CISTM18
18th Conference Of The International Society Of Travel Medicine (CISTM18), 21-25 May, 2023 Took Place At The Congress Center Basel, Messeplatz 21; 4058 Basel, Switzerland. Currently The Video Recordings Can Be Viewed By Registered Attendees On The App And At The App Desktop Hyperlink. This Library Will Be Uploaded To The Learning Manangement System Soon And Registration And Access To The Recorded Scientific Program Is Available Post Event.
Welcome to the CISTM18
CISTM18 ISTM President
Peter Leggat, Australia
CISTM18 Scientific Program Committee Chair
David Hamer, United States
CISTM18 Local Organizing Committee Chair
Christoph Hatz, Switzerland
Organization
The ISTM greatly appreciates the contributions of time and expertise provided by the following people to the 18th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine.
CISTM18: Dawn Of A New Era In Travel Medicine
Scientific Program Committee
| Chair: | David Hamer, United States of America |
| Co-Chair: | Eric Caumes, France Camilla Rothe, Germany |
| Associate Chairs: | Colleen Lau, Australia Miguel Cabada, United States of America and Peru |
| Members: | Alykhan Abdulla, Canada Kristina Angelo, United States of America Olivier Aoun, France Naomi Aronson, United States of America Lucille Blumberg, South Africa Sarah Borwein, Hong Kong Yen Bui, Canada Jasper Chan, Hong Kong Pornthep Chanthavanich, Thailand Santanu Chatterjee, India Jane Chiodini, United Kingdom Bradley Connor, United States of America Heather Connor, Canada Christina Coyle, United States of America Albie de Frey, South Africa Derek Evans, United Kingdom Luis Furuya-Kanamori, Australia Made Kurnia Widiastuti Giri, Indonesia Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, United Kingdom Sandra Grieve, United Kingdom Ralph Huits, Italy Regina LaRocque, United States of America Karin Leder, Australia Eyal Leshem, Israel Susana Lloveras, Argentina Tara Lombardo, Canada Wolfram Metzger, Germany Deborah Mills, Australia Salim Parker, South Africa Androula Pavli, Greece Jose Antonio Perez Molina, Spain Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Thailand Corneliu Popescu, Romania Karis Rodriguez, Brazil Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Colombia Andrea Rossanese, Italy Priscilla Rupali, India Mauro Saio, Kenya Sophie Schneitler, Germany Marc Shaw, New Zealand Patrick Soentjens, Belgium Mugen Ujiie, Japan Fernando Velez, Spain Thomas Weitzel, Chile Max Winkler, South Africa Paul Yonga, Kenya Yukihiro Yoshimura, Japan |
CISTM18 Local Organizing Committee
| Chair: | Christoph Hatz |
| Members: | Andrea Farnham Blaise Genton Sabine Haller Esther Kuenzli Andreas Neumayr Daniel Paris Cornelia Saehelin-Fux Robert Steffen Marcel Tanner Juerg Utzinger |
ISTM Executive Board
| President: | Peter Leggat, Australia |
| President-Elect: | Gerard Flaherty, Ireland |
| Past-President: | Lin Chen, United States of America |
| Counsellors: | Rebecca Acosta, United States of America Hilmir Asgeirsson, Sweden Francesca Norman, Spain Jenny Visser, New Zealand |
| Secretary/Treasurer: | Michael Jones, United Kingdom |
| Executive Director: | Whitney A. Mathews Alexander, United States of America |
ISTM Secretariat
| Interim Executive Director: | Whitney A. Mathews Alexander |
| Finance Manager: | Elena Axelrod |
| GeoSentinel Data and Network Coordinator: | Hannah Emetulu |
| Interim Deputy Director: | LaVelle Johnson |
| GeoSentinel Program Manager: | Aisha Rizwan |
| Finance Controller: | Jaclyn Simon |
| Program Coordinator: | Kim Gray |
Exhibit and Sponsorship Information
The ISTM acknowledges the generous support from our key CISTM18 sponsors and exhibitors.
ISTM would like to provide special thanks and acknowledgement to Basel Tourism, and the Swiss TPH to making this meeting a success.
