Conference of Applied Hygiene, Microbiology and Virology: Program released - sign up now!

Hamburg, 8 - 9 October 2015 Dr. Brill + Partner GmbH - Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology and the DR. BRILL ACADEMY proudly present in association with Life Science Nord GmbH the first Conference of Applied Hygiene, Microbiology and Virology in Hamburg, Germany.It is a pleasure to announce that we are able to welcome the following key-note speakers:Prof. Dr. Marylyn M. Addo, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, one of the world's leading experts for clinical development of vaccination against Ebola and MERS-Corona. Topic: Infection Prevention in Emerging Infections - Lessons learned from Ebola and MERS-Corona-VirusProf. Dr. Ojan Assadian, University of Huddersfield, one of the worldwide well acknowledged and active hospital hygienist with focus on clinical implementation of infection prevention and control measurements. Topic: Release-kinetic of antiseptics from antimicrobial wound dressings and their clinical applicationThe preliminary program has just been released. All details can be found here (as at March 2015): http://www.brillhygiene.com/en/akademie/termine/conference-applied-hygiene-microbiology-and-virology. Just download our program with the registration form (here) and sign up now.Among others, the following sessions and workshops will be held:Efficacy Testing of Disinfectants and Antiseptics 2020 Special Focus on Hand Hygiene Products (Session)Reprocessing of Medical Devices according to ISO 17664 (Workshop)Microbiological Safety of Cosmetics (Session)As previously communicated, the conference will serve as a platform for scientific know-how and information transfer as well as a discussion forum focusing on efficacy testing, development, the conference will serve as a platform for scientific know-how and information transfer as well as a discussion forum focusing on efficacy testing, development, registration and application of infection prevention and control products such as disinfectants and antiseptics. The DR. BRILL ACADEMY seminars, annually performed since 2012, provided the basis for this conference. By extending the concept significantly, the conference will combine the knowledge of highly recognized experts of the applied sciences of hygiene, microbiology and virology with hands-on experiences from the user.The conference will be held on October 8th and 9th in the AMERON Hotel Speicherstadt Hamburg, which is located in the scenic and historic "Speicherstadt". Before the official opening of the conference on October 8th at 1 PM, a workshop covering the basics of microbiology, virology, efficacy testing and registration of infection control products will be held.We kindly invite specialists for research and development and registration from the infection prevention and control as well as medical device industry to attend the conference. Experts from competent authorities e.g. for biocidal product registration, interested scientists and medical doctors are also kindly welcomed to contribute to an open communication and know-how transfer between industry and user of the respective products.Please sign up now. We would be more than happy to welcome you this October here in Hamburg.Your scientific committee of the Conference of Applied Hygiene, Microbiology and Virology (in alphabetical order):Dr. Florian H. H. BrillDr. Holger BrillPD Dr. Eike SteinmannDr. Jochen SteinmannPD Dr. Jörg Steinmann