41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ASM's Annual Meeting on Infectious Diseases)

McCormick Place Lakeside Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
December 16 - 19, 2001
(Sunday - Wednesday)

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Schedule of Events - December 2001 (updated 10/04/01)
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Calendar

August 24, 2001 - January 31, 2002	Abstracts on-line (ICAAC Up-to-Date latebreakers public on 12/15/01)
October 15 - November 5, 2001	ICAAC Up-to-Date (latebreaker) abstract submission
October 15 - November 19, 2001	Extended preregistration and housing
December 15, 2001	Pre-meeting workshops (8:30 - 4:30 pm)
December 16-19, 2001	ICAAC scientific program
January 2002	Webcasts of special lectures available at ICAAC.org

Program Schedule

Updated Program Schedule - December 2001

*Note:  All new dates and times correspond with the original schedule however some may change as we work to reschedule all of the events.. We recommend that you check back often for the most current information.

Saturday, September 22	Sunday, December 16
Sunday, September 23	Monday, December 17
Monday, September 24	Tuesday, December 18
Tuesday, September 25	Wednesday, December 19

Program Highlights

ICAAC programs stimulate the exchange of new information among over 12,000 scientists worldwide, including physicians, researchers, clinical microbiologists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. 

Invited presentations featuring internationally-renowned scientists include:

• Bioterrorism Preparedness:  ASM Special Symposium
• 32 Meet-the-Experts sessions with extensive Q&A
• 32 Didactic Symposia with 4-5 speakers
• 23 State-of-the-art Minilectures providing an overview of an abstract slide session
• 7 Interactive Symposia using case studies with an audience response system
• Literature Review - Update on Infectious Diseases
• Poster Summary - New Antimicrobial Agents
• ICAAC Award Lecture on prions
• Aventis Pharmaceuticals Award Lecture on antifungal chemotherapy
• Keynote Session providing an HIV/AIDS update

Peer-reviewed abstract sessions include:

• 117 Poster Sessions (1722 papers)
• 34 Slide Sessions (284 papers)
• 2 Latebreaker Slide Sessions (18 papers) 
• Additional ICAAC Up-to-Date latebreakers