March 11, 2026 @ 12:00 – March 12, 2026 @ 13:00 CET
Join the Data-driven Epidemiology and Biology of Infection research area (DDLS, Sweden) and the Fleming Initiative (UK) for an inspiring lunch-to-lunch meeting filled with science, networking, and discussions. Primarily for the participants from Sweden and the UK. Others may inquire about availability. Contact information for Saba Parween is found under the headline Registration.
Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasing, leading to millions of deaths and rising societal costs. Eighty years after Alexander Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of penicillin, we are still confronted with the urgent challenge of diminishing antibiotic effectiveness. This symposium will explore how artificial intelligence and other data-driven approaches can provide new strategies to combat the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
The DDLS research area symposia series aims to engage and promote the national scientific community around the DDLS research themes. The symposia bring together researchers, industry, and healthcare to stimulate collaboration and push the frontiers of data-driven life science. The events are open for everyone interested in data-driven research to participate.
This event is jointly organized by the Data-Driven Life Science program (DDLS, Sweden), The Fleming Initiative, a partnership between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and is hosted by SciLifeLab and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and supported by UK Science and Technology Network.
Read more about the Data-Driven Life Science Program
Read more about the Fleming Initiative.
Date: 11-12 March 2026
Time: lunch-to-lunch
Venue: Norrlands Nation Fest and Conference, Västra Ågatan 14, 753 09 Uppsala
Conference Dinner at Norrlands Nation after the Poster session.
Registration
Registration has closed! To secure a seat due to a late cancellation, please email events@SciLifeLab.se.
Saba Parween saba.parween@umu.se
Program
Sessions
Data-Driven Insights into Infection Biology
Applications of Diagnostic and Surveillance Data
Novel Data Approaches for Diagnostics and Patient-Level Care
Research Translation and Implementation of AI in Healthcare
Confirmed Speakers
- Laura Carroll, Umeå University, Sweden
- David Aanensen, University of Oxford,UK
- Carolina Wählby, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Daudi Jjingo, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Damien Ming, Fleming Initiative, UK
- David Lund, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Suzanne Ruhe-van der Weff, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Nina Zhu, Imperial College London, UK
- Sanjiv Sharma, University of Liverpool, UK
- Christian Giske, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Anna Johnning, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Nick Moser, Google DeepMind, hosted at Fleming Initiative and Imperial College London, UK
- Jesus Rodriguez-Manzano, Imperial College London, UK
- David Fange, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Johan Bengtsson-Palme, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Speaker and poster abstracts
Download the speaker and poster abstract book
Organizing Committee
Erik Kristiansson, Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg
Alison Holmes, Fleming Initiative
Laura Carroll, Umeå University
Damien Ming, Fleming Initiative
Johan Elf, Uppsala University
Amish Acharya, Fleming Initiative
UK Science and Technology Network
Questions can be answered by the Organizing Committee or events@scilifelab.se
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