ASA President Welcome

On behalf of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials, I would like to invite you to the Society’s 24th Annual Scientific Meeting “Antimicrobials 2025”, to be held at the Crown Promenade Melbourne on Thursday 20th - Saturday 22nd February 2025.

I am pleased to announce that Erin McCreary from the United States, Christian Giske from Sweden, and Rachel Thomson from The University of Queensland will participate in the meeting.

Erin will present the plenary "Precision Dosing in Complex and Critically Ill Patients", Christian will present "Novel Therapies for Extensively Drug-resistant Gram-negative Bacilli", and Rachel will present "Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Pulmonary Disease: Epidemiology, Clinical Disease and Natural History".

The 2025 Howard Florey Oration will be delivered by Karin Thursky from The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.

The programme's symposia cover many different aspects of antimicrobials and sessions including:

• Complex AMR Infections in Vulnerable Populations
• Mycobacteria
• Mycology
• Post COVID: Ongoing Public Health Challenges
• Gram-negative Bacteria

In addition, we have pharmacy and AUSCAST workshops scheduled on Saturday afternoon. Two literature review sessions will be presented, including Tony Korman’s "The Year in Clinical Microbiology" and Gabrielle Haeusler’s "The Year in Antimicrobial Stewardship". Six proffered papers and two poster sessions are also planned for the meeting.

To promote discussion between delegates and the invited speakers, the meeting's registration includes lunches, morning and afternoon teas and admission to the Howard Florey Dinner.

I am confident that you will find the meeting's program both scientifically stimulating and informative and we look forward to meeting you in Melbourne.

Associate Professor Louise Cooley,
ASA President