5th World Sepsis Congress: Sepsis Research and Innovations

Session 15 ‘Prevention and Rehabilitation of Long-Term Sequelae From Sepsis’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Iván Alfredo Huespe, Thomas Rollinson, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Hallie Prescott, Stephanie Taylor, Karen Choong, and Nathan Nielsen as your moderator. Dr. Mariam Jashi, CEO of the GSA, joins for the closing remarks of the congress.

Session 14 ‘Sepsis in Emergencies and Humanitarian Crisis’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Janet Diaz, Uzma Syed, Mohammed Elfatih Ahmed, Jihan Salad, Fani Kalala, and Antonio Artigas as your moderator.

Session 13 ‘State of the Art in Sepsis Research: Emerging Immunomodulatory Approaches’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Bruno François, Nuala Meyer, Mark Hall, Stephan Witte, Michael Bauer, and Imrana Malik as your moderator.

Session 12 ‘Pediatric Sepsis: The LMICs Cannot Wait for Improved Outcomes Any Longer’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Tex Kissoon, John Appiah, Teresa Kortz, Maria del Pilar Arias, Suchitra Ranjit, and Fouzia Shafique as your moderator.

Session 11 ‘The Research Agenda for AMR and Sepsis’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Benedikt Huttner, Kristoffer Stralin, Mo Yin, Louise Hill, Elvis Temfack, Karine Bourgeois, and Louise Norton-Smith as your moderator.

Session 10 ‘AI Solutions for Sepsis’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Nathan Shapiro, Sujoy Kar, Ian Hosein, and Katherine Urbáez as your moderator.

Session 9 ‘Reducing Sepsis Mortality Through System Change – Lessons from Trailblazing Countries’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Daniela Souza, Ron Daniels, Carolyn Hullick, Nora Luethi, Sue Markey, Direk Limmathurotsakul, and Simon Finfer as your moderator.

Session 8 ‘Infection Prevention and Control in Community and Healthcare Settings’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Jeremy Farrar, Benedetta Allegranzi, Claudia Spies, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Lindsay Denny Naughton, and Maha Aljuaid as your moderator.

Session 7 ‘Bridging Sepsis Knowledge Gaps in HICs and LMICs’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Andrew Argent, Sheila Myatra, Louise Thwaites, Elanor Gomersall, Victor Akelo, Wiltrud Abels, and Abdulelah Alhawsawi as your moderator.

Session 6 ‘Pathways for Sepsis Care – Integrated Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Krista Bracke, Tsion Firew, Ingrid Laerdal, Joe Bonney, Carolina Haylock-Loor, and Keith Martin as your moderator.

Session 5 ‘The Immunization Agenda for Sepsis’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Stefan Kaufmann, Shabir Mahdi, Elie Saade, Jeremy Brown, and Mariam Jashi as your moderator.

Session 4 ‘Novel Approaches to Pathogen Detection and Sepsis Diagnostics’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Thorsten Brenner, Larissa May, Irit Gat-Viks, Olawale Ajose, and Konrad Reinhart as your moderator.

Session 3 ‘The Voices of Patients in Advocacy, Research, and Beyond’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring James Hospedales, Elena Moya, Priskil Hmar, Graham Segars, Robyn Hayes Badenhorst, Amy Campbell, and Tom Heymann as your moderator.

Session 2 ‘Sepsis Epidemiology and Clinical Data’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Mohsen Naghavi, Shevin Jacob, Lisa Mellhammar, Flavia Machado, Lowell Ling, and Eleanor Nwadinobi as your moderator.

Session 1 ‘Opening Session’ from the 5th World Sepsis Congress. Featuring Tex Kissoon, Dr. Tedros, Frank C.S. Anthony, Craig Mackinlay, Ricardo Baptista Leite, Konrad Reinhart, Mariam Jashi, and Shahrzad Kiavash as your moderator.

