Athena International Conference

Start

Thu, 19 Nov 2015, 00:00

End

Fri, 20 Nov 2015, 00:00

WebSite

http://www.athenaconference.com

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The “ATHENA” seminar is the first international multidisciplinary symposium, in the field of Intensive Care Unit infections that will be held in Athens on November 19-20, 2015. This is a unique opportunity for the audience to interact with the world-distinguished speakers and profit from their deep knowledge and expertise in difficult aspects of the current practice. Given also the current challenge of multidrug-resistant pathogens and the imperative need for new antimicrobials for the ICU patients, the seminar will provide the opportunity for a fruitful interaction with the speakers on new antimicrobials in advanced stage of development. The symposium will be held at the foot of the Acropolis hill and next to the New Acropolis Museum, in an environment linked with the ancient Greek history. Delegates will also have the opportunity to feel the pulse of modern Athens, by strolling at the heart of the city through live and sophisticated neighborhoods nearby the venue.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof Matteo Bassetti

******@***tin.it

University Hospital San Maria della Misericordia

Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD

Editor-in-Chief, ICU Management & Practice

******@***intensive.org

Professor - Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital / Free University of Brussels Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Massimo Antonelli, MD

******@***rm.unicatt.it

Past President - Italian Society of Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology
Chair, Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine - Catholic University of Rome A. Gemelli University Hospital
President - European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (2016-2018)

Prof Jean-François Timsit

******@***bch.aphp.fr

Bichat Claude Bernard Hosptial

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General Information

Conference Venue

The venue of the conference is the DIVANI CARAVEL Hotel (2 Vasileos Alexandrou Avenue, 161 21 Athens), situated in the heart of Athens, close to numerous sites of interest and cultural opportunities.

The Conference Hotel is 500m away from the Metro Station Evangelismos (blue line) and just 5' away from Syntagma (Constitution) Square.

Dates

The conference will be held on November 19th – 20th, 2015.

Official Language

The official language of the conference will be English. All printed material and oral presentations will be in English.

Accommodation

Accommodation for the delegates has been arranged in the Divani Caravel Hotel. The cost is 140€ per night, Single Room. Rate includes continental breakfast and taxes.

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Scientific Program

Thursday 19-11-2015

08.30-09.00	Welcome and introductions Dimopoulos G (Greece) - Armaganidis A (Greece)
9.00-10.30	How to manage and prevent the different faces of pneumonia
	Chairs : Armaganidis A (Greece) – Koulouris N (Greece)
09.00-09.15	Severe CAP	Welte T
09.15-09.30	CAMRSA pneumonia	Niederman M
09.30-09.45	VAP	Blot S
09.45-10.00	Pneumonia in immunocompomized patients	Azoulay E
10.00-10.15	Prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease	Torres A
10.15-10.30	Questions-Discussion
0.30-12.00	How to optimize the treatment for ….
	Chairs : Pneumatikos J (Greece) – Gargalianos P (Greece)
10.30-10.45	Klebsiella KPC infection	Daikos G
10.45-11.00	Acinetobacter spp infection	Garnacho-Montero J
11.00-11.15	Pseudomonas infection	Timsit JF
11.15-11.30	Clostridium difficile infection	Antonelli M
11.30-11.45	Abdominal infections	DeWaele J
11.45-12.00	Questions-Discussion
12.00-13.30	Lunch break
13.30-15.00	How to treat in the ICU a patient with...
	Chairs : Zakynthinos S (Greece) – Pefanis A (Greece)
13.30-13.45	HIV sepsis	Azoulay E
13.45-14.00	CMV reactivation	Chastre J
14.00-14.15	Endocarditis	Paiva JA
14.15-14.30	Skin and soft tissue infections	Kollef M
14.30-14.45	Malaria	Singer M
14.45-15.00	Questions-Discussion
15.00-16.30	How to use in the ICU……
	Chairs : Zakynthinos E (Greece) – Armaganidis A (Greece)
15.00-15.15	Adjunctive therapies	Giamarellos E
15.15-15.30	PK/PDs	Nicolau D
15.30-15.45	Biomarkers	Vincent JL
15.45-16.00	Newer diagnostic technology for bacteria	Tsakris A
16.00-16.15	Newer diagnostic technology for fungi	Munoz P
16.15-16.30	Questions-Discussion
16.30-17.30	Pro/con debate Chair : Dimopoulos G
	Targeting the microbiome! The role of SDD in the era of MDR and XDR
	Pro: Bonden M
	Con: Vincent JL
End of the 1st Day

Friday 20-11-2015

9.00-10.30	How to fight resistance in the ICU
	Chairs : Nakos G (Greece) – Georgopoulos D (Greece)
09.00-09.15	Targeting the microbial flora	Bonten M

09.15-09.30	Using antimicrobial stewardship	Giamarellou H

09.30-09.45	Using Point of Care (POC) testing	Singer M

09.45-10.00	Using chlorhexidine bath	Niederman M

10.00-10.15	Using newer data on PK/PDs	DeWaele J

10.15-10.30	Questions and Discussion
10.30-12.00	How to treat fungal infections in the ICU
	Chairs : Orfanos S (Greece) – Poulakou G (Greece)
10.30-10.45	Candideamia/Invasive Candidiasis	Timsit JF

10.45-11.00	Abdominal Candidiasis	Bassetti M

11.00-11.15	Candida biofilm	Garnacho-Montero J

11.15-11.30	Aspergillosis	Paiva JA

11.30-11.45	Mucor and other rare infections	Munoz P
11.45-12.00	Questions-Discussion
12.00-13.30	Lunch break
13.30-15.00	Let’s talk about inhaled antibiotics
	Chairs : Komnos A (Greece) - Paramythiotou E (Greece)
13.30-13.45	Inhaled antibiotics : the story Blot S
13.45-14.00	Why we need inhaled antibiotics ?	Welte T
14.00-14.15	Which drugs have been used for VAP ?	Torres A
14.15-14.30	Which devices are available ?	Antonelli M
14.30-14.45	Ongoing clinical studies ?	Dimopoulos G
14.45-15.00	Questions-Discussion
15.00-17.15	New or under development antibiotics and antifungals
	Chairs : Dimopoulos G (Greece) – Skoutelis A (Greece)
15.00-15.15	Telavancin Giamarellos E
15.15-15.30	Eravacycline Bassetti M
15.30-15.45	Ceftolozane / tazobactam Nicolau D
15.45-16.00	Questions and Discussion
16.00-16.15	Tedizolid Chastre J
16.15-16.30	Ceftazidime-Avibactam Kollef M
16.30-16.45	Plazomicin Daikos G
16.45-17.00	Azoles-Echinocandins Dimopoulos G
17.00-17.15	Questions-Discussion
17.15-17.30	Conclusions