Register Now – WSC Spotlight: Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Therapy – April 23, 2024
Register Now – WSC Spotlight: Unmet Need in Sepsis Diagnosis and Therapy – April 23, 2024

Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon, President of the Global Sepsis Alliance, and Louise Thwaites and Michael Wong, Program Chairs, are honored and excited to officially open the registrations for the 2024 WSC Spotlight on April 23, 2024.

“We are thrilled to extend a warm welcome to thousands of colleagues joining us from across the globe for yet another exceptional opportunity to delve into and exchange insights on the newest trends, advancements, and innovations in the field of sepsis practice and research.”
— Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon, President GSA

Dr. Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon

As always, the 2024 WSC Spotlight will be free of charge and completely virtual, enabling broad participation from all parts of the world. For years, the WSCs have engaged between 8,000 and 20,000 scholars and practitioners from more than 180 countries.

Over one day and 9 highly relevant sessions, over 40 internationally renowned speakers, panelists, and moderators will address the role of AI, predictive modeling in sepsis, the need for early diagnosis and treatment of sepsis in surgical patients, the role of biomarkers, personalized approaches to sepsis management, how hypervolemia increases the mortality risk in sepsis, community programs to prevent and diagnose sepsis, and much more.

Whatever topic and speaker is most relevant to you, the Program Chairs Louise Thwaites, Board Member of the GSA and APSA, and Michael Wong, Founder and Executive Director of PPAHS, are excited to welcome you on April 23.

Dr. Louise Thwaites

Michael Wong

Just as with our previous World Sepsis Congresses in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023, and WSC Spotlights in 2017, 2020, and 2022, this free online congress brings together highly ranked representatives of international and national healthcare authorities, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, patients, patient advocacy groups, clinical scientists, researchers, and pioneers in healthcare improvement.

Marvin Zick
Still Few Hours to Register to 5 Hours CME Accredited Program "Learn Sepsis – What Nurses Should Know"
Still Few Hours to Register to 5 Hours CME Accredited Program "Learn Sepsis – What Nurses Should Know"

The workshop, co-hosted by the Eastern Mediterranean Sepsis Alliance (EMSA), Baxter, and the Saudi Nurses Association, will take place in person in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 15 February.

The event aims to improve nurses’ knowledge of the development and the treatment of sepsis and septic shock, to enhance nurses’ knowledge in the provision of evidence-based care for sepsis and septic shock, to integrate knowledge into practice on early detection and timely management of sepsis, to increase professional collaboration of nurses with the multidisciplinary team providing high-quality care for patients with sepsis, and to highlight the extended role of nurses in sepsis care beyond bedside care.

The role of nurses in the early detection and management of sepsis is fundamental for the improvement of sepsis care quality. One of the goals of EMSA is to empower nurses by enhancing their knowledge of sepsis and their ability to improve patient outcomes and contribute to saving lives. Therefore, EMSA is proud of this collaboration with Baxter and the Saudi Nurses Association, who share this common goal.

Simone Mancini
Register Now for the 4th World Sepsis Congress – One Global Health Threat: Sepsis, Pandemics, and Antimicrobial Resistance on April 25-26, 2023
Register Now for the 4th World Sepsis Congress – One Global Health Threat: Sepsis, Pandemics, and Antimicrobial Resistance on April 25-26, 2023

On April 25 and 26, 2023, World Sepsis Congress will return – and registrations are now open.

Over the course of two days and 16 highly-relevant and unique sessions, over 80 internationally-renowned speakers will share the newest research and insights into sepsis, pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, and – most importantly – how they are linked.

As always, the 4th WSC will be free of charge and completely virtual, enabling broad participation from all parts of the world.

Just as with the previous World Sepsis Congresses and WSC Spotlights, this free online congress brings together highly ranked representatives of international and national healthcare authorities, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, patient advocacy groups, clinical scientists, researchers, and pioneers in healthcare improvement.

Marvin Zick
Celebrating 10 Years of World Sepsis Day – Join Us for 'Making Sepsis a National and Global Health Priority'
Celebrating 10 Years of World Sepsis Day – Join Us for 'Making Sepsis a National and Global Health Priority'

On September 16, 2022, the Global Sepsis Alliance and the Sepsis Stiftung will join forces to host a unique event celebrating a decade of World Sepsis Day – both in person in Berlin, as well as live streamed on the event website.

