“Advances in Clinical Microbiology: from Culture to Whole genome sequencing”
| 08:00-09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00-11:30 | Premeeting Workshop by Korean Association of External Quality Assessment Service - Good practices in clinical microbiology | Moderator: Taek Soo Kim (Seoul National University) |
| CLSI guideline review: M100 - Bacteria AST | Jung-ah Kim (Soonchunhyang University) | |
| EUCAST guideline review: 15.0 - Bacteria AST | TKeun Ju Kim (Korea University) | |
| CLSI & EUCAST guideline review - Fungi AST | Yong Jun Kwon (Chonnam National University) | |
| CLSI guideline review: M64 - Taxonomy nomenclature | Hyun-Seung Lee (Wonkwang University) | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Break / Exhibition / Council Meeting | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Education Symposium 1 organized by bioMérieux Korea : Antimicrobial stewardship program using syndromic panel |
Chair: Yeon-Joon Park (Catholic University) |
| Integrating Rapid Syndromic Testing into Antimicrobial Stewardship for Pneumonia | Seung Soon Lee (Hallym University) | |
| 13:00-13:10 | Opening Remarks | Jong Wook Lee (Konyang University) |
| 13:10-13:50 | Plenary Lecture 1 | Chair: Jong Wook Lee (Konyang University) |
| Digital healthcare 2025: Age of generative AI | Koon Ho Rha (NAVER Healthcare Research Institute) | |
| 13:50-14:30 | Special Lecture | Chair: Seong Geun Hong (Cha University) |
| Prompt for data analysis | Korea GPT Association | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Lecture in Honor | Chair: Jae-Seok Kim (Hallym University) |
| Memorial lecture | Nam Yong Lee (Sungkyunkwan University) | |
| Ceremony / Photo | ||
| 14:40-15:20 | Break / Exhibition | |
| 15:20-17:20 | Symposium 1. KSCM-JSCM Joint Symposium: Comparative Insights on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Resistance Surveillance in Korea and Japan * | |
| Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Japan: Current practices and challenges | Miki Nagao (Kyoto University) | |
| Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Korea: Current practices and challenges | Jeong Su Park (Seoul National University) | |
| Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Japan: Systems and strategies | Tetsuya Yagi (Nagoya University) | |
| Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Korea: Systems and strategies | Dokyun Kim (Yonsei University) | |
| 17:20-17:40 | Panel Discussion | |
| 17:40-18:00 | Break | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner | |
* English-speaking session
“Advances in Clinical Microbiology: from Culture to Whole genome sequencing”
| 08:00-09:00 | Oral Presentation | |
| 09:00-11:00 | Symposium 2. From NGS machines to interpretations: WGS and metagenomics | Chairs: Dongeun Yong (Yonsei University), |
| Understanding of short-read NGS and clinical microbiology | Yu Jin Park (Yonsei University) | |
| Understanding of long-read NGS and clinical microbiology | Chang-Ki Kim (SCL) | |
| Bioinformatics pipeline: Analytical software and Utilization | Junyoung Kim (KDCA) | |
| Practical Use of NGS in Clinical Microbiology Field (Diagnosis and Infection Control) | Jae Hyeon Park (Seoul National University) | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Poster Presentation / Break | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Plenary Lecture 2 | Chair: Jae-Seok Kim (Hallym University) |
| Korea Seroprevalence Study of Monitoring of SARS-COV-2 Antibody Retention and Transmission (K-SEROSMART): a community-based longitudinal seroprevalence survey | Dong-hyun Kim (Hallym University) | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Education Symposium 2 organized by BD Korea : Blood culture and recent advances |
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| Validity of reducing blood culture incubation time for the BD BACTEC FX blood culture system considering microbiological and clinical aspect | Takehiro Hashimoto (Oita University) | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Symposium 4. A Review of Fundamental Microbiological Culture Methods | Chairs: Sun Joo Kim (Gyeongsang National University), |
| Blood | Sung Gyun Park (Keimyung University) | |
| Lower respiratory tract | Sae Am Song (Inje University) | |
| Urine | In Young Yoo (Catholic University) | |
| Wound | Jeonghyun Chang (Inje University) | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Break / Exhibition | |
| 15:20-17:20 | Symposium 6. KSCM-KDCA Joint Symposium: Understanding of current situation and challenges in various clinical microbiology laboratory | Chairs: Mi-Kyung Lee (Chung-Ang University), |
| High-volume tertiary-care hospital: Severance Hospital | Hyukmin Lee (Yonsei University) | |
| Tertiary-care hospital: Kyung Hee University Hospital | Young Jin Kim (Kyung Hee University) | |
| Nationwide Commercial laboratory: GCLabs | YeJin Oh (GCLab) | |
| Governmental Reference Laboratory: Division of Bacterial Diseases, KDCA | Jaeil Yoo (KDCA) | |
| Governmental reference laboratory: Division of Viral Diseases, KDCA | Heui Man Kim (KDCA) | |
| Gevernmental Regional Laboratory: Institute of Health and Environment | Sun-Hee Kim (Gwangju Institute of Health and Environment) | |
| 17:20-18:00 | Closing Remark / General Assembly | Jong Wook Lee (Konyang University) |
| 08:00-09:00 | Oral Presentation | |
| 09:00-11:00 | Symposium 3. Harmonizing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Stewardship in Infectious Diseases | Chairs: Mi-Na Kim (Ulsan Univeristy), |
| AMR guidance on treatment of AMR-GNB | Young Kyung Yoon (Korea University) | |
| Updates on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Official | Young Ae Kang (Yonsei University) | |
| Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: 2024 Update by IDSA/ASM | Jaehyeon Lee (Jeonbuk National University) | |
| LDT Regulation Guidance: Balancing with Innovative Diagnostics in Clinical Microbiology | Eun Jeong Won (Ulsan Univeristy) | |
| 11:00-13:00 | Poster Presentation / Break | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Same with Room A | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Education Symposium 3 organized by Hologic | Chairs: Mi-Kyung Lee (Chung-Ang University) |
| Enhancing Candidia auris screening with Panther fusion for LDT | Derek Chee (Hologic Asia Pacific) | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Symposium 5. A Review of recent issues on diagnosis of infectious diseases | Chairs: Chairs: Yeon-Joon Park (Catholic University), |
| Microbiologic diagnosis of implant-associated infections | Yangsoon Lee (Hanyang University) | |
| Inoculum effect on AST and treatment | Hyunsoo Kim (Hwahong Hospital) | |
| Biomarkers for the diagnosis of sepsis | Han-Ah Kim (Konkuk University) | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Break / Exhibition | |
| 15:20-17:20 | Same with Room A | |
| 17:20-18:00 | Closing Remark / General Assembly | Jong Wook Lee (Konyang University) |