Please join us in Washington, DC (or virtually) as we celebrate 15 years of IDWeek 
during the 2026 meeting. ID professionals from across the country and around the world will gather to collaborate, cooperate, celebrate and learn from each other’s expertise. This is an excellent opportunity to share knowledge, gain experience, and grow your network.
Member registration has officially opened. Register today to lock in your lowest rate – advanced registration closes July 31!
The IDWeek Program-at-a-Glance is already available. Please find the full pediatric ID track and PIDS events schedule below for your convenience.
The PIDS Foundation Annual Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, October 22.
7:30 a.m. – 7:55 a.m. | meetID PIDS Overview with Leaders | TBD (invitation only)
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Pediatric ID Fellows’ Day | TBD
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Pediatric ID Fellows’ Day Lunch | TBD
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | PIDS Foundation Lounge Open | TBD
1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Mano-a-Mano | 202 AB
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Opening Plenary | Ballroom ABC
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | PIDS Foundation Donor Reception | TBD
5:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | PIDS Trainee Reception | TBD
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | PIDS Board of Directors Meeting | TBD (board members only)
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Pediatric ID Division Chiefs Breakfast | TBD
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | A Clostridioides Difficult Question: Should Management Differ by Patient Type? | 201
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Antifungal Prophylaxis in the Immunocompromised Host: Who, When and for How Long? | 103 AB
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Diagnostic Stewardship in the Outpatient Setting | 151 AB
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Influenza Prevention: Re-thinking the Paradigm of Vaccinating Children and Pregnant Women | 204 ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Modern A+ Management of HIV Co-Morbidities | 150 AB
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | One Size Fits One: Towards Individualized Management of Infectious Diseases | 102 AB
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | PIDS Booth Open | Expo Hall
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | A Day Combining the Stewardship Pager and Handshake Rounds | 147 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Big Beasts of Medical Education | 151 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Challenges and Controversies in Pediatric Immunocompromised Host ID | 145 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Challenging Cases in Infectious Diseases | Ballroom ABC
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Connecting Across Perspectives: A Shared Path to Disease Elimination | 202 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | From Bytes to Bedside: Accelerating the PDSA Cycle Through Data Science | 152 AB
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | IMG Networking Hour | PIDS Foundation Lounge
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Challenging Cases in Pediatric Infectious Diseases | 202 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | From Global to Local: The New Face of Threats to U.S. Public Health | 145 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Join the Resistance 101: Multi-target Therapies for XDR Gram-negatives | 207 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Opportunities in Vaccine Advocacy and Communication: How to Work Together in Today’s World | 146 ABC
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Uncovering Socioeconomic Disadvantage in Antibiotic Use and Infections | 147 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Beyond the 101: Pondering Perplexing Prescribing Issues | 150 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Caroline B. Hall Lecture | Ballroom ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Challenging Consults in Clinical Mycology | 146 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Controversies in Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment | 144 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | From Strategy to Practice: Partnering with Clinical Microbiology for Diagnostic Stewardship Success | 151 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Sepsis 2026: Evolving Practice, Implementation and Surveillance | 202 AB
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | JPIDS Editorial Board Happy Hour | TBD
6:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | ID: Our Legacy – PIDS Foundation Annual Dinner – Atrium, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Women in ID Breakfast | TBD
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Your Voice, Your Patients, Your Community: ID and HIV Advocacy in an Election Year | 143 ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Guidelines in 2026: What’s New and Why? | 204 ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Plumbing the Depths – the Hidden World of Waterborne Pathogens in Healthcare | 201
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | meetID Debrief Breakfast | TBD (invitation only)
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | PIDS Foundation Lounge Open | TBD
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | PIDS Booth Open | Expo Hall
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Dual Crises, Shared Solutions: Novel Care Delivery Models at the Intersection of HIV and Substance Abuse | 150 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | ESPID/PIDS Joint Symposium: Neonatal Sepsis Without Borders – Novel Insights from Experts Across the Ocean | 151 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Join the Resistance 102: Connecting the Dots Between In Vitro, In Vivo & Clinical Outcomes | 152 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | You Want to Put the Antibiotic WHERE? Exploring Off-Label Routes of Administration and Novel Delivery Methods for Challenging Infections (Part 2) | 147 AB
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Pediatric ID Division Chiefs Networking Hour | PIDS Foundation Lounge
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | JPIDS Associate Editor Luncheon | TBD (invitation only)
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Emerging Infections from a One Health Lens | 152 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | “HOT” Topics in Pediatric Infectious Diseases | 207 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Next Generation Sequencing in Infectious Diseases Clinical Care – What Does the Evidence Show? | 144 ABC
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | When IV Is Not an Option: Ethics, Economics, and Real-Life Questions in Treating Infections in People Who Use Drugs | 146 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Bad Bacteria: From Acquisition to Control | 147 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Challenging Cases in Transplant ID | 146 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Heat, Humidity, Host: How Climate Change Rewrites ID Risk | 152 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | State of the ART HIV Prevention | 202 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | The Second Battle – Saving the Host By Reducing Post-Infection Morbidity and Mortality | 145 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Viral Encephalitis Updates So Good Your Brain Might Leak Out (But in a Good Way!) | 150 AB
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Stanley A. Plotkin Lecture in Vaccinology | Ballroom ABC
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | PIDS Membership Meeting | Ballroom ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Back to Reality: Will My ID Recommendations Work at Discharge? | 143 ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Connecting Continents: Shared Challenges and Contrasting Customs in Peds ID | 204 ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Controversies in Medical Education | 201
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Futile Care or Not? Optimizing Antimicrobial Use at the End of Life | 209 ABC
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Leveraging Sequencing Strategies for Public Health Surveillance | 102 AB
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Public Health Departments Driving Statewide Antibiotic and Diagnostic Stewardship | 151 AB
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Spore Wars: New Antifungals in the Pipeline | 103 AB
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | PIDS Foundation Lounge Open | TBD
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | PIDS Booth Open | Expo Hall
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Dissemination and Implementation Science at Work in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Stewardship | 146 ABC
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Enteric Vaccines: Celebrating the Past and Planning the Future | Ballroom ABC
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Is This Infectious? Pediatric Physicians Scientists on the Case! | 204 ABC
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Join the Resistance 103: Drugging Undruggable Gram-Positive Bacteria | 152 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Outbreak Lessons from Latin America | 202 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Pre-Emptive Strikes: Treating Bacterial Vaginosis Partner and Oral Vancomycin Prophylaxis | 207 AB
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | We Got Your Back: Managing Postoperative Spinal Infections | 151 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Off the Beaten Path: Stewardship in Non-Traditional Settings | 150 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Transforming Public Health: From Community Action to Complex Interventions | 151 AB
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Viral Infections with Novel Antineoplastic Treatments | 144 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Expanding Our OPAT Offerings | 146 ABC
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Innovations in Diagnosing and Managing Fungal Infections | 150 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Innovations in Diagnostic Stewardship | 152 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Management of the Maternal-Fetal Dyad: Working Together to Reduce the Impact of Reproductive and Congenital Infections | 151 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Safe Living After Hematopoietic Transplant and Solid Organ Transplant | 147 AB
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | So Many Ways to Break an Immune System: Host Dysregulation, Modern Immunosuppressants, and the Opportunistic Infections That Slip in Through the Cracks | 207 AB
4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | ID BugBowl | Ballroom ABC
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