Our collective efforts to join forces to tackle TB head-on and complete the picture of a TB-free world kick off right here.
TB Management
 

Global TB Summit
 

As tuberculosis (TB) continues to affect millions worldwide, our fight against TB carries through the Global TB Clinical and Educational Summit. The summit has been at the forefront of the fight against TB for over a decade.

Last year, we saw an incredible gathering of 5000 attendees from 120 countries — all united in their commitment to tackling TB. Together with over 20 TB experts, we delved into the latest research and best practices in TB management.

We’re thrilled to announce the 2023 edition of the Global TB Summit. The summit this year is:

  • On October 17–19
  • Online and on-site in London (October 19)
  • Free to register and attend
  • CPD- and CME-accredited

Embracing the theme "Tackling TB together: From awareness to action," our goal this year is to bridge the gap between knowledge and tangible measures for TB management — piece by piece.

Are you ready to piece together a complete picture of a TB-free world with us?
Join us as we tackle TB at the Global TB Summit 2023 — piece by piece.

Can’t attend live? No worries. Register now, and we'll send you the recording after the event.

From awareness to action: What does it mean?

Together, we'll complete the picture of a TB-free world, starting with spreading awareness and culminating in impactful actions. Join us on this incredible journey.

  • Awareness

    We’ll host talks and panel discussions with TB experts and survivors to spread knowledge about TB.

    Get ready to learn and be inspired.

    We’ll host talks and panel discussions with TB experts and survivors to spread knowledge about TB.
  • Advocacy

    We’ll engage with healthcare professionals and policymakers to draw attention to TB-related challenges.

    Let's make some noise and get things moving.

    We’ll engage with healthcare professionals and policymakers to draw attention to TB-related challenges.
  • Action

    Through this CPD- and CME-accredited educational event, we’ll empower clinicians and patients to take action at their own levels.

    Together, we've got the power to make a real difference.

    Through this CPD- and CME-accredited educational event, we’ll empower clinicians and patients to take action at their own levels
  • From awareness to action: The full picture

    Our collective efforts to join forces to tackle TB head-on and complete the picture of a TB-free world kick off right here.

    It all starts with the Global TB Summit.

