09:30 - 09:40 

Welcome and Opening
Dr. Florian H. H. Brill, Hamburg

09:40 - 11:00

Workshop:
Efficacy testing of antimicrobial products – including video insights from the testing labs
Dr. Andreas Kampe, Dr. Dajana Paulmann

11:30 - 12:30

Panel discussion:
Current hot topics in Efficacy evaluation with the view of the new CEN/TC 216
Chair: Dr. Sophie Loeffert-Frémiot, Lille

13:30 - 14:15

Keynote Lecture Dr. Britt Hornei, Oberhausen:

Replication capacity (RCAU) as a basis for assessing the sensitivity of micro-organisms to disinfectant agents

14:45 - 16:15

Session:
Hot topics Infection Prevention & Control
Chairs: Professor Dr. Eike Steinmann, Bochum, and Professor Dr. Jörg Steinmann, Nuremberg

• Transmission and inactivation of viral hepatitis, Professor Dr. Daniel Todt, Bochum

• Clinical study on the influence of regular use of alcohol-based hand rubs on the skin microbiome
  Dr. Florian H. H. Brill, Hamburg

• Clade-dependent resilience of Candidozyma auris challenges surrogate-based disinfectant testing: implications for efficacy testing of oxidative disinfectants
  Dr. Kira-Maria Mosel, Bonn

• Management of Hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
  Dr. André Gömer, Bochum

16:45 - 17:30

Keynote Lecture Professor Dr. Jean-Yves Maillard, Cardiff:

Challenges in eliminating environmental biofilms – from complex multi species biofilms to dry surface biofilms

18:00

18:30 - 22:00

Meeting point hotel lobby and walk (1.8 km)

Buffet dinner on the RICKMER RICKMERS Museum Ship

09:00 - 11:00

Keynote Lecture Dr. Florian H. H. Brill, Hamburg:

Overview of development of efficacy testing of disinfectants, antiseptics, wound dressings, and antimicrobial surfaces 2030

11:30 - 13:00

Location: Kaffeebörse (+ online)
Session:
Hot topics Infection Prevention & Control continues
Chair: Professor Dr. Jörg Steinmann, Nuremberg, and Professor Dr. Jörg Steinmann, Nuremberg

• Development for the 4-field-test for virucidal activity evaluation of surface disinfectants including identification of confounding factors
  Dr. Dajana Paulmann, Bremen

• Hand disinfection between real-world application and test methods: on volume and contact times
  Dr. Christoph Senges, Hamburg

• Replacement of poliovirus as test virus for efficacy evaluation of disinfection
  Kira-Maria Mosel, Bonn

Location: Rio I+II only (not online, not recorded!)
Session:
Current Challenges in European Regulatory Affairs
Chair: Dr. Gunnar Kleist, Hamburg

• From Dossier to Authorization – Key Bottlenecks in European Biocides Procedures
  Dr. Gunnar Kleist, Hamburg

• Endocrine Disruptors under the BPR – Regulatory Practice, Data Gaps and Strategic Consequences
  Dr. Gesine Müller

• New EU Pharma Legislation – How Environmental Risk Assessment Is Reshaping Human Pharma Authorization
  Heike Schimmelpfennig, Hamburg

14:00 - 14:30

Session:
Non-clinical hygiene
Chair: Professor Dr. Dirk Bockmühl, Kleve

• Algicidal Efficacy testing: A Laboratory perspective: Case Studies and Challenges
  Elena Perabo, Freiburg

14:30 - 15:15

Keynote Lecture Professor Dr. Ojan Assadian, Wiener Neustadt:

My year in Infection Prevention and Control