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Speakers and Agenda

2025 Scientific Meeting on Candida auris
Speaker Time Session Topic
Thursday June 5, 2025
Continental Breakfast (8:00am-8:30am) and Opening Remarks (8:30am-9:00am) – Tom Chiller
Current State of C. auris in the US (9:00am-9:30am) – Meghan Lyman 
Session 1: Epidemiology & Community Environmental Sampling
Sudha Chaturvedi 9:30am-10:00am 1.1 Updates on large scale clinical surveillance strategies and genomic epidemiology
Argentina Charles 10:00am-10:30am 1.2 Outbreaks in non-healthcare settings and C. auris in the community
BREAK (10:00am-10:30am)
Alessandro Rossi 11:00am-11:30am 1.3 Wastewater & innovative surveillance strategies
Moderated by Helena Solo-Gabriele 11:00am-12:00pm 1.4 Session Discussion with Panelists
LUNCH BREAK and Poster Presentations (12:00pm-1:30pm)
Session 2: Infection Prevention & Healthcare Environmental Sampling
Adriana Jimenez 1:30pm-2:00pm 2.1 Clinical testing/screening strategies for C. auris and their impact on hospital operations
Matt Zahn 2:00pm-2:30pm 2.2 Outbreak management including in post-acute and other healthcare settings and IPC strategies for C. auris
BREAK (2:30pm-3:00pm)
Jose Vazquez 3:00pm-3:30pm 2.3 Environment contamination, cleaning & disinfection methods for C. auris
Moderated by Rachel Guran 3:30pm-4:30pm 2.4 Session Discussion with Panelists
Friday June 6, 2025
Continental Breakfast (8:00am-8:30am) and Opening Remarks (8:30am-9:00am)
Session 3: Basic Sciences
David Perlin 9:00am-9:30am 3.1 C. auris taxonomy, biology, and comparisons with other Candida spp
Jeniel Nett 9:30am-10:00am 3.2 Biofilm formation and Microbiome
Mahmoud Ghannoum 10:00am-10:30am 3.3 Animal and skin models of C. auris infection
BREAK (10:30am-11:00am)
Moderated by Jordan Colson 11:00am-12:00pm 3.4 Session Discussion with Panelists
LUNCH BREAK and Poster Presentations (12:00pm-1:30pm)
Session 4: Clinical Management
Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner 1:30pm-2:00pm 4.1 New antifungal agents and combatting MDR/XDR C. auris
Peter Pappas 2:00pm-2:30pm 4.2 Review of C. auris fungemia risks and management
BREAK (2:30pm-3:00pm)
Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy 3:00pm-3:30pm 4.3 Non-fungemia invasive infections
Moderated by Paula Eckardt 3:30pm-4:30pm 4.4 Session Discussion with Panelists