| Thursday June 5, 2025 |
| Continental Breakfast (8-8:30am) and Opening Remarks (8:30-9am) |
| Session 1: Epidemiology & Community Environmental Sampling |
| Sudha Chaturvedi |
9-9:30am |
1.1 |
Updates on large scale clinical surveillance strategies and genomic epidemiology |
| Alessandro Rossi |
9:30-10am |
1.2 |
Wastewater & innovative surveillance strategies |
| BREAK (10-10:30am) |
| Argentina Charles |
10:30- 11am |
1.3 |
Outbreaks in non-healthcare settings and C. auris in the community |
| Moderated by Helena Solo-Gabriele |
11am-12pm |
1.4 |
Session Discussion with Panelists |
| LUNCH BREAK and Poster Presentations (12-1:30pm) |
| Session 2: Infection Prevention & Healthcare Environmental Sampling |
| Adriana Jimenez |
1:30-2pm |
2.1 |
Clinical testing/screening strategies for C. auris and their impact on hospital operations |
| Matt Zahn |
2-2:30pm |
2.2 |
Outbreak management including in post-acute and other healthcare settings and IPC strategies for C. auris |
| BREAK (2:30-3pm) |
| Jose Vazquez |
3-3:30pm |
2.3 |
Environment contamination, cleaning & disinfection methods for C. auris |
| Moderated by Rachel Guran |
3:30-4:30pm |
2.4 |
Session Discussion with Panelists |
| Friday June 6, 2025 |
| Continental Breakfast (8-8:30am) and Opening Remarks (8:30-9am) |
| Session 3: Basic Sciences |
| David Perlin |
9-9:30am |
3.1 |
C. auris taxonomy, biology, and comparisons with other Candida spp |
| Jeniel Nett |
9:30-10am |
3.2 |
Biofilm formation and Microbiome |
| BREAK (10-10:30am) |
| Mahmoud Ghannoum |
10:30-11am |
3.3 |
Animal and skin models of C. auris infection |
| Moderated by Jordan Colson |
11am-12pm |
3.4 |
Session Discussion with Panelists |
| LUNCH BREAK and Poster Presentations (12-1:30pm) |
| Session 4: Clinical Management |
| Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner |
1:30-2pm |
4.1 |
New antifungal agents and combatting MDR/XDR C. auris |
| Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy |
2-2:30pm |
4.2 |
Non-fungemia invasive infections |
| BREAK (2:30-3pm) |
| Peter Pappas |
3-3:30pm |
4.3 |
Review of C. auris fungemia risks and management |
| Moderated by Paula Ekhardt |
3:30-4:30pm |
4.4 |
Session Discussion with Panelists |
