IMI AMR Cross-Pillar Meeting

(by invitation only)

This is a pre-conference to the AMR Conference 2020.

/// WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN ///

- Find out about Accelerator projects “in a nutshell”

- Exchange views on data management, communication and more in afternoon workshops

- Make the most of your stay in Basel: network with experts at the Cross-Pillar and AMR Conference 2020

/// REGISTRATION ///

If you have received an invitation, please register before 31 January on this site.

Participation is free of charge.

For questions, please contact Dr. Lilian Löwenau: l.loewenau@biocom.de

/// AGENDA ///

10:00 - 10:45 Registration and Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00 Welcome and Introduction

• Short pitches by all projects

• Overview of afternoon workshops

12:00 - 13:15 Lunch break

Afternoon workshops:

13:15 - 14:15 Management and communication

13:15 - 15:30 Data management

13:15 - 15:30 Clinical trials and animal models

15:30 - 18:00 Opportunity to join Swiss meeting (see info below)

18:00 - 20:00 Joint Apéro with Swiss meeting participants

20:00 - 22:00 Cross-Pillar Dinner (self-paid)

/// SWISS MEETING ///

In parallel to the IMI AMR Cross-Pillar Accelerator Meeting, a meeting organised by the Swiss National Research Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance (NRP 72) will take place at Hotel ODELYA/Bildungszentrum21.

Title: “Promoting Innovative Antibiotic R&D in Switzerland”

It will bring together protagonists from academic, industrial, political and funding organisations active in the AMR field in Switzerland.

The speakers will include among others Marc Gitzinger (BioVersys), Seamus O’Brien (GARDP), Kevin Outterson (CARB-X) and Malcolm Page (NRP 72), Daniel Obrecht (Polyphor), Laurenz Kellenberger (Basilea Pharmaceutica), Ken Bradley (Roche), Seamus O’Brian (GARDP) and Kevin Outterson (CARB-X).

A joint Swiss Apéro will open up the opportunity to network.

Learn more

/// MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STAY ///

You can continue the conversation and networking with over 400 international AMR experts that will attend the 4th AMR Conference 2020, taking place 12–13 March at the Congress Center Basel.

/// ACCOMMODATION ///

We have blocked some rooms in the Dorint Hotel An der Messe Basel (first come, first served).

Hotel: Dorint Hotel An der Messe Basel

Address: Schönaustrasse 10, 4058 Basel, Switzerland

Distance to venue: 2 km (25 min walking distance to the Hotel ODELYA/Bildungszentrum21)

Room rates per night*: Single room: CHF 219 | Double room: CHF 239

*Breakfast included

*City Tax excluded (CHF 4.00 per person/day)

*BaselCard included: mobility ticket (valid for all types of public transport in Basel and surrounding areas – zones 10/11/15 and to the EuroAirport)

How to book a room:

Call +41 44 808 10 65 or send an email to reservierung.basel@dorint.com

Mention the following reservation code: BIO200310

Dorint Hotel website

Alternatively, there are plenty of other hotels nearby, and you can also contact the Hotel ODELYA for a room reservation: hotel@odelya.ch or +41 61 260 21 21

Odelya Hotel website