Industry & Science Symposium
World Microbe Forum offers a comprehensive Industry & Science program, including both live and on-demand sessions. Industry & Science programming will be released for viewing on Sunday, 20 June. Visit the Platinum, Gold and Silver Level sponsors during live exhibit hall hours in the digital Exhibit Hall on Monday, 21 June through Wednesday, 23 June. The schedule includes dedicated exhibit hall hours to connect with industry partners. Click on the companies below for more details.
Schedule of Live and On-Demand Symposia
Sunday, 20 June, 8-9 a.m. ET
On-Demand Sessions
Illumina
Session Title: Sequencing at an Unprecedented Scale: How Illumina NGS is supporting public health response to COVID-19 and beyond
ThermoFisher Scientific
Session Title: Advanced Testing for Infectious Agents: From Human Sample Analysis to Wastewater Surveillance
Beckman Coulter
Session Title: Infections Cause by Antibiotic Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria: What does the future hold?
bioMériuex, Inc
Session Title: Driving Change For Better Microbiology: Optimizing Quality, Cost, & Time for Better ResultsSunday, 20 June, 12:30-1 p.m. ET
On-Demand Sessions
- ThermoFisher Scientific
- Roche
- Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.
- Hologic
- DiaSorin
- bitBiome, Inc.
- GenMark Diagnostics
- Abbott
- T2 Biosystems, Inc.
- Hardy Diagnostics
- Qvella
- PerkinElmer
- Twist BioScience
- ATCC
- Clear Labs
- Adaptive Biotechnologies
- ACS Publications
- IDbyDNA
- Molzym
- Jumpcode Genomics, Inc.
- ThermoFisher Scientific
- Roche
- Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.
- Hologic
- DiaSorin
- bitBiome, Inc.
- GenMark Diagnostics
- Abbott
- T2 Biosystems, Inc.
- Hardy Diagnostics
- Qvella
- PerkinElmer
- Twist BioScience
- ATCC
- Clear Labs
- Adaptive Biotechnologies
- ACS Publications
- IDbyDNA
- Molzym
- Jumpcode Genomics, Inc.
ThermoFisher Scientific
Session Title: Rapid surveillance and identification of emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants using Thermo Fisher Scientific solutions” and “short and longer-term impact of SARS-CoV-2 on antimicrobial stewardship
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.
Session Title: Improving Outcomes in Gram Negative Bacteremia: The Laboratory-Stewardship PartnershipSession Title: Diagnostics Stewardship: Labatory & Clinical Data-driven Decision Making
Hologic
Session Title: Meeting the challenges of Mycoplasm genitalium: advancements in detection and clinical understanding
DiaSorin
Session Title: Rapid Identification of Mutations Associated with Circulating Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Directly from Specimens Without Upfront RNA Extraction
GenMark Diagnostics
Session Title: Utilization of the GenMark Dx ePlex Rapid Diagnostic To Study the Epidemiology of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections
Abbott
Session Title: Pneumonia: Pathogen Detection, Antimicrobial Stewardship, and CMS Quality Measures
T2 Biosystems, Inc.
Session Title: Culture independent Rapid Diagnostics Impact on Sepsis Management
Twist BioScience
Session Title: Development of a Universal Pan-pathogen Infectious Disease Diagnostic
Clear Labs
Session Title: A Real-Time, Turn-key Genomic Surveillance Platform Delivering Sample to Decision Insights
Adaptive Biotechnologies
Session Title: Uncovering the T-cell immune response to COVID-19 and infectious diseases using immunosequencing
ACS Publications
Session Title: ACS Infectious Diseases Pop-Ups: (Semi)synthetic lipopeptide antibiotics that overcome clinically relevant resistance mechanisms in Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens
IDbyDNA
Session Title: Profiling COVID-19, Flu and Other Infectious Diseases through NGS and Target Enriched Metagenomics
Molzym
Session Title: Molecular Identification of Bacteria and Fungi Direct from Samples: from Research towards Clinical Diagnostics
Jumpcode Genomics, Inc.
Session Title: Harness CRISPR and NGS to power your metatranscriptomic and viral identification studiesThursday, 24 June, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET
On-Demand Symposia
Tuesday, 22, June 1:30-2:25 p.m. ET
Live Theater Showcase
Exhibitor Office Hours
Join exhibitors live on video in their digital booths during designated office hours. Check back soon for available times and dates.
Platinum Exhibitors
Karius
BioFire Diagnostics
- Meet the Customer Technical Support Team, 6/21/2021, 7:30am-8:30am
- Navigating Stewardship and Capturing AMR with BioFire BCID2 and Pneumonia Panels, 6/21/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
- Live Q&A with Dr. Bart Kensinger, 6/22/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
- Meet the Customer Technical Support Team, 6/23/2021, 7:30am-8:30am
- Insights for the use of the BioFire Pneumonia Panel: Interpretation versus Routine Clinical Testing during and Beyond COVID-19, 6/23/20211, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Gold Exhibitors
Illumina
- illumina Office Hours with IDbyDNA, 6/21/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
- illumina Software Solutions for COVID Surveillance, 6/22/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Thermo Fisher Scientific
bioMérieux Inc
Beckman Coulter
- Chat live with Lynn Boyer on the Beckman Coulter Team, 6/21/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
- Chat live with Colleen Westphal on the Beckman Coulter Team, 6/22/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Silver Exhibitors
Roche
- Live Chat with Roche Representatives, 6/21/2021, 7:00am-7:30am
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.
Hologic
DiaSorin
bitBiome, Inc.
GenMark Diagnostics
Abbott
T2 Biosystems, Inc.
Hardy Diagnostics
- Fighting Back Against Anti-Microbial Resistance, 6/21/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Qvella
Host Societies
ASM
- Advance Your Network - Collaborate in ASM Connect, 6/21/2021, 7:00am-8:00am
- Explore Your ASM Membership Benefits, 6/22/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
- Research Reimagined- An Interactive Approach to Science Communication, 6/22/2021, 8:00pm-9:00pm
- Live Art with Johnny Chang, 6/23/2021, 7:00am-8:00am
- Mythbusting in Susceptibility Testing: Live 'Editor's in Conversation' Podcast, 6/23/2021, 1:30pm-2:30pm
FEMS - Information coming soon