Program – Day One
The 4th WSC featured 16 sessions across 2 days, April 25 and 26, 2023. You can download the PDF program or explore day one below.
Session 1
Opening Session – Key Success Factors to Address Global Health Threats
Moderated by:
Ron Daniels
Global Sepsis Alliance, United Kingdom
14:00h Berlin Time (CEST)
Opening Remarks: Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon, Program Chair & President GSA, Canada
Greetings:
Tedros Adhanmon Ghebreyesus, Director-General World Health Organization, Switzerland
Veronika von Messling, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
Sepsis and the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals 2030
Achim Steiner, Administrator United Nations Development Program, United States of America
Key Success Factors in the Fight Against AIDS/HIV
John Nkengasong, United States Global AIDS Coordinator, Cameroon
Key Lessons Learned to Get Sepsis on the International Agenda
Konrad Reinhart, Global Sepsis Alliance, Germany
Key Success Factors in the Fight Against Climate Change
Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
The Potential of the G7 and G20 Partners to Fight Global Health Threats
Alan Donnelly, The G20 Health & Development Partnership, United KingdomThe Key Pillars for Pandemic Preparedness
The Role of Public Health to Fight Global Health Threats
Beate Kampmann, Charité University Hospital, Germany
Session 2
The Health Economic and Human Burden of Infections and Pandemics
Moderated by:
Keith Martin
Consortium of Universities for Global Health, United States of America
15:30h Berlin Time (CEST)
The Global Burden of Sepsis and Infection-Related Long-Term Consequences
Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Jena University Hospital, Germany
Accelerating Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage in South Asia in the Era of Covid-19
Syed Masud Ahmed, BRAC University, Bangladesh
The Health and Economic Burden of Sepsis
Tim Buchman, Emory University School of Medicine, United States of America
Universal Health Coverage for Sustainable Development
Roy Small, United Nations Development Programme, United States of America
How Universal Health Coverage Can Climb Up the Political Agenda
Rob Yates, Chatham House, United Kingdom
Session 3
Overcoming Silos to Address Infection-Related Global Health Threats
Moderated by:
Brenda Morrow
University of Cape Town, South Africa
17:00h Berlin Time (CEST)
Breaking the Silos, Stopping the Spread
Jyoti Joshi, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions, Denmark
Newborn and Child Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries is Critically dependent Upon Cross-Sector Working
Mike English, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Kenya
Working in Silos Does Not Work for Outbreak Responses
Ximena Garzón-Villalba, University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Breaking the Silos – Improving Global Health through Cross-Sectoral Action
Catherine Machalaba, EcoHealth Alliance, United States of America
Why Silos Are Killing People in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Shevin Jacob, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Uganda
Discussion by the Panelists
Session 4
The Quality of Healthcare Systems and QI Efforts on Outcomes from Sepsis and Pandemics
Moderated by:
Gloria Rodríguez-Vega
University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
18:30h Berlin Time (CEST)
Keynote: How Can We Define “Quality” in Healthcare?
Pierre Barker, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, United States of America
Sepsis and Inequalities
Flavia Machado, Latin American Sepsis Institute, Brazil
The Impact of Rapid Response Systems
Daryl Jones, Austin Health, Australia
The Role of Sepsis Mandates
Laura Evans, University of Washington, United States of America
The Role of Emergency Medicine and Digitalization
Joseph Bonney, African Federation for Emergency Medicine, Ghana
Session 5
Advances and Challenges by Our Regional Sepsis Alliances
Moderated by:
Ulrika Knutsson
European Sepsis Alliance, Sweden
20:00h Berlin Time (CEST)
Increasing Sepsis Recognition in Africa via Advocacy
Emmanuel Nsutebu, African Sepsis Alliance, United Arab Emirates
Fostering Quality Improvement in Sepsis Management in Africa via Research
Shevin Jacob, African Research Collaboration on Sepsis, Uganda
Responding to the Burden of Sepsis Across the Asia Pacific Through Regional Advocacy, Education, and Support for Low-Resource Settings
Madiha Hashmi, Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance, Pakistan
Progress and Challenges in Placing Sepsis on the European Agenda
Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, European Sepsis Alliance, Greece
The Progress in the Fight Against Sepsis in Latin America
Daniela Souza, Latin American Sepsis Institute, Brazil
Sepsis Quality Improvement in Qatar: An Experience From the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Rasha Ashour, Eastern Mediterranean Sepsis Alliance, Qatar
Session 6
Advances in Timely Pathogen and Sepsis Detection
Moderated by:
Cheikh Tidiane Diagne
Institut Pasteur, Senegal
21:30h Berlin Time (CEST)
A Need for Early Diagnosis – Taking the Patient Experience into Consideration
Amy Campbell, ECU Health, United States of America
Health Inequities as a Barrier to the Timely Diagnosis of Sepsis
Elissa Estensoro, Hospital Interzonal San Martin de La Plata, Argentina
Current Research on Sepsis Biomarkers and Early Diagnosis
François Ventura, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Is Sequencing Useful to Detect Sepsis? A Tour of Metagenomics and Transcriptomics for Timely Infection Diagnosis
Miriam Huntley, Day Zero Diagnostics, United States of America
Sepsis Diagnosis: A Paradigm Shift Towards Biosensing
Toh Leong Tan, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
An Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Accurate Prediction of Sepsis in the ICU
Rishi Kamaleswaran, Emory University, United States of America
Overnight Break