John’s Top Recurring Meetings
Virtual meetings are easy to attend, but regular attendance at annual in-person events is the key to building your network and gaining deeper insight. My personal favorites for such in-person meetings are below. Of particular value for developers are the AMR Conference and the ASM-ESCMID conference. Hope to see you there!

• 25-26 February 2025 (Basel, Switzerland): The 9th AMR Conference 2025. Go here to register! 
• 11-15 April 2025 (Vienna, Austria): ESCMID Global 2025, the annual meeting of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Go here for details. 
• (no date as yet) 2025 ASM/ESCMID Joint Conference on Drug Development to Meet the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance. Go here to see details of the outstanding 2024 meeting!
• 19-22 Oct 2025 (Georgia, USA): IDWeek 2025, the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Details pending; go here for the general meeting website.

  Upcoming meetings of interest to the AMR community:

• [NEW] 3 Dec 2024 (virtual, 1700-1830 CET / 1100-1230 EST): GARDP REVIVE webinar entitled “Implementation research for the appropriate use of, and access to, antimicrobials.” Go here to register.
• [NEW] 4 Dec 2024 (virtual, 1200-1300 CET): WHO (Quadripartite on AMR) sponsored webinar entitled “Launch of a Quadripartite toolkit: Engaging young people meaningfully for greater reach and impact in AMR.” The aim to equip youth-led networks and youth-serving organizations with the resources to engage young people in AMR communication, education, and advocacy. Go here to register.
• 4-5 Dec 2024 (in person, Washington, DC): “Fungal Dx 2024: Fungal Diagnostics in Clinical Practice” is a 2-day in-person workshop organized by ISHAM‘s Fungal Diagnostics Working Group. The program and registration links are available at https://fungaldx.com/; the agenda is comprehensive and features an all-star global list of speakers.
• 12 Dec 2024 (virtual, 11am ET): A CDC AMR Exchange webinar entitled “It’s Time for Action: Working Together to Achieve the Targets of the 2024 UNGA High-level Meeting on AMR Political Declaration.” With a focus on actionable next steps, the agenda includes discussants from CDC, Gallup, and the WHO Task Force of AMR Survivors. Go here to register.
• [NEW] 23 Jan 2025 (virtual, 1700-1830 CET / 1100-1230 EST): GARDP REVIVE webinar entitled “The importance of chemical synthesis for antimicrobial R&D.” Go here to register.
• 28-29 Jan 2025 (online and in-person, Washington, DC): PACCARB (US Presidential Advisory Council on Combatting Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria): This particular meeting of PACCARB is unusually important as it will seek (i) public input into NAP for CARB 2025-2030 and (ii) work to sustain the momentum regarding the commitments at the High-Level Meeting on AMR at the 2024 UN General Assembly (UNGA HLM AMR). Go to http://hhs.gov/paccarb for details and to register.
• 4-5 Feb 2025 (online, 1-5p GMT timing on both days): Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference by GARDP and BSAC in collaboration with CEPID-ARIES and Fiocruz. Now in its 6th year, the free program offers a good review of antimicrobial R&D, ranging from drug discovery to preclinical and clinical activities. Go here to register; the abstract deadline is 15 Nov 2024.
• 25-26 February 2025 (Basel, Switzerland): The 9th AMR Conference 2025. See list of Top Recurring meetings, above.
• [NEW] 27 Feb 2025 (virtual, 1700-1830 CET / 1100-1230 EST): GARDP REVIVE webinar entitled “In vitro and in vivo correlations for prediction of human pharmacokinetics and dose of antimicrobials.” Go here to register.
• 11-15 April 2025 (Vienna, Austria): ESCMID Global 2025, the annual meeting of the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. See Recurring Meetings list, above.
• 19-22 Oct 2025 (Georgia, USA): IDWeek 2025, the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society 
• 11-15 April 2025 (Vienna, Austria): ESCMID Global 2025. See list of Top Recurring meetings, above.
• 30 June-1 July 2025 (virtual and in Washington, DC): BID2025: BARDA Industry Days — Enhancing Health Security With a Sustainable Future.  BID provides the opportunity to discuss U.S. government medical countermeasure (MCM) priorities, provide the private sector an informal opportunity to interact with BARDA and ASPR teams, and identify potential areas of collaboration in the field of MCM research and development. Go here for details.
• 19-22 Oct 2025 (Georgia, USA): IDWeek 2025. See list of Top Recurring meetings, above.
• [2025 dates now posted] 11-19 Oct 2025 (Annecy, France, residential in-person program): ICARe (Interdisciplinary Course on Antibiotics and Resistance) … and 2025 will be the 9th year for this program. Patrice Courvalin orchestrates content with the support of an all-star scientific committee and faculty. The resulting soup-to-nuts training covers all aspects of antimicrobials, is very intense, and routinely gets rave reviews! Seating is limited, so mark your calendars now if you are interested. Applications should open ~March 2025 — go here for more details.

 Noteworthy self-paced courses and training materials (this is a new section — comments or builds would be appreciated!):

• OpenWHO: “Antimicrobial Resistance in the environment: key concepts and interventions.” Per the webpage for the course, it will teach you “…why addressing AMR in the environment is essential and gain insights into how action can be taken to prevent and control AMR in the environment at the national level.” This course builds on WHO’s 2024 Guidance on wastewater and solid waste management for manufacturing of antibiotics. For further reading, see also the 25 Sep 2023 newsletter entitled “Manufacturing underpins both access and stewardship: Cefiderocol as a case study” and the 28 Jan 2024 newsletter entitled “EMA Concept Paper: Guidance on manufacturing of phage products”.