2022 WSC Spotlight – Opening Session Now Available on YouTube and as a Podcast

The Opening Session from the 2022 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight is now available on YouTube (embedded above) and as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts (just search for World Sepsis Congress in your favorite podcast app).

The session was chaired by Louise Thwaites from Vietnam, Member of the WSC Spotlight Scientific Committee and the Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance, and features the following presentations and speakers:

  • Opening Remarks – Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

  • Peter Hotez – Keynote: The Role of Science and Novel Technologies to Combat 21st Centuries Health Threats

  • Direk Limmathurotsakul – What Is Missing in Surveillance of AMR Bacteria in Hospitals in LMICs and HICs?

  • Eran Zahavy – Rapid Multiplex Diagnostic Evaluation for Sepsis Using Isothermal Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA)

  • Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas – Sepsis Diagnosis with a Cell-Free DNA Sequencing Approach

  • Cecilia Ferreyra – Developing a Target Product Profile for Sepsis Diagnostic Platforms Applicable to High Global Sepsis Burden Settings

  • Cheikh Tidiane Diagne – Accessible and Affordable Scale-up of Diagnostics in Africa 

Sessions are released weekly on Tuesdays. The next session will be ‘Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis and COVID-19’ on May 10, 2022.

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Full Release Schedule

  • May 3, 2022 – S1: Could Enhanced Pathogen Diagnostics Change Sepsis Management?

  • May 10, 2022 – S2: Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis and COVID-19

  • May 17, 2022 – S3: Panel: Knowledge from COVID-19 to Improve Sepsis Care and Vice Versa

  • May 24, 2022 – S4: How to Make the Most of Existing and Frugal Technologies

  • May 31, 2022 – S5: Antibiotics and Antivirals – How to Improve Efficacy and Minimize Harm

  • June 7, 2022 – S6: Update on Adjunctive Sepsis and COVID-19 Therapies

  • June 14, 2022 – S7: Pro-Con: Are Personalized Interventions in Sepsis Even Possible?

  • June 21, 2022 – S8: Innovations in Quality Improvement Strategies in All Settings

Marvin Zick