Sunday 28 August 2022	Monday 29 August 2022	Tuesday 30 August 2022	Wednesday 31 August 2022
0900–1000		Plenary 2 Staphylococcal Genomics Tim Stinear	Plenary 3 Controlling MRSA Outside of Hospitals Susan Huang	Plenary 5 Staphylococcal Evasion of Antimicrobial and Host Immune Attack Anton Peleg
1000–1030		Morning Tea	Morning Tea IWG-SCC Working Group Meeting	Morning Tea
1030–1200		Symposium 1 Coagulase negative staphylococci Understanding Staphylococcus epidermidis Infections Marc Stegger A Review of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Types in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Rosni Ibrahim	Symposium 4 Mobile Genetic Elements and Genomics Horizontal gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes across MRSA populations Jodi Lindsay Evolving mimicry of origin-of-transfer sequences and their recognition proteins on conjugative and mobilisable plasmids Josh Ramsay	Symposium 7 S. aureus and Cystic Fibrosis Prevalence, persistence and Adaption of S. aureus Within the Airways of Cystic Fibrosis Patients Barbara Kahl The role of S. aureus in early cystic fibrosis Sarath Ranganathan
1200–1330		Lunch	Lunch ESCMID STUDY GROUP ON STAPHYLOCOCCI SYMPOSIUM "The ESGS/ESCMID Investigator Prize session" Role of the stringent response for antibiotic tolerance and stress survival in S. aureus Apl.Prof. Dr. Christiane Wolz History of the adaptation and success of S. capitis in NICUs worldwide Dr Marine Butin	Lunch
1330–1500		Symposium 2 Staphylococcal Diagnostics Diagnosing Staphylococcal Infections: A Clinical Microbiology Perspective Robin Patel Emerging Concepts in Staphylococcal Diagnostics Debbie Williamson	Symposium 5 Staphylococcus aureus – One Health MRSA at the Human-Animal Interface: Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of MRSA in Animals Stefan Schwarz Staphylococcus aureus one world antimicrobial resistance Andrew Henderson	Symposium 8 Pathogenesis Using genomics to uncover novel virulence characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus Ruth Massey TBC Ian Monk
1500–1545		Afternoon Tea, including Poster Session 1	Afternoon Tea, including Poster Session 2	Afternoon Tea, including Poster Session 3
1545–1715		Symposium 3 Advances in Staphylococcal Surveillance Genomic Surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus Matthew Holden Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Childhood: Learning from Adults and Answering Priority Asha Bowen	Symposium 6 CA-MRSA Update on Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the Asia Perspective Margaret Ip Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Its clinical significance and implication on the Western Australian health system Owen Robinson	Symposium 9 Antimicrobials – Treatment Approaches TBC Yang Soo Kim Optimising Treatment for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections: An Adaptive Platform Trial Approach Steven Tong
1715–1730	Opening Ceremony
1715–1815			Plenary 4 Staphylococcal Carriage: Nosocomial Acquisition and Nosocomial Threat Margreet Vos	Farewell Drinks
1730–1830	Plenary 1 Staphylococci in the Human/Animal Microbiome Michael Otto
1830–2000	Welcome Reception PCEC
1900–2230		Conference Dinner Frasers, Kings Park

**Program is subject to change