Platinum Sponsor
Silver Sponsor
ISTM Sponsor and Exhibitor List
- APTHS Asia Pacific Travel Health Society
- ATHNA
- Bavarian Nordic
- David R. Schlim
- Emergent BioSolutions Inc
- The International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT)
- MDPI Academic Open Access Publishing since 1996
- NECTM9
- TROPIMED
- Oxford University Press OUP
- Pfizer
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
- Sanofi
- Shoreland Travax
- South African Society of Travel Medicine SASTM
- Swiss TPH
- Takeda
- Valneva
Program Topics
Conference topics include:
Plenaries
- Climate Change and Health – Our Future
- COVID-19 and International Travelers
- Travel-Associated Mortality: A Dead End
- Antimicrobial Resistance Worldwide — An Increasing Global Threat
Symposia
- COVID-19 Spread through Travel and Impact on Migrants
- Travel Medicine– The African Perspective
- Clinical Spectrum of Leishmaniasis: A Global Overview
- Febrile Illness in South America
- Human Trafficking
- Improving the Health of Migrants and Refugees
- Mass Gatherings in a Globalized World — COVID-19 and Beyond
- Malaria Update
- IAMAT Sponsored Mental Health in Travelers
- Bugs, Burns, and Bites
- Dengue: The Next Decade
- Innovative Vaccination Strategies
- Hot, Cold, and Deep
- Tick-borne infections: Don’t Let it Get Under Your Skin
- Global Spread of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Panels
- Limited Malaria Risk Scenarios — Strategies and Recommendations
- Long-Term and Expatriate Travelers
Debates
- Chemoprophylaxis of Acute Mountain Sickness
- COVID-19 Border Closures and Quarantine Mandates
Workshops
- Medical Emergencies During Travel
- Tropical Diseases in South America: Case Discussions from The Gorgas Course
- Challenges in Migrant Health
- Nurses in Travel Health Practice
- Military Travel ; An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth
- Medical Kits for Expedition and Adventure Travel
Alan Magill Memorial Lecture
Prevention and Treatment of Malaria in the Context of Drug Resistance
Phil Rosenthal, United States of America
Plenary Sessions
Monday, 22 May 2023
Climate Change and Health – Our Future
- Health and Health Systems – Kristie Ebi, United States of America
- Emerging Infectious Disesases – Jan Semenza, Sweden
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
COVID-19 and International Travelers
- Non-pharmaceutical Preventive Measures – Ben Cowling, China
- RVaccines and Treatment – Barbra Blair, United States of America
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Travel-Associated Mortality – A Dead End
- Causes of Death in Travelers – Stephen Hargarten, United States of America
- Homicide, Road Accidents, and Drowning – Richard Franklin, Australia
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Antimicrobial Resistance – An Increasing Global Threat
- Gram Negative Infections in Travelers – Anu Kantele, Finland
- Gram Positive Infections in Travelers – Philipp Zanger, Germany
Symposia
COVID-19 Spread through Travel and Impact on Migrants
- Global Spread through Travel – Isaac Bogoch, Canada
- Response of Cruise Industry – Michael Callahan, United States of America
- Impact on Migrant Health – Francesco Castelli, Italy
Travel Medicine – The African Perspective
- View from West Africa – Kenny Prince-Agbodjan, Senegal
- View from Southern Africa – Simbarashe Makuni, Zimbabwe
- View from East Africa – Charles Tarimo, Tanzania
- View from North Africa – Walaa Shabana, Egypt
Clinical Spectrum of Leishmaniasis: A Global Overview
- Eurasia – Mark Bailey, United Kingdom
- Middle East and Africa – Peter Melby, United States of America
- Latin America – Andrea Boggild, Canada
Febrile Illness in South America
- Malaria – Andre Siqueira, Brazil
- Emerging Viral Infections – Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Colombia
- Yellow Fever – Esper Georges Kallas, Brazil
Human Trafficking
- Recognizing Victims – Doro Winkler, Switzerland
- Unaccompanied Children and Adolescents – Paul Wise, United States of America
- Implications for Travel Medicine Providers – Ajwang Warria, Canada
