Sessions 9 and 10 from 4th WSC Now Available on YouTube and as a Podcast

Sessions 9 and 10 from the 4th World Sepsis Congress are now available on YouTube (embedded above) and as a Podcast on Apple Podcasts (just search for World Sepsis Congress in your favorite podcast app).


Session 9: Biomarkers and Antimicrobial Stewardship – The Synergies to Diagnose Sepsis and to Prevent AMR

The Key Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance
Silvia Bertagnolio, World Health Organization, Switzerland

The Potential and Barriers to Antibiotic Stewardship
Ron Daniels, Infection Management Coalition, United Kingdom

The Potential of Biomarkers for Antimicrobials – Use and Diagnosis
Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

The Role of Biomarkers for Risk Stratification
Peter Pickkers, Radboud UMC, The Netherlands

The Evidence for the Role of Transcriptional Diagnostics
Tom van der Poll, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands


Session 10: Lessons from the Pandemic to Fight Common Infections and Sepsis

Learnings to Leverage the Fight Sepsis from an Integrated Health Service Perspective
Benedetta Allegranzi, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Preparing the EU to Manage Infections and Cross-Border Health Threats More Effectively
Velina Pendolovska, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission, Luxembourg

Lessons for Fighting Infections and Sepsis in Resource-Limited Settings
John Adabie Appiah, African Sepsis Alliance, Ghana

The Perspective of a Bedside Intensivist and the Potential of Telemedicine for Non-Covid Sepsis
Wiltrud Abels, Sepsis Stiftung, Germany

Learnings by a Caregiver and Researcher in Vietnam
Louise Thwaites, Asia Pacific Sepsis Alliance, Vietnam

Lessons for Clinical Research and Intensive Care Medicine
John Marshall, Unity Health, Canada

Discussion by the Panelists


Two sessions are released weekly on Tuesdays. The next sessions will be ‘Understanding and Improving Long-term Outcomes After Sepsis and COVID-19’ and ‘Neonatal Sepsis Platforms and Guidelines’ on June 6, 2023.

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Full Release Schedule

  • May 2:

    • S1: Opening Session – Key Success Factors to Address Global Health Threats

    • S2: The Health Economic and Human Burden of Infections and Pandemics

  • May 9:

    • S3: Overcoming Silos to Address Infection-Related Global Health Threats

    • S4: The Quality of Healthcare Systems and QI Efforts on Outcomes from Sepsis and Pandemics

  • May 16:

    • S5: Advances and Challenges by Our Regional Sepsis Alliances

    • S6: Advances in Timely Pathogen and Sepsis Detection

  • May 23:

    • S7: The Benefits of Multidisciplinary Teams in Sepsis Care on the Health Care Facility Level

    • S8: The Potential and Challenges to Intervene with the Immune Response

  • May 30:

    • S9: Biomarkers and Antimicrobial Stewardship – The Synergies to Diagnose Sepsis and to Prevent AMR

    • S10: Lessons from the Pandemic to Fight Common Infections and Sepsis

  • June 6:

    • S11: Understanding and Improving Long-term Outcomes after Sepsis and COVID-19

    • S12: Neonatal Sepsis Platforms and Guidelines

  • June 13:

    • S13: The Impact of Survivors and Family Members to Improve Sepsis Awareness and Advocacy

    • S14: Maternal Sepsis: Why Is It Still in the Top 3 for Global Incidence of Sepsis?

  • June 20:

    • S15: Harnessing the Media to Advance the Global Fight Against Sepsis

    • S16: An Update on Research on Sepsis


Marvin Zick