Timetable

NOTE: Program is subject to change.

KEY:
Plenary Workshop Symposium Satellite Symposium Other Poster

Sunday, 7 September 2008
10:00
01

Staphylococcal Small-Colony Variants (SCVs) as Emerging Pathogens
Meeting Room 2
02

Insight into Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec): Structures and their Evolution
Hall A
         
12:00              
13:00
03

Staphylococcus aureus Nomenclature: How to Name Strains?
Hall A
04

Strategy for Recalcitrant MRSA Infections
         
15:00              
16:30
05

Opening Followed by Welcome Drinks
Hall A
18:00              

Monday, 8 September 2008
08:30
06

Plenary
Hall A
09:30
07

Morning Tea and Trade Exhibition
Halls B, C and D
10:30
08

Symposium 1 - Interface with the Environment: Slime, Envelope and Cell Wall
Hall A
12:00
09

Novartis Sponsored Symposium
Hall A
13:30              
14:00
10

Symposium 2 - Staphylococcal Virulence and Resistance
Hall A
15:30
11

Afternoon Tea and Poster Session 1
Halls B, C and D
12

Slime, Cell Wall
Halls B, C and D
13

Virulence and Resistance
Halls B, C and D
14

Host
Halls B, C and D
     
17:00
15

Symposium 3 - Staphylococcal Host Interactions
Hall A
18:30              

Tuesday, 9 September 2008
07:00
16

ISC MRSA WG Seminar
Hall A
08:30
17

Staphylococcal vaccines: The holy grail
Hall A
09:30
18

Morning Tea and Trade Exhibition
Halls B, C and D
10:30
19

Symposium 4 - Community MRSA Epidemiology and New Developments
Hall A
12:00              
12:10
20

Lunch Symposium - PVL Does it Matter?
Hall A
13:20              
13:30
21

Symposium 5 - Search and Destroy
Hall A
15:00
22

Afternoon Tea and Poster Session 2
Halls B, C and D
23

Community MRSA
Halls B, C and D
24

Search and Destroy
Halls B, C and D
25

PVL
Halls B, C and D
26

Hospital MRSA
Halls B, C and D
27

MRSA
Halls B, C and D
28

Staphylococcus
Halls B, C and D
16:30              
18:30
29

Conference Dinner
23:00              

Wednesday, 10 September 2008
07:00
30

Late Breaker Abstracts
Hall A
08:30
31

Plenary 3
Hall A
09:30
32

Morning Tea and Trade Exhibition
Halls B, C and D
10:30
33

Symposium 7 - Molecular Diagnostic Assays and Recent Advances in Typing
Hall A
12:00
34

Janssen-Cilag Lunch Symposium
Hall A
13:30
35

Symposium 8 - Treatment Issues
Hall A
36

Symposium 9 - Veterinary Aspects of Staphylococcus
Meeting Room 2
         
15:00
37

Afternoon Tea and Poster Session 3
Halls B, C and D
38

Diagnostic
Halls B, C and D
39

Treatment
Halls B, C and D
40

Veterinary
Halls B, C and D
41

Diagnostic Nonmolecular
Halls B, C and D
42

Clinical
Halls B, C and D
43

Late Breaker Posters
Halls B, C and D
16:30
44

Symposium 10 - Changing Patterns of Staphylococcal Disease
Hall A
18:00
45

ISSSI 2010
Hall A
18:15
46

Closing Followed by Farewell Drinks
Hall A
19:00