• LOCATION
• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, England

Welcome to the Manchester Infection Conference!

We are pleased to announce the inaugural Manchester Infection Conference, to be held in Manchester on Thursday 10th September 2026. The conference will be hosted by Manchester Medical Microbiology Partnership (MMMP) in association with Manchester University NHS Foundation trust, The university of Manchester and UK Health Security Agency.

This one-day meeting will bring together clinicians, clinical scientists, academics, and public health professionals working across infection. The programme will highlight the work of regional and national colleagues, topics will include surveillance, pandemic preparation, antimicrobial resistance, novel molecular techniques, and sequencing. A provisional agenda is available at the registration link with a full detailed agenda to follow shortly.

The conference will also feature a poster session, providing an opportunity to showcase research and service developments. We invite colleagues to submit posters to be displayed during the meeting. Selected posters will be highlighted and the winning submission will be invited to deliver a short oral presentation at the end of the day. The abstract submission deadline is 1st July 2026 and successful candidates, including the winning submission, will be informed at the start of August 2026. Full submission details can be found on the Eventbrite link.

Please note this is an in person event only

If you would like any further information or have any questions you can contact me directly at [email protected]

Hope to see you all in September!

08:00 AM – 09:00 AM
Registration, Poster displays and networking opportunity

09:00 AM – 09:10 AM
Conference opening
Dr Nicholas Machin

SESSION ONE: MICROBIOLOGY

Kent 2026: MenB Cluster & Emergency Response
Prof. Ray Borrow

AMRIC study: an update on AMR in the community
Dr Zoie Aiken

Mycology
Professor Riina Richardson

Automation and AI in Infection
Dr Dominic Haigh

**Coffee break**

SESSION TWO: VIROLOGY

Andes Hantavirus- UK perspective and lessons for the future
Dr Will Welfare

HARISS: Building a National Platform for Acute Respiratory Infection Surveillance
Dr Shazaad Ahmad

Modelling in Infection
Dr Thomas House

Cytomegalovirus and congenital infection: an update
Prof Vallely

**Lunch, poster viewing and networking opportunity**

PANEL SESSION: CLINICAL UTILITY OF MULTIPLEX MOLECULAR TESTING & METAGENOMICS

Respiratory Metagenomics: a local update and next steps
Dr Nick Machin

The Utility of Syndromic Multiplex testing and Metagenomics in Critical Care
Prof Tim Felton

Panel Discussion

**Coffee break**

SESSION FOUR: GENOMICS

Identification of HPV integration using WGS
Dr Emma Davies

HCV WGS from Dried Blood Spots: supporting elimination
Dr Ben Brown

Metagenomics and Microbiomes
Dr Katherine Koyte

Poster prize winner & presentation

Closing Remarks

05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Refreshments and Networking opportunity

We are also still accepting poster submissions with an extended deadline of 31st July 2026. For those wanting to submit please send the following information to [email protected]

Name:
Organisation/ university/ hospital trust

Poster Title:
Authors and highlight the presenting author

Abstract format (500 words)
Brief introduction
Method
Results
Conclusion