35TH IUSTI EUROPE CONGRESS PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
(Based on the fact that the Congress will be held in a Hybrid format, some sessions/lectures will take place online. The Organizing Committee will provide more detailed information later)
Sept 29, 2022
11.00 – 17.30 GET(EET 10.00-16.30, CET 09.00-15.30, BST 08.00-14.30)
IUSTI PRE-COURSE (ONLINE)
Chairs: Prof Angelika Stary (Austria), Dr Marco Cusini (Italy)
17.30 – 18.30 GET(EET 16.30-17.30, CET 15.30-16.30, BST 14.30-15.30)
Opening ceremony:
Dr Joseph Kobakhidze (Georgia) – Congress Co-President
Prof George Galdava (Georgia) – Congress Co-President
Dr. Claudia Heller-Vitouch (Austria) – IUSTI Regional Director
Prof. George-Sorin Tiplica (Romania) – IUSTI-E Chair
18.30 – 19.15 GET (EET 17.30-18.15, CET 16.30-17.15, BST 15.30-16.15)
Opening Keynote/Plenary Lecture # 1
Dr Teodora Wi (WHO, Switzerland)
Global STI: What’s next
19.30 – 21.00 GET(EET 18.30-20.00, CET 17.30-19.00, BST 16.30-18.00)
Welcome Reception/Social Event
Sept 30, 2022
10.00 – 11.00 GET(EET 09.00-10.00, CET 08.00-09.00, BST 07.00-08.00)
FREE COMMUNICATION SESSION
Dr Marco Cusini (Italy)
NEW HOSPITAL-TERRITORY INTEGRATED MODELS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, IN ITALY
Irith De Baetselier (Belgium)
MISSED MONKEYPOX INFECTIONS AMONG MALE ATTENDEES OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION CLINIC IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Dr Laura Fernandez-Lopez (Spain)
ACCEPTABILITY OF THE SARS-COV-2 RAPID TEST OFFER IN COMMUNITY-BASED HIV TESTING CENTERS
Prof Mikhail Gomberg (Russia)
THE ROLE OF ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF URETHRITIS IN MEN
Dr Delphine Rahib (France)
EFFECT OF A HIV SCREENING PROGRAM OFFERING REMINDERS AND AT HOME SOLUTIONS IN FRENCH MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN
Dr Natia Todua (Georgia)
TREATMENT OF ANOGENITAL (VENEREAL) WARTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN GEORGIA
11.00 – 12.30 GET(EET 10.00-11.30, CET 09.00-10.30, BST 08.00-09.30)
Session A – BASHH SEMINAR “ONLINE TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS”
Chairs: Suneeta Soni (UK) and Claire Dewsnap (UK)
1. Position statement on inappropriate testing and treatment through some online and private providers
Dr. Suneeta Soni (UK)
Background
Dr. Emma Harding Esch (UK)
Assessment of online testing and self-sampling providers for STI
Dr. Elizabeth Okecha Online prescribing for STI
What's on offer?
Dr. Suneeta Soni (UK)
Next steps
Question, comments from European colleagues and discussion
2. Dr. Manik Kohli (UK)
Position statement on doxycycline as STI prophylaxis
Questions discussion
3. Dr. Claire Dewsnap (UK)
BSIG website
12.30 – 13.00 GET(EET 11.30-12.00, CET 10.30-11.00, BST 9.30-10.00)
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
13.00 – 13.30 GET(EET 12.00-12.30, CET 11.00-11.30, BST 10.00-10.30)
Plenary Lecture # 2
Prof Khalil Ghanem (USA)
Syphilis 2020’s Drivers, Challenges, and Management
13.30 – 14.00 (EET 12.30-13.00, CET 11.30-12.00, BST 10.30-11.00)
Plenary Lecture # 3
Dr Patrick Horner (UK)
My Life with Urethritis
14.00 – 14.30 GET(EET 13.00-13.30, CET 12.00-12.30, BST 11.00-11.30)
Plenary Lecture # 4
Prof Georg Stary (Austria)
Understanding the Immune Response to HPVI
14.30 – 15.00 GET(EET 13.30-14.00, CET 12.30-13.00, BST 11.30-12.00)
Lunch and Poster Viewing
15.00 – 17.00 GET(EET 14.00-16.00, CET 13.00-15.00, BST 12.00-14.00)
Session B – Syphilis, contemporary approach
Chairs: Prof Nicolas Dupin (France) and Prof Stephan Lautenschlager (Switzerland)
Nicolas Dupin (France)
Neurosyphilis
Stephan Lautenschlager (Switzerland)
Syphilis: Special cases and special conditions
Philipp Bosshard (Switzerland)
Laboratory diagnosis of syphilis: what is the Gold-Standard?
Melanie Taylor (USA)
Congenital syphilis
17.00 – 19.30 GET(EET 16.00-18.30, CET 15.00-17.30, BST 14.00-16.30)
Session C – HPV in XXI Centure
Chairs: Prof Mihael Skerlev (Croatia) and Arne Wikström (Sweden)
Electra Nikolaidou (Greece)
Global burden of disease
Suzana Ljubojevic (Croatia)
Oncologic aspects of HPV in men"
Mihael Skerlev (Croatia)
Prophylaxis and HPV in children
Arne Wikström (Sweden)
Home-based treatment of HPV-induced lesions
Claudia Heller Vitouch (Austria)
Office-based treatment: When is this used and which are the best methods?
