AGENDA
26th November 2025 (DAY-1)
REGISTRATION
08:00 – 09:00
PLENARY TALKS
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Melioidosis in South Asia – Historic Context | David Dance |
| Updates on Melioidosis Management | Bart Currie |
INAUGURATION CEREMONY
10:00 – 10:45
TEA BREAK (10:45 – 11:15)
PANEL DISCUSSION
| Time | Topic | Panelist |
|---|---|---|
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Melioidosis: Why it needs to be included as NTD? | David Dance |
| Rajiv Bahl | ||
| Simmi Tiwari | ||
| Rodrico Ofrin | ||
| Salma Wazed | ||
| Nivedita Gupta | ||
| Jagadish Mahanta |
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MELIOIDOSIS
| Time | Country | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Nepal | Dr. Suraj Bhattarai |
| India | Chimanjita Phukan | |
| Bangladesh | Saika Farook | |
| Sri Lanka | Enoka Corea | |
| Vietnam | Trinh Thanh Trung |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)
LUNCH BREAK (13:00 – 13:40)
CLINICAL MELIOIDOSIS
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 13:40 - 15:00 | Pulmonary | P R Mohapatra |
| Neuro | Dhurba Kurmi | |
| Pediatric | Reshmi Das | |
| Deep Organ Abscess | Bharati Pandya | |
| Osteoarticular | Visietsolie Vupru | |
| Septic | Praveen K Tirlangi |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)
TEA BREAK (15:00 – 15:30)
PANEL DISCUSSION
| Time | Topic | Panelist |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Melioidosis: Strategies to hunt the entire iceberg | Bart Currie |
| Trinh Thanh Trung | ||
| Vandana KE | ||
| Probodh Borah | ||
| Sandeep Kakati | ||
| + | ||
| + |
GALA DINNER: 7:00 PM ONWARDS
27th November 2025 (DAY-2)
ORAL PRESENTATION
| Time | Session | Hall |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Melioidosis | Hall A |
| Diseases mimicking Melioidosis | Hall B |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)
TEA BREAK (10:00 – 10:30)
PATHOGENESIS AND LAB DIAGNOSIS
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 - 11:30 | To be decided | Alfredo Torres |
| To be decided | Susie Dunachie | |
| Melioidosis and Diabetes: The Fatal Connection | Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay | |
| Surveillance and Laboratory Networks for Melioidosis | Narisara Chantratita | |
| To be decided | David Wagner |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)
POSTER PRESENTATION
| Time | Session | Hall |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Melioidosis | HALL C |
| Diseases mimicking Melioidosis |
PANEL DISCUSSION
| Time | Topic | Panelist |
|---|---|---|
| 12:15 - 13:00 | Melioidosis as a One Health problem | MSA Jilani |
| A K Baishya | ||
| Tonmoy Das | ||
| Biswajyoti Borkotoky | ||
| Chandana Sharma | ||
| Naren Barman | ||
| + | ||
LUNCH BREAK (13:00 – 14:00)
TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Challenges in Melioidosis – A Clinician’s perspective | Neha Gupta |
| Melioidosis in CKD patients | T. Brojen Singh | |
| To be decided | To be decided | |
| To be decided | Umang Agrawal | |
| Treatment guidelines for Melioidosis | Nitin Gupta |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)
TEA BREAK (15:00 – 15:30)
MELIOIDOSIS: ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30 - 16:20 | To be decided | Ivo Steinmetz |
| To be decided | Apichai Tuanyok | |
| MISSION: The Indian perspective of Melioidosis | Harpreet Kaur | |
| Outbreak Investigation of Melioidosis in Tamil Nadu | Balaji V | |
| Association on climatic and geographical changes with Melioidosis in India | Chandrashekhar J |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)
MOLECULAR GENOMICS OF MELIOIDOSIS
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 16:20 - 16:50 | Global Genomic revolution around Melioidosis | Claire Chewapreecha |
| To be decided | To be decided | |
| To be decided | To be decided |
*10 minutes each + 2 mins (Q & A)