Programme

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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Council Meeting
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	SIS-E Olympics Case Report Contest 6 cases will be presented and discussed. There will be prizes for the best 3 cases. SIS-E Discussion panel: Fernando Ferreira, Ines Rubio, Jose Balibrea, Arda Isik, Florian Desgranges, Marleen Van Oosten.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SIS-E 2026 Meet & Greet Kick off your congress experience at our Meet & Greet! Open to all attendees arriving early or those joining for the SIS-E Olympics pre-congress workshop on Wednesday. This will take place at Hospital Pedro Hispano and provides a relaxed environment to connect, meet fellow participants, and get a first taste of what’s in store. Join colleagues and friends, old and new, as you arrive in Porto for the start of an exciting congress. Light snacks with tea/coffee & soft drinks will be served.

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Council Meeting
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	SIS-E Olympics Case Report Contest 6 cases will be presented and discussed. There will be prizes for the best 3 cases. SIS-E Discussion panel: Fernando Ferreira, Ines Rubio, Jose Balibrea, Arda Isik, Florian Desgranges, Marleen Van Oosten.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SIS-E 2026 Meet & Greet Kick off your congress experience at our Meet & Greet! Open to all attendees arriving early or those joining for the SIS-E Olympics pre-congress workshop on Wednesday. This will take place at Hospital Pedro Hispano and provides a relaxed environment to connect, meet fellow participants, and get a first taste of what’s in store. Join colleagues and friends, old and new, as you arrive in Porto for the start of an exciting congress. Light snacks with tea/coffee & soft drinks will be served.

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Council Meeting
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM	SIS-E Olympics Case Report Contest 6 cases will be presented and discussed. There will be prizes for the best 3 cases. SIS-E Discussion panel: Fernando Ferreira, Ines Rubio, Jose Balibrea, Arda Isik, Florian Desgranges, Marleen Van Oosten.
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	SIS-E 2026 Meet & Greet Kick off your congress experience at our Meet & Greet! Open to all attendees arriving early or those joining for the SIS-E Olympics pre-congress workshop on Wednesday. This will take place at Hospital Pedro Hispano and provides a relaxed environment to connect, meet fellow participants, and get a first taste of what’s in store. Join colleagues and friends, old and new, as you arrive in Porto for the start of an exciting congress. Light snacks with tea/coffee & soft drinks will be served.

Thursday, September 17, 2026

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Thursday Registration Desk is open for check in and event information
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Congress Welcome Brief introduction and welcome to attendees • Ines Rubio (Spain) SIS-E President Local Organisers • Fernando Ferreria (Portugal) • President of the Board of ULSM – Dr. Nelson Pereira
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Free Paper Session I Chairs: Ines Rubio (Spain), Deborah McNamara (Ireland) The best oral free papers will be presented in this session, the ‘Best Free Paper’ prize and BJS prize will be selected among them.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Standardising Surgical Site Outcomes: Practical Pathways to Better Reporting and Better Care. Introducing the newly published DISH classification system. Speaker: Giles Bond-Smith (UK) & Ines Rubio Perez (ESP) JNJ sponsored symposium
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break & Poster Round I Chairs: Deborah McNamara (Ireland) & Jose Balibrea (Spain)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	BJS Lecture The ‘clean cut’ in dirty surgery: does precision reduce infection? Speaker: Jose Balibrea (Spain) Chair: Arda Isik (Turkey) BJS sponsored symposium
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	The continuous drive to reduce the impact of post-operative surgical site infection. Further advances Rethinking Surgical Site Infections: Complexity, Environmental Impact and the Path to Prevention Speaker: Ross Lathan, Chief Sustainability Lead, NIHR, UK PreciSSIon, preventing SSI across a region: evolution of an SSI bundle. Speakers: Dr. Lesley Jordan, Lead Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, UK Speaker: Anne Pullyblank, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, UK We will discuss: Collaborative improvement work in West of England to standardise care and developing a novel SSI bundle for elective and emergency colorectal surgery and caesarean births to reduce SSI Development of digital SSI surveillance Evaluation of advanced wound care dressings Essity sponsored symposium
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Thursday Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Consensus in preventing infections: Can we really generalize prevention measures and translate the evidence accross specialities? Speaker: Prof.Javad Parvizi MD,FRCS (Istanbul,Turkey) & Prof. Gabriele Spanga, MS,MD,FRCS (Rome, Italy) Chair: Dr.Inés Rubio (Madrid Spain) BD sponsored symposium
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Semmelweis lecture “From Hippocrates to Modern Medicine: Rediscovering Nature’s Hidden Antimicrobials in Greek Medicinal Plants and Honey, for Infection Prevention and Management” Ioannis N. Galanis (Greece) President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Infections Chair: Kemal Rasa (Turkey)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Interactive symposium: Prosthetic infections multi-disciplinary Team discussion Real patient case-scenarios will be presented, involving mesh infections, vascular graft/prosthetic infections and prosthetics in Orthopaedics, with discussion about management by the MDT. Panel: • Florian Desgranges- Infectious Diseases specialist • Fernando Ferreira- Abdominal wall & hernia surgeon • Ben Saleem- Vascular surgeon • Albert Gonzalez-Sagredo- Vascular surgeon • Marleen Van Oosten- Microbiologist • Ricardo Correia- Infectious Diseases specialist
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Coffee Break & Poster Round II Chairs: Florian Desgranges (Switzerland) & Marleen van Oosten (Netherlands)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Impact of Ceramic Dressings in Reduction of Surgical site Infection Understanding the mechanism and bacterial binding properties of Ceramic Dressings Speaker: Dr Jason Ashworth (UK) Clinical experience with Ceramic Dressing as intervention to reduce Surgical Site Infections Speaker: Dr Langanani Mbodi (South Africa) Cerdak Sponsored Symposium
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Free Paper Session II Chair: Arda Isik (Turkey)
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Congress Dinner Cafeína Rua do Padrão

