6th Joint Conference of the DGHM & VAAM
72nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
Annual Meeting 2020 of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)
08–11 March 2020 • Leipzig (Germany)
Scientific programme
In 2020, the following plenary topics will be in focus
- Big Data
- Emerging Resistance Mechanisms
- Infection Prevention
- Microbial Biotechnology
- Microbial Ecology
- Microbial Physiology and Adaptation
- Single Cell Microbiology
| 15:00–15:30 | Opening of the Conference & Welcome Notes |
| 15:30-17:00 | DGHM Lecture Hans-Günter-Schlegel Lecture |
| 17:00-17:30 | Break |
| 17:30-19:30 | Award Presentation DGHM and VAAM |
| From 19:30 | Welcome Reception (for further details please check page: Social Programme) |
| 08:30–10:00 | Oral Sessions with abstract presentations |
| 10:00–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–12:00 | Joint Plenary Session 1: Big Data Johan Malmström (Lund/SE) Rolf Backofen (Freiburg i. Br./DE) Alice McHardy (Braunschweig/DE) |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 12:15–13:15 | Career Symposium (hosted by DGHM & VAAM) |
| 13:30–14:00 | DGHM & VAAM Award Sessions |
| 14:00–15:30 | Plenary Session 2: Microbial Physiology and Adaptation Victor de Lorenzo (Madrid/ES) Diana Sousa (Wageningen/NL) Karl Forchhammer (Tübingen/DE) |
| 14:00–15:30 | Plenary Session 3: Infection Prevention Tim Eckmanns (Berlin/DE) Alexander Friedrich (Groningen/NL) Didier Pittet (Genf/CH) |
| 15:30–18:00 | Poster Session 1 |
| 18:00–20:00 | DGHM Assembly |
| 18:00-19:30 | Symposia of the VAAM Special Groups |
| 19:30-20:00 | Special Group Meetings (VAAM) |
| 08:10–10:00 | Oral Sessions with abstract presentations |
| 10:00–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30–12:00 | Joint Plenary Session 4: Zackary Johnson (Beaufort/FR) Sebastian Winter (Dallas, TX/US) N. N. |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30–14:00 | DGHM & VAAM Award Sessions |
| 14:00–15:30 | Plenary Session 5: Microbial Biotechnology Christoph Wittmann (Saarbrücken/DE) Andrea Herold (Ludwigshafen/DE) Katja Bühler (Leipzig/DE) |
| 14:00–15:30 | Plenary Session 6: Emerging Resistance Mechanisms Rafael Cantón (Madrid/ES) Christian G. Giske (Stockholm/DE) Timothy R. Walsh (Cardiff/GB) |
| 15:30–18:00 | Poster Session 1 |
| 18:00–20:00 | VAAM Assembly |
| 18:00-19:30 | Oral Sessions (DGHM) |
| From ca. 20:00 | Mixer (for further details please check page: Social Programme) |
| 08:30–10:00 | Oral Sessions with abstract presentations |
| 10:00–10:30 | Break |
| 10:30-12:00 | Joint Plenary Session 7: Single Cell Microbiology Yves V. Brun (Montréal/CA) Susann Müller (Leipzig/DE) Julia Frunzke (Jülich/DE) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Poster Awards |
| 12:30-13:30 | Microbe Slam |
| 13:30–15:00 | Oral Sessions with abstract presentations |
| 15:00 | End of conference & Closing |