Meetings

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

2026 ISM Fall Pasteur Award Meeting
November 2nd, 2026
Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL

The meeting will be held in the Cueno Center/Stritch School of Medicine on the 1st floor.
• Enter campus at Entrance 2 and proceed to Parking Garage A.

• Cuneo Center (Building 8) is directly across from the parking garage.

Parking is $5 but you will be given a parking voucher at the meeting. 

>> Click here for Attendee Registration
Cost is $140 for attendees. If you are an ISM member, you can use the code FALL26 to get $30 off the registration fee. 

>> Click here for Map of Loyola University, Health Sciences Campus

PAST MEETINGS
2026 ISM Spring Meeting and Vendor Exhibition
May 12-13, 2026

>> Click here for 2026 ISM Spring Meeting agenda

>> Click here to view Fall 2025 Meeting agenda

>> Click here to view 2025 ISM Spring Meeting and Exhibition agenda

>> Click here to view 2025 Pasteur Award Meeting agenda

>> Click here to view 2024 ISM Spring Meeting and Exhibition agenda

>> Click here to view 2024 Pasteur Award Meeting agenda

>> Click here to view 2023 ISM Fall Meeting agenda

Join or renew your membership with ASM and ISM for reduced meeting registration
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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