Invited speakers and chairs
(in alphabetical order)
Bauer Michael, Prof. Dr.
Speaker and Chief-Executive Director, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Benndorf Klaus, Prof. Dr.
Scientific Director, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Berg Gunnar, Prof. Dr. Dr.
Vice-President Leopoldina; Halle, Germany
Betsch Cornelia, PD Dr.
Social, Organisational and Economic Psychology, University of Erfurt; Erfurt, Germany
Böttiger Bernd, Prof. Dr.
Director of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Cologne; Cologne, Germany
Brakhage Axel, Prof. Dr.
Director, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute; Chairman, InfectControl2020; Member of the Leopoldina; Jena, Germany
Briegel Josef, Prof. Dr.
Speaker, SepNet Clinical Trials Group/ Klinik für Anästhesiologie, LMU Munich; Munich, Germany
Brunkhorst Frank M., Prof. Dr.
Head, ZKS; Endowed Professorship for Clinical Sepsis Research, Department for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Bucher Michael, Prof. Dr.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Halle (Saale); Halle/Saale, Germany
Ermantraut Eugen
CEO Blink GmbH; Past CEO, Alere Technologies GmbH; Jena, Germany
Finfer Simon, Prof. Dr.
Professorial Fellow, George Institute for Global Health, Senior Staff Specialist in Intensive Care; Global Sepsis Alliance Board Member; Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney and Sydney Adventist Hospital; Sydney, Australia
Gastmeier Petra, Prof. Dr.
Director, German National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, Charité - University Medicine; Berlin, Germany
Gattinoni Luciano, Prof. Dr.
Chief of the Department of Anesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Therapy, Policlinico Hospital of Milan; University of Milan, Italy
Gerlach Herwig, Prof. Dr.
Director, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Vivantes - Klinikum Neukoelln; President, German Sepsis Society; Berlin, Germany
Giamarellos-Bourboulis Evangelos, Associate Professor
University of Athens, Medical School; Athens, Greece
Hamilton Vida, M.D.
National Clinical Lead Sepsis, Health Service Executive (HSE); Dublin, Ireland
Hecker Michael, Prof. Dr.
Professor emeritus, Member German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina; Greifswald, Germany
Hein H. A. Tillmann, Prof. Dr.
Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; Dallas, Texas, USA
Heinz Dirk, Prof. Dr.
Scientific Director, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research; Vice-Chairman Executive Board, German Center for Infection Research; Braunschweig, Germany
Kissoon Niranjan, Prof. Dr.
Associate Head, Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; Vice- President, Medical Affairs, BC Children’s Hospital; Vancouver, Canada
Koch Thea, Prof. Dr.
Director, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden; President German Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine DGAI; Dresden, Germany
Kurzai Oliver, Prof. Dr.
Speaker, Center for Innovation Competence Septomics; Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute; Jena, Germany
Levy Mitchell M, M.D.
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Alpert Medical School at Brown University; Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit; Rhode Island Hospital; Providence, RI USA
Liebenberg Volker, Dr.
BRAHMS/ ThermoFisher, Director Global Medical Affairs; Hennigsdorf, Germany
Löffler Bettina, Prof. Dr.
Director, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Löffler Markus, Prof. Dr.
Director, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (IMISE), Leipzig University; Leipzig, Germany
Lugan Meinrad, Dr.
Board Director, B. Braun Melsungen AG; Melsungen, Germany
Marshall John, Prof. Dr.
Director of Research, Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital; Chair, International Forum for Acute Care Trialists (InFACT); Past-Chair, International Sepsis Forum (ISF); Toronto, Canada
Meier-Hellmann Andreas, Prof. Dr.
Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Helios Clinical Center; Erfurt, Germany
Mettenleiter Thomas C., Prof. Dr.
Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health; Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
Müller-Jung Joachim, Dr.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/ Head of Department Natur & Wissenschaft; Herschbach, Germany
Pletz Mathias, Prof. Dr.
Head, Center for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control; Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Popp Jürgen, Prof. Dr.
Scientific Director, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology e.V.; Professor for Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Jena, Germany
Quintel Michael, Prof. Dr.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Göttingen University Hospital, Germany
Reinhart Konrad, Prof. Dr.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Jena University Hospital; Chairman Global Sepsis Alliance; Chairman Sepsis-Stiftung; Member of the Leopoldina; Jena, Germany
Riedemann Niels C., Prof. Dr.
CEO InFlarX; Jena, Germany
Rietschel Ernst,Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Berlin Institute of Health; Former president of the Leibniz Association; Berlin, Germany
Rooney Kevin, Prof. Dr.
Professor of Care Improvement, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley; National Clinical Advisor on Sepsis to Healthcare Improvement Scotland; Paisley, UK
Rosenthal Walter, Prof. Dr.
President of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Jena, Germany
Rossaint Rolf, Prof. Dr.
Director, Department for Anesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen; Aachen, Germany
Rüddel Hendrik, Dr.
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Schulze P. Christian, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Cardiology, Angiology, Intensive Medical Care and Pneumology, Jena University Hospital; Jena, Germany
Schüttler Jürgen, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Erlangen University Hospital, Germany
Shindo Nikki, Dr.
World Health Organization, Department of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases; Geneva, Switzerland
Spies Claudia, Prof. Dr.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Charité, Berlin; Berlin, Germany
Steiner Achim
UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Nairobi, Kenya
Stöbe Tankred, Dr.
Chairman; Board of Médecins Sans Frontières Germany; Berlin, Germany
Struck Joachim, Dr.
Chief Research Officer, AdrenoMed AG; Hennigsdorf, Germany
Suter Peter M, Prof. Dr.
President, Swiss Medical Board; Former President, Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences, National Ethics Committee; Geneva, Switzerland
Suttorp Norbert, Prof. Dr.
Director, Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Pneumology, Charité; Berlin, Germany
Tiefensee Wolfgang
Thuringian Minister for Economic Affairs, Science and Digital Society; Erfurt, Germany
Trumann Arne
Sepsis survivor; Heeslingen, Germany
Unal Necmettin, Prof. Dr.
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department of Ankara, Medical School; Ankara, Turkey
Van Aken Hugo, Prof. Dr. Dr.
Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Muenster University Hospital, Germany
Weigand Markus, Prof. Dr.
Medical Director, Department for Anesthesiology, Heidelberg University Hospital; Heidelberg, Germany
Welte Tobias, Prof. Dr.
Chairman, CapNetz Foundation; Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School; Hannover, Germany
Werdan Karl, Prof. Dr.
Professor Emeritus and former Director; Department for Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Halle/Saale, Germany
Wieler Lothar-Heinz, Prof. Dr.
President, Robert Koch Institute; Berlin, Germany