Draft Programme

Day 1: Thursday 18 June 2026
07:00-08:30 Registration (Ballroom Foyer)
08:30-09:15 Meet the sponsors / Open Trade (Exhibition Area)
09:15-11:00 Plenary Session 1
11:00-11:30 Refreshment Break  (Exhibition Area)
11:30-13:30 Session 1 – Spotlight on Viruses: Past, Present, and Future Threats Session 2 -TB Progress: Smarter Strategies, Sharper Solutions
13:30-14:30 Poster Viewing /Lunch (Exhibition Area) Lunch Symposium
14:30-16:30 Session 3 – Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV Session 4  – Vaccines: From Prevention to Resistance Session 5 – Hard to Crack: Tackling Bone & Joint Infections Session 6 – Barrier to Burden: Strengthening IPC Systems
16:30-17:00 Refreshment Break (Exhibition Area)
17:00-18:00 AGM -IDSSA AGM – SASPID AGM – SASCM AGM – ICSSA AGM – SASV
18:00-19:30 FIDSSA AGM  (Ballroom West)
Evening at leisure
Day 2: Friday 19 June 2026
07:00 Registration Breakfast Symposium
08:30-10:30 Plenary Session 2
10:30-11:00 Refreshment Break / Poster viewing
11:00-12:30 Session 7 Young FIDSSA – Next Gen ID: Mentorship, Momentum, Mastery Session 8 – Managing infectious in compromised hosts: Burns, neutropenia and beyond Session 9 – Outbreak Alert: Tracking the Re-emerging Pathogens Session 10 – Forgotten No More: Spotlight on Neglected Diseases
12:30-13:30 Lunch /  Poster Viewing into lunch (Exhibition Area) Lunch Symposium
13:30-15:00 Plenary Session 3
15:00-15:30 Refreshment Break / Poster viewing
15:30-17:00 Session 11 – Decoding Disease: Diagnostics that Deliver Session 12 – Global Moves, Local Risks: Travel & Migration Medicine Session 13 – AMR Unmasked: Fighting the Silent Pandemic Session 14  – Paediatric ID Frontiers
19h00 Conference Gala Dinner (Ballroom West)
Day 3: Saturday 20 June 2026
07:15-08:15 Registration / Tea Break Breakfast Symposium
08:30-10:00 Session 15 – Tackling Complexity in Care Session 16 – One Health, One World: Crossing Species, Sharing Solutions
10:00-10:15 Refreshment / Comfort Break (Ballroom East Foyer)
10:15-12:15 Plenary 4 : Rapporteur Session | Ethics Talk | Closing Remarks
12:15-2:30 Departure and light snacks
13:30 Workshop 3: SAASP Working Group Workshop 2: WINSA – Womenlift Health Workshop 1: Mycoses Interest Group

Pfizer Africa: Leading Healthcare Innovation and Addressing Access barriers in Africa

For over 70 years, Pfizer has been present across the African continent, providing innovative medicines and vaccines while forging partnerships with governments and others to ensure robust supply capacity and enable access to help enhance healthcare and improve patient outcomes. By leveraging Pfizer’s extensive experience and resources, we invest in knowledge transfer to upskill healthcare professionals, and help governments drive sustainable improvements in healthcare systems. Dedicated to equity and excellence, our local talent and diverse team strive to advance healthcare infrastructure. Through our enduring commitment and localized approach, we aim to address critical health challenges, improve the quality of life for millions, and build a healthier future for Africans.

Cepheid is dedicated to improving healthcare by pioneering molecular diagnostics that combine speed, accuracy, and flexibility. The company's GeneXpert® systems and Xpert® tests automate highly complex and time-consuming manual procedures, providing A Better Way for institutions of any size to perform world-class PCR testing. Cepheid’s broad test portfolio spans respiratory infections, blood virology, women’s and sexual health, TB and emerging infectious diseases, healthcare-associated infectious diseases, oncology and human genetics. The company’s solutions deliver actionable results where they are needed most – from central laboratories and hospitals to near-patient settings.

For more information, visit http://www.cepheid.com. 

Pro Med Diagnostics

Pro Med Diagnostics is a medical diagnostics company specialising in infectious disease with 25 years collective experience

Our focus is the supply of innovative and niche products which offer solutions to the healthcare sector and assist in the improved management of patients.

We are South African registered and based, distributing diagnostic products throughout South Africa, as well as servicing those African countries according to our product suite.

Our offering and expertise:

  • Product training
  • Scientific /technical application and support
  • Events and workshops ensuring customers remain current with all product offerings available
  • Instrumentation technical support
  • On site engineering, software diagnostics and support
  • Specialised freight and logistics (transport specified and specific adherence)
  • SAHPRA and ISO compliant

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics

A global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 80 years. Our mission is to Relentlessly Reimagine Healthcare, One Diagnosis at a Time – and we do this by applying the power of science, technology and the passion and creativity of our teams. Our diagnostic solutions are used in complex clinical testing, and are found in hospitals, reference laboratories and physician office settings around the globe. We exist to deliver smarter, faster diagnostic solutions that move the needle forward from what’s now to what’s next. We do this by accelerating care with an extensive clinical menu, scalable lab automation technologies, insightful clinical informatics, and optimize lab performance services.

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