral Presentation 2	Oral Presentation 3
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
11:00-11:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 1	Industrial Lunch Symposium 2	Industrial Lunch Symposium 3
12:00-13:00	Lunch Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
12:00-12:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 4	Industrial Lunch Symposium 5	Industrial Lunch Symposium 6
Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
13:00-14:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 4 Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Do We Have a Game Changer? Bacterial Infection Shawn Vasoo (Singapore) Fungal Infection Ariya Chindamporn (Thailand) Viral Infection Katsunori Yanagihara (Japan)	Concurrent Symposium 5 What's Hot in The Must(h)room Cryptococcosis in an Apparent Immunocompetent Hosts Methee Chayakulkeeree (Thailand) Fungal Resistance in Asia Yee-Chun Chen (Taiwan) Novel Antifungal Therapy Monica Slavin (Australia) Emerging Endemic Mycosis Ruoyu Li (China)	Concurrent Symposium 6 Pandemic Preparedness Lessons and Challenges Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Andreas Voss (Netherlands) Challenges of Research and Education in Pandemic Preparedness in the Global South Souha Kanj (Lebanon) Worsening AMR Post Pandemics: the COVID-19 Experience. Heiman Wertheim (NL)
14:30-15:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
15:00-16:00 60 min	Concurrent Symposium 7 Mystery Revealed: Challenging Cases Panelists Kazuko Yamamoto (Japan) Jun Yong Choi (Korea) Liping Zhu (China) Thundon Ngamprasertchai (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 8 Current Issues on One Health AMR Programs Data Utilization for Local and National Actions Against AMR Direk Limmathurotsakul (Thailand) Closing the Gaps in One Health AMR Programs in Asia Pacific Region Paul Tambyah (Singapore) Key Lessons Learned from Japan Integrated One Health AMR Programs Kazuhiro Tateda (Japan)	Concurrent Symposium 9 Tuberculosis: the New Frontiers Innovations that Transform Tuberculosis Treatment Nicholas Panton (Singapore) Fighting Two Fronts: Advances in Managing TB and HIV Co-Infection Anchalee Avihingsanon (Thailand)
16:00-16:30 30 min			Keynote Lecture 1 Ground Breaking Malaria Research: From Human Challenges to Vaccine Development Nicholas Day (Thailand)
16:30-17:00 30 min			Keynote Lecture 2 Dengue: Infinity War or Endgame? Eng Eong Ooi (Singapore)
18:00-21:00	Faculty Reception (invitation only)

Day 3: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
07:00-12:00	Registration
08:00-08:45 45 min	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 3	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 4	Meet the Expert 4 Endocarditis and CIED Infections: New Challenges, New Solutions Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Management Tachapong Ngarmukos (Thailand) Treating Endocarditis: Practical Implications of Updated Guidelines Owen Tsang (Hong Kong)	Meet the Expert 5 Toward Cure of Viral Hepatitis: New Strategies Hepatitis B: On the Cusp of a Cure? Seng Gee Lim (Singapore) Toward Global HCV Eradication: Where are We Now? Tawesak Tanwandee (Thailand)	Meet the Expert 6 Advanced Issues in ID TDM for Clinical Infectious Disease Preecha Montakantikul (Thailand) Novel Pharmacology Drug Test/Targeted Therapy Kesara Na-Bangchang (Thailand)
08:45-09:00 15 min
09:00-09:45 45 min	Plenary Lecture 5 Transforming New Evidences in Transplant Infectious Diseases into Clinical Guideline Raymund R. Razonable (USA)		Oral Presentation 4	Oral Presentation 5	Oral Presentation 6
09:45-10:30 45 min	Plenary Lecture 6 Back to the Future on Vaccination Kim Mulholland (Australia)		Oral Presentation 4	Oral Presentation 5	Oral Presentation 6
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
11:00-11:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 7	Industrial Lunch Symposium 8	Industrial Lunch Symposium 9
12:00-13:00	Lunch Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
12:00-12:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 10	Industrial Lunch Symposium 11	Industrial Lunch Symposium 12
Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
13:00-14:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 10 Hot Topics in Emerging Viruses Influenza: Past, Present and Future Malik Peiris (Hong Kong) RSV in Older Adults in Tropical Countries Po-Ren Hsueh (Taiwan) Is COVID-19 Gone in 2025? Jacky Chag (Hong Kong)	Concurrent Symposium 11 Ending HIV/AIDS: One World One Hope HIV Epidemic: The Never Ending Battle Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul (Thailand) HIV Prevention Strategies Opass Putcharoen (Thailand) Novel HIV Therapy Nagalingeswaran Kumarasmy (India) The HIV Endgame: Is It Possible? Raja Iskandar Shah Raja Azwa (Malaysia)	Concurrent Symposium 12 The New Upfront in Transplant Infectious Diseases Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Transplant Recipients Jackrapong Bruminhent (Thailand) Infectious Complications of CAR T Cell Therapy Kitsada Wudhikarn (Thailand) Antifungal Stewardship in Transplants Tan Ban Hock (Singapore) Key Experiences in Asian Transplant Infectious Diseases Siriorn Watcharananan (Thailand)
14:30-15:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
15:00-16:00 60 min	Concurrent Symposium 13 Emerging/Re-Emerging Parasitic Threats in Asia Updated Leishmaniasis Across the Region Mathirut Mungthin (Thailand) Advanced Diagnosis in Molecular Parasitology Poom Adisakwattana (Thailand) Optimizing Malaria Management in the Asia-Pacific Region Srivicha Krudsood (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 14 Strengthening IPC in Asia Pacific (APSIC-APCCMI Symposium) Integration of Diagnostic Stewardship in IPC Wing Hong Seto (Hong Kong) Updating Key APSIC Guidelines Ling Moi Lin (Singapore) Practical IPC Issues That We Typically Did Not Fully Understand Patricia Ching (Hong Kong)	Concurrent Symposium 15 Special Issues in Infectious Diseases Infection Catastrophe During War and Conflicts Heiman Wertheim (NL) AI Role in Fighting Infectious Diseases Peter Haddawy (Thailand)
16:00-17:00	Closing Ceremony and Presentation of Awards

Note: The program is preliminary and is subject to change.