Virtual 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
2026
21.05.2026
Virtual lunch session: Infectious complications in CAR-T cell treatment
Virtual lunch session: Infectious complications in CAR-T cell treatment
May 21, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Registration will open in 2026
Infectious complications in CAR-T cell treatment
Speaker: Cédric Hirzel, Inselspital Bern
Moderator: Dionysios Neofytos, Geneva University Hospital
Slides
Webcast
16.04.2026
Virtual lunch session: NTM challenges: From guidance to practice
Virtual lunch session: NTM challenges: From guidance to practice
April 16, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Registration will open in 2026
NTM challenges: From guidance to practice
Speakers: Johannes Nemeth, University Hospital Zurich;
Marisa Kälin, University Hospital Zurich
Moderator: Lucas Boeck, University Hospital Basel
Slides
Webcast
19.03.2026
Virtual lunch session: Sepsis update
Virtual lunch session: Sepsis update
March 19, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Registration will open by mid December
Sepsis update
Speaker: Sylvain Meylan, CHUV Lausanne
Moderator: Maria Christine Thurnheer, Inselspital Bern
Slides
Webcast
19.02.2026
Virtual lunch session: Hyperammonemia syndrome in immunocompromized individuals: epidemiology, treatment and prevention
Virtual lunch session: Hyperammonemia syndrome in immunocompromized individuals: epidemiology, treatment and prevention
February 19, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Registration will open by mid December
Hyperammonemia syndrome in immunocompromized individuals: epidemiology, treatment and prevention
Speaker: Laura Walti, Inselspital Bern
Moderator: Eleftheria Kampouri, CHUV Lausanne
Slides
Webcast
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: Update on vaccines in Switzerland
Virtual lunch session: Update on vaccines in Switzerland
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: Metagenomics in infectious diseases
Virtual lunch session: Metagenomics in infectious diseases
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: Diagnostics and new risk classifications in S. aureus bacteraemia
Virtual lunch session: Diagnostics and new risk classifications in S. aureus bacteraemia
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: Sex and Gender in infectious diseases
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: Polio - update on a forgotten threat
Virtual lunch session: Polio - update on a forgotten threat
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: Prevention of surgical site infections - old wisdom and new evidence
Virtual lunch session: Prevention of surgical site infections - old wisdom and new evidence
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: MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
Virtual session special
12.00-12:45
Registration closed
131 participants
MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
2024
21.11.2024
Virtual session: Antiviral treatments for influenza: an update
Virtual lunch session: Antiviral treatments for influenza: an update
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
109 participants
Antiviral treatments for influenza: an update
17.10.2024
Virtual session: Update on the Management of Infected Intravascular Catheters
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
120 participants
Update on the Management of Infected Intravascular Catheters
Niccolò Buetti, Geneva University Hospital
Moderator Sarah Tschudin Sutter, Basel University Hospital
19.09.2024
Virtual session: Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Infections: What are the Guidelines telling us?
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
119 participants
Virtual session: Treatment of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Infections: What are the Guidelines telling us?
20.06.2024
Virtual session: Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence with a new face
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
130 participants
Mycoplasma pneumoniae: re-emergence with a new face
Patrick Meyer-Sauteur, University Children Hospital Zurich
Moderator Stefan Kuster, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
18.04.2024
Virtual session: RSV vaccination and prevention: an update on recent progress
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
97 participants
RSV vaccination and prevention: an update on recent progress
21.03.2024
Virtual session: ANRESIS, an update
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
124 participants
ANRESIS, an update
14.03.2024
Virtual session special: MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
Virtual lunch session special
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
138 participants
MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
15.02.2024
Virtual session: Fever in the returning traveler
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
129 participants
Fever in the returning traveler
2023
16.11.2023
Virtual session; If, when and how to use rifampicin in patients with PJI
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
129 participants
If, when and how to use rifampicin in patients with PJI
Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, University of Groningen, NL
Moderator: Barbara Hasse, Zurich University Hospital
12.10.2023
Virtual session; STI and current diagnostic and therapeutic concepts
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
92 participants
STI and current diagnostic and therapeutic concepts
Speaker: Dominique L. Braun, Zurich University Hospital
Moderator: Gilles Wandeler, Inselspital Berne
17.08.2023
BK Polyomavirus – One virus, three signature diseases, and what should be done about it
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
88 participants
BK Polyomavirus – One virus, three signature diseases, and what should be done about it