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
Slides
Webcast
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
2026
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
Slides
Webcast
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
20.08.2026
SSI session
12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
Molecular Diagnostics: Usefulness and Pitfalls
Silvio Brugger, University Hospital Zurich
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
18.06.2026
SSI session: Shorter is better
17:10 - 17:55
Zoom session
Shorter is better
Speaker: Brad Spellberg, Los Angeles General Medical Center, USA
Moderator: Philipp Jent, Inselspital Berne
Slides
Webcast
21.05.2026
SSI session
May 21, 2026; 12:00 - 12:45
Zoom session
Infectious complications in CAR-T cell treatment
Slides
Webcast
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
2024
21.11.2024
Virtual session
November 21, 2024, 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
109 participants
Antiviral treatments for influenza: an update
Speaker: Pauline Vetter, Geneva University Hospital
Moderator: Stefan Kuster, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
17.10.2024
Virtual session
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
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
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
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
Virtual lunch session
12:00-12:45
Registration closed
124 participants
ANRESIS, an update
14.03.2024
Virtual session special
March 13, 2024, 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
138 participants
MDR Gram negatives: an insight from bed to bench and back
15.02.2024
Virtual session
February 15, 12:00-12:45
Registration closed
129 participants
Fever in the returning traveler
2023
16.11.2023
Virtual session
November 16, 2023, 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
October 12, 2023, 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