09:00 - 09:10 

Welcome and Opening

Dr. Florian H. H. Brill, Hamburg

09:10 - 11:00

Workshop:
Efficacy testing of antimicrobial products – inkl. Video insights
Henrik Gabriel, Dr. Andreas Kampe, Dr. Jan Klock, Dr. Dajana Paulmann, Dr. Britta Becker, Birte Bischoff

11:30 - 12:30

Panel discussion:
Assessment for antimicrobial products – Are we valuing the importance of biocidal products sufficiently with the current BPR?
• Overview and opinion of Dr. Florian H. H. Brill
• Biocides efficacy and assessment under the BPR with specific considerations for disinfectants, Dr. Gunnar Kleist, Hamburg
• Panellist: Lorraine Wolleen, Arxada, Manchester and Marianne Brandt, BSN Medical GmbH, Hamburg

13:30 - 14:15

Keynote Lecture – Prof. Dr. Andreas Voss, Groningen/Nijmegen
Current developments with influence on infection prevention from AI to Environmental Protection

14:45 - 16:15

Session:
Hot topics Infection Prevention & Control
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Eike Steinmann, Prof. Dr. Jörg Steinmann
• Disinfection profiles of (re-)emerging viruses – Dr. Toni Luise Meister
• Sequencing and AI – Dr. Leonard Knegendorf
• Clinical/genomic profiling of Klebsiella pneumoniae – Dr. Bernd Neumann
• Hepatitis E: Only a human burden? – Dr. Andre Gömer

16:45 - 17:30

Keynote Lecture – Prof. Dr. Martin Exner, Bonn
Impact of water quality on infection prevention and control in health care systems – Lessons from 100 years

18:00
18:30 - 19:30
20:00 - 22:00

Meeting point hotel lobby
Christmas market
Dinner in Restaurant Parliament

09:10 - 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

Session:
Hot topics Infection Prevention & Control continues
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jörg Steinmann, Nuremberg
• Pathogenic organisms at remote places in the Alpes? – Masoumeh Kashiri, Bremen
• UV-C-Usability in clinical routine – Dr. Birte Knobling, Hamburg
• Efficacy of alcohol-based hand rubs against human Adenovirus in-vivo – Dr. Dajana Paulmann, Bremen

11:30 - 13:00

Session:
Current Regulatory Developments BPR
Chair: Dr. Gunnar Kleist, Hamburg
• Short introduction – Where are we now? – Dr. Gunnar Kleist, Hamburg
• Phys-chem. data requirements under the BPR – Stephan Dreisch, Frankfurt
• Developments in Human Toxicology evaluation – Dr. Ariane Zwintscher & Dr. Franziska Breuer, Hanover
• Environmental Risk Assessment vs. other legislation – Heike Schimmelpfennig, Hamburg

14:00 - 15:30

Session:
Hygiene in Households
Chair: Prof. Dr. Dirk Bockmühl, Kleve
• Surface & air stability of norovirus in bathrooms – Dr. Dajana Paulmann, Bremen
• Biofilm in Ventilation & AC Systems – Nicole van Leuwen, Kleve
• Efficacy evaluation of dish washing disinfectants – Dr. Britta Brands, Kleve
• Microbiome build-up on bed linen and washing machines – Caroline Cayrou, Leicester