Registration for Workshop 2018

Registration

Register here. The workshop is being held May 8-9^th at Hotell 11, Göteborg.

The registration deadline is April 4th. There is no maximum number of participants pr. laboratory or company. Confirmation is sent by email upon registration.

Hotel

Hotel rooms are NOT included in the conference payment. Hotel rooms are to be booked separately and paid directly to the hotel. Hotell 11 has rooms reserved at a special price until March 23^rd. Single room 1286 SEK, double room 1365 SEK (per room per night).

Booking: Send your booking request to: q.11@choice.se.

They need the information below:

·         Bookingcode:GR006042.

·         First and last name.

·         Checkin/ checkout date.

·         Single/ double room.

·         Phone number.

Further hotel information here.

Payment

Upon registration, you will receive an invoice. Before you register, make sure that you have information about invoice address, reference code/cost centre and an email address to the financial officer/invoice charge, as invoices will be sent as PDF files. Received payment is considered as final confirmation and must be done well in advance of the workshop.

Participation fee: Participants attending the workshop are categorized as laboratory personell or industry. The participation fee is 4600 SEK for the laboratory personell and 15000 SEK for the industry.

Program 

This year's Workshop includes:  

Meet the Experts (Parallel sessions)

·         Frequently asked questions and troubleshooting in AST

·         Selective reporting as a tool for antimicrobial stewardship

·         What to do when there are no breakpoints

Keynote lectures:

·         Use of NGS for susceptibility testing in the clinical laboratory (Henrik Hasman)

·         Susceptibility testing of mycobacteria (Thomas Schön)

·         Susceptibility testing of yeast in the clinical laboratory (Erja Chryssanthou)

          Other highlights:

·         NordicAST RAST Study (Anna Åkerlund)

·         The Area of Technical Uncertainty - how to deal with difficult in-between results of AST (Gunnar Kahlmeter)

·         Screening for carbapenem resistance: What is new? (Orjan Samuelsen)

·         Disk diffusion method for anaerobes (Ulrik Justesen)

The preliminary program can be viewed here.

Poster presentations and case reports or short oral presentations can be registered with Erika Matuschek until April 9 ^th

Questions regarding payment for the workshop

- please write to Ingvar Eliasson

Other questions regarding the workshop

- please write to Lise Hulløen-Orø