Improving the Health of Migrants and Refugees
- Infectious Disease Screening – Christina Greenaway, Canada
- “Salud Entre Culturas” a model of health care provision in Madrid – Rogelio Lopez Velez, Spain
- Vaccination Strategies in Recent Migrants and Refugees – Alexander Klosovsky, Switzerland
Mass Gatherings in a Globalized World – COVID-19 and Beyond
- Mass Pilgrimages (Kumbh Mela) – Santanu Chatterjee, India
- Hajj and Umrah – Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia
- Major Sporting Events – Jan Fehr, Switzerland
Malaria Update
- Global Epidemiology – Guido Calleri, Italy
- Travellers’ Malaria Prevention – Anne McCarthy, Canada
- Vaccines – Meta Roestenberg, The Netherlands
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers IAMAT Sponsored Mental Health in Travelers
- Pre-Travel Assessment – Maureen MacConnell, United States of America
- Management During Travel – Yeshashwork Kibour, Morocco
Bugs, Burns and Bites
- Anti-Vector Measures – Sarah McGuinness, Australia
- Sun Safety – Scott Norton, United States of America
- Animal Bites – David Shlim, United States of America
Dengue – The Next Decade
- Evolving Global Epidemiology – Ralph Huits, The Netherlands
- Aedes Vectors, Climate Change, and Modern Control Methods – Kristy Murray, United States of America
- Dengue Vaccines – Annelies WIlder-Smith, Switzerland
Innovative Vaccination Schemes
- Japanese Encephalitis – Susan Hills, United States of America
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis – Urseula Kunze, Austria
- Rabies – Patrick Soentjens, Belgium
- Yellow Fever – Leo Visser, The Netherlands
Hot, Cold and Deep
- Heat Illness – Caroline Finch, Australia
- Cold Illness – Scott McIntosh, United States of America
- Diving – Jean-Eric Blatteau, France
Tick-Borne Infections – Don’t Let it Get Under you Skin
- Tick-Borne Encephalitis – Rahel Ackerman, Switzerland
- Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome – Takeshi Tanaka, Japan
- Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever – Maria Paz Sanchez-Seco, Spain
- Tick-Borne Rickettsia – Daniel Paris, Switzerland
Global Spread of Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Europe – Alexia Anagnostopoulos, Switzerland
- South and Southeast Asia – Priscilla Rupali, India
- Americas – David Freedman, United States of America
Workshops
Medical emergencies During Travel
- Susan Anderson, United States of America
- Mathieu Potin, Switzerland
Tropical Diseases in South America: Case Discussions from the Gorgas Course
- Sapha Barkati, Canada
- Carlos Seas, Peru
Challenging Topics in Migrant Health
- North American Perspective – Nancy Jenks, United States of America
- Mediterranean Perspective – Androula Pavli, Greece
Nurses in Travel Health Practice
- Skills and Training – Sandra Grieve, United Kingdom
- Competency Frameworks and Accreditation – Catherine Keil, Australia
Military Travel – An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- Opthalmological Emergencies – Jean-Marie Giraud, France
- Dental Emergencies – Alexander Schramm, Germany
Medical Kits for Expedition and Adventure Travel
- Howard Backer, United States of America
- Jenny Visser, New Zealand
ABC Workshop: Travel Vaccines
- Lin Chen, United States of America
- Jane Chiodini, United Kingdom
Debate
Prevention of Altitude Illness
MODERATOR:
- Ed Ryan, United States of America
PANELISTS:
- Shigeyuki Kano, Japan
- Michael Libman, Canada
- Dipti Patel, United Kingdom
- Natalia Rodriguez, Spain
- Deb Mills, Australia
- Olivia Veit, Switzerland
COVID-19 Border Closures and Quarantine Mandates
MODERATOR:
Rebecca Acosta, United States of America
PANELISTS:
- Fabrice Althaus, Europe
- Kyle Petersen, United States of America
- Jenny Sisson, Australia
- Madeline Wilks, United States of America
Panel Discussion
Limited Malaria Risk Scenarios – Strategies and Recommendations
MODERATOR:
- Ed Ryan, United States of America
PANELISTS:
- Shigeyuki Kano, Japan
- Michael Libman, Canada
- Dipti Patel, United Kingdom
- Natalia Rodriguez, Spain
- Deb Mills, Australia
- Olivia Veit, Switzerland