FIS International 2026

FIS International 2026 takes place on 24–26 November 2026 at SEC Glasgow, Glasgow. It is organised by Healthcare Infection Society and British Infection Association, and B2DB lists 152 speakers and 43 sessions announced so far.

The Federation of Infection Societies (FIS) conference is the largest UK-hosted international infection conference, bringing together people working in infection prevention and control, infectious diseases, clinical microbiology and biomedical science. FIS International 2026 is hosted by the Healthcare Infection Society in partnership with the British Infection Association, and the three-day programme features plenary lectures, debates, clinical cases, poster and oral presentations, a trade exhibition and a social programme.

Key facts

Keynote speakers

• Brett Mitchell Professor, Avondale University & Central Coast Local Health, Australia
• Shiranee Sriskandan Professor of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, UK
• Vivak Parkash NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, University of Sheffield & Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK

Who is speaking at FIS International 2026?

152 speakers. Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.

• Jincy Jerry DIPC, NHS Ayrshire and Arran, UK
• Giovanni Satta
• Rajeka Lazarus
• Surabhi Taori Chair, FIS International 2026
• Manjula Meda Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Prevention Doctor, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Fadil Bidmos
• Fiona McGill
• Joey Shepherd
• Naomi Gadsby
• Stephen Aston
• Ioannis Baltas University College London
• Kavita Sethi Consultant Microbiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
• Louisa Pollock Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, UK
• Penelope Sellers Hull University Teaching Hospitals
• Tom Parks Clinical Associate Professor, Imperial College London, UK
• Jasmin Islam
• Anna Goodman Consultant, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation, UK
• Bazga Ali
• Cara Saxon
• Cassandra Watson
• Catherine Dominic
• Elda Righi
• Gordon Ramage
• Jean-Paul Pirnay Laboratory Director - Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Belgium
• Kerry Holden
• Margreet Vos
• Marilyn Cruickshank
• Mike Beadsworth
• Nabeela Mughal
• Patrick Lillie
• Suzie Lant
• Andrew Poplett Healthcare Estates Consultant, Andrew Poplett Enterprises Ltd
• Brett Mitchell Professor, Avondale University & Central Coast Local Health, Australia
• Claire McCue Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK
• Daniel Pan University of Leicester
• James Price Associate Professor in Infection, Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK
• Jessica Blackaby Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases and SPR in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Public Health Wales, UK
• Natasha Ratnaraja Consultant in Infection, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, UK
• Saied Ali
• Shiranee Sriskandan Professor of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, UK
• Vivak Parkash NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine, University of Sheffield & Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Antonia Ho Professor of Infectious Diseases, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre, UK
• Darlington Akogo Founder and C.E.O., minoHealth AI Labs
• Adilia Warris Medical Research Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, UK
• Alan Winston Professor of Medicine and Consultant Physician, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Alex Farrow
• Alison Burgess
• Amy Belfield ID/MM SpR, Newcastle Hospitals, UK
• Andrew Duncan BIA ECRC
• Andrew Kirby Associate Clinical Professor, The University of Leeds, UK
• Andrew Seaton Consultant Infectious Diseases, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde UK
• Aneeka Chavda Senior Lead pharmacist – Infection, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
• Angela Huttner Physician and Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
• Angharad Davies
• Anika Rahim UK Health Security Agency
• Anjana Ghelani Shree Ramkrishna Institute, Sarvajanik University
• Anne Neary Lead Infectious Diseases Pharmacist, Liverpool NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Anne-Marie Dolan
• April Baller IPC & WASH Team Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, Switzerland
• Ashleigh Myall CEO, NEX Health Intelligence
• Beatriz Larru Martinez Director of Infection Prevention & Control, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
• Ben Canning
• Ben Tomlinson
• Bernadette Young Consultant in Infection, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Bibi Slingerland Clinical Microbiologist, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Netherlands
• Cariad Evans
• Catrin Thomas SPR Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Cardiff & Vale UHB / Public Health Wales, UK
• Cerys McGonigal NHS Highland
• Chris Kosmidis Infectious Diseases Consultant, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Christian Giske Head of AMR and Healthcare Associated Infections, ECDC, Sweden
• Cindy Leung Soo UK Health Security Agency
• Cyrin Annie Cyriac Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
• Danielle Lucy Liverpool University Hospitals Group
• Diane Ashiru-Oredope Lead Pharmacist and Joint Head Amr Progress Section, UKHSA, UK
• Dominic Haigh
• Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas
• Eftihia Yiannakis Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust
• Eleanor Blakey UK Health Security Agency
• Eleanor Morgan Medical Doctor – CT2, London School of Tropical Medicine, UK
