A 3-day event putting international and Asian advances in medical mycology into perspective

First announcement

ISHAM Asia 2020Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology Asia Fungal Working Group 7–9 May 2020, Bangkok, Thailand

www.AFWGonline.com/ISHAM-ASIA-2020

CONTACT:ISHAM Asia secretariat:Weber Shandwick Hong Kong17/F, One Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road Quarry Bay, Hong KongE info@afwgonline.com T +852 2533 9978 F +852 2868 0224www.afwgonline.com

Further details about the program and how to register coming soon!

SYMPOSIUM THEMES:• Fungal infections in the ICU• Mucormycosis • Allergy & colonization • Antifungal resistance • Candida auris • Probiotics, biofilms and vaccines • Invasive fungal disease in febrile neutropenia

• Solid organ transplantation • Hematology & transplantation • HIV & fungal infections • Pediatrics • Immunotherapy in fungal infections

• Dermatology• Endemic mycoses in Asian countries

• Rare systemic fungal infections • Pathogenesis • Non–culture-based diagnosis • Prevention of fungal infections

SESSION TYPES:• Half-day pre-congress workshops (2 tracks)• 2.5-day main congress (3 tracks) – Specialty update symposia – Meet the expert – Plenary – Challenging clinical cases – Mini oral presentations – Poster presentations

TARGET AUDIENCE:All those involved in medical mycology, eg: • Doctors, trainees and scientists in infectious disease, critical care, transplantation, hemato-oncology and dermatology

• Clinical and laboratory microbiologists• Microbiology/mycology laboratory personnel• Scientists and students undertaking research in the related fields

• Matteo Bassetti• David Denning• Arunaloke Chakrabarti• Yee-Chun Chen • Sharon Chen • Tom Chiller• Oliver Cornely

• Michail Lionakis • Johan Maertens• Jacques Meis• Donald Sheppard• Ban Hock Tan…and many more

CONFIRMED INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS: