Events

On December 9, 2025, the third edition of the 2025 Online Update on Hygiene and Infection Prevention will take place, focusing on diagnostics. As part of the HIHeal (Hygiene, Infection & Health) next level innovation network, this event is being jointly organized by Life Science Nord, the Hospital Hygiene Department at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and the DR. BRILL INSTITUTE. The following three presentations are planned:

We are pleased to announce that Elena Perabo (Study Director Ecotoxicology, Hydrotox) will be a speaker at this year's Biocides Europe. The renowned conference will take place on December 1–2, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, bringing together leading experts from industry, science, and regulatory authorities to discuss the latest developments in biocide regulation and research. Elena Perabo will give her presentation entitled “Efficacy evaluation of algicides” on December 2 at 16:05 as part of the session “Important efficacy updates.” Further information on registration and the conference program can be found HERE.

Meet DR. BRILL INSTITUTES at MEDICA 2025! The world's most important and largest medical trade fair will take place this year from November 17 to 20, 2025, as always in Düsseldorf. Take advantage of your visit to MEDICA to talk to us in person. Dr. Florian Brill and Dr. Kerstin Walendy-Gnirß will be on site for the first two and three days of the fair, respectively. You are welcome to make an appointment now, preferably by emailing info@brillhygiene.com. We look forward to meeting you or seeing you again in Düsseldorf! You can find all further information about MEDICA here: Link

A poster co-authored by Dr. Florian H. H. Brill was presented at the ACIPC International Conference in Australia. Title: “In Vivo Assessment of ABHR Dose Size on Antimicrobial Efficacy – 1.5mL is Optimal.”

From 21st to 22nd October 2025, the CRO days (Contract research organisation days) took place for the second time in Helsinki, with Andrea Brunswik-Titze from Hydrotox GmbH attending. The meeting was organised by the ECHA (European Chemical Agency) and was addressed to CROs from the OECD region in order to promote exchange between regulatory authorities and testing laboratories. A total of 27 CROs from the EU, Ukraine, the UK, Switzerland, the USA, India and Japan attended the meeting to discuss regulatory requirements as well as the technical challenges involved in conducting ecotoxicological studies and biodegradability studies for REACH purposes. The topics focused on substances that are difficult to test in aquatic toxicity tests, simulation studies on degradation and bioaccumulation, and the importance of test material characterization and analytical challenges. The exchange was considered very valuable by both ECHA and the CROs, and further meetings of this kind are to follow in the future.

Dr. Brill + Prof. Bockmühl GmbH Institute for Applied Hygiene will be represented at the SEPAWA Congress, which will take place in Berlin from October 15-17, 2025. The congress is the most important meeting place for the detergent, cosmetics, and perfumery industry in Europe and thus offers the perfect setting for a professional exchange on our range of services in this area. Dr. Britta Brands, Director of Laboratory - Applied Hygiene, and Prof. Dr. Dirk Bockmühl (Co-Founder) will both be there. If you would like to meet us in person in Berlin, please feel free to arrange an appointment in advance – simply send us an email (link: HERE) or give us a call. Our colleagues will contribute a presentation and a poster to the scientific program of the congress:

As part of the free Online Update Hygiene and Infection Prevention #18 on "Gendermedizin in der Infektiologie" (Gender Medicine in Infectiology) on 08.07.2025, one of the speakers will be Dr. Saskia Borregaard, who will give a presentation - in German - entitled "Genderaspekte in der klinischen Forschung: Relevanz, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven" (Gender Aspects in Clinical Research: Relevance, Challenges and Perspectives). Use the Online Update #18 to find out about important questions on the topic of "Gender medicine in infectiology" and to exchange ideas with experts from clinics, research, politics and industry. All information, including on the two other presentations, as well as for your registration can be found under the following link: OUHIP #18 - Gendermedizin in der Infektiologie

At the kind invitation of OLYMPUS, Dr. Florian Brill will be attending the 8th Endoscope Hygiene Experts Forum (EHEF) which takes place from 27-29 June 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once again at this years's EHEF, a distinguished group of international experts - including healthcare professionals, microbiologists, laboratories, reprocessing experts, and infection prevention specialist - will gather for targeted, in-depth discussions on current challenges and innovations in endoscope hygiene. The forum serves as a platform for knowledge exchange and productive discussions, contributing to the advancements of infection prevention and the continued improvement of patient safety. The EHEF team and Dr. Brill are looking forward to constructive discussions and shared insights that help to ensure safe endoscope reprocessing practices globally. If you are interested in this topic, please contact us, e.g. by email HERE.

Was für Anforderungen sind bei der Wiederaufbereitung von Medizinprodukten zu beachten und wie werden diese im Rahmen der Biologischen Sicherheit mitberücksichtigt. - Kooperationsseminar NSF und Dr. Brill Institutes - Anforderungen der Verordnung (EU) 2017/745 umsetzen - Relevante Normen für Wiederaufbereitung anwenden

The "Maritime Technologies 2025" status conference includes selected contributions on successful projects from the Maritime Research Program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie, BMWE) and is organized by Projektträger Jülich on behalf of the BMWE. The conference will be held in German on 10 + 11 December 2025, at the Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin, exclusively in person. Participation is free of charge.

The program for our 11th Conference of Applied Hygiene, Microbiology and Virology 2025 has just been released, and registration is now open! After last year's big anniversary of our successful annual CAHMV, we have again several program highlights for you this year: 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 you should not miss! 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.