• Ellen Crisp University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
• Emily Cooper NHS Lothian
• Emma Hooker Lead Healthcare Scientist, ARHAI Scotland, UK
• Enrique Castro-Sanchez Advanced IPC Nurse Specialist, UKHSA, UK
• Esmita Charani
• Fatima Mussa Pediatrician, Lecturer, PhD Fellow, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science (MUHAS), Tanzania
• Faye Greenwood Advanced Clinical Pharmacist - Infectious Disease/HIV/Sexual Health, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
• Francesco Cogliati MD ID Specialist, Clinical Unit of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville
• Gehan Fahmy Prof of Clinical Microbiology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
• Gillian Armstrong Consultant in Public Health, UKHSA, UK
• Gordon Mackay Professor of Microbiology / Director of Research and Innovation, NHS Lanarkshire, UK
• Grace Barnes Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
• Graham Pike IPC Lead and Manager, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Hannah Mooney
• Helen Brotherton Consultant Neonatologist, University of St Andrews School of Medicine, UK
• Huseyin Bilgin Microbiology Specialty Doctor, University Hospitals of North Midlands, UK
• Imogen Smedley Barts NHS Trust
• James Elston Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (AMR & HCAI) Division, UKHSA, UK
• John Cuddihy TRAMSSMART Limited, UK
• Joseph Meletiadis Associate Professor of Mycology, University of Athens, Greece
• Kathleen O'Reilly London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
• Katie Hopkins Lead Clinical Scientist, Antimicrobial Resistance & Mechanisms Service, UK Health Security Agency, UK
• Khulud Alanazi Infectious diseases fellow, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
• Killian Quinn Consultant Physician in Sexual Health & HIV, King's College Hospital, UK
• Laura Ciaccio University of Dundee School of Medicine
• Laura Maynard-Smith University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Laura Shallcross Director, UCL Institute of Health Informatics, UK
• Lauren Sauer Director, Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN), NETEC, United States
• Leila White
• Lia Bote
• Lisa Indar Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency, Trinidad & Tobago
• Mario Ramirez Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Mariyam Mirfenderesky Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Mark Gilchrist Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Imperial College Healthcare, NHS Trust, UK
• Martin McHugh NHS Lothian
• Martin Pipe Sales & Partnerships Director, Proxximos Ltd
• Martyn Wilkinson Biomedical Statistician, Hospital Infection Research Laboratory, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Mo Kwok Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Muhammad Kabir College of Medicine and Dentistry
• Neil Stone Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, UK
• Nicholas Wong Consultant in Infectious Diseases/General Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Nigel Simpson Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
• Novella Cesta Attending Physician in Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Company, Italy
• Oliver Troise St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Omar Rahama Infectious diseases consultant, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
• Pravinkumar Dudhagara Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
• Rachelle McDade Director of Healthcare Planning, Currie & Brown, UK
• Ran Nir-Paz Head service for Novel Therapies in Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel
• Reena Rambani
• Rishi Dhillon Public Health Wales Microbiology, UK
• Rob Shorten Consultant Clinical Scientist, Lancashire Teaching Hospital, UK
• Ruth Payne Senior Clinical Lecturer and Consultant Microbiologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
• Sakib Rokadiya Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, UKHSA, UK
• Samantha Manyanga
• Sanjay Nair Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
• Sarah Walpole Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Shalika Palangasinghe Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
• Shobha Luxmi East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
• Sophie Hughes NHS Lothian
• Stacy Todd Consultant in Infectious Diseases and GIM, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, UK
• Susan Hopkins Chief Executive, UKHSA, UK
• Susie Dodd Clinical Lead for ARHAI Scotland's National Policy Guidance and Evidence (NPGE) Programme, ARHAI Scotland, UK
• Sylvain Matingou University of Leicester
• Thomas Thompson
• Thushan de Silva
• Tristan Day Infectious Disease and Virology Registrar, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
• Vicky Tittle Doctor, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, UK
• Victoria Hall Consultant Epidemiologist, UKHSA, UK
• Victoria Simpson University Hospitals Liverpool Group
• Walter Zingg Head of Hospital Hygiene, Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital Zurich
• Callum Mutch
• Conor Doherty
• Shanom Ali

Most represented companies

• UKHSA, UK — 7 speakers
• NHS Lothian — 3 speakers
• UK Health Security Agency — 3 speakers
• ARHAI Scotland, UK — 2 speakers
• Imperial College London, UK — 2 speakers
• King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh — 2 speakers
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK — 2 speakers
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK — 2 speakers
• University of Leicester — 2 speakers

What's on the agenda at FIS International 2026?

