Meetings

Each year, ISM sponsors two scientific seminars (spring and fall meetings) and a variety of technical workshops.

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Please join us for the 2025 ISM Spring Meeting and Vendor Exhibition.
The meeting will be held May 20-21, 2025, at Medinah Shriners Center, 550 Shriners Dr., Addison, Illinois, 60101.

 Registration Fee
Attendee Type
ISM Member
Non-member
ISM
Student/Trainee
Non-ISM
Student/Trainee
One-day
$105
$150
$90
$125
Two-day
$210
$300
$180
$250
If you are not a current ISM member, please consider becoming an ISM member to receive the discount-member price. The membership fee is $15.00 per year.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETING
CLICK HERE for draft of the meeting agenda

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2019 Fall Meeting & 72nd Pasteur Award Presentation

Presentations for Download

Is Faster Actually Better? The Role of Rapid Blood Culture Diagnostics in Patient Outcomes and Cost-effective Patient Care 

Erin McElvania, Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Director of Clinical Microbiology
NorthShore University HealthSystem

 Diagnostic Stewardship: Because you can't do everything for everyone, all the time

Christopher Doern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Director of Microbiology
Department of Pathology
Division of Clinical Pathology
VCU School of Medicine

 Thinking Outside of the Box: The Ongoing Need for Microbiology Expertise in the Era of MALDI-TOF MS

Carey-Ann Burnham, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(CCM), F(IDSA), F(AAM)
Professor of Pathology & Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, Pediatrics, and Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Medical Director of Microbiology, Barnes Jewish Hospital

The Medical Microbiome: Insurmountable Opportunities

George Weinstock, Ph.D.
Evnin Family Chair and Professor
Director, Microbial Genomics
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

Pasteur Award Winners - Legends, Mentors, Colleagues and Me?

Wm. Michael Dunne Jr., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

When & Where

When: Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Where: Cafe LaCave, Des Plaines, IL
Time: 7:00AM - 3:30PM