Registration for Workshop 2019

Registration is now open for the NordicAST Workshop 2019.

Registration

Register here.

The workshop will be held May 28-29^th at Hotel 11, Göteborg.

The registration deadline is April 15^th. There is no maximum number of participants per laboratory or company. Confirmation is sent by email upon registration.

Hotel

Hotel rooms are NOT included in the conference payment. Hotel rooms are to be booked separately and paid directly to the hotel. Hotel 11 has rooms reserved at a special price until April 12^th. Single room 1286 SEK per night.

Booking: Send your booking request to: q.11@choice.se.

They need the information below:

• Bookingcode: GR009926.
• First and last name.
• Checkin / checkout date.
• Phone number.

Further hotel information here.

Payment

Upon registration, you will receive an invoice. Before you register, make sure that you have information regarding invoice address, reference code /cost centre and an email address to the financial officer/invoice charge, as invoices will be sent as PDF files. Received payment is considered as final confirmation and must be done well in advance of the workshop.

Participation fee: Participants attending the workshop are categorised as laboratory personel or industry. The participation fee is 4900 SEK for laboratory personel and 16000 SEK for the industry.

Program 

This year's Workshop includes:

Meet the Experts (Parallel sessions)

Quality problems in AST

How to handle ATUs (Area of Technical Uncertainty)

Keynote lectures:

Expert Rules

What has happened since the EUCAST WGS paper came out?

Other highlights:

What is new in BP-table: New definitions of the S, I and R categories, ATU (Area of Technical Uncertainty)

Rapid AST directly from positive BC bottles

Selective reporting (presentation of ongoing AFA and FiRe work)

Use of WGS in an outbreak situation

Lateral flow assays for detection of beta-lactamases

Poster presentations and case reports or short oral presentations can be registered with Erika Matuschek until April 30^th

Questions regarding payment for the workshop

- please write to Ingvar Eliasson

Other questions regarding the workshop

- please write to Lise Hulløen-Orø