INAUGURATION
30th August 2017 at 6.15 pm
Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel Colombo
PRECONGRESS
29th & 30th August 2017
Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo
Scientific Programme
31st August & 1st September 2017
Sri Lanka Foundation,
Colombo 07
Registration:
SLCM / SSM members:
Pre-congress only (2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress) -: Rs. 4,000/-
Special Rate for All 4 days -: Rs. 5,000/-
Non-members for the 2nd South Asian Melioidosis Congress - register at www.samc2017.org
2 day registration Rs7500/=
1 day registration Rs5000/=
To be paid at the -Conference Secretariat, Office of the SLCM, No. 06, “Wijerama House”Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07
Contact No. 0112675678
Members and Non Members - Scientific Programme
Both Days : Rs. 2,500/-
Single Day : Rs. 1,500/-
Sessions (half a day) : Rs 1,000/-
Highlights
Plenary 1 - Sepsis: Panacea or Pandora’s box?
Prof. Prabath Nanayakkara - Head, Section Acute Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam
Symposium 1 - Combating Antimicrobial
Resistance
National Strategic Plan for Combatting AMR
Dr. Kumudu Karunaratne
Consultant Microbiologist, Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo
Behavioural Aspects of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Dr. Carolyn Tarrant
Associate Professor, Sapphire, Department of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology,University of Leicester
Detection of Carbapenemases in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Prof. Balaji Veeraraghavan
Professor, Department of Clinical Microbiology ,Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India
Plenary 2 - Toxoplasmosis
Prof. Sarman Singh
Professor & Head, Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Plenary 3 - Microbiome with a Focus on the Mycobiome
Dr. Nelun Perera
Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester,
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester, Training Programme Director, Microbiology, Health Education England / East Midlands
Plenary 4 - Viral Infections in the Immunocompromised
Dr. Mark Atkins
Consultant Virologist (Specialty Lead), Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals, Surrey, United Kingdom
Symposium 2 - Advances in Combating
Sepsis
PHANTASi Trial: (Pre)Hospital Management of Sepsis: Opportunities and Challenges
Prof. Prabath Nanayakkara
Diagnostic Stewardship
Prof. Balaji Veeraraghavan
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiling; Slow or FAST?
Prof. Tim Inglis
Consultant Microbiologist, PathWest, Western Australia
Symposium 3 - Blood Borne Viruses
Dilemmas in the Diagnosis of Blood Borne Viral Infections
Dr. Mark Atkins
Consultant Virologist (Specialty Lead), Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals, Surrey, United Kingdom
Clinical Dilemmas in Managing HIV Patients
Dr. Ananda Wijewickrema
Consultant Physician, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Angoda
Plenary 5 - Interactive Case Discussion
Dr. Nelun Perera
Poster
