Scientific Program

Path to The New Era of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology

The 20^th Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection (APCCMI 2025)

Updated: 8 April 2025

Day 1: Sunday, 2 November 2025

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
07:00-17:00	Registration
09:00-09:45 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Pre-Congress Workshop 1 Diagnostic and Antimicrobial Stewardships: The Challenges Effective Strategies in Hospital Diagnostic Stewardship in Asia Mina Kim (Korea) Effective Strategies in Hospital ASP David Lye (Singapore) Antifungal Stewardship: Rationale and Its Impact Anucha Apisarnthanarak (Thailand) Integration of Antimicrobial Stewardship and IPC to Reduce MDROs Paul Tambyah (Singapore) Q&A	Pre-Congress Workshop 2 Beauty of The Beast: Visual Guide and Case Scenario Panelists Piriyaporn Chongtrakool (Thailand) Anupop Jitmuang (Thailand) Rongpong Plongla (Thailand) Ariya Chindaporn (Thailand)
09:45-10:30 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)
10:30-11:15 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)
11:15-12:00 45 min	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)	Joint IDAT Meeting (Thai delegates)
12:00-13:30	Lunch Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
13:30-14:15 45 min	Plenary Lecture 1 Chair: Zamberi Sekawi (Malaysia) Diagnostic Microbiology: How It Can Help Clinicians to Fight AMR in the Real World? Robin Patel (USA)
14:15-15:00 45 min	Plenary Lecture 2 Chair: Piroon Mootsikapun (Thailand) Novel Antibiotics to Combat with Asia AMR Hot Zone David Paterson (Singapore)
15:00-15:30	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3
15:00-16:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 1 Bug Beat: The Excalibur for Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Chair: Minggui Wang (China) Co-chair: Dhitiwat Changpradub (Thailand) Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Souha Kanj (Lebanon) Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Minggui Wang (China) Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Visanu Thamlikitkul (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 2 Roadshow of Success in Strategic Implementation in Antimicrobial Stewardship Chair: David Lye (Singapore) Co-chair: Pinyo Rattanaumpawan (Thailand) Utilizing Artificial Intelligence and Chatbots in Antimicrobial Stewardship Po-Ren Hsueh (Taiwan) Effective Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementation: Strategies and Successful Case Studies in Thailand Pinyo Rattanaumpawan (Thailand) Successful Antimicrobial Stewardship in AMR Control in Philippines Regina Berba (Philippines)	Concurrent Symposium 3 The Power of Vaccines Against Preventable Diseases in Children and Adolescents Chair: Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit (Thailand) Co-chair: Fiona M. Russell (Australia) Defeating Dengue: The Emerging Role of Dengue Vaccination in AP Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit (Thailand) Preventing the Spread of HPV in Adolescents: The Critical Role of the HPV Vaccine Wanatpreeya Phongsamart (Thailand) Enhancing Accessibility to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children: Addressing Challenges in the Asia Pacific Region Fiona M Russell (Australia)
16:30-17:00	Opening Ceremony
17:00-18:00	Welcome Reception