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Thursday Registration Desk is open for check in and event information
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Congress Welcome Brief introduction and welcome to attendees • Ines Rubio (Spain) SIS-E President Local Organisers • Fernando Ferreria (Portugal) • President of the Board of ULSM – Dr. Nelson Pereira
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Free Paper Session I Chairs: Ines Rubio (Spain), Deborah McNamara (Ireland) The best oral free papers will be presented in this session, the ‘Best Free Paper’ prize and BJS prize will be selected among them.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Standardising Surgical Site Outcomes: Practical Pathways to Better Reporting and Better Care. Introducing the newly published DISH classification system. Speaker: Giles Bond-Smith (UK) & Ines Rubio Perez (ESP) JNJ sponsored symposium
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break & Poster Round I Chairs: Deborah McNamara (Ireland) & Jose Balibrea (Spain)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	BJS Lecture The ‘clean cut’ in dirty surgery: does precision reduce infection? Speaker: Jose Balibrea (Spain) Chair: Arda Isik (Turkey) BJS sponsored symposium
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	The continuous drive to reduce the impact of post-operative surgical site infection. Further advances Rethinking Surgical Site Infections: Complexity, Environmental Impact and the Path to Prevention Speaker: Ross Lathan, Chief Sustainability Lead, NIHR, UK PreciSSIon, preventing SSI across a region: evolution of an SSI bundle. Speakers: Dr. Lesley Jordan, Lead Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, UK Speaker: Anne Pullyblank, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, UK We will discuss: Collaborative improvement work in West of England to standardise care and developing a novel SSI bundle for elective and emergency colorectal surgery and caesarean births to reduce SSI Development of digital SSI surveillance Evaluation of advanced wound care dressings Essity sponsored symposium
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Thursday Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Consensus in preventing infections: Can we really generalize prevention measures and translate the evidence accross specialities? Speaker: Prof.Javad Parvizi MD,FRCS (Istanbul,Turkey) & Prof. Gabriele Spanga, MS,MD,FRCS (Rome, Italy) Chair: Dr.Inés Rubio (Madrid Spain) BD sponsored symposium
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Semmelweis lecture “From Hippocrates to Modern Medicine: Rediscovering Nature’s Hidden Antimicrobials in Greek Medicinal Plants and Honey, for Infection Prevention and Management” Ioannis N. Galanis (Greece) President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Infections Chair: Kemal Rasa (Turkey)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Interactive symposium: Prosthetic infections multi-disciplinary Team discussion Real patient case-scenarios will be presented, involving mesh infections, vascular graft/prosthetic infections and prosthetics in Orthopaedics, with discussion about management by the MDT. Panel: • Florian Desgranges- Infectious Diseases specialist • Fernando Ferreira- Abdominal wall & hernia surgeon • Ben Saleem- Vascular surgeon • Albert Gonzalez-Sagredo- Vascular surgeon • Marleen Van Oosten- Microbiologist • Ricardo Correia- Infectious Diseases specialist
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Coffee Break & Poster Round II Chairs: Florian Desgranges (Switzerland) & Marleen van Oosten (Netherlands)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Impact of Ceramic Dressings in Reduction of Surgical site Infection Understanding the mechanism and bacterial binding properties of Ceramic Dressings Speaker: Dr Jason Ashworth (UK) Clinical experience with Ceramic Dressing as intervention to reduce Surgical Site Infections Speaker: Dr Langanani Mbodi (South Africa) Cerdak Sponsored Symposium
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Free Paper Session II Chair: Arda Isik (Turkey)
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Congress Dinner Cafeína Rua do Padrão

