CDC - ICEID 2012

For full information and registration, visit the official ICEID site at http://www.iceid.org.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is hosting the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2012 (ICEID 2012) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia from March 11 to March 14, 2012.

The 2012 conference marks the eighth ICEID; since 1998, CDC has organized ICEID in collaboration with public health partners including the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), and the World Health Organization (WHO). The conference brings together approximately 2500 public health professionals from around the world to encourage the exchange of scientific and public health information on global emerging infectious disease issues.

The ICEID highlights global partnerships in emerging infectious disease surveillance and response, global disease prevention initiatives, and national and global preparedness. The program will include plenary and panel sessions with invited speakers, as well as oral and poster presentations on emerging infections. Major topics to be included are antimicrobial resistance, bioterrorism, emerging respiratory infections, foodborne and waterborne illnesses, global health, healthcare-associated infections, influenza, international health regulations, socio-economic and political factors contributing to disease spread, vaccine preventable diseases, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, and many other topics related to the challenges posed by microbial threats both in the United States and abroad.