Oct. 01, 2022
10.00 – 11.00 GET (EET 09.00-10.00, CET 08.00-09.00, BST 07.00-08.00)
FREE COMMINICATION SESSION
Ms Megi Gogishvili (Spain/Georgia)
COMPARISON OF HIV TESTING PERFORMED PRE AND DURING COVID-19 AT COMMUNITY-BASED TESTING CENTERS IN EUROPE: COBATEST, 2019-2020
Prof Oleg Pankratov (Belarus)
SYPHILIS IN THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS: MORBIDITY AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRENDS
Dr Nydile Ramesh (UK)
HOW DO SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AFFECT THE PREVALENCE OF HTLV-1 GLOBALLY?
Dr Matthew Valentino (Malta)
THE MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK IN MALTA: CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES
Dr Kerstin Wissel (Switzerland)
IMPACT OF ON-SITE PCR TESTING FOR BACTERIAL STIS ON THE NUMBER OF BLIND TREATMENTS AT A LARGE SWISS STI CLINIC
Dr Sofia Papanikou (Greece)
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AMONG HIV (-) MSΜ, AT THE STIS CLINIC OF ANDREAS SYGGROS HOSPITAL, ATHENS, GREECE, 2018-2020
11.00 – 12.30 GET(EET 10.00-11.30, CET 09.00-10.30, BST 08.00-09.30)
Session D – EADV / ECDC / IUSTI-E SYMPOSIUM - MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK 2022
Chairs: Prof. Christopher Bunker (UK), Prof. George-Sorin Tiplica (Romania)
Dr. Benjamin Bluemel (ECDC)
MONKEYPOX EPIDEMIOLOGICAL UPDATE: WHAT SURVEILLANCE DATA TELLS US
Ms Gabrielle Schittecatte (ECDC)
RISK COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 2022 MPX OUTBREAK
Dr. Benjamin Bluemel (ECDC)
SURVEY ON MONKEYPOX VACCINE ACCEPTANCE AMONG USERS OF DATING APPS
Dr. Ien Chan (UK)
MPX FROM A DERMATOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE
Dr Christopher Scott (UK)
MPX – GUM ASPECTS
12.30 – 13.00 GET(EET 11.30-12.00, CET 10.30-11.00, BST 09.30-10.00)
Cofee Break and Poster Viewing
13.00 – 13.30 GET(EET 12.00-12.30, CET 11.00-11.30, BST 10.00-10.30
Plenary Lecture # 5
Prof Deniz Gokengin (Turkey)
Delivering HIV Care in Central and Eastern Europe
13.30 – 14.00 GET (EET 12.30-13.00, CET 11.30-12.00, BST 10.30-11.00)
Plenary Lecture # 6
Prof Catherine Mercer (UK)
What drives people to our Clinics? - Behaviour, attitudes, alcohol, drugs or nonchalance
14.00 – 14.30 GET (EET 13.00-13.30, CET 12.00-12.30, BST 11.00-11.30)
IUSTI-Europe Debate : Screening for Infection - Pro's and Con's
Chair: Dr Peter Greenhouse (UK)
Pro - Dr John Saunders (UK);
Con - Prof Björn Herrmann (Sweden)
14.30 – 16.00 GET (EET 13.30-15.00, CET 12.30-14.00, BST 11.30-13.00)
LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING
14.30 – 15.15 GET(EET 13.30-14.15, CET 12.30-13.15, BST 11.30-12.15)
HOLOGIC WORKSHOP
Chairs: Dr. Christian Stoeckigt (The Netherlands)
Dr. Helene Zondag (GGD Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT OF SYPHILIS SCREENING BY EARLY DETECTION USING TREPONEMA PALLIDUM TMA ASSAY
16.00 – 18.00 GET(EET 15.00-17.00, CET 14.00-16.00, BST 13.00-15.00)
Session E – Future Perspective
Chairs: Prof Henry de Vries (The Netherlands) and Dr Marti Vall-Mayans (Spain)
Lorenzo Giacani (USA)
Advances in a vaccine for syphilis
Jeffrey Klausner (USA)
The promises of doxy PrEP and PEP
Mitzy Gafos (UK)
HIV PrEP for women
Maurine Murtagh (Switzerland)
STI POCT landscape in 2022
18.00 – 18.30 GET(EET 17.00-17.30, CET 16.00-16.30, BST 15.00-15.30)
Closing Plenary # 8
Dr John White (UK) and Prof Chris Kenyon (Belgium)
What we have learnt
18.00 – 19.00 GET(EET 17.00-18.00, CET 16.00-17.00, BST 15.00-16.00)
Closing Ceremony
20.00 – 23.00 GET(EET 19.00-22.00, CET 18.00-21.00, BST 17.00-20.00)
Networking Event