Hey there! Just a quick reminder that the 5th World Sepsis Congress is starting tomorrow, Tuesday April 8, 2025. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time! It’s free and takes less than 30 seconds—just head over to worldsepsiscongress.org to sign up. We are leaving the registration open until the congress closes on Wednesday evening. We can’t wait to bring you two days of expert insights, cutting-edge research, and inspiring discussions. See you online tomorrow, and stay tuned for all sessions to be released in this feed over the coming weeks, starting with the Opening Session on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. See you in the livestream tomorrow!

Hello, this is Marvin from the Global Sepsis Alliance, here to let you know that the 5th World Sepsis Congress is happening next week! This year’s theme is “Sepsis Research and Innovations,” and the congress will be broadcast live on April 8-9, 2025.

Session 9 ‘Challenges and Solutions for Early Recognition and Treatment of Sepsis’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Patrick de Marie Katoto, Wiltrud Abels, Glenn Hernandez Poblete, Flavia Machado, Mark Ansermino, Michael Wong, and Eleanor Nwadinobi as your moderator.

Session 8 ‘Personalized Approaches to Sepsis Management’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Bruno Francois, Carolyn Calfee, Sara Cajander, Michael Niedermann, Alexander Vlaar, and Maha Aljuaid as your moderator.

Session 7 ‘Closing the Needs in Pediatric Sepsis’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Luregn Schlapbach, Daniela de Souza, Matthew Wiens, Jhuma Sankar, Emilie Calvello-Hynes, Sally Ellis, and Brenda Morrow as your moderator.

Session 6 ‘Detecting Sepsis in the Ventilated Patient’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Michael Matthay, Lieuwe Bos, Lorraine Ware, Carmen Barbas, Pedro Povoa, Marcus Schultz, and Antonio Artigas as your moderator.

Session 5 ‘The Role of Biomarkers in the Early Detection of Sepsis’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Andrew Argent, Rita Murri, Chris Seymour, Evangelos Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Sylvie Pons, and Sophie Yacoub as your moderator.

Session 4 ‘How Does Hypervolemia Increase the Mortality Risk in Sepsis?’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Manu Malbrain, Sheila Myatra, Jean-Louis Teboul, Ludhmila Hajjar, Marlies Ostermann, and Naomi Hammond as your moderator.

Session 3 ‘Data, AI, and Predictive Modeling in Sepsis’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Paul Turner, Laura Merson, Paul Elbers, Maria del Pilar, Chris Paton, and Peiling Yap as your moderator.

Session 2 ‘The Need for Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis in Surgical Patients’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring David Harrison, Frederic Michard, Jan De Waele, Lena Napolitano, Halden Scott, and Arthur Kwizera as your moderator.

Opening Session ‘The Renewed Global Agenda for Sepsis’ from the 2024 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon, Tedros Adhanmon Ghebreyesus, Ricardo Baptista Leite, Konrad Reinhart, Mariam Jashi, David Ripin, Subasree Srinivasan, Eleanor Nwadinobi, Duncan Brown, and Louise Thwaites as your moderator.

On April 23, the GSA and the PPAHS will host the 2024 WSC Spotlight: Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Therapy – free of charge and fully virtual.Sign up at wscspotlight.org to participate live on April 23, 2024.Throughout 9 distinctive sessions, globally renowned clinicians, researchers, experts, and thought leaders will cover the need for early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in surgical patients, data, AI, and predictive modeling in sepsis, how hypervolemia increases the mortality rate in sepsis, the role of biomarkers, detecting sepsis in ventilated patients, pediatric sepsis, including the new ‘Phoenix Criteria’, as well as personalized approaches to sepsis management.The congress will be held in English and is open to everyone with an internet connection. For more information on the program, speakers, and time zones, and to register for free, please visit https://www.wscspotlight.org/The 2024 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight is a project by the Global Sepsis Alliance, initiator of World Sepsis Day and World Sepsis Congress, and the PPAHS.https://globalsepsisalliance.org/https://www.worldsepsisday.org/https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/https://www.wscspotlight.org/https://ppahs.org/Thanks for listening & sharing!