43 sessions.

Day 1 — Tuesday 24 November 2026

• Welcome to conference 08:40 · Plenary — Surabhi Taori
• HIS Lowbury Lecture: Enough: Finding the Golden Mean in Infection Prevention 09:00–10:00 · HIS Lowbury Lecture — Brett Mitchell
• Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in 2026: getting the right result for the right patient 10:30–12:00 · Association for Laboratory Medicine / The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy — Naomi Gadsby, Ioannis Baltas, Joseph Meletiadis, Katie Hopkins
• Maternal and neonatal sepsis 10:30–12:00 · British Infection Association / BPAIIG — Kavita Sethi, Fatima Mussa, Helen Brotherton, Nigel Simpson
• Zoonotic spill over at the human–animal interface 10:30–12:00 · Healthcare Infection Society — Surabhi Taori, Lauren Sauer, Walter Zingg
• Biofilms and decontamination: detection, control and prevention 10:30–12:00 · ESCMID Study group for Biofilms / Central Sterilisation Club — Jincy Jerry, Margreet Vos, Bibi Slingerland, Gordon Mackay
• Your role as a new consultant 12:25–13:25 · Healthcare Infection Society — Stephen Aston, James Price, Ben Canning, Ben Tomlinson +3 more
• Trainee exam preparation workshop 12:25–13:25 · Healthcare Infection Society — Penelope Sellers, Natasha Ratnaraja, Saied Ali, Alex Farrow +3 more
• Sponsored Company Symposia supported by Pfizer: From susceptibility report to treatment decision: real-world management of Metallo-β-lactamase producers in Wales 12:45–13:15 · Sponsored Company Symposium — Rishi Dhillon
• BIA JD Williams Lecture: Group A Streptococcus impact through time: message in a bottle 13:30–14:30 · BIA JD Williams Lecture — Rajeka Lazarus, Shiranee Sriskandan
• The role of vaccination in preventing infection and nosocomial transmission in care settings 15:00–16:30 · UK Clinical Vaccine Network — Rajeka Lazarus, Laura Shallcross, Ruth Payne, Victoria Hall
• Sustainable strategies for infection prevention, diagnosis & care 15:00–16:30 · Association for Laboratory Medicine / Infection Prevention Society — Naomi Gadsby, Kerry Holden, Enrique Castro-Sanchez, Graham Pike +1 more
• Navigating the grey zones of IPC: Expert judgement and AI side by side 15:00–16:30 · Healthcare Infection Society — Giovanni Satta, Kavita Sethi, Laura Maynard-Smith, Mariyam Mirfenderesky
• National incident response - dispatches from UKHSA's emerging and epidemic infections directorate 15:00–16:30 · UKHSA — Gillian Armstrong, James Elston, Sakib Rokadiya
• Flash Poster Talks 16:30–17:15 · Flash Poster Talks — Rajeka Lazarus, Ioannis Baltas, Claire McCue, Ellen Crisp +3 more

Day 2 — Wednesday 25 November 2026

• HCID readiness and preparing for the next pandemic: HCID practice, lessons learnt - HantaVirus outbreak 08:30–10:00 · British Infection Association / HCID — Mike Beadsworth, Patrick Lillie, Anne Neary, Bernadette Young +1 more
• The Gary French Award Lecture: A Tribute to Peter Hoffman 10:00 · Gary French Award Lecture
• Unfinished business: continuous threat diseases 10:45–12:15 · Microbiology Society — Joey Shepherd, Eleanor Morgan, Faye Greenwood, Kathleen O'Reilly
• The use of bacteriophages in the treatment of complex bone and joint infections 10:45–12:15 · EBJIS — Jean-Paul Pirnay, Novella Cesta, Ran Nir-Paz
• The future of infection services: strategy, service transformation and the evolving role of the infection specialty 10:45–12:15 · Healthcare Infection Society — Surabhi Taori, Jasmin Islam, Natasha Ratnaraja, Christian Giske +1 more
• What have we learned from the 2022/23 Group A Strep epidemic? 10:45–12:15 · Scottish Microbiology Association — Louisa Pollock, Tom Parks, Mario Ramirez
• Spotlight on Industry 12:45–13:45 · Spotlight on Industry — Jincy Jerry, Jasmin Islam, Ashleigh Myall, Martin Pipe +1 more
• BIA Barnett Christie Lecture: Pathway to a controlled human infection model for leishmaniasis – can these models also be used effectively in other neglected tropical diseases 13:45–14:45 · BIA Barnett Christie Lecture — Tom Parks, Vivak Parkash
• Free Papers (3) 15:15–16:30 · Free Papers — Giovanni Satta, Manjula Meda, Daniel Pan, Anika Rahim +3 more
• Free Papers (2) 15:15–16:30 · Free Papers — Fiona McGill, Anne-Marie Dolan, Cindy Leung Soo, Grace Barnes +2 more
• Free Papers (1) 15:15–16:30 · Free Papers — Jincy Jerry, Saied Ali, Emily Cooper, Martin McHugh +2 more
• Infectious Disease Futures 15:15–16:45 · Microbiology Society — Fadil Bidmos, Joey Shepherd, Anjana Ghelani, Imogen Smedley +5 more
• Flash Poster Talks 17:15 · Flash Poster Talks — Jincy Jerry, Penelope Sellers, Cerys McGonigal, Cyrin Annie Cyriac +3 more

