| 12 October, Thursday |
| 8.30 10.00 |
Registration |
| 10.00 10.30 |
Welcome note |
G. Cornaglia, R. Kozlov, K. Naber S. Suleimanov |
| Plenary Session I |
| 10.30 11.00 |
Antibiotic use: modern problems and ways for improvement |
R. Kozlov (Russia) |
| 11.00 11.30 |
Emerging infections in the new century |
S. Kohno (Japan) |
| 11.30 12.00 |
Current issues of antimicrobial therapy in Far East region |
S. Suleimanov (Russia) |
| 12.00 12.15 |
Discussion |
| 12.15 12.30 |
Coffee break |
| Plenary Session II |
| 12.30 12.55 |
Penicillins in the treatment of ambulatory infections |
t.b.d. |
| 12.55 13.30 |
The role of macrolides in outpatient practice |
G. Cornaglia (Italy) |
| 13.30 14.00 |
Fluoroquinolones for the community-acquired infections |
P. Appelbaum (USA) |
| 14.00 14.15 |
Discussion |
| 14.15 15.10 |
Lunch |
| Plenary Session III |
| 15.10 15.35 |
Strategies to minimize antibiotic resistance in the hospital environment |
D. Galkin (Russia) |
| 15.35 16.00 |
Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical interventions in urology |
T. Matsumoto (Japan) |
| 16.00 16.35 |
Controversies in the management of UTIs: what really works? |
K. Naber (Germany) |
| 16.35 17.00 |
Evidence based approaches to the treatment of STDs |
S. Sekhin (Russia) |
| 17.00 17.30 |
Discussion |
| 13 October, Friday |
| 8.30 10.00 |
Registration |
| Plenary Session IV |
| 10.00 10.25 |
News from the pipeline: treatment options for problem pathogens in the new century |
P. Appelbaum (USA) |
| 10.25 10.50 |
Reconciling the goals of antibiotic policy and drug development |
D. Monnet (Denmark) |
| 10.50 11.15 |
Nosocomial infections: current and new threats |
R. Kozlov (Russia) |
| 11.15 12.00 |
New antimycotics in the management of invasive fungal infections |
N.Klimko (Russia) |
| 12.00 12.15 |
Discussion |
| 12.15 12.30 |
Coffee break |
| Plenary Session V |
| 12.30 12.55 |
National guidelines for the treatment of HAP: from recommendations to clinical practice |
A. Dekhnitch (Russia) |
| 12.55 13.40 |
Necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections |
G. Cornaglia (Russia) |
| 13.40 14.05 |
Choice of antimicrobial therapy for peritonitis |
B. Gelfand (Russia) |
| 14.05 14.30 |
Antimicrobial therapy in OBGYN |
A. Nikonov (Russia) |
| 14.30 15.00 |
Discussion |
Seminar for Microbiologists 13 October, Friday |
| 15.30 15.40 |
Opening remarks and introduction |
R. Kozlov, G. Cornaglia, S. Suleimanov |
| 15.40 16.20 |
Recommendations for the proper specimen management |
G. Cornaglia (Italy) |
| 16.20 17.10 |
Clinical and microbiological peculiarities of MRSA/VISA/VRSA |
P. Appelbaum (USA) |
| 17.10 17.40 |
Susceptibility testing of fungi: current achievements and problems |
A. Dekhnitch (Russia) |
| 17.40 18.00 |
Panel discussion |