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/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
IUSTI PRE-COURSE (ONLINE)
Chairs: Prof Angelika Stary (Austria), Dr Marco Cusini (Italy)
17.30 – 18.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
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/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Opening Keynote/Plenary Lecture # 1
Dr Teodora Wi (WHO, Switzerland)
Global STI: What’s next
19.30 – 21.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Welcome Reception/Social Event
Sept 30, 2022
10.00 – 11.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Clinical Cases Presentation
11.00 – 12.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Session A – BASHH (British Association for Sexual Health and HIV) Symposium
Topic, Chairs + Speaker X 3-4 to be nominated by BASHH
12.30 – 13.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
13.00 – 13.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Plenary Lecture # 2
Prof Khalil Ghanem (USA)
Syphilis 2020’s Drivers, Challenges, and Management
13.30 – 14.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Plenary Lecture # 3
Dr Patrick Horner (UK)
My Life with Urethritis
14.00 – 14.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Plenary Lecture # 4
Prof Georg Stary (Austria)
Understanding the Immune Response to HPVI
14.30 – 15.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Lunch and Poster Viewing
15.00 – 17.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
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/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
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/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Clinical Cases Presentation
11.00 – 12.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Session D – Genital Dermatology by the EADV
Chairs: Prof George Sorin Tiplica (Romania) and EADV Nominee
Speakers X 3-4
12.30 – 13.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Cofee Break and Poster Viewing
13.00 – 13.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Plenary Lecture # 5
Prof Deniz Gokengin (Turkey)
Delivering HIV Care in Central and Eastern Europe
13.30 – 14.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Plenary Lecture # 6
Prof Catherine Mercer (UK)
What drives people to our Clinics? - Behaviour, attitudes, alcohol, drugs or nonchalance
14.00 – 14.30 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Plenary Lecture # 7
Prof Björn Herrmann (Sweden) and Dr John Saunders (UK)
Screening for Infection - Pro's and Con's
14.30 – 16.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Lunch and Poster Viewing
16.00 – 18.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
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/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Closing Plenary # 8
Dr John White (UK) and Prof Chris Kenyon (Belgium)
What we have learnt
18.00 – 19.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Closing Ceremony
20.00 – 23.00 (GET/Georgian Standart Time, UTC/GMT +4)
Networking Event
