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Later this week, we’ll be descending on Copenhagen, Denmark, to attend the 33rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases – or ECCMID, for short. Much like ID Transmission, ECCMID covers a plethora of topics to get stuck into, but this year is particularly special; the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its inception.

I currently find myself immersed in the show program, trying to decide which sessions I need to attend – but my efforts are being somewhat thwarted by my inability to be in two, three, or even four places at once. In case you’re also attending and find yourself stuck with the same quandary, I’ve curated my recommendations – five top picks each for symposia, oral sessions, and keynote lectures – for you below. It was not easy.

Symposia

Year in infectious disease (April 16) – this session is always a blast!
Learning from the past: paleomicrobiology (April 16)
Expanding global access to diagnostics (April 17)
WHO AMR Impact Initiatives and Research Coordination: WHO 2022 Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) (April 17)
Individualised antimicrobial therapy: the future is now! (April 18)

Special mentions go to the remaining “Year in” sessions – Year in infection control (April 15) and Year in clinical microbiology (April 17) – I always enjoy these sessions, not just because they highlight some of the neat research I may have missed over the year, but also because they demonstrate just how far we’ve come in the (relatively) short space of a year. And I’ll be sure to attend “Year in public health” (April 17) – a newcomer this year, which makes it all the more exciting.

Oral Sessions

What we learned from the mpox outbreak (April 15)
Late-breaking novel clinical trial results (April 15)
New vaccines in clinical development (April 16)
Malaria: challenges in LMICs and HICs (April 18)
New weapons against fungi: from clinical trials to innovative therapies (April 18)

Keynote Lectures

Excellence Award Lecture, Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: where we came from, what we have and what we need – Gunnar Kahlmeter (April 15)
Digitalisation and machine learning in microbiology: addressing promises and challenges – Adrian Egli (April 15)
A revolution in the management of cryptococcal meningitis – Tom Harrison (April 16)
Mitigation of rotavirus: current and future – Gagandeep Kang (April 17)
Pneumococcal epidemiology, pathogenesis and intervention – Birgitta Henriques-Normark (April 18)

Oh – and if you find yourself with a spare moment at ECCMID (unlikely, I know), please do swing by booth B5-42 to say hello! I’d also be interested in hearing what sessions you recommend: olivia.gaskill@texerepublishing.com

ECCMID will take place April 15–18, 2023, at the Bella Center Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information, visit www.eccmid.org