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM	Thursday Registration Desk is open for check in and event information
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Congress Welcome Brief introduction and welcome to attendees • Ines Rubio (Spain) SIS-E President Local Organisers • Fernando Ferreria (Portugal) • President of the Board of ULSM – Dr. Nelson Pereira
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Free Paper Session I Chairs: Ines Rubio (Spain), Deborah McNamara (Ireland) The best oral free papers will be presented in this session, the ‘Best Free Paper’ prize and BJS prize will be selected among them.
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Standardising Surgical Site Outcomes: Practical Pathways to Better Reporting and Better Care. Introducing the newly published DISH classification system. Speaker: Giles Bond-Smith (UK) & Ines Rubio Perez (ESP) JNJ sponsored symposium
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Coffee Break & Poster Round I Chairs: Deborah McNamara (Ireland) & Jose Balibrea (Spain)
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	BJS Lecture The ‘clean cut’ in dirty surgery: does precision reduce infection? Speaker: Jose Balibrea (Spain) Chair: Arda Isik (Turkey) BJS sponsored symposium
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	The continuous drive to reduce the impact of post-operative surgical site infection. Further advances Rethinking Surgical Site Infections: Complexity, Environmental Impact and the Path to Prevention Speaker: Ross Lathan, Chief Sustainability Lead, NIHR, UK PreciSSIon, preventing SSI across a region: evolution of an SSI bundle. Speakers: Dr. Lesley Jordan, Lead Consultant Obstetric Anaesthetist, UK Speaker: Anne Pullyblank, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, UK We will discuss: Collaborative improvement work in West of England to standardise care and developing a novel SSI bundle for elective and emergency colorectal surgery and caesarean births to reduce SSI Development of digital SSI surveillance Evaluation of advanced wound care dressings Essity sponsored symposium
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM	Thursday Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	Consensus in preventing infections: Can we really generalize prevention measures and translate the evidence accross specialities? Speaker: Prof.Javad Parvizi MD,FRCS (Istanbul,Turkey) & Prof. Gabriele Spanga, MS,MD,FRCS (Rome, Italy) Chair: Dr.Inés Rubio (Madrid Spain) BD sponsored symposium
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Semmelweis lecture “From Hippocrates to Modern Medicine: Rediscovering Nature’s Hidden Antimicrobials in Greek Medicinal Plants and Honey, for Infection Prevention and Management” Ioannis N. Galanis (Greece) President of the Hellenic Society of Surgical Infections Chair: Kemal Rasa (Turkey)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Interactive symposium: Prosthetic infections multi-disciplinary Team discussion Real patient case-scenarios will be presented, involving mesh infections, vascular graft/prosthetic infections and prosthetics in Orthopaedics, with discussion about management by the MDT. Panel: • Florian Desgranges- Infectious Diseases specialist • Fernando Ferreira- Abdominal wall & hernia surgeon • Ben Saleem- Vascular surgeon • Albert Gonzalez-Sagredo- Vascular surgeon • Marleen Van Oosten- Microbiologist • Ricardo Correia- Infectious Diseases specialist
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Coffee Break & Poster Round II Chairs: Florian Desgranges (Switzerland) & Marleen van Oosten (Netherlands)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Impact of Ceramic Dressings in Reduction of Surgical site Infection Understanding the mechanism and bacterial binding properties of Ceramic Dressings Speaker: Dr Jason Ashworth (UK) Clinical experience with Ceramic Dressing as intervention to reduce Surgical Site Infections Speaker: Dr Langanani Mbodi (South Africa) Cerdak Sponsored Symposium
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Free Paper Session II Chair: Arda Isik (Turkey)
7:30 PM - 11:00 PM	Congress Dinner Cafeína Rua do Padrão

