The SSI sessions are organised in collaboration with the Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases. Scientifc coordination is rotating between the centres.
Schedule: Every 3rd Thursday per month, 12:00-13:00
Programme coordination
2024: Geneva University Hospital, Laurent Kaiser
2025: Basel University Hospital, Richard A. Kühl
2026: Inselspital Berne, Eveline Hofmann
2027: CHUV Lausanne, Sylvain Meylan
2027
2026
17.12.2026
SSI Session
12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
Infectious complications in CAR-T cell treatment
Slides
Webcast
19.11.2026
SSI session
12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
HIV Cure - Where are we now and what lies ahead
Speaker: Linos Vandekerckhove, Ghent University, Belgium
Moderator: Bernard Surial, Inselspital Berne
Slides
Webcast
22.10.2026
SSI session
12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
Registration closed
87 participants
Management of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in intensive care units
17.09.2026
SSI session
12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
Optimizing S. aureus treatment - Learnings from the SNAP trial
Registration closed
72 participants
20.08.2026
SSI session
12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
98 participants
Molecular Syndromic Testing in Infectious Disease - When Does Faster Actually Mean Better?
Registration closed
Speaker: Silvio Brugger, University Hospital Zurich
Moderator: Pauline Vetter, University Hospital Geneva
25.06.2026
SSI Session Special: MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
12:00-12:45
Zoom session
70 participants
MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
Registration closed
Speakers and moderators
Baharak Babouee Flury, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
Diego Andrey, University Hospital Geneva
18.06.2026
SSI session: Shorter is better
17:10 - 17:55
Zoom session
Shorter is better
Registration closed
Speaker: Brad Spellberg, Los Angeles General Medical Center, USA
Moderator: Philipp Jent, Inselspital Berne
21.05.2026
SSI session
May 21, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
160 participants
New: Update on Hanta virus
Registration closed
Speakers
Pauline Vetter, Geneva University Hospital
Walter Zingg, Zürich University Hospital
Moderator: Dionysios Neofytos, Geneva University Hospital
16.04.2026
SSI session
SSI session
April 16, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
111 participants
NTM challenges: From guidance to practice
Registration closed
Speakers: Johannes Nemeth, University Hospital Zurich
Marisa Kälin, University Hospital Zurich
Moderator: Lucas Boeck, University Hospital Basel
19.03.2026
SSI session
March 19, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Zoom
127 participants
Sepsis Management: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning
Registration closed
19.02.2026
SSI session
February 19, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
71 participants
Hyperammonemia syndrome in immunocompromized individuals: epidemiology, treatment and prevention
Registration closed
2025
11.12.2025
Virtual session: Tardoc
Virtual lunch session:
Tardoc
December 11, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
107 participants
Tardoc
Barbara Hasse, University Hospital Zürich
Madeleine Rothen, Board member SSI
27.11.2025
Virtual session: The antibiotic resistance crisis: Separating fear from facts, driving effective action
Virtual lunch session:
The antibiotic resistance crisis: Separating fear from facts, driving effective action
November 27, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
85 participants
The antibiotic resistance crisis: Separating fear from facts, driving effective action
23.10.2025
Virtual session: Corticosteroids in Tuberculosis: Indications, timing and duration
Virtual lunch session: Corticosteroids in Tuberculosis: Indications, timing and duration
October 23, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
82 participants
Corticosteroids in Tuberculosis: Indications, timing and duration
Speaker: Graeme Meintjes, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Moderator: Maja Weisser, University Hospital Basel
21.08.2025
Virtual session
August 21, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
150 participants
Update on vaccines in Switzerland
Speaker: Christoph T. Berger, Basel University Hospital
Moderator: Cornelia Staehelin, Inselspital Berne
19.06.2025
Virtual session
June 19, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
76 participants
Metagenomics in infectious diseases
Speaker: Alban Ramette, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Berne University
Moderator: Claire Bertelli, CHUV Lausanne
15.05.2025
Virtual session
May 15, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
125 participants
Diagnostics and new risk classifications in S. aureus bacteraemia
Speaker: Achim Kaasch, University Clinic Magdeburg, Germany
Moderator: Werner Albrich, Cantonal Hospital St. Gall
17.04.2025
Virtual session
Virtual lunch session: Sex and Gender in infectious diseases
April 17, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
83 participants
Sex and Gender in infectious diseases
Speakers:
Irene Abela, Zurich University Hospital
Giu Schmid, Checkpoint Zurich
Moderator: Marie Ballif, Inselspital Berne
20.03.2025
Virtual session
March 20, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
154 participants
Polio - update on a forgotten threat
Speaker: Rainer Gosert, Basel University Hospital
Moderator: Günter Dollenmaier, Zentrum für Labormedizin St. Gallen
20.02.2025
Virtual session
February 20, 2025; 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
135 participants
Prevention of surgical site infections - old wisdom and new evidence
13.02.2025
Virtual session special
February 13, 2025, 12.00-12:45
Registration closed
131 participants
MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back