Programme Day 2

1 August 2026 - Main Congress (Day 2)

Time Session
08:00
08:45
Meet the Expert 1: Preventing vascular associated Infections
Meet The Expert 3: How to Publish your Work
08:45
09:00
Award Presentation
MMA ID Award
09:00
09:30
Keynote Speech: Evaluating Implementation Science Efforts: A Focus on Process Measures and Action Plans
09:30
10:00
Tea Break
10:00
11:10
  • WHO’s Multimodal Strategy - Applying Implementation Science in IPC
  • Adapting Sustainable IPC Bundle Implementation into your Practice
  • Applying Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study Designs to IPC Research
  • Q&A
  • IPC Role in the OT : An Overview
  • IPC in Mind: Does Hospital Design Matter
  • Future Concepts: Waterless ICU
  • Q&A
  • Strengthening IPC Through AMS: Regional Perspectives on Antibiotic Stewardship
  • Building Resilient IPC Programs Through Sustainable AMS Implementation
  • Leveraging Data and Digital Tools: Driving AMS to Prevent Infections
  • Q&A
11:10
11:40
Plenary Lecture 3: Infection Prevention in Asia Pacific: Lessons Learnt from uncertainty and Future Strategies
11:50
12:50
Lunch Symposium
12:50
13:00
Lunch and Poster Viewing
13:00
14:10
Symposium 6a: Debate
Hospital Antibiogram: Necessary or Does it do More Harm?
  • Cost Effectiveness of Environmental Decontamination Solutions
  • Environment Disinfection and Cleaning in High Risk Areas: The Importance of Maintaining High Standards
  • APSIC Guidelines Updates on Environmental Cleaning
  • Q&A
  • AMS in Paediatric and Neonatal Care: Preventing Infections Through Smarter Stewardship
  • Outpatient AMS and Infection Control: Building Safer Prescribing Pathways in the Community
  • Antibiotic Stewardship in ICU: A Critical Lever for Infection Control Success
  • Q&A
14:10
15:40
  • Strategies to Prevent VAP
  • Prevention Strategies on nVHAP: Simple Steps for Prevention
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship in management of VAP
  • Lateral thinking to VAP prevention : beyond the usual sources and challenges
  • Q&A
  • Role of Surface Transmission in Emerging Infectious Disease
  • Sinks as possible source of transmission
  • Water Management Issues in Hospitals
  • Innovative Approaches to Sink Disinfection
  • Q&A
Symposium 7c: Free Paper / Poster Presentations
15:40
16:10
Tea Break
16:10
17:20
  • IPC challenges in NICU
  • Gram Negative Outbreak in NICU:Incorporation of IPC practices
  • Prevention of Nosocomial Respiratory Infections in Paediatrics Ward
  • Q&A
  • Machine Learning and AI-based Tools to Inform Infection Prevention Practice
  • VR DIAGNOSTICS IN IPC
  • Sustainability of Infection Control - Balancing Patient safety and Environmental Responsibility
  • Q&A
  • Phage Therapy : Past, Present and Future
  • Challenges of Phage Research in Singapore
  • Bacteriophages As A Therapeutic Agent: A case study
  • Q&A

This is a tentative programme and subject to change. Last updated on 22 January 2025.