October 6, 2025
11th CAHMV: Workshop and program updates - Register now!
Until 23 October 2025 you still have the possibility to register for our 11th Conference of Applied Hygiene, Microbiology and Virology 2025, which will be a very special CAHMV! As already announced, for the first time since 2019, the CAHMV 2025 begins with a workshop. This workshop entitled "Efficacy testing of antimicrobial products" will include video insights from our testing labs - an absolute premiere! This workshop and its video insight will deal with the following tests - don't miss it, and register now!
Chemical-thermal textile disinfection: EN 16616:2022
Hygienic handrub: EN 1500 vs. ASTM E2755
Surface disinfection with mechanical action: EN 16615
Instrument disinfection: EN 14561, EN 14562, EN 14563
Surface disinfection without mechanical action: EN 13697
Quantitative suspension tests
Incubation and colony counting
Some of the further program highlights of this year's CAHMV are:
Keynote speakers of the CAHMV 2025 are Professor Dr. Martin Exner with a lecture on the impact of water quality on infection prevention and control in health care systems, and Professor Dr. Andreas Voss with his lecture on current developments with influence on infection prevention from AI to Environmental Protection. Dr. Florian H. H. Brill starts the second conference day with his legendary presentation on the latest developments in the efficacy evaluation of antimicrobial products.
Professor Dr. Eike Steinmann and Professor Dr. Jörg Steinmann are chairs of the extensive Session "Hot topics Infection Prevention & Control" with a large number of also exciting presentations. Regarding BPR, you can look forward to a session entitled "Current Regulatory Developments BPR" and to a lively panel discussion "Assessment for antimicrobial products - Are we valuing the importance of biocidal products sufficiently with the current BPR?". The program will be completed by Dr. Dirk Bockmühl's sessions on "Hygiene in Households".
Take the chance to participate in this year's edition of our CAHMV with us: Several colleagues from our Institutes will also be present and are already looking forward to meeting you in person during one of the breakes. Therefore, on 27 + 28 November 2025, we welcome you again at the AMERON Hamburg Hotel Speicherstadt, as well as for a nice pre-Christmas evening program and dinner. Online participation is also possible (not for the BPR session on Friday!). The form for your registration and the content-rich full lecture program is available on our website www.cahmv.com.