On April 23, the GSA and the PPAHS will host the 2024 WSC Spotlight: Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Therapy – free of charge and fully virtual.Sign up at wscspotlight.org to participate live on April 23, 2024.Throughout 9 distinctive sessions, globally renowned clinicians, researchers, experts, and thought leaders will cover the need for early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in surgical patients, data, AI, and predictive modeling in sepsis, how hypervolemia increases the mortality rate in sepsis, the role of biomarkers, detecting sepsis in ventilated patients, pediatric sepsis, including the new ‘Phoenix Criteria’, as well as personalized approaches to sepsis management.The congress will be held in English and is open to everyone with an internet connection. For more information on the program, speakers, and time zones, and to register for free, please visit https://www.wscspotlight.org/The 2024 World Sepsis Congress Spotlight is a project by the Global Sepsis Alliance, initiator of World Sepsis Day and World Sepsis Congress, and the PPAHS.https://globalsepsisalliance.org/https://www.worldsepsisday.org/https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/https://www.wscspotlight.org/https://ppahs.org/Thanks for listening & sharing!

Session ‘An Update on Research on Sepsis’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Kusum Menon, Katherine Reitz, Hallie Prescott, François Lamontagne, Naomi Hammond, Ivor Douglas, Imrana Malik, and Flavia Machado as your moderator.

Session ‘Harnessing the Media to Advance the Global Fight Against Sepsis’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Katelyn Jetelina, Joachim Mueller-Jung, Naoyuki Matsuda, Immaculate Forgwe, Pedmia Shatu Tita, and Lord Michael Grade as your moderator.

Session ‘Maternal Sepsis: Why Is It Still in the Top 3 for Global Incidence of Sepsis?’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Alan Tita, Helen Cheyne, Maria Fernanda Escobar Vidarte, Edgardo Abalos, Sabina Abou Malham, Benedetta Allegranzi, and Mercedes Bonet as your moderator.

Session ‘The Impact of Survivors and Family Members to Improve Sepsis Awareness and Advocacy’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Ciarán Staunton, Melissa Mead, Ken Rothfield, Luis Antonio Gorordo Del Sol, Doireann O’Mahony, Mary Steele, and Michael Clarke as your moderator.

Session ‘Neonatal Sepsis Platforms and Guidelines’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Ramanan Laxminarayan, Vanessa Quan, Jeeva Sankar, Uduak Okomo, Julia Bielicki, and Odiraa Nwankwor as your moderator.

Session ‘Understanding and Improving Long-term Outcomes After Sepsis and COVID-19’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Jamie Rylance, Joost Wiersinga, Erin Carlton, Hallie Prescott, Stephanie Taylor, and Imrana Malik as your moderator.

Session ‘Lessons from the Pandemic to Fight Common Infections and Sepsis’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Benedetta Allegranzi, Velina Pendolovska, John Adabie Appiah, Wiltrud Abels, Louise Thwaites, John Marshall, and Detlev Ganten as your moderator.

Session ‘Biomarkers and Antimicrobial Stewardship – The Synergies to Diagnose Sepsis and to Prevent AMR’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Silvia Bertagnolio, Ron Daniels, Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Peter Pickkers, Tom van der Poll, and Louise Thwaites as your moderator.

Session ‘The Potential and Challenges to Intervene with the Immune Response’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Jennifer Muszynski, Mihai Netea, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Eirini Christaki, Niels Riedemann, and Nathan Nielsen as your moderator.

Session ‘The Benefits of Multidisciplinary Teams in Sepsis Care on the Health Care Facility Level’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Yaseen Arabi, Mirfin Mpundu, Amanda Harley, Kawaldip Sehmi, Mohammed Alatwi, and Karn Cliffe as your moderator.

Session ‘Advances in Timely Pathogen and Sepsis Detection’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Amy Campbell, Elisa Estenssoro, François Ventura, Miriam Huntley, Toh Leong Tan, Rishi Kamaleswaran, and Cheikh Tidiane Diagne as your moderator.

