Registration

08:50-09:00(10 mins)

Opening Ceremony

09:00-09:10(10 mins)

Opening Remarks

Dr. Shih-Chung Chen

Minister, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Dr. Chin-Cheng Huang

Deputy Minister, Council of Agriculture

09:10-09:25(15 mins)

Group Photo

09:25-09:55(30 mins)

Keynote Speech I

Moderator

Dr. Tzou-Yien Lin

Chair of the Board of Directors, National Health Research Institutes

Speaker

Prof. Shan-Chwen Chang

09:55-10:25(30 mins)

Keynote Speech II

Moderator

Dr. Tai-Hwa Shih

Deputy Director General, Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine (BAPHIQ)

Speaker

Dr. Shih- Ming Johnson Chiang

10:25-10:45(20 mins)

Coffee Break 

Session I

Strengthening surveillance and laboratory capacity to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Moderator

Prof. Feng-Yee Chang

Professor, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center

Dr. Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

10:45-11:10(25 mins)

Fighting antimicrobial resistance with rapid, point-of-need diagnostic methods

Prof. Kazuhiro Tateda

President, Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

11:10-11:35(25 mins)

Establish network for AMR surveillance in Asia Pacific region

Dr. Stephen Sheng-Fong Lin Regional Medical

Therapeutic Area Lead, Anti-infective, Asia-Pacific, PEH, Pfizer Inc.

11:35-12:00(25 mins)

Longitudinal multicenter surveillance on AMR

Dr. Tsai-Ling Yang Lauderdale

Investigator, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes

12:00-12:30(30 mins)

Panel Discussion

12:30-14:00(90 mins)

Luncheon Session: Strategies to Scale up Patient Access to Novel Antibiotics.

Hosted by LSIF

Session II

Policies to promote antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP)

Moderator

Dr. Yao-Shen Chen

Chief, Department of Internal Medicine ,Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital

Dr. Shu-Hui Tseng

Director, Division of Infection Control and Biosafety, Centers for Disease Control

14:00-14:30(30 mins)

Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme in Singapore

Prof. David Chien Boon Lye

Associate Professor, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 

14:30-15:00(30 mins)

The Antibiotic Stewardship Programme in Malaysia

Prof. Victor Lim

Pro Vice-Chancellor, International Medical University

15:00-15:40(40 mins)

Coffee Break & Poster Viewing 

15:40-16:10(30 mins)

The Antibiotics Stewardship in Hong Kong

Prof. Wing Hong Seto

Co-Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, The University of Hong Kong

16:10-16:40(30 mins)

Healthcare-associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in Asia: Recent Trends Based on Healthcare-associated Infections Surveillance Network over an 8-year period

Prof. Yee-Chun Chen  

Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine

16:40-17:10(30 mins)

Panel Discussion

18:00-20:00(120 mins)

Welcome Reception (Invited Only)

08:30-09:00(30 mins)

Registration

09:00-09:30(30 mins)

Moderator

Prof. Shan-Chwen Chang

Dean, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

Speaker

Prof. Didier Pittet

09:30-10:00(30 mins)

Keynote Speech IV

Antimicrobial Resistance Detection and Containment；a current US approach

Moderator

Dr. Yi-Chun Lo

Deputy Director-General, Centers for Disease Control

Speaker

Dr. Michael Bell

Deputy Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

10:00-10:15(15 mins)

Coffee Break 

Session III

Infection control strategies to contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Moderator 

Prof. Yin-Ching Chuang

Professor, Chi Mei Medical Center

Prof. David Chien Boon Lye

Associate Professor, Tan Tock Seng Hospital 

10:15-10:40(25 mins)

Ten years improvement in infection control practice and antimicrobial optimization in the 29 private university hospitals in Japan

Prof. Satoshi Hori

Professor, Department of Infection Control Science, Juntendo University

10:40-11:05(25 mins)

Strategies to prevent and control AMR infection in Hong Kong

Ms. Patricia Ching

Principal Nurse, WHO Collaborating Center For Epidemiology, School Of Public Health, University of Hong Kong

11:05-11:30(25 mins)

Carrot or stick? Building capacity in ASP and infection control through quality accreditation

Prof. Marilyn Cruickshank

Professor of Nursing Research, University of Technology Sydney

11:30-12:00(30 mins)

Panel Discussion

12:00-12:10(10 mins)

Closing Remarks

Dr. Jih-Haw Chou

Director General, Centers for Disease Control

12:10-13:10(60 mins)

Lunch Break

13:10-14:00(50 mins)

Transport to Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Session IV

Site Visit to Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Invited Only)

Moderator 

Prof. Wen-Jin Cherng

Superintendent, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Speaker 

Dr. Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Dr. Chun-Wen Cheng

Medical doctor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital