Plan Now to Attend Your Top IDWeek 2020 Sessions

IDWeek 2020 is just around the corner! From October 21 – 25, ARLG’s top leaders and experts will be discussing the latest AMR topics. You won’t want to miss this year’s Maxwell Finland lecture presented by Vance Fowler, ARLG co-principal investigator, on October 23.

Use the guide below to plan the rest of your conference sessions.

ARLG at IDWeek 2020

DayTimeSession TitlePresentation TitleModeratorsSpeakers
On Demand
Pediatric Infections and Immunology
Oral Abstract
Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial of Short vs. Standard Course Outpatient Therapy of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children (SCOUT-CAP)W. Charles Huskins
Oct. 217:00 - 8:00p.m.The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly During COVID-19 in Latin AmericaCesar Arias
Oct. 218:00 - 9:00p.m. Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Latin AmericaCesar Arias
Oct. 219:15 - 10:15p.mThe COVID-19 Experience — JapanYohei Doi
Oct. 2110:15 - 11:15p.m. The COVID-19 Experience — AsiaYohei Doi
Oct. 2211:00a.m. - 12:15p.m. AmpC beta-lactamase: basics and clinical considerations – Speaker 2AmpC beta-lactamase: basics and clinical considerations Yohei DoiPranita Tamma
Oct. 2211:00a.m. - 12:15p.m. Interactive Session -Diagnostic Clinical CasesKim HansonRobin Patel (panelist)
Christopher Doern (panelist)
Oct. 2211:00a.m. - 12:15p.m. Symposium - Lyme Guidelines: a case based approach to what’s new in diagnosis and treatmentLyme Guidelines: a case based approach to what’s new in diagnosis and treatmentTom Holland Sarah Doernberg, Buddy Creech (panelists); Paul Lantos (speaker)
Oct. 2211:00a.m. - 12:15p.m. Role of Advanced Practitioners in IDCatherine Liu (panelist)
Oct. 2212:30 - 1:45p.m. Symposium - Controversies in CandidaCandida Biofilms: What Makes Them So Bad? David Andes
Oct. 2212:30 - 1:45p.m. Symposium – Epidemiologically David van Duin
Oct. 223:45 - 5:00p.m. Symposium – Clinical Trials that May Change Your PracticeClinical Trials in Bacterial Diseases That May Change Your Practice Tom Holland
Sarah Doernberg
Michael Satlin
Oct. 225:15 - 6:30p.m.Bad Bugs – Any DrugsRobert Bonomo
Sara Cosgrove
David Paterson (panelist)
Pranita Tamma (panelist)
Oct. 2310:00 - 11:15a.mChallenging cases in Infectious DiseasesHenry Chambers
Oct. 2310:00 - 11:15a.mRisk of infective endocarditis in patients with bacteremiaStaphylococcus aureus bacteremiaVance Fowler Jr.
Oct. 2311:30a.m. - 12:45p.mSTIs When First-line Therapy FailsTom Holland
Oct. 2311:30a.m. - 12:45p.mTherapeutic ControversyBL/BLI for ESBL Producers – a Bad IdeaDavid Paterson
Oct. 2311:30a.m. - 12:45p.m. “It is All in Your Head”...or Is It?: Delusions, Factitious Disorders and True ID Diagnosis That Look Like ThemLilian Abbo (panelist)
Oct. 232:45 - 4:00p.m. Scientific merits and practical considerations for site-specific susceptibility testingImplementation HurdlesAmy Mathers
Oct. 232:45 - 4:00p.m. New Kids on the Block: Antifungal Drug PipelineDavid Andes
Oct. 234:15 - 5:30p.m. Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges in Transplant Infectious DiseasesDifficult Diarrhea: C. difficile in Complex, Antibiotic Treated Transplant PatientsChristopher Polage
Oct. 234:15 - 5:30p.m. Current management of Pediatric Neuroinflammatory Disorders: Show me the DataLoren Miller
Oct. 234:15 - 5:30p.m.
On Demand
Designing and implementing clinical trials that inform clinical practiceClinical Trials to Inform Antimicrobial StewardshipYohei Doi Nick Daneman
Oct. 234:15 - 5:30p.mUpdate on Novel Approaches to Antimicrobial Susceptibility TestingRapid Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing Assays
Targeted Molecular Panels for Resistance Detection
Using Whole Genome Sequencing for Prediction of Resistance
Ritu BanerjeePatricia Simner
Lars Westblade
Oct. 234:15 - 5:30p.mHot Topics in Pediatric Infectious DiseasesUpdates on Staphylococcus aureus Infections, Treatment and PreventionRitu BanerjeeStephanie Fritz
Oct. 235:30 - 6:45p.m.
All Channels
Maxwell Finland Lecture
Featured Speaker
Staphylococcus aureus: Lessons Learned from 20 Years with the Persistent PathogenVance G. Fowler
Oct. 2410:00 - 11:15a.m. Antibiotic Stewardship in Unique Clinical SettingsAntibiotic Use in the Emergency Department/Urgent Care CentersLarissa May
Oct. 241:15 -3:00p.m. Clinical Controversies in S. aureus Bacteremia Management and PreventionCombination Therapy for SAB: Who, What When
Decolonization as a S. aureus Bacteremia Prevention Strategy
Tom HollandSara Cosgrove
Oct. 259:30 – 11:00a.m. Optimizing the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditisJose Miro