* Please note this program is preliminary and subject to change without notice.
| Thursday 27 November 2025 | |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | Networking drinks |
| 1800 - 2000 | Mihi Whakatau, Peter Jackson |
| Welcome from Conference Convenors, Michelle Balm and Olivia Bupha-Intr | |
| 25 years of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines: Lessons learnt and future strategies to control the burden of Pneumococcal Disease Professor David Goldblatt, University College London | |
| Shaping the new identity of NZ Institute of Public Health and Forensic Science Professor David Murdoch, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science, University of Otago | |
| Sharpening the IPC toolset: front line genomics for IPC Dr Maxim Bloomfield, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley | |
| Friday 28 November 2025 | |
| 0830 - 1030 | Antimicrobial Stewardship |
| How we run our AMS service Dr Tim Cutfield, Counties Manakau | |
| OPAT to COPAT: experience with linezolid Dr Olivia Bupha-Intr, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley | |
| URTI and antibiotics in primary care Dr Steve Ritchie, Te Toku Tumai | |
| National AMS strategy Dr Sharon Gardiner, Waitaha | |
| Panel Discussion | |
| Clinical infection research in New Zealand: challenges and opportunities | |
| Infection research funding models: an update Professor David Murdoch, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science, University of Otago | |
| Clinical research set up at Middlemore: what works and what doesn't Dr Genevieve Walls, Counties Manakau | |
| Challenges with clinical research: survey responses Dr Maxim Bloomfield, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley | |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 1050 - 1250 | Tuberculosis |
| National MDR Clinical Network highlighting advocacy and interesting cases Dr Mitzi Nisbett, Te Toku Tumai | |
| Diagnostic and treatment updates in TB Dr Hugh McGann, Waikato | |
| Panel discussion | |
| Clinical Infectious Diseases | |
| Enterococcal endocarditis Dr Simon Briggs, Te Toku Tumai | |
| Experience with MDR Gram negatives Dr Hamish Wright, Counties Manakau | |
| Experience with novel therapies Dr Euna Sahng, Te Manawa Taki | |
| Using TDM in practice Dr Heather Isenman, Waitaha | |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 1330 - 1530 | National Antimicrobial Guidelines Workshop NAG Group: Dr Sharon Gardiner, Dr Steve Ritchie |
| 1550 - 1750 | Training and Workforce |
| RACP Curriculum changes and implementation Dr Nick Douglas, Waitaha & Debbie Kowalczyk, RACP | |
| Work distribution: experience with house officer ID rotation Dr Mark Hobbs, Te Toku Tumai | |
| Models of work: experience with working remotely and regionally Dr Richard Everts, Nelson-Marlborough | |
| National Workforce Survey Dr Michelle Balm, Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley | |
| Staph aureus bacteraemia | |
| Mortality associated with healthcare associated SAB Dr Sally Roberts Te Toku Tumai | |
| Our PIVC SAB problem and what to do about it Dr Genevieve Walls, Counties Manakau | |
| Panel Discussion | |
| 1830 - 2030 | Dinner |
| Saturday 29 November 2025 | |
| 0900 - 1105 | Registrar Presentations |
| Demographics of patients diagnosed with HIV in Auckland region Dr Madison Brown | |
| Evaluation of BioFire Joint Infection panel for diagnosis of septic arthritis and PJI Dr Shivani Fox-Lewis | |
| Complex hydatid disease Dr Chris Clews | |
| Beta-lactam levels in obesity Dr James Chancellor | |
| Audit of Group B streptococcal bacteraemia Dr Imogen Nolan | |
| The Great Mimic. Imported Brucellosis: Twenty Years of Clinical and Diagnostic Insights Dr Sarah Sarah, Te Toku Tumai | |
| 1125 - 1320 | Proffered papers |
| Macrolide resistant pertussis Dr Juliet Elvy, Southern | |
| Dominant MRSA strain in NZ Dr Rhys White,PHF Science | |
| Patient experiences in PROSNAP Locky McGrath, University of Auckland | |
| Impact of limiting antiviral therapy on seasonal respiratory viruses Dr Tim Cutfield, Counties Manakau | |
| National AMR Strategy Clare Possenniskie | |
| Science Communication | |
| Effective communication and policy impact Professor Michael Baker, University of Otago | |
| Conference Close Michelle Balm and Olivia Bupha-Intr | |
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