ICC/ICAAC 2015

We are thrilled to partner with the ASM's Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) to bring you ICC/ICAAC 2015—the premier event in the field that features the latest research in antimicrobial development and infectious diseases around the world!  Download your meeting app today HERE! You can also locate the Online Program Planner and Meeting App via the meeting website.

Being a joint meeting, a program committee comprised of ICAAC and ISC representatives worked diligently to design a scientific program of the highest quality to facilitate the exchange of new information among healthcare professionals. This meeting features over 220 sessions, including:

• 11 interactive symposia;
• 33 Meet-the-Experts sessions;
• 59 didactic symposia; and
• Over 1,600 abstracts that are organized into 80 poster sessions, 28 slide sessions and three state-of-the-art mini-lectures.

Programme highlights include - 

Opening Keynote Session
The Enterococcus: A Tale of Survival and Success of a Second Rate Pathogen
Barbara E. Murray; University of Texas Medical School and Center for the Study of Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens, Houston, TX

ISC Hamao Umezawa Memorial Award Lecture and Presentation
ICAAC/ICC 1965–2015: 50 Years of Antibiotic Development
Alasdair Geddes; University of Birmingham, International Society of Chemotherapy, Solihull, United Kingdom

ICAAC Lecture
Pneumococcal Disease: Past, Present, and Future
Keith Klugman; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA

ICAAC Antimicrobial Research Award Lecture
Supported by an educational grant from Merck
Emerging Antibiotic Resistance in Gram-Negatives
Patrice Nordmann; University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Maurice Hilleman/Merck Award Lecture
Supported by an educational grant from Merck
Opportunities and Challenges for Vaccines
Rino Rappuoli; GSK Vaccines; Siena, Italy

Special Lecture: When to Start Antiretroviral Therapy
Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
Jens D. Lundgren; Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark