Draft Programme

Day 1: Thursday 18 June 2026
07:00-08:30 Registration 
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 Breakaway 1
"Spotlight on Viruses: Past, Present, and Future Threats"		 Breakaway Sesion 2
Barrier to Burden: Strengthening IPC Systems”		      
13:30-14:30 Poster Viewing / Lunch (Exhibition Area) Lunch Symposium   
14:30-16:30 Parallel Sesion 3
Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV		 Parallel Sesion 4
Paediatric Infectious Diseases/"Paediatric ID Frontiers”		 Parallel Sesion 5
Bone and Joint Infections -“Hard to Crack: Tackling Bone & Joint Infections”		 Parallel Session 6
Treatment Updates (Difficult-to-Treat Infections, NCDs, Geriatrics) "Tackling Complexity in Care” Move!		  
16:30-17:00 Refreshment Break (Exhibition Area)
17:00-18:00 AGM AGM  AGM  AGM  AGM 
18:00-19:30 FIDSSA AGM        
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 Parallel Session 7
Vaccines (AMR, UTI, RSV, Mpox, Pregnancy, Pharmacists)/ “Vaccines: From Prevention to Resistance”		 Parallel Session 8
Burns ID (Adult, Paeds, IPC, AMS) /“Burning Issues in Burn Care”		 Parallel Sesion 9
Tuberculosis (Regimens, Diagnostics) /“TB Progress: Smarter Strategies, Sharper Solutions		 Parallel Session 10
Neglected Tropical Diseases (WHO List)/ “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 Parallel Session 11
Diagnostics /“Decoding Disease: Diagnostics that Deliver”		 Parallel Session 12
Travel Medicine and Human Migration/ “Global Moves, Local Risks: Travel & Migration Medicine”		 Parallel Session 13
Antimicrobial Resistance/“AMR Unmasked: Fighting the Silent Pandemic”		 Young FIDSSA (Mentorship, Leadership) / Next Gen ID: Mentorship, Momentum, Mastery”  
 
19h00  Conference Gala Dinner 
Day 3: Saturday 20 June 2026
07:30 Registration / Tea Break Breakfast Symposium 
08:30-10:00 Breakaway 3
Outbreaks and Re-emerging Infections /“Outbreak Alert: Tracking the Re-emerging Pathogens”		 Breakaway 4
One Health (Avian Flu, Rabies in Seals)/“One Health, One World: Crossing Species, Sharing Solutions”		  
10:15-12:15 Plenary 4: Rapporteur Session  – Ethics Talk – Closing Remarks
  Ethics – Task         
12:15-12:30 Departure and light snacks
Working groups meeting

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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