Session ‘Advances and Challenges by Our Regional Sepsis Alliances’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Emmanuel Nsutebu, Shevin Jacob, Madiha Hashmi, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Daniela Souza, Rasha Ashour, and Ulrika Knutsson as your moderator.

Session ‘The Quality of Healthcare Systems and QI Efforts on Outcomes from Sepsis and Pandemics’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Pierre Barker, Flavia Machado, Daryl Jones, Laura Evans, Joseph Bonney, and Gloria Rodríguez-Vega as moderator.

Session ‘Overcoming Silos to Address Infection-Related Global Health Threats’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Jyoti Joshi, Mike English, Ximena Garzón-Villalba, Catherine Machalaba, Shevin Jacob, and Brenda Morrow as moderator.

Session ‘The Health Economic and Human Burden of Infections and Pandemics’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek, Syed Masud Ahmed, Tim Buchman, Roy Small, Rob Yates, and Keith Martin as moderator.

Opening Session ‘Key Success Factors to Address Global Health Threats’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon, Tedros Adhanmon Ghebreyesus, Veronika von Messling, Achim Steiner, John Nkengasong, Konrad Reinhart, Anders Levermann, Alan Donnelly, Beate Kampmann, and Ron Daniels as moderator.

On April 25-26, the GSA will host the 4th World Sepsis Congress – free of charge and fully virtual. Sign up at https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/ to participate live on April 25 and 26, 2023. Over the course of two days and 16 highly relevant and diverse sessions, more than 85 speakers from more than 35 countries will speak on all aspects of sepsis, including the link to pandemics and AMR, the role of AI, ML, big data, patient safety, the impact of policy, novel trial design, the latest research, and much more. The congress will be held in English and is open to everyone with an internet connection. For more information on the program, speakers, and time zones, and to register for free, please visit https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/ The 4th World Sepsis Congress is a project by the Global Sepsis Alliance, initiator of World Sepsis Day and World Sepsis Congress. https://www.globalsepsisalliance.org https://www.worldsepsisday.org https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org https://www.wscspotlight.org Thanks for listening & sharing!

On April 25-26, the GSA will host the 4th World Sepsis Congress – free of charge and fully virtual. Sign up at https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/ to participate live on April 25 and 26, 2023. Over the course of two days and 16 highly relevant and diverse sessions, more than 85 speakers from more than 35 countries will speak on all aspects of sepsis, including the link to pandemics and AMR, the role of AI, ML, big data, patient safety, the impact of policy, novel trial design, the latest research, and much more. The congress will be held in English and is open to everyone with an internet connection. For more information on the program, speakers, and time zones, and to register for free, please visit https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org/ The 4th World Sepsis Congress is a project by the Global Sepsis Alliance, initiator of World Sepsis Day and World Sepsis Congress. https://www.globalsepsisalliance.org https://www.worldsepsisday.org https://www.worldsepsiscongress.org https://www.wscspotlight.org Thanks for listening & sharing!

Session ‘Innovations in Quality Improvement Strategies in All Settings’ from the 2022 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Jos Latour, Aldo Faisal, Fran Balamuth, Chris Seymour, Annet Alenyo, and Alison Fox-Robichaud as your moderator. Flavia Machado and Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon join for the closing remarks.

Session ‘Pro-Con: Are Personalized Interventions in Sepsis Even Possible?’ from the 2022 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Mihai Netea, Lorraine Ware, Nuala Meyer, and Teresa Kortz as your moderator.

Session ‘Update on Adjunctive Sepsis and COVID-19 Therapies’ from the 2022 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Alexander Vlaar, Luregn Schlapbach, Sarah Sasson, and Luis Antonio Gorordo Del Sol as your moderator.

Session ‘Antibiotics and Antivirals – How to Improve Efficacy and Minimize Harm’ from the 2022 WSC Spotlight. Featuring Alex Soriano, Mario Tumbarello, Matteo Bassetti, Ana Gales, Mihaela Lupse, and Lowell Ling as your moderator.