Day 2: Monday, 3 November 2025

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3	Exhibition Hall
07:00-17:00	Registration					Poster View 07:00 – 17:00 hrs
08:00-08:45 45 min	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 1	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 2	Meet the Expert 1 Update on Clinical Microbiology Chair: Nuntra Suwantarat (Thailand) Core Elements in Diagnostic Stewardship Zamberi Sekawi (Malaysia) Point of Care Testings in Clinical Microbiology Nuntra Suwantarat (Thailand)	Meet the Expert 2 Tropical Infections: Not Gone and Not Forgotten Chair: Yupin Suputtamongkol (Thailand) Melioidosis Yupin Suputtamongkol (Thailand) Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Ploenchan Chetchotisakd (Thailand)	Meet the Expert 3 Emerging Issues in Infection Control for MDRO in Asia Chair: Anucha Apisarnthanarak (Thailand) Beyond Surface Transmission of MDROs Vincent Cheng (Hong Kong) Emerging Strategies to Contain MDR-GNB Anucha Apisarnthanarak (Thailand)
08:45-09:00 15 min
09:00-09:45 45 min	Plenary Lecture 3 Chair: Malik Peiris (Hong Kong) Emerging Viral Pathogens in Asia: The Next Armageddon Yong Poovorawan (Thailand)
09:45-10:30 45 min	Plenary Lecture 4 Chair: Methee Chayakunkeree (Thailand) Current Trends in Management of Invasive Fungal Infections in Critically Ill Patients Arunaloke Chakrabarti (India)
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
11:00-11:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 1	Industrial Lunch Symposium 2	Oral Presentation 1	Oral Presentation 2	Oral Presentation 3
12:00-13:00	Lunch Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
12:00-12:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 3	Industrial Lunch Symposium 4	Industrial Lunch Symposium 5
Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3		Exhibition Hall
13:00-14:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 4 Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: Do We Have a Game Changer? Chair: Robin Patel (USA) Co-chair: Nuntra Suwantarat (Thailand) Bacterial Infection Shawn Vasoo (Singapore) Fungal Infection Ariya Chindamporn (Thailand) Viral Infection Katsunori Yanagihara (Japan)	Concurrent Symposium 5 What's Hot in The Must(h)room Chair: Monica Slavin (Australia) Co-chair: Methee Chayakulkeeree (Thailand) Cryptococcosis in an Apparent Immunocompetent Hosts Methee Chayakulkeeree (Thailand) Fungal Resistance in Asia Yee-Chun Chen (Taiwan) Novel Antifungal Therapy Monica Slavin (Australia) Emerging Endemic Mycosis Ruoyu Li (China)	Concurrent Symposium 6 Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistances in Different Scenarios (ISAC-APCCMI Symposium) Chair: Souha Kanj (Lebanon) Co-chair: Regina Berba (Philippines) AMR in the Conflict Zone Souha Kanj (Lebanon) Worsening AMR Post Pandemics: the COVID-19 Experience. Heiman Wertheim (NL) Antimicrobial Resistance Among Clinically Significant Bacteria in Wildlife: An Overlooked One Health Concern Geoffrey Coombs (Australia)				Poster View 07:00 – 17:00 hrs Poster Rapidfire 13:00 – 13:45 hrs
14:30-15:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
15:00-16:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 7 Mystery Revealed: Challenging Cases Chair: Owen Tsang (Hong Kong) Co-chair: Hiroki Ohage (Japan) Panelists Kazuko Yamamoto (Japan) Jun Yong Choi (Korea) Liping Zhu (China) Thundon Ngamprasertchai (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 8 Current Issues on One Health AMR Programs Chair: Paul Tambyah (Singapore) Co-chair:Rujipas Sirijatuphat (Thailand) Data Utilization for Local and National Actions Against AMR Direk Limmathurotsakul (Thailand) Closing the Gaps in One Health AMR Programs in Asia Pacific Region Paul Tambyah (Singapore) Key Lessons Learned from Japan Integrated One Health AMR Programs Kazuhiro Tateda (Japan) AMR (CPE) Control Using Genome-Based Epidemiology Hyukmin Lee (Korea)	Concurrent Symposium 9 Special Issues in Infectious Diseases Chair: Heiman Wertheim (Netherlands) Co-chair: Saranyu Chusri (Thailand) Infection Catastrophe During War and Conflicts Heiman Wertheim (NL) AI Role in Fighting Infectious Diseases Peter Haddawy (Thailand) Innovation in Infectious Disease Diagnosis Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Jaeseok Kim (Korea) Antifungal Development with Molecular Biology Hiroji Chibana (Japan)
16:30-17:00 30 min	Keynote Lecture 1 Ground Breaking Malaria Research: From Human Challenges to Vaccine Development Chair: Mayfong Mayxay (Laos) Nicholas Day (Thailand)	Keynote Lecture 2 Dengue: Infinity War or Endgame? Chair: TBA Eng Eong Ooi (Singapore)	Keynote Lecture 3 Preparedness for the Next Pandemic Chair: TBA Wenhong Zhang (China)

