Summary: AAMI, in conjunction with the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), has announced a call for abstracts for the 2025 Kilmer Conference, themed “Next Generation Microbiological Quality and Sterility Assurance,” scheduled for February 3-6, 2025, in Orlando, Fla. Submissions should address innovations in sterilization, microbiological quality, and related fields, with a deadline of August 31, 2024.

Key Takeaways

  1. Conference Theme: The 2025 Kilmer Conference will focus on “Next Generation Microbiological Quality and Sterility Assurance.”
  2. Abstract Submission: Topics include emerging technologies, quality control, regulatory pathways, and more, with a submission deadline of August 31, 2024.

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) and the Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) announced a call for abstracts for sessions and posters for the 2025 Kilmer Conference. The conference will be held from Feb. 3-6, 2025, in Orlando, Fla.

Conference Theme

The theme for the 2025 Kilmer Conference is Next Generation Microbiological Quality and Sterility Assurance. AAMI is seeking submissions that reflect this theme and address topics related to industry innovations in sterilization, sterility assurance, and microbiological quality for medical devices and pharmaceuticals, including but not limited to the following areas:

  • Emerging technologies or approaches for cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization
  • Microbiological quality control, aseptic and sterilization process validation and monitoring
  • Microbiological or alternative testing methods
  • Sterilization processes and modalities
  • Pathways to facilitate or innovate regulatory approvals
  • Quality control and assurance
  • Materials compatibility
  • Device and drug product packaging innovation
  • Application of process control or parametric approaches
  • Successes in industry-academia research partnerships
  • Industry approaches and innovations for infection prevention and contamination control in clinical settings
  • Sustainability
  • Leveraging lessons from pandemics (e.g., supply chain)
  • Career development

Submission Details

Abstracts should be submitted by August 31. If your proposal is accepted, you will be notified by October 1. Note that most sessions at the 2025 Kilmer Conference will be between fifteen and twenty minutes, and single presenters are preferred. Proposals not accepted for a session presentation may still be considered for a poster presentation.