Berzelius symposium

Berzelius Symposium 48
Emerging and Resurgent Infections
November 11–12 1999

The increasing threats to health from infectious diseases have been widely recognised in recent years. This conference will address the clinical impact of emerging and resurgent infections and antimicrobial resistance. In view of the current public, political and professional concerns about antimicrobial susceptibility, including antiviral resistance, this topic has been selected as one of the key themes of the symposium. The implications for public health and clinical practice will be discussed.

The clinical and epidemiological features of several emerging diseases will be presented. Particular attention will be paid to the determinants including the political, sociological and behavioural components, within a European context.

The public health response will be considered including the establishment of several surveillance and response networks within the European Union. The role of microbiologists, epidemiologists and other public health practictioners and clinicians in these developments will be discussed.

The final part of the conference will focus on options for prevention and control, taking as a major theme aspects of immunisation in adults.

The symposium will be held in the centrally located beautiful 19th century building of the Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm. The symposium dinner will be held in the world famous Vasa museum on 11 November.

Programme

Thursday November 11
09.00–10.00	Registration and Coffee
10.00–10.15	Opening: Society Presidents The Ambassador of Great Britain

10.15–12.30	Session 1. The impact of antimicrobial resistance Chairpersons: Lord Soulsby and Ragnar Norrby
	10.15–10.35 Lord Soulsby, TDB, UK
	10.35–10.55 Monitoring antimicrobial resistance in Europe. Mare Sprenger, the Netherlands
	10.55–11.15 Antiviral resistance in clinical practice. Deenan Pillay, UK
	11.15–11.35 Coffee break
	11.35–11.55 Clinical impact of antimicrobial resistance. Ragnar Norrby, Sweden
	11.55–12.30 Panel discussion

12.30–13.30	Lunch

13.30–15.30	Session 2. Emerging and resurgent infections Chairpersons: Malcolm Forsythe and E Nordenfeld
	13.30–14.00 Development of surveillance and response net-works in the European Union: the first five years. Christopher Bartlett, UK
	14.00–14.30 The burden of disease from Heliobacter pylori. Lars Engstrand, Sweden
	14.30–15.00 New variant Creutzfeld Jacob Disease. Robert Will, UK
	15.00–15.30 Climate change and waterborne disease. Rosalind Stanwell-Smith, UK

15.30–16.15	Coffee break and posters

16.15–17.15	Session 3: Resurgents STDs Chairpersons: Eric Sandström and Adrian Renton
	16.15–16.45 Social change and sexually transmitted diseases. Adrian Renton, UK
	16.45–17.15 STDs in Europe: Successes and Failures Eric Sandström, Sweden

19.00–	Dinner at Vasa Museum

Friday November 12
09.00–12.30	Session 4. Vaccinating Adults: Controversies and Certainties Chairpersons: Helena Mäkälä and Norman Begg
	09.00–09.20 Vaccination against Lyme borreliosis – arguments for Sven Bergström, Sweden
	09.20–09.40 Vaccination against Lyme borreliosis – arguments against. Helena Mäkälä, Finland
	09.40–10.10 New pneumococcal vaccines. Juhani Eskola, Finland
	10.10–10.40 Coffee break
	10.40–11.10 Need for adult pertussis vaccination. James Cherry, USA
	11.10–11.40 Varicella vaccination. Norman Noah, UK
	11.40–12.10 Outlook for vaccines against urinary tract infections. C Svanborg
	12.10–12.30 Discussion and concluding remarks


When and Where
WHEN	November 11–12, 1999 in Stockholm Sweden
WHERE	The Swedish Society of Medicine, Klara Östra Kyrkogata 10 in Stockholm Sweden.
REGISTRATION	October 10, 1999, is deadline for registration. Please return the registration form to the Swedish Society of Medicine, P.O. Box 738, SE-101 35 Stockholm, Sweden. Or send by fax: +46 (0)8 440 88 84.
CONFIRMATION	Registration will be confirmed when payment as been received.
CONFERENCE FEE (IN SEK)	Members of the Swedish Society of Medicine of Royal Society of Medicine: 1 500 SEK approx 110 GBP Non-members: 1 800 SEK approx 133 GBP Dinner at Vasa Museum: 300 SEK All registration after October 10: 2 500 SEK
PAYMENT	Deadline for payment is October 10, and shall be made in sek, payable to the Swedish Society of Medicine. Please indicate "Berzelius 48" and your name on all money transfers. Personal or company cheques can not be accepted. See further on registration form.
CANCELLATION	Cancellations made after October 10, 1999 will not be subject to refunds.
ACCOMODATION	Please indicate on the registration form your choice of accomodation. All hotel reservations are handled directly by Stockholm Convention Bureau, phone +46 8 736 15 00, fax +46 8 34 84 41. E-mail stocon@stocon.se
CONGRESS	All congress documents will be handed out to the participants at desk outside the symposium
DOCUMENTS	hall from 08.30 a.m. on Thursday 11.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE	Christopher Bartlett and Malcolm Forsythe (RSM.) Ragnar Norrby and Christer Edling (SSM.)
SYMPOSIUM SECRETARIAT	Annie Melin, the Swedish Society of Medicine, P.O. Box 738, SE-101 35 Stockholm. Phone +46 8 440 88 78. Fax +46 8 440 88 84. E-mail: annie.melin@svls.se