2026 Annual AMR Symposium
The McGill AMR Centre is hosting its 6th Annual Symposium on the theme One Health AMR. We are inviting you to join this in-person event to network and discuss antimicrobial resistance (AMR) related topics, AMR community research interests and needs. Preliminary program includes keynote presentations, faculty talks, trainee flash talks, career luncheon and poster session and new fireside chat with keynote speakers.
Keynotes: Sabrina Sholts, PhD, Curator of Biological Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution will present "AMR, One Health, and Natural History" and Ed Topp, PhD, Research Director, Agroecology Mixed Research Unit, INRAE, University of Burgundy, will present "Role played by the environment in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in plant-based food production systems" .
Free event in-person, registration required - deadline is May 30, 2026, at 5:00 PM.
AMR Symposium - Call for Poster Abstracts
All trainees (undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate) are now invited to submit poster abstracts on all topics relevance to antimicrobial resistance research, from fundamental, applied, population or social science disciplines. Selected trainees will present 4-minute oral flash talks of their poster and be eligible for Oral Presentation Awards. Presenters must attend in person on June 8th.
Early bird abstract submission deadline - May 15 at 5:00 pm to be considered for flash talk.
Final abstract submission deadline – May 29 at 11:59 PM while space is available. Places are limited, submit early!
