3rd International Meeting on Childhood Tuberculosis

Location: _________ Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria 26th – 27th March 2020

Day 1: Thursday 26th March 2020

08:30-12:00 pTBnet Business Meeting pTBnet Members

11:00-13:00 Conference Registration and lunch

Session 1: Eliminating TB in ChildrenChairs:13:00-13:10 Welcome and introduction Dr Svetlana Velizarova

Dr Steve Welch13:10-13:40 Global TB Epidemiology in Children Dr Senia Rosales Kintz, ECDC

13:40-14:10 Epidemiology in Europe with special focus on MDR

14:10-14:40 End TB: strategies in Balkan countries Local speaker

14:40-15:10 Elimination of childhood TB in the Netherlands Gerard de Vries, KNCV, the Netherlands

15:10-15:30 CoffeeSession 2:Chairs:15:30-16:00 Evidence based sampling: getting the best samples of

microbiology from childrenDr Grace Smith, PHE laboratories, Birmingham, UK

16:00-16:30 A bad start - TB in pregnancy Dr Parvati Nair, Mumbai

16:30-17:00 Congenital TB Nuria Martinez Alier, Evelina Hospital, London

17:00-17:30 Clinical Cases Local speaker

17:30 Summary of day

Day 2: Friday 27th March 2020

Session 3:Chairs:08:30-09:00 Invited lecture: a survey of scientific advances in

understanding TBProf Beate Kampmann, London, UK

3rd International Meeting on Childhood Tuberculosis

Location: _________ Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria 26th – 27th March 2020

09:00-09:30 Immune modulating drugs in the treatment of TB

09:30-10:00 TB in children with iatrogenic immunodeficiencies Dr Ton Noguera, Barcelona

10:00-10:30 Immunology in the diagnosis of TB Dr Nicole Ritz, Basel

10:30-11:00 CoffeeSession 4:Chairs:11:00-11:30 Double trouble – TB and HIV coinfection Dr Anna Turkova, Russia

11:30-12:00 TB and the kidney in children Dr Alasdair Bamford, London, UK

12:00-12:30 Debate: Evidence based treatment for NTM lymphadenitis

ENT surgeon TBC

12:30-13:30 LunchSession 5:Chairs:13:30-14:00 Practical aspects of clinical imagining in children with

suspected TBTBC

14:00-14:30 Artificial intelligence in TB diagnostics Dr Pablo Rojo, Madrid, Spain

14:30-15:00 Clinical Cases Local speaker

15:00 -15:30 CoffeeSession 6:Chairs:15:30-16:00 Update on molecular techniques in microbiology

16:00-17:00 Is one cough enough? What does WGS teach us about TB transmission

Dr Pretin Davda, PHE laboratories, Birmingham, UK

17:00-17:30 Practicalities of infection control TBC

17:30 Summary of the day

Day 3: Saturday 28th March 2020

Session 7:Chairs: Gunta to chair

3rd International Meeting on Childhood Tuberculosis

Location: _________ Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria 26th – 27th March 2020

08:30-09:00 Experiences of MDR treatment for families Dr Folke Brinkmann, Germany

09:00-09:30 Update on drugs and formulations for MDR TB in children

Dr James Seddon, Cape Town

09:30-10:00 Drug Toxicity in children treated for TB Dr Steven Welch, Birmingham, UK

10:00-10:30 Surgery in the treatment for TB Mr Richard Steyn, UK

10:30-11:00 CoffeeSession 8:Chairs:11:00-11:30 Best latent TB regimen Dr Anna Turkova, Russia

11:30-12:00 Liver function yes or no in latent TB? Dr Amanda Williams, London, UK

12:00-12:30 Research update Beate Kampmann

12:30-13:00 Prospects for future research studies Dr Marc Tebruegge

13:00-13:15 Summary of day and conference

13:15 Lunch and departures