Day 3: Tuesday, 4 November 2025

Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3	Exhibition Hall
07:00-12:00	Registration					Poster View 07:00 – 17:00 hrs
08:00-08:45 45 min	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 3	Industrial Morning Satellite Symposium 4	Meet the Expert 4 Endocarditis and CIED Infections: New Challenges, New Solutions Chair: Chusana Suankratray (Thailand) Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Management Tachapong Ngarmukos (Thailand) Treating Endocarditis: Practical Implications of Updated Guidelines Owen Tsang (Hong Kong)	Meet the Expert 5 Toward Cure of Viral Hepatitis: New Strategies Chair: Anchalee Avihingsanon (Thailand) Hepatitis B: On the Cusp of a Cure? Seng Gee Lim (Singapore) Toward Global HCV Eradication: Where are We Now? Tawesak Tanwandee (Thailand)	Meet the Expert 6 Advanced Issues in ID Chair: Pornpan Koomanachai (Thailand) TDM for Clinical Infectious Disease Preecha Montakantikul (Thailand) Novel Pharmacology Drug Test/Targeted Therapy Kesara Na-Bangchang (Thailand)
08:45-09:00 15 min
09:00-09:45 45 min	Plenary Lecture 5 Transforming New Evidences in Transplant Infectious Diseases into Clinical Guideline Chair: Siriorn Watcharananan (Thailand) Raymund R. Razonable (USA)
09:45-10:30 45 min	Plenary Lecture 6 Back to the Future on Vaccination Chair: Wanatpreeya Phongsamart (Thailand) Kim Mulholland (Australia)
10:30-11:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
11:00-11:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 7	Industrial Lunch Symposium 8	Oral Presentation 4	Oral Presentation 5	Oral Presentation 6
12:00-13:00	Lunch Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
12:00-12:45 45 min	Industrial Lunch Symposium 9	Industrial Lunch Symposium 10	Industrial Lunch Symposium 11
Time	Hall 1	Hall 2	MR 1	MR 2	MR 3		Exhibition Hall
13:00-14:30 90 min	Concurrent Symposium 10 Hot Topics in Emerging Viruses Chair: Jacky Chan (Hong Kong) Co-chair: Chusana Suankratray (Thailand) Influenza: Past, Present and Future Malik Peiris (Hong Kong) RSV in Older Adults in Tropical Countries Po-Ren Hsueh (Taiwan) Is COVID-19 Gone in 2025? Jacky Chan (Hong Kong)	Concurrent Symposium 11 Ending HIV/AIDS: One World One Hope Chair: Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul (Thailand) Co-chair: Nagalingeswaran Kumarasmy (India) HIV Epidemic: The Never Ending Battle Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul (Thailand) HIV Prevention Strategies Opass Putcharoen (Thailand) Novel HIV Therapy Nagalingeswaran Kumarasmy (India) The HIV Endgame: Is It Possible? Raja Iskandar Shah Raja Azwa (Malaysia)	Concurrent Symposium 12 The New Upfront in Transplant Infectious Diseases Chair: Raymund R. Razonable (USA) Co-chair:Jackrapong Bruminhent (Thailand) Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Transplant Recipients Jackrapong Bruminhent (Thailand) Infectious Complications of CAR T Cell Therapy Kitsada Wudhikarn (Thailand) Antifungal Stewardship in Transplants Tan Ban Hock (Singapore) Key Experiences in Asian Transplant Infectious Diseases Siriorn Watcharananan (Thailand)				Poster View 07:00 – 17:00 hrs Poster Rapidfire 13:00 – 13:45 hrs
14:30-15:00	Coffee Break \| Exhibition \| Poster View
15:00-16:00 60 min	Concurrent Symposium 13 Emerging/Re-Emerging Parasitic Threats in Asia Chair: Srivicha Krudsood (Thailand) Co-chair: Thundon Ngamprasertchai (Thailand) Updated Leishmaniasis Across the Region Mathirut Mungthin (Thailand) Advanced Diagnosis in Molecular Parasitology Poom Adisakwattana (Thailand) Optimizing Malaria Management in the Asia-Pacific Region Srivicha Krudsood (Thailand)	Concurrent Symposium 14 Strengthening IPC in Asia Pacific (APSIC-APCCMI Symposium) Chair: Anucha Apisarnthanarak (Thailand) Co-chair: Mi-na Kim (Korea) Integration of Diagnostic Stewardship in IPC Wing Hong Seto (Hong Kong) Guidelines as Tools for Strengthening IPC Program Ling Moi Lin (Singapore) Implementing HAI Prevention Guideline - the Do’s and Don’ts Patricia Ching (Hong Kong)	Concurrent Symposium 15 Tuberculosis: The New Frontiers Chair: Janice Caoili (Philippines) Co-chair: Gompol Suwanpimolkul (Thailand) Innovations that Transform Tuberculosis Treatment Nicholas Panton (Singapore) Fighting Two Fronts: Advances in Managing TB and HIV Co-Infection Anchalee Avihingsanon (Thailand) Rapid Diagnosis of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Changki Kim (Korea)
16:00-17:00	Closing Ceremony and Presentation of Awards

Note: The program is preliminary and is subject to change.