The Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection invites you to a symposium to mark the 19th European Antibiotic Awareness Day.
This year, for the first time, the symposium will take place as a full-day joint event for human and veterinary medicine.
The event will be held as a hybrid event.
Content
- European Partnership on One Health: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Antimicrobial Resistance in the EU: Latest ECDC Surveillance Data and Lessons from PHEPA Country Missions
- AMR in the environment: From evidence to implementation – towards One Health surveillance
- Antibiotic usage trends in veterinary medicine and new developments
- ResAT-Vet 2025: Austrian resistance report on zoonotic bacteria in cattle and pigs
- Vancomycin-resistant enterococci 2026
- AURES 2025
- Consumption of anti-infectives in general practice from the perspective of social security
- Antibiotic resistance in the Danube and major tributaries
- Update on the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
- Towards an Austrian treatment guideline for the use of antibiotics in pigs
- Prevention of infectious diseases in animals through herd-specific vaccines
- Linezolid resistance in staphylococci and enterococci
- Wound swabs in dogs and cats in Austria – microbial spectrum and resistance profile 2025
You can find the detailed programme here.
Target audience
- Veterinarians
- Public health officers
- Veterinarians, official veterinarians
- Subject matter experts
- Representatives of public authorities and medical institutions
Continuing professional development
A certificate of attendance will be sent by email no later than two weeks after the event.
For this event, DFP points are recognised by the Austrian Medical Association for doctors and specialists.
For veterinary surgeons and specialist veterinary surgeons, training hours are recognised in accordance with the training regulations of the Austrian Veterinary Chamber.
Registration details
- Please register by 11 November 2026 at the latest.
- You can register to attend in person (limited places) or online (unlimited places).
- Once you have registered for online participation, you will receive a Webex link via email approximately one week before the video conference. This email will also contain instructions on how to join the video conference.
- The link will only work if you use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge or the Webex Client app.
- By joining the event, you consent to your name being displayed and visible to all participants.
