Conference Agenda

Program Booklet

Time Agenda
18 Nov 2025, Tuesday
(Day 1)

Theme: Public Health and AMR
08.00-09.15 Registration & Breakfast
09.15-10.00 Opening Ceremony
10.00-10.10 Group Photography
10.15-11.00 Plenary Talk 1

(Prof Direk Limmathurotsakul)
How each health facility and MoH in LMICs could utilize AMR surveillance data for local and national actions
11.00-11.30 Keynote 1

(Associate Prof Niranjan Nagarajan)
Tackling the global spread of AMR using genome-resolved metagenomics and AI
11.30-12.45 Poster session 1
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.15 Keynote 2

(Prof Prasit Palittapongarnpim)
The role of WGS in tracing the transmission of drug resistance
14.15-15.45 Oral presentation 1
15.45-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.30 Keynote 3

(Dr Shakeel Mowlaboccus)
AMR Genomics and Transiently Silent Resistance in Enterococcus faecium
16.30-17.30 Forum (all invited speakers)
19 Nov 2025, Wednesday
(Day 2)

Theme: Microbial Genomics and AMR
09.00-09.45 Plenary Talk 2

(Prof Geoffrey Coombs)
Genomic characterisation of CC398 MRSA causing disease: On and off the farm
09.45-10.00 Coffee break
10.00-10.30 Keynote 4

(Prof Yeo Chew Chieng)
The Genomic Landscape of Acinetobacter baumannii in Malaysia
10.30-12.00 Poster session 2
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 Keynote 5

(Associate Prof Soraya Chaturongakul)
Diversity of MDR Enterobacteriaceae in Thai meat products
13.30-15.15 Oral presentation 2
15.15-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-16.30 Forum (all invited speakers)
20 Nov 2025, Thursday
(Day 3)

Theme: AMR therapies and stewardship
09.00-09.45 Plenary Talk 3

(Prof Trevor Lithgow)
Microbial genomics applied to understand how AMR phenotypes arise in the environment
09.45-10.00 Coffee break
10.00-10.30 Keynote 6

(Prof Anton Peleg)
Therapeutic approaches for XDR Gram-negative bacteria
10.30-12.00 Poster session 3
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 Keynote 7

(Prof Sasheela Sri La Ponnampalavanar)
Pragmatic Strategies for Tackling AMR in Healthcare Setting
13.30-14.30 Forum (all invited speakers)
14.30-15.00 Prize Presentation and Closing Ceremony
15.00-15.15 Coffee Break
21 Nov 2025, Friday
(Day 4 - Post conference workshop)

ARG mining from dataset training workshop
*Optional add-on paid workshop
09.00-10.00 Introduction & lecture
10.00-12.00 Hands-on data analysis
12.00-14.45 Lunch (included in registration) & prayers
14.45-16.00 Results presentation & discussion