Friday, September 18, 2026

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM	Friday Registration Desk is open for check in and event information
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Report from the Japanese Surgical Infection Society Yuichi Yoshida (Japan)
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Updates in infection prevention and control in Emergency & Trauma Surgery - Infection prevention measures: how can we improve? - Management of severe IAI - Damage control in septic abdomen: when & how? Discussion Panel: • April Mendoza (USA) • Belinda de Simone (Italy) • Haytham Kaafarani (USA) • Arda Isik (Turkey)
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Impact of sNPWT on Surical Site Infection Reduction Chair: Dr. Gonzalo de Castro, Coordinador Unidad de Patología, Mamaria, C.H. Universitario de Vigo Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Breast Surgery: Why sNPWT Matters Speaker: Dr. Gonzalo de Castro Unlocking the mechanism of action in sNPWT: How to use it properly in Gynecology: Practical Tips. Speaker: Dr. Jose Luis Sánchez Iglesias, Ginecología Oncológica, Servicio de ginecología, Hospital Vall d ‘ Hebrón de Barcelona Surgical Wound Infection in GeneralSurgery: Evidence and Cases Speaker: Dra. Eva Barbosa, Coordenadora da Unidade de Cirurgia de Parede Abdominal Complexa do CHUSJ Smith+Nephew sponsored symposium
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Coffee Break & Poster Round III Chair: Albert Gonzalez-Sagredo (Spain) & Arda Isik (Turkey)
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Sponsored Symposium Speaker: Markus Golling (Germany) Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) – the Novosyn-Chlorhexidine suture in general surgery (NOVOTILAC trial) BBraun sponsored symposium
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Young Investigator Lecture Infectious complications in older patients with complicated colorectal cancer: insights from the CO-OLDER study Speaker: Belinda de Simone (Italy) Chair: Ines Rubio Perez (Spain)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Friday Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Global Surgery ‘Joe Solomkin’ Symposium: What’s new in surgical infections from around the world? Chairs: Kemal Rasa (Turkey) Ines Rubio (Spain) Fausto Catena (ltaly): Procalcitonin-guided surgery: position paper presentation. Haytham Kaafarani (USA): Necrotizing soft tissue infections. April Mendoza (USA): Friends without benefits: vancomycin and antifungals Rob Sawyer (USA): WSIS/SIS-NA: “First, We Need to Agree on What We are Talking About...” Discussion & questions with panel
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	SIS-E Members Business Meeting Society updates and election of new members Presentation of SIS-E 2027 Location All member delegates welcome

