JULY 9, 2025 

14.00 
Welcome 

14.10
Significance and news on the topic – J. Barratt 

14.30
Intrinsic factors favouring infections in Long Term care residents – T. Fulop 

14.50
Environmental factors favouring infections in LTC facilities – E. Coemans 

15.10
Economical burden of IDs in LTC facilities – M. Hiligsmann 

BURDEN OF INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES 

15.30
An exemplified story, not to forget: COVID in long term care institutions – S. Gravenstein 

15.50
Burden & functional consequences of respiratory tract infections in LTC – F. Martin (Online) 

Coffee break 

HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS (HAI) IN LTC RESIDENTS 

16.30
Non-pharmacological infection prevention and control measures – J. Ory 

16.50
Clostridium difficile infections – M. Falcone 

17.10
Prevention of anti-microbial resistances in adults and older adults – M. Riccò 

17.30
Prevention of anti-microbial resistances in children: focus on a life-long approach – P. Manzoni 

17.50
General discussion 

JULY 10, 2025 

09.00
Synthesis of the first day 

09.10
Vaccine uptake rates in residents in long-term care facilities – P. Bonanni 

09.30
Vaccine uptake rates among staff working in long-term care facilities – TBC 

AVAILABLE VACCINES FOR PREVENTING INFECTIONS IN RESIDENTS IN LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES 

09.50
Covid vaccination – past present, future – P. Openshaw 

10.10
Influenza vaccination for NH residents – T. van Essen 

Coffee break 

11.00
Pneumococcal vaccination – A. Torres 

11.20
RSV vaccination – G. Gabutti 

11.40
Pertussis vaccines – N. Veronese 

12.00
Herpes Zoster vaccine – G. Kassianos 

Lunch 

FACING THE CHALLENGING IN IDS IDS PREVENTION, CONTROL AND TREATMENT IN LTC RESIDENTS 

14.00
STAKEHOLDERS ROUNDTABLE: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 
• WHO – Y. Yon 
• European Scientific Societies: 
  EuGMS – C. Sieber
  ESWI – T. van Essen
• Adult Immunization Board (ABI) – J. Pattyn, Marco del Riccio
• International Federation on Aging – J. Barratt
• Happy Ageing Alliance – F. Macchia
• ECDC and European Parliament
• Directors of LTC facilities – A. Morandi
• Nurses and other health professionals Eu referents – E. Peetermans
• Active Citizenship Network – M. Votta
• Pharmaceutical Industry 

JULY 11, 2025 

08.00
Outline of the Executive Summary for the peer review publication – to be finalized by September 2025 – All Faculty Members 

10.00
Departure 

Jane Barratt, Canada 
Paolo Bonanni, Italy 
Eveline Coemans, Belgium 
Marco del Riccio, Italy 
Marco Falcone, Italy 
Tamas Fulop, Canada 
Giovanni Gabutti, Italy 
Stefan Gravenstein, USA 
Mickaël Hiligsmann, The Netherlands 
George Kassianos, UK 
Francesco Macchia, Italy 
Paolo Manzoni, Italy 
Finbarr Martin, United Kingdom 
Alessandro Morandi, Italy 
Peter Openshaw, United Kingdom 
Jerome Ory, France 
Jade Pattyn, Belgium 
Eva Peetermans, Belgium 
Matteo Riccò, Italy 
Cornel Sieber, Switzerland 
Antoni Torres, Spain 
Ted van Essen, The Netherlands 
Nicola Veronese, Italy 
Mariano Votta, Italy 
Yongjie Yon, Denmark 

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