| 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 |
11:30am-12:30pm |
1.4 |
Session Discussion with Panelists |
| LUNCH BREAK and Poster Presentations (12:30pm-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-1:00pm) |
| Session 4: Clinical Management |
| Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner |
1:00pm-1:30pm |
4.1 |
New antifungal agents and combatting MDR/XDR C. auris |
| Peter Pappas |
1:30pm-2:00pm |
4.2 |
Review of C. auris fungemia risks and management |
| BREAK (2:30pm-3:00pm) |
| Mohanad Al-Obaidi |
2:00pm-2:30pm |
4.3 |
Non-fungemia invasive infections
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| Moderated by Paula Eckardt |
2:30pm-3:00pm |
4.4 |
Session Discussion with Panelists |
