| 4:00–8:00 PM | Registration |
| 6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–9:00 AM | Welcome and Keynote Address |
| Roy Kishony †, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Future of Antibiotic Resistance |
| 9:00–10:45 AM | Translating Antibiotics into the Clinic: Obstacles and Opportunities |
| Man-Wah Tan †, Genentech, Inc. Novel Inhibitors against Gram-negative Pathogens |
| Erin Duffy †, Boston University & CARB-X The Role of CARB-X in Translating Antibiotics to the Clinic: Funding Situation and Industry Uptake |
| David Payne †, GlaxoSmithKline Antibiotic Discovery and Development at GSK |
| 9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:45–11:15 AM | Panel Discussion 1: Q&A with Drs. Tan, Duffy and Payne |
| 11:15–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
| 11:15–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
| Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–6:45 PM | Antibiotics AI: Computational & AI-Enabled Antibiotic Discovery |
| James J. Collins, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard AI Approaches for Antibiotic Discovery |
| Cesar de la Fuente, University of Pennsylvania Accelerating Antibiotic Discovery Using AI |
| Ewa Szczurek, Helmholtz Munich Controllable Generative AI for Antimicrobial Peptides Discovery |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 6:45–7:15 PM | Panel Discussion 2: Q&A with Drs. Collins, de la Fuente and Szczurek |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 7:30–10:00 PM | Posters |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:00 AM | Natural-Product Biosynthesis and Engineering |
| Gerry D. Wright †, McMaster University The Natural History of Antibiotic Resistance |
| Allison Lopatkin †, University of Rochester Predictive Biology: Understanding and Reversing the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance |
| Jo Handelsman †, University of Wisconsin-Madison Antibiotic Discovery in Soil |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–12:00 PM | Panel Discussion 3: The Next Generation of Antibiotic Hunters (inspiring new people into the field) |
| Jo Handelsman †, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Erin Duffy †, Boston University & CARB-X |
| Paul E. Turner †, Yale University |
| 11:00–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
| 11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
| 3:00–4:30 PM | Career Roundtable |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Antibiotic Discovery and Host Immunity |
| Yifat Merbl †, Weizmann Institute of Science Immune Proteasomes: An Untapped Source of Encrypted Peptide Antibiotics |
| Olga Shevchuk †, University Hospital Essen Production of Encrypted Peptide Antibiotics in Human Kidney Infections |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 7:30–10:00 PM | Posters |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:00 AM | Frontiers in Non-Traditional Antimicrobials: Phages, Vaccines, Peptides & Beyond |
| Paul E. Turner †, Yale University Phage Therapy to Combat Infections by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens |
| Rino Rappuoli †, Fondazione Biotecnopolo di Siena Vaccines against AMR |
| Stewart T. Cole †, Institut Pasteur Anti-Infective Approaches against TB |
| Renee Fleeman †, University of Central Florida Novel Antimicrobial Approaches Against Klebsiella |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 12:30–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
| Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–6:20 PM | Alternative Approaches to Antibiotics |
| Manuela Raffatellu †, University of California, San Diego Harnessing Iron Acquisition Machinery to Target Pathogens |
| Deborah T. Hung †, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard Anti-Virulence Approaches to Target Pathogens |
| Jörg Vogel †, University of Würzburg The Promises and Challenges of Programmable RNA Antibiotics |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 6:20–7:30 PM | Machine Learning and Antimicrobial Peptides |
| Jiangning Song †, Monash University Machine Learning for Antimicrobial Peptide Design and Discovery |
| Daniela Kalafatovic †, University of Rijeka Self-Assembling Peptide Design with Generative AI |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 7:30–7:45 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
| 7:45–8:45 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 8:00–11:00 PM | Cash Bar |
| 8:00–11:00 PM | Entertainment |
| 12:00–11:59 PM | Departure |