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM	Friday Registration Desk is open for check in and event information
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Report from the Japanese Surgical Infection Society Yuichi Yoshida (Japan)
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Updates in infection prevention and control in Emergency & Trauma Surgery - Infection prevention measures: how can we improve? - Management of severe IAI - Damage control in septic abdomen: when & how? Discussion Panel: • April Mendoza (USA) • Belinda de Simone (Italy) • Haytham Kaafarani (USA) • Arda Isik (Turkey)
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Impact of sNPWT on Surical Site Infection Reduction Chair: Dr. Gonzalo de Castro, Coordinador Unidad de Patología, Mamaria, C.H. Universitario de Vigo Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Breast Surgery: Why sNPWT Matters Speaker: Dr. Gonzalo de Castro Unlocking the mechanism of action in sNPWT: How to use it properly in Gynecology: Practical Tips. Speaker: Dr. Jose Luis Sánchez Iglesias, Ginecología Oncológica, Servicio de ginecología, Hospital Vall d ‘ Hebrón de Barcelona Surgical Wound Infection in GeneralSurgery: Evidence and Cases Speaker: Dra. Eva Barbosa, Coordenadora da Unidade de Cirurgia de Parede Abdominal Complexa do CHUSJ Smith+Nephew sponsored symposium
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Coffee Break & Poster Round III Chair: Albert Gonzalez-Sagredo (Spain) & Arda Isik (Turkey)
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Sponsored Symposium Speaker: Markus Golling (Germany) Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) – the Novosyn-Chlorhexidine suture in general surgery (NOVOTILAC trial) BBraun sponsored symposium
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Young Investigator Lecture Infectious complications in older patients with complicated colorectal cancer: insights from the CO-OLDER study Speaker: Belinda de Simone (Italy) Chair: Ines Rubio Perez (Spain)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Friday Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Global Surgery ‘Joe Solomkin’ Symposium: What’s new in surgical infections from around the world? Chairs: Kemal Rasa (Turkey) Ines Rubio (Spain) Fausto Catena (ltaly): Procalcitonin-guided surgery: position paper presentation. Haytham Kaafarani (USA): Necrotizing soft tissue infections. April Mendoza (USA): Friends without benefits: vancomycin and antifungals Rob Sawyer (USA): WSIS/SIS-NA: “First, We Need to Agree on What We are Talking About...” Discussion & questions with panel
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	SIS-E Members Business Meeting Society updates and election of new members Presentation of SIS-E 2027 Location All member delegates welcome

	Matosinhos Local Health Unit Auditorium
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM	Friday Registration Desk is open for check in and event information
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Report from the Japanese Surgical Infection Society Yuichi Yoshida (Japan)
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM	Updates in infection prevention and control in Emergency & Trauma Surgery - Infection prevention measures: how can we improve? - Management of severe IAI - Damage control in septic abdomen: when & how? Discussion Panel: • April Mendoza (USA) • Belinda de Simone (Italy) • Haytham Kaafarani (USA) • Arda Isik (Turkey)
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Impact of sNPWT on Surical Site Infection Reduction Chair: Dr. Gonzalo de Castro, Coordinador Unidad de Patología, Mamaria, C.H. Universitario de Vigo Preventing Surgical Site Infections in Breast Surgery: Why sNPWT Matters Speaker: Dr. Gonzalo de Castro Unlocking the mechanism of action in sNPWT: How to use it properly in Gynecology: Practical Tips. Speaker: Dr. Jose Luis Sánchez Iglesias, Ginecología Oncológica, Servicio de ginecología, Hospital Vall d ‘ Hebrón de Barcelona Surgical Wound Infection in GeneralSurgery: Evidence and Cases Speaker: Dra. Eva Barbosa, Coordenadora da Unidade de Cirurgia de Parede Abdominal Complexa do CHUSJ Smith+Nephew sponsored symposium
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM	Coffee Break & Poster Round III Chair: Albert Gonzalez-Sagredo (Spain) & Arda Isik (Turkey)
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Sponsored Symposium Speaker: Markus Golling (Germany) Prevention of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) – the Novosyn-Chlorhexidine suture in general surgery (NOVOTILAC trial) BBraun sponsored symposium
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM	Young Investigator Lecture Infectious complications in older patients with complicated colorectal cancer: insights from the CO-OLDER study Speaker: Belinda de Simone (Italy) Chair: Ines Rubio Perez (Spain)
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Friday Lunch & Sponsor Exhibition
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	Global Surgery ‘Joe Solomkin’ Symposium: What’s new in surgical infections from around the world? Chairs: Kemal Rasa (Turkey) Ines Rubio (Spain) Fausto Catena (ltaly): Procalcitonin-guided surgery: position paper presentation. Haytham Kaafarani (USA): Necrotizing soft tissue infections. April Mendoza (USA): Friends without benefits: vancomycin and antifungals Rob Sawyer (USA): WSIS/SIS-NA: “First, We Need to Agree on What We are Talking About...” Discussion & questions with panel
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	SIS-E Members Business Meeting Society updates and election of new members Presentation of SIS-E 2027 Location All member delegates welcome

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