Organizers
Didier Pittet, Geneva
Andreas Voss, Nijmegen
Stephan Harbarth, Geneva
Scientific Committee
Members of the scientific committee are actively involved in suggesting sessions and, in part, helping to plan a coherent and innovative programme. All members are also taking part in the abstract review process.
Lindsay Grayson – Australia
David Paterson – Australia
Herman Goossens – Belgium
Jean-Louis Vincent – Belgium
Rosanna Richtmann – Brazil
Vincent Djientcheu – Cameroon
Lindsay Nicolle – Canada
Dominique Monnet – ECDC
Christian Brun-Buisson – France
Jean Carlet – France
Vincent Jarlier – France
Jean-Christophe Lucet – France
Petra Gastmeier – Germany
Achilleas Gikas – Greece
Patricia Ching – Hong Kong, SAR, China
Wing-Hong Seto – Hong Kong, SAR, China
Geeta Mehta – India
Yehuda Carmeli – Israel
Maria Luisa Moro – Italy
Evelina Tacconelli – Italy
Souha Kanj – Lebanon
Nordiah Jalil – Malaysia
Michael Borg – Malta
Marc Bonten – The Netherlands
Alexander Friedrich -The Netherlands
Jan Kluytmans – The Netherlands
Nizam Damani – Northern Ireland, UK
Hanan Balkhy – Saudi Arabia
Ziad Memish – Saudi Arabia
Babacar Ndoye – Senegal
Paul Anantharajah Tambyah – Singapore
Moi Lin Ling – Singapore
Shaheen Mehtar – South Africa
Laurent Brochard – Switzerland
Philippe Eggimann – Switzerland
Hugo Sax – Switzerland
Jérome Pugin – Switzerland
Andreas Widmer – Switzerland
Hakan Leblebicioglu – Turkey
John McConnell – The Lancet
Alison Holmes – UK
Judith Richards – UK
Homero Bagnulo – Uruguay
John Boyce – USA
E. Patchen Dellinger – USA
Eli Perencevich – USA
Loreen Herwaldt – USA
Benedetta Allegranzi – WHO
Local Organizing Committee
The local organizing committee is a multidisciplinary team from Geneva providing help across all aspects.
Fabricio da Liberdade Jantarada (Coordinator)
Marie-Noelle Chraïti
Claude Ginet
Laurent Kaiser
Claire Kilpatrick
Leonardo Pagani
Klara Posfay-Barbe
Andrew Stewardson
Rosemary Sudan
Ilker Uçkay
Christian Van Delden
Walter Zingg
ICPIC Experts
ICPIC experts represent a group of colleagues that ICPIC acknowledges as experts in the field. They are “ambassadors” who support and promote the meeting.
Victor Rosenthal – Argentina
John Ferguson – Australia
Tom Gottlieb – Australia
Mary-Louise McLaws – Australia
Thomas Riley – Australia
Franz Allerberger – Austria
Bart Gordts – Belgium
Anne Simon – Belgium
Vandack Nobre – Brazil
Flavia Rossi – Brazil
Rossitza Vatcheva-Dobrevska – Bulgaria
John Conly – Canada
Yves Longtin – Canada
Ethan Rubinstein – Canada
Bijie Hu – China
Hui Wang – China
Niels Frimodt-Moller – Denmark
Robert Skov – Denmark
Antoine Andremont – France
Jean Chastre – France
Philippe Vanhems – France
Xavier Bertrand – France
Frank Brunkhorst – Germany
Markus Dettenkofer – Germany
Sebastian Lemmen – Germany
Helen Giamarellou – Greece
Szilágyi Emese – Hungary
Anita Arora – India
Abdul Ghafur – India
Anand Manoharan – India
Namita Jaggi – India
Mehrdad Askarian – Iran
Hilary Humphreys – Ireland
Massimo Antonelli – Italy
Guido Bertolini – Italy
Silvio Brusaferro – Italy
Angelo Pan – Italy
Nicola Petrosillo – Italy
Mansour Adeoty – Ivory Coast
Toshinobu Horii – Japan
Jae Hoon Song – Korea
Lul Raka – Kosovo
Mohammad K. Ibrahim – Lebanon
Victor Lim – Malaysia
Samuel Ponce-Leon – Mexico
Hajo Grundmann – The Netherlands
Christina Vandenbroucke- Grauls – The Netherlands
Margreet Vos – The Netherlands
Timothy Blackmore – New Zealand
Egil Lingaas – Norway
Piotr Heczko – Poland
Waleria
Hryniewicz – Poland
Sergej Eremin – Russia
Adriano Duse – South Africa
Keith Klugman – South Africa
Dale Fisher – Singapore
Maja Rupnic – Slovenia
Bojana Beovic – Slovenia
Jordi Rello – Spain
Jesus Rodríguez-Bãno – Spain
Antoni Torres – Spain
Toni Trilla – Spain
Hakan Hanberger – Sweden
Gerhard Eich – Switzerland
Christian Ruef – Switzerland
Giorgio Zanetti – Switzerland
Lee Chun Ming – Taiwan, China
Husueh Po-Ren – Taiwan, China
Anucha Apisarnthanarak – Thailand
Ben Cooper – Thailand
Serhat Unal – Turkey
Barry Cookson – UK
Mervyn Singer – UK
Daniel Diekema – USA
Mike Edmond – USA
Don Goldman – USA
William Jarvis – USA
Elaine Larson – USA
Pam Lipsett – USA
Leonard Mermel – USA
Michele Pearson (CDC) – USA
Trish Perl – USA
Gina Pugliese – USA
Craig Rubens – USA
Marc Rupp – USA
Sanjay Saint – USA
Robert Sherertz – USA
Michael Tapper – USA
Robert A. Weinstein – USA
Joyce Hightower – WHO
Carmem Pessoa-Silva – WHO
Shamsuzzoha Syed -WHO