SSAC meeting in Lund/Malmö October 25 - 27, 2001

Ragnar Norrby chairing a session	Hans Boman, Honorary lecturer
Niels Frimodt-Möller and Claude Monnet hard at work (!?)	Christina Grecko explaining why veterinaries do what they do.
Pentti Huovinen and Håkan Hanberg - prize winners	SSAC 2001 prize winners Pentti Huovinen (middle) and Håkan Hanberg (right) together with the Bristol-Meyer-Squibb award presenter.

Meeting venue and date

Malmö Börshus, Skeppsbron, 211 10 Malmoe, Sweden, October 25 – 27, 2001.

SSAC mini-course

On Saturday, October 27 at 2 p.m. until 7 p.m., a mini-course for 30 participants will be held on the subject "Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics: impact on dosing of antibiotics". The minicourse is free of charge for SSAC ordinary members and for participants in the conference. Please, indicate your interest in this minicourse by ticking the appropriate box in the registration form! Places in the mini-course will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

14.00-19.00 What happens with the antibiotic molecules? Otto Cars

Basic pharmacokinetic concepts – what do they mean?

How can the antimicrobial activity be measured? Inga Odenholt

Basic pharmacodynamic concepts

How could optimal dosage regimens for antibiotics be defined?

Integration of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

• in vitro Inga Odenholt
• in animal models Niels Frimodt-Möller
• during the clinical drug development Otto Cars

What is the role of pharmacodynamics in defining breakpoints for antibiotic susceptibility testing? Niels Frimodt-Möller, Otto Cars

Can we minimise antibiotic resistance by optimising dosage regimens? All speakers

Program

Thursday October 25

10.00-12.00 Morning Satellite symposium "Emerging Pathogens" (Wyeth-Lederle): Antibiotic Resistance in the Hospital Setting – Trends, Impact and Successful Interventions for the Prevention and Management of Outbreaks.

12.00 Registration at Börshuset.

14.30 Up-date on HIV. Chair: Bengt Ljungberg, Lund, Leo Flamholc, Malmoe

• Molecular physiology of the growing family of HIV co-receptors. Christer Owman, Lund
• HIV biological variability – a key to pathogenesis? Eva-Maria Fenyö, Lund
• HIV treatment – two steps forward and one step backward. Anders Sönnerborg, Stockholm

16.25 Coffee and visit the exhibition

16.45 SSAC honorary lecture: Everybody´s peptide antibiotics. Hans G. Boman, Stockholm

18.30 Buses leave for Lund

19.30 Reception at the University Building, Lund. Welcome address by the Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Lund, professor Jan Nilsson. Buffet dinner at the Student´s Union.

Friday October 26

8.15 SSAC General meeting - suggested new bylaws for SSAC will be available on the SSAC homepage.

09.00 Symposium: Antibiotic resistance and strategies. Chair: Inga Odenholt, Malmoe, Karl Kristinsson, Reykjavik

Sources of resistance development – who to blame?

• Increased resistance due to human antibiotic use. Pentti Huovinen, Turku

• Increased resistance due to non-human antibiotic use. Dr. med. vet. Christina Grecco, Uppsala

10.00 Coffee, visits to posters and exhibition

10.45 Symposium Antibiotic Resistance and Strategies continues. Chair Björn-Erik Kristianssen, Tromsoe, Jukka Nikoskelainen, Turku.

European efforts against antimicrobial resistance. Otto Cars, Uppsala

The antibiotic strategy plans in Nordic countries.

• Sweden – Otto Cars, Uppsala

• Denmark – Niels Frimodt-Möller, Copenhagen

• Finland – Pentti Huovinen, Turku

• Norway – Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Tromsoe

• Iceland – Karl Kristinsson, Reykjavik

Panel discussion. Speakers and chairpersons.

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Symposium: New aspects on septicemia and meningitis. Chair: Jonas Cronqvist, Lund, Sven Haidl, Malmoe

• Per-Olof Grände, Uppsala

• Anders Larsson, Copenhagen

• Bente Klarlund Pedersen, Copenhagen

15.00 Coffee, visits to posters and exhibition

15.30 Invited young scientists session. Chair: Oddbjörn Brubakk, Oslo, Olav Öktedalen, Oslo.

17.00- 18.30  Poster discussion and Bristol-Myers-Squibb Award. Chair: Frank Espersen, Copenhagen, Otto Cars, Uppsala.

20.00 Congress Dinner at Malmoe Rådhus (Malmoe City Hall)

Saturday October 27

08.30 Symposium: Current topics in vaccine strategies. Chair: Ragnar Norrby, Stockholm, Arne Forsgren, Malmoe.

• Outlook for a vaccine against group B meningococci. Hanne Nöckleby, Oslo
• Can we eradicate pneumococcal pneumonia and pneumococcal otitis? Terhi Kilpi, Helsinki
• Borrelia vaccine – for whom? Katarina Ornstein, Lund
• The pediatric vaccine program:
• Time to include hepatitis B? Ola Weiland, Stockholm
• Is there a need for general vaccination against varicella? Leif Gothefors, Umeå

Panel discussion: Safety of pediatric vaccines and risks of declining program adherence. Speakers and chairpersons.

10.30 Coffee and visit the exhibition

11.00 Symposium: New antimicrobial strategies. Chair: Ingrid Nilsson-Ehle, Lund, Mats Walder, Malmoe

• New antibacterial agents. Inga Odenholt, Malmoe
• New antiviral (non-retroviral) agents. Bo Svennerholm, Gothenburg
• New antifungals. Juha Salonen, Turku
• Is there a role for probiotics? Bengt Jeppsson, Malmoe

13.00 End of meeting and lunch

The meeting will be held at the Malmö Börshus (opposite the railway station)

Abstracts should be submitted no later than September 1st, 2001

Official language is english

Exhibitors should contact the meeting secretariat.

Meeting secretariat:

Travel and Conferance service
Lund University Hospital
221 85 Lund, Sweden

Ask for Lotte Höjgård or Agneta Bennheden
Tel +4646171006
Fax +4646176057

Meeting secretary: Ingrid Nilsson-Ehle