Events

Programme, mise-à-jour 3 mars 2026

Registration

Davis J: The SNAP example: Platform adaptive trial designs

Huttner A: Why do we need clinical trials in Switzerland? Investigator and patients’ perspectives

Amstutz A: Switzerland: a country of cohorts – The TWICS opportunity

Tan R: Cluster randomized controlled trials: advantages and caveats

Lassen M: The power of routine data: conducting the mega-Danish clinical trial

Keitel K: Pragmatic clinical trial in low resource settings

Bielicki J: Large consortia in clinical trials: Opportunities and challenges

Davis J: The SNAP example: Platform adaptive trial designs

Huttner A: Why do we need clinical trials in Switzerland? Investigator and patients’ perspectives

Amstutz A: Switzerland: a country of cohorts – The TWICS opportunity

Tan R: Cluster randomized controlled trials: advantages and caveats

Lassen M: The power of routine data: conducting the mega-Danish clinical trial

Keitel K: Pragmatic clinical trial in low resource settings

Bielicki J: Large consortia in clinical trials: Opportunities and challenges

07.05.2026

Symposium für Infektionsprävention BBZ

13:30-16:30
Inselspital Bern

Auditorium Maurice E. Müller

Freiburgstrasse 16, 3010 Bern

Hybride Veranstaltung

Programm, Status 11. März 2026

Registrierung

13.05.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

May 13, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

Prevention strategies and surveillance elements for HAI: nv-HAP, SSI, and viral infections

Registration open

Delphine Berthod, Hôpitaux du Valais

Aline Wolfensberger, University Hospital Zurich

Moderation:
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

21.05.2026

SSI session

May 21, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45

Zoom session

Infectious complications in CAR-T cell treatment

Registration

Speaker: Cédric Hirzel, Inselspital Bern

Moderator: Dionysios Neofytos, Geneva University Hospital

Webcast

03.06.2026

Séminaire d'infectiologie Genève

3 juin 2025, 14:00-17:00

Hôtel Royal, Rue de Lausanne 41, 1201 Genève

Programme provisoire, du 14 avril 2026

Inscription

04.06.2026

Fellows' session

June 4, 2026; 12:15-13:00

Zoom session

Title pending

Pending

10.06.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

June 10, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

Health policy and legal aspects

Registration will open in March

Delphine Berthod, Hôpitaux du Valais

Gaud Catho, Hôpitaux du Valais

Benedikt Wiggli, Cantonal Hospital Baden

Moderation:
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

18.06.2026

SSI session: Shorter is better

17:10 - 17:55

Zoom session

Shorter is better

Registration

Speaker: Brad Spellberg, Los Angeles General Medical Center, USA

Moderator: Philipp Jent, Inselspital Berne

Webcast

25.06.2026

SSI session special

June 25 2026, 12:15-13:00

Zoom session

MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back

Baharak Babouee Flury, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen;

Diego Andrey, University Hospital Geneva

08.07.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

July 8, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

Control of the hospital environment, including requirements for air quality, water, and surface maintenance

Registration will open in April

Dominique Blanc, CHUV Lausanne

Charlotte Cave, University Hospital Geneva

Matthias Schlegel, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen

Moderation:
Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

20.08.2026

SSI session

12:00 - 12:45

Zoom session

Molecular Diagnostics: Usefulness and Pitfalls

Silvio Brugger, University Hospital Zurich

02.09.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

September 2, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

Implementation and Communication Sciences in IPC

Registration will open in June

Lauren Clack, University of Zurich

Moderation:
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

09.09.2026

Postgraduate Course SSI

Montreux Conference centre

13:00 - 17:00

Infections in the immunocompromised host/ Fungal infections /Fever of unknown origin

Coordination: Philipp Kohler, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen

Nicolas Müller, University Hospital Zürich

17.09.2026

SSI session

12:00 - 12:45

Zoom session

Optimizing S. aureus treatment - Learnings from the SNAP trial

Steven Tong, University of Melbourne

01.10.2026

Fellows' session

October 1, 2026; 12:15-13:00

Zoom session

Rapid Blood Culture PCR Panels: Promise, Practice, and Clinical Impact

David Weller, University Hospital Zürich

07.10.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

October 7, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

Reprocessing of medical devices and key quality standards

Registration will open in August

Delphine Perréard, University Hospital Geneva

Elia Lo Priore, EOC Lugano

Moderation:
Laurence Senn, CHUV Lausanne

22.10.2026

SSI session

12:00 - 12:45

Zoom session

Management of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in intensive care units

Speaker: Nina Khanna, University Hospital Basel

Moderator: Frédéric Lamoth, CHUV Lausanne

Webcast

29.10.2026

Symposium für Infektionsprävention BBZ

13:30-16:30

Universitätsspital Basel

Hybride Veranstaltung

Pending

05.11.2026

Fellows' session

November 6, 2026; 12:15-13:00

Zoom session

An international perspective on national Clostridioides difficile recommandations

Romain Martischang, University Hospital Geneva

11.11.2026

IPC Postgraduate Course

November 11, 2026, 13:00-14:00

Zoom session

Epidemiology, study of epidemiological phenomena and statistical methods

Registration will open in August

Mohamed Abbas, University Hospital Geneva

Marlieke De Kraker, University Hospital Geneva

Danielle Vuichard Gysin, Spital Thurgau

Moderation:
Niccolò Buetti, University Hospital Geneva

19.11.2026

SSI session

12:00 - 12:45

Zoom session

HIV Cure - Where are we now and what lies Ahead

Speaker: Lino Vandekerckhove, Ghent University, Belgium

Moderator: Bernard Surial, Inselspital Berne

Webcast

26.11.2026

27. Berner Infektiologie Symposium

26. November 2026, 13:30-17:30

Auditorium Ettore Rossi, Inselspital Bern

Pending

Pending

03.12.2026

Fellows' session

December 3, 2026; 12:15-13:00

Zoom session

Pending

Pending

2027

22.01.2027

36th Challenge in Infectious Diseases

22.01.2027-23.01.2027

Grindelwald

Pending

04.11.2027

19. Nordwestschweizer Infektiologie Symposium

Universitätsspital Basel

27.11.2027

28. Berner Infektiologie Symposium

25. November 2027, 13:30-17:30

Auditorium Ettore Rossi, Inselspital Bern

2028

23.11.2028

29. Berner Infektiologie Symposium

23. November 2028, 13:30-17:30

Auditorium Ettore Rossi, Inselspital Bern

2029

22.11.2029

30. Berner Infektiologie Symposium

22. November 2029, 13:30-17:30

Auditorium Ettore Rossi, Inselspital Bern

2030

21.11.2030

31. Berner Infektiologie Symposium

21. November 2030, 13:30-17:30

Auditorium Ettore Rossi, Inselspital Bern