Day 3 — Thursday 26 November 2026

• Rethinking respiratory transmission: Implications for future IPC practice 08:45–10:15 · Healthcare Infection Society — Giovanni Satta, April Baller, Emma Hooker, Susie Dodd
• From hospital to home; the changing landscape – what are the challenges and solutions 08:45–10:15 · BSAC / UKCPA — Cassandra Watson, Andrew Seaton, Aneeka Chavda, Mark Gilchrist
• Update on clinical trials 08:45–10:15 · British Infection Association — Stephen Aston, Anna Goodman, Francesco Cogliati, Stacy Todd
• Long-acting injectable treatment for HIV prevention and treatment: insights and experience from experts at the forefront of developing and expanding their use in the UK 10:45–12:15 · BASHH — Cara Saxon, Alan Winston, Killian Quinn, Vicky Tittle
• AMR and infection prevention across borders: surveillance, stewardship and equity for mobile and underserved populations 10:45–12:15 · IFIC / UKHSA — Marilyn Cruickshank, Diane Ashiru-Oredope, Gehan Fahmy, Lisa Indar
• Clinical grand round 10:45–12:15 · British Infection Association / BPAIIG — Fiona McGill, Louisa Pollock, Antonia Ho, Khulud Alanazi +3 more
• Engaging with infection research: Career pathways and practical opportunities 12:25–13:15 · British Infection Association — Daniel Pan, Jessica Blackaby, Andrew Duncan, Angharad Davies +3 more
• What should we learn from the Scottish inquiry? - Patient perspective, media insight, and the toxic culture of fear 12:30–13:15 · Healthcare Infection Society — Manjula Meda, Andrew Poplett, John Cuddihy
• Challenging cases in clinical mycology 13:15–14:45 · British Society for Medical Mycology — Gordon Ramage, Adilia Warris, Chris Kosmidis, Neil Stone
• A year in infection publishing 13:15–14:45 · British Infection Association / Healthcare Infection Society — Elda Righi, Amy Belfield, Angela Huttner, Martyn Wilkinson
• AI and Digital Tools in Infectious Diseases and IPC 13:15–14:45 · Healthcare Infection Society / Microbiology Society — Fadil Bidmos, Nabeela Mughal, James Price, Darlington Akogo
• From Local Action to Global Networks: Accelerating High-Quality Collaborative Infectious Diseases Research 15:00–16:30 · NITCAR — Catherine Dominic, Suzie Lant, Claire McCue, Antonia Ho +2 more
• Goodbye my liver 15:00–16:30 · Welsh Microbiology Association — Bazga Ali, Jessica Blackaby, Catrin Thomas, Tristan Day
• Combatting AMR and HCAI's through built environment stewardship 15:00–16:30 · Healthcare Infection Society — Jincy Jerry, Manjula Meda, Beatriz Larru Martinez, Rachelle McDade
• Closing Ceremony 16:30–16:40 · Plenary

Who is organising and sponsoring FIS International 2026?

Organiser (1)

Healthcare Infection Society

Co-Organiser (1)

British Infection Association

Association Partners (2)

Association for Laboratory Medicine · Bone and Joint Infection Society (BAJIS)

Exhibitors (16)

Fannin · Supra Perfecta · Serosep · Thermo Fisher · iFAST Diagnostics · Kent Pharma · i3 Membrane · Eumedica · Pfizer · Liv Process · CIRES · Pulse Healthcare · NEX Health Intelligence · Micropathology Ltd · Qiagen · Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Source: the published agenda. See how B2DB compiles its records.