Following a scientific symposium with renowned speakers from all over the world and an international best-practices panel, we will celebrate the achievements of the past 10 years, present the Global Sepsis Awards, and conclude this unique World Sepsis Day event with a fundraising dinner, featuring international artists who share our commitment to the vision of “A World Free of Sepsis”.

We are excited to welcome you to Berlin in person in September or see you on the free live stream for the symposium and the best-practices panel.

Marvin Zick
Registrations Now Open for the 2022 WSC Spotlight on April 27, 2022
Registrations Now Open for the 2022 WSC Spotlight on April 27, 2022

Today, our friends and colleagues from the Global Sepsis Alliance are thrilled to officially announce the WSC Spotlight: Novel Therapeutic and Diagnostic Approaches for COVID-19 and Sepsis, taking place live, free of charge, and completely online on April 27, 2022.

Over the course of 8 distinctive and highly relevant sessions, 40 speakers from all regions of the world will share the newest therapeutic and diagnostic approaches for COVID-19 and sepsis, covering all novel aspects of our understanding of bacterial and viral sepsis, from new methods of diagnosis and risk assessment to novel treatment modalities, and beyond.

Like our previous World Sepsis Congresses in 2016, 2018, and 2021 and WSC Spotlights in 2017 and 2020, this free online congress brings together highly ranked representatives of international and national healthcare authorities, non-governmental organizations, policymakers, patients, patient advocacy groups, clinical scientists, researchers, and pioneers in healthcare improvement.

Simone Mancini
'Combating Sepsis: Global and National Strategies' – GSA Session at the 2021 World Health Summit Now Available Online
'Combating Sepsis: Global and National Strategies' – GSA Session at the 2021 World Health Summit Now Available Online

This year’s World Health Summit devoted one session on 24 October to discuss global and national strategies to combat sepsis. The session was hosted by our very own Abdulelah Alhawsawi. Besides Flavia Machado and Konrad Reinhart – both members of the GSA Executive Committee – it featured Janet Diaz from the World Health Organization, Carolin Fleischmann-Struzek from the Jena University Hospital, as well as Jean-Marc Cavaillon from the Institut Pasteur.

This session provided insights on the role of the immune system in sepsis and the potential of novel immunomodulatory therapeutic approaches, as well as an update on the burden of sepsis and an overview on the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies for sepsis prevention and care at the national and healthcare facility level. The challenges to fight sepsis in resource-limited settings were also discussed, as well as the lessons learned from the current pandemic for the fight against infections and sepsis by other pathogens.

Simone Mancini
EMSA Webinar 2021: A World Free of Sepsis – Bringing a Vision to Reality Through Regional Collaborations
EMSA Webinar 2021: A World Free of Sepsis – Bringing a Vision to Reality Through Regional Collaborations
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Update, September 13, 2021:

The recording of the webinar is now available:

Original article, August 25, 2021:

Today, we are thrilled to announce our first webinar – happening virtually and free of charge just a week from now, on September 1, 2021.

Over the course of 1.5 hours, the Eastern Mediterranean Sepsis Alliance is bringing together a lineup of leading sepsis specialists and patient safety advocates from across the region, sharing their expert knowledge in highlighting the importance of creating change together and proactively striving to eliminate the burden of sepsis globally.

Speakers and panelists:

  • Abdulelah Alhawsawi, Chair of EMSA and Vice President of the Global Sepsis Alliance

  • Carlos Urrea, Global Vice President Medical Affairs and Informatics at Hillrom

  • Emmanuel Nsutebu, Chair African Sepsis Alliance

  • Kamal Osman Mirghani, Executive Director of the African Sepsis Alliance

  • Konrad Reinhart, Founding President Global Sepsis Alliance

  • Rasha Ashour, Senior Attending Physician, Sidra Medicine

This webinar is kindly sponsored by Hillrom, whom we would like to thank for their continued support in the fight against sepsis, both globally and in the region.

The webinar will be recorded and made available to watch on-demand at a later date. Participating live will give you the opportunity to ask questions to the panelists. To join the free webinar, please fill out the form below. For any questions, please contact us.

Marvin Zick