ATHENA 2017 Conference

ATHENA 2017 Conference

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ATHENA 2017 Conference is a major international multidisciplinary event, in the field of severe infections taking place every 2 years in Athens Greece and attended nationally and internationally by upwards of 500 attendees from all over the country and worldwide. The conference has the aim to provide the opportunity for the audience to interact with world-distinguished speakers and profit from their deep knowledge and expertise in difficult aspects of the current practice on diagnosis, treatment and management of severe infections. During the last years the organizing and scientific committee has been focused to make this congress an important scientific event beyond the Greek borders, open to friendships and collaborations in order to gain worldwide warm acceptance and recognition for its scientific merit. The success of the past congress, shows us that we are on the right path towards this goal. The symposium will be held at the foot of Acropolis hill and next to the New Acropolis Museum, in an environment linked with the ancient Greek history. Delegates will also have the opportunity to feel the pulse of modern Athens, by strolling at the heart of the city through live and sophisticated neighborhoods nearby the venue. In this website you will find all the information needed concerning the implementation of the congress. The material will soon be enriched with further details for your convenience. We are confident that ATHENA 2017 will represent an unforgettable personal and professional experience, and we look forward to welcoming you in Athens.

ATHENA International Conference Registration fee is 200 € which includes

  • admission to all Conference Sessions
  • conference kit
  • Certificate of attendance of CME Credits

For Group Registrations (5 participants or more) please send your request directly to [email protected]

Members of ESICM (European Society Intensive Care Medicine) are entitled to a 20% reduction in Registration fee.


VAT 24% is applicable for Registration of Greek Doctors/ Health Practitioners.



Scientific Program


Tuesday 28-11-2017


08.55-09.00

Welcome and introductions

G. Dimopoulos(Greece)

09.00-11.00

I. Infections in the ICU : what is the newer ?

Chairs : A. Armaganidis – A. Komnos

Speaker

09.00-09.15

Intratracheal antibiotics administration

J. Chastre (France)

09.15-09.30

New data on aerolized antibiotics

M. Kollef (USA)

09.30-09.45

VAT: something different?

S. Nseir (France)

09.45-10.00

Any role for β-lactam in XDR/PDR pathogens?

G. Daikos (Greece)

10.00-10.15

Individualized antibiotic strategies

F. Taccone (Belgium)

10.15-10.30

Silver-coated endotracheal tubes

M. Antonelli (Italy)

10.30-11.00

Discussion

11.00-12.00

Satellite Symposium sponsored by MERCK

12.00-13.00

Break

13.00-15.00

II. Infections in ICU: What is the newer?

Chairs: N. Koulouris (Greece) – I. Tsangaris (Greece)

Speaker

13.00-13.15

Infections in refugees

J.F. Timsit (France)

13.15-13.30

Infections in patients under monoclonal antibodies

M. Akova (Turkey)

13.30-13.45

Diffuse peritonitis: The importance of source control

C. Eckmann (Germany)

13.45-14.00

The role of viral pneumonia in the ICU

M. Kollef (USA)

14.00-14.15

VAP in COPD patients

I. Martin-Loeches (Ireland)

14.15-14.30

Klebsiella KPC: risk factors

M. Antonelli (Italy)

14.30-15.00

Discussion

15.00-15.30

Break.

15.30-17.30

III. Infections in ICU: What is newer?

Chairs: S. Pournaras (Greece) - A. Koutsoukou (Greece)

Speaker

15.30-15.45

MRSA BSIs

P. Montravers (France)

15.45-16.00

MRSA VAP

J. Chastre (France)

16.00-16.15

Infections due to VISA pathogens

J.R. Zahar (France)

16.15-16.30

SSTIs sepsis (Surgery, antimicrobial therapy and more)

C. Eckmann (Germany)

16.30-16.45

Abdominal sepsis (Antiinfectives in multiresistance era)

M. Bassetti (Italy)

16.45-17.00

Carbapenemases: testing and screening

D. Nicolau (USA)

17.00-17.30

Discussion

17.30-18.00

State of the art lecture

Chairs: G. Dimopoulos (Greece)

Speaker

Esmolol in the ICU

J.L. Vincent (Belgium)

Break

18.30-20.00

Satellite Symposium (TBA)



Wednesday 29-11-2017



09.00-11.00

The role of PK/PD of antibiotics in critically ill

Chairs: M. Marangos (Greece) - E. Zakynthinos (Greece)

Speaker

09.00-09.15

Augmented Renal Clearance and Drug Dosing

J. Lipman (Australia)

09.15-09.30

Antibiotics during CRRTs

D. Nicolau (USA)

09.30-09.45

Plasma protein binding changes of antibiotics

F.S. Taccone (Belgium)

09.45-10.00

Antibiotics: Continuous infusion

J. DeWaele (Belgium)

10.00-10.15

The antibiotic dose and the obese ICU patient

P. Montravers (France)

10.15-10.30

Antibiotics in elderly ICU patient

S. Nseir (France)

10.30-11.00

Discussion

11.00-12.00

Satellite Symposium (TBA)

12.00-13.00

Break.

13.00-15.00

Fungal infections

Chairs: I. Pnevmatikos (Greece) - N. Sipsas (Greece)

Speaker

13.00-13.15

PK/PDs of antifungals

D. Nicolau (USA)

13.15-13.30

Resistance to antifungals

P. Pappas (USA)

13.30-13.45

Combination of antifungals

T. Calandra (Switzerland)

13.45-14.00

Candida infections in cirrhotic/transplanted patients

M. Bassetti (Italy)

14.00-14.15

The role of new azoles

O. Cornely (Germany)

14.15-14.30

The role of new echinocandins

P. Pappas (USA)

14.30-15.00

Discussion

15.00-15.30

Break.

15.30-17.15

The Research Gate

Chairs: D. Georgopoulos (Greece) - A. Skoutelis (Greece)

Speaker

15.30-15.45

AbSeS study

Stijn Blot (Belgium)

15.45-16.00

Diana study

Jan De Waele (Belgium)

16.00-16.15

ENRIRI study

I. Martin-Loeches (Ireland)

16.15-16.30

HIVICUs study

G. Poulakou (Greece)

16.30-16.45

Temocillin: a new weapon for KPC infections?

M. Akova (Turkey)

16.45-17.15

Discussion

17.15-18.00

New Sepsis definitions

Chairs: T. Vassilakopoulos (Greece)

Speaker

17.15-17.30

The need for new sepsis definitions

J.L. Vincent (Belgium)

17.30-17.45

Validating the new sepsis definitions

E. Giamarellos (Greece)

17.45-18.00

Discussion

18.30-20.00

Satellite Symposium sponsored by Glenmark

Title: Highlights in severe infections in critically ill

Speaker

18.30-18.45

Colistin versus Polymyxin B

Jeff Lipman (Australia)

18.45-19.00

Intrathecal/ Intraventricilar antimicrobials in difficult to treat nosocomial infections

R. Soman (India)

19.00-19.15

Empirical choice of antibiotics in critically ill patients in India

S. Todi (India)

19.15-19.30

Nosocomial NTM infection

V. Ramasubramanian (India)

19.30-19.45

Molds in ICU/SOT

Jose Garnacho-Montero (Spain)

19.45-20.00

Discussion



Thursday 30-11-2016



09.00-11.00

Prevention of infections

Chairs: A. Tsakris (Greece) – A. Komnos (Greece)

Speaker

09.00-09.15

Pneumonococcal vaccination

G. Poulakou (Greece)

09.15-09.30

The endotracheal tube cuff: shape & material

S. Blot (Belgium)

09.30-09.45

Antimicrobial surfaces

M. Niederman (USA)

09.45-10.00

Pulmonary hypertension and infections

S. Orfanos (Greece)

10.00-10.15

Catheter impregnation and CVC infections

J. Carnacho-Montero (Spain)

10.15-10.30

There is a role for antifungal prophylaxis in the ICU?

J.A. Paiva (Portugal)

10.30-11.00

Discussion

11.00-11.30

State of the art lecture.

Chairs: G. Poulakou (Greece)

Speaker

Old drugs for Staphylococcus infections

I. Gould (UK)

11.30-12.30

Satellite Symposium sponsored by MERCK

12.30-13.30

Break

13.00-15.00

Figthing the resistance in the ICU

Chairs: I. Tsangaris (Greece) - A. Skiada (Greece)

Speaker

13.30-13.45

MRSA: decolonization in the ICU?

I. Gould (UK)

13.45-14.00

The use of gene transcriptomics as surrogate markers

E. Giamarellos (Greece)

14.00-14.15

Microdialysis and antibiotics: the right doses

J. Lipman (Australia)

14.15-14.30

The role of surveillance cultures

M. Niederman (USA)

14.30-14.45

The modern concept of de-escalation in the ICU

J.F. Timsit (France)

14.45-15.00

Discussion

15.00-16.30

Advances in Infections in the ICU

Chairs: A. Kotanidou (Greece) - D. Matthaiou (Greece)

Speaker

15.00-15.15

Colistin-Fosfomycin

J.A. Paiva (Portugal)

15.15-15.30

New promising antibacterials

I. Gould (UK)

15.30-15.45

The new long acting glycopeptides

J.R. Zahar (France)

15.45-16.00

T2RM assays for the diagnosis of fungal infections

O. Cornely (Germany)

16.00-16.30

Discussion





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