    Our collective efforts to join forces to tackle TB head-on and complete the picture of a TB-free world kick off right here.
  • We’ll host talks and panel discussions with TB experts and survivors to spread knowledge about TB.
    Awareness
  • We’ll engage with healthcare professionals and policymakers to draw attention to TB-related challenges.
    Advocacy
  • Through this CPD- and CME-accredited educational event, we’ll empower clinicians and patients to take action at their own levels
    Action
  • Our collective efforts to join forces to tackle TB head-on and complete the picture of a TB-free world kick off right here.
    From awareness to action: The full picture
Browse through the agenda for this year's program. If you can't make it to the live event on October 17–19, no worries. You'll have the chance to watch all the talks on-demand at your own convenience.
Time (in CET) Topic Speaker
14:00–14:15 Welcome to Day 1 Prof. Onn Min Kon, Consultant Respiratory
Physician, Imperial College, England
14:15–14:45 Tuberculosis prevention and care
across countries: WHO’s guidelines
and recourses
Dr. Andrei Dadu, Medical Officer,
Tuberculosis Unit (TBU), WHO
14:45–15:15 Ending TB by 2035 – community effort,
advances in science and innovation
and financial support
TBA
15:15–15:45 TB and forced displacement – actual landscape TBA
15:45–16:15 The health of forced migrants – social system & communities TBA
16:15–16:45 Emerging Tools and concepts in TB laboratory
diagnostics – Whole Genome Sequence/NGS
Prof. Tim Walker, Oxford University
Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam
16:45–17:15 Novel short regiments: Truncate
TB Trial – 2 months regime
Prof. Nick. Paton, School of Medicine,
NUHS, Singapore
17:15–17:45 Biomarkers and novel tests for TB risk,
active TB disease and treatment response
Prof. Jayne Sutherland, Head of the TB
Case-Contact Platform,
MRC Gambia, LSHTM, England
17:45–18:00 Recap and close of Day 1
Time (in CET) Topic Speaker
09:00–09:10 Welcome to Day 2 (APEC) Prof. Onn Min Kon, Consultant Respiratory
Physician, Imperial College, England
09:10–09:40 Isoniazid monoresistance – does it matter? Prof. Jann-Yuan Wang, Division of Chest,
Department of Internal Medicine,
National Taiwan University Hospital
09:40–10:10 Tuberculosis trends and national policies
in South Korea and financial support
Prof. Min Jin Soo, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital,
Member of Private Public Mix (PPM),
Tuberculosis Control Program, South Korea
10:10–10:50 Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus among patients
with TB in Korea, a nationwide
cohort study
Prof. Kang Young Ae, Pulmonologist, Yonsei
University Health System Severance
Hospital, South Korea
10:50–10:55 Break
10:55–11:40 The evolution and evidence-based approach
to assess the risk of tuberculosis
among visitors and migrants to Australia
Dr. Gabriella Scandurra, Chief Research
Officer, University of Sydney, Australia
11:40–12:10 TB & pediatrics Dr. Nakahashi, Amagasaki Medical Center
Pediatrics, Hyogo, Japan
12:10–12:40 Enhancing access to TB infection testing
using IGRA – a collaborative approach
Dr. K.S. Sachdeva, Regional Director,
International Union Against TB
and Lung Disease (The Union), India
12:40–12:50 Recap and close (APEC)
14:00–14:15 Welcome to Day 2 (Americas)
14:15–14:45 Cost Effectiveness of IGRAs
and testing implementation
Prof. Jonathan Golub, Prof. of Medicine,
Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA 
14:45–15:15 An overview of the latent
TB landscape in the US
TBA
15:15–15:45 TB and pediatrics Dr. Leonardo Martinez, Assistant Professor
in the Department of Epidemiology
at Boston University, USA
15:45–16:15 Migrant & Refugee Testing – preventing
TB in an ever-changing population
Dr. Alawode Oladele, Consultant Physician,
Emory University Hospital, USA
16:15–17:00 Break
17:00–17:30 Expanding access to detect,
test and treat TB
TBA
17:30–18:00 Multi-sectoral engagement towards
ending TB Brazil
Dr. Nicole Menezes de Souza,
Technic Consultant,
National TB Program and Control, Brazil
18:00–18:30 First steps and challenges – IGRA laboratory
network implementation to detect
LTBI in Sao Paulo/Brazil
Dr. Erica Chimara Silva, microbiologist and scientific
researcher at Institute Adolfo Lutz (IAL),
Head of the Tuberculosis and Mycobacteriosis Lab
18:30–19:00 Community efforts to prevent TB Dr. Matthew Sunders, Clinical Fellow,
NIHR and Collaborator at the Universidad
Peruana Cayteano Heredia
and Universidad Privada Boliviana
Time (in CET) Topic Speaker
10:15–10:30 Welcome to Day 3 Prof. Onn Min Kon, Consultant Respiratory
Physician, Imperial College, England
10:30–11:00 TB Nation history - from respiratory
sanatoriums, the evolution of
diagnosis methods and actual unmet needs
TBA
11:00–11:45 Retaking the fight against TB after
the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Esther Robinson, Head of the TB
Unit, UK Health Security Agency, England
and Lynn Altass, National TB Program
Manager, NHS, England
11:45–12:15 An update on MDR TB therapies – PRACTECAL
and ZENIX studies
Dr. Nyang’wa, Medical Director,
Médecins Sans Frontières Operational
Centre Amsterdam, Netherlands
12:15–12:45 Break
12:45–13:15 TB and HIV Prof. Robert Wilkinson, Infectious Disease
Consultant, Imperial College London,
England
13:15–13:45 Immune check-point inhibitors
and TB: An under-appreciated risk?
Prof. Paul Elkington, Respiratory Physician,
South Hampton University, England
13:45–14:15 Causes, timings and clinical features
of tuberculosis-associated deaths
in a low-incidence country
Dr. Jessica Barrett, Imperial College London,
England
14:15–15:30 Networking and lunch
15:30–16:00 TB and pediatrics Dr. James Seddon, Consultant Respiratory
Physician, Imperial College London,
England
16:00–16:30 Prevalence and factors associated
with TB among the mining communities
TBA
16:30–17:30 TB case studies (3 cases – 20 min each) Dr. Ed Moran, Consultant in Infectious Disease,
North Bristol Hospital, England
Dr. Moerida Belton, Consultant Respiratory Physician,
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, England
Dr. Anne Dunleavy, Consultant Respiratory Physician,
St. Georges University Hospital, England
17:30–17:50 Coffee break
17:50–18:20 TB victims: lives affected by TB TBA
18:20–18:35 A tribute to nurses: highlighting
their dedication to fight TB
TBA
18:35–18:45 Final remarks and close of the summit
 
  • Prof. Onn Min Kon

    Prof. Kon is a Respiratory Physician and Head of Service for TB at Imperial College London Healthcare NHS Trust. He is also Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He is the chair of the UK National MDRTB Clinical Advice Service and the British Thoracic Society Joint Tuberculosis Committee. His research interests include the clinical and immune diagnosis of TB and the delivery of care and management of the disease. 

    TB Summit 2023  speaker - OmniMinKon
  • Dr. Leonardo Martinez
    Dr. Martinez is a faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. He uses epidemiological and quantitative approaches to study high-risk populations in high tuberculosis burden settings. These include children, incarcerated persons, and persons living with HIV or diabetes.
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - Leonadro Martinez
  • Prof. Jayne Sutherland
    Prof. Sutherland is the head of the MRC Gambia TB research group which consists of the TB case-contact (TBCC) cohort and the TB immunology laboratory. At the summit, she will present data on transcriptomic and proteomic signatures across the spectrum of TB infection, disease and treatment response. In addition, she will share data on novel tests for TB translated from early biomarker studies.
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - Jane Sutherland
  • Prof. Paul Elkington
    Paul Elkington is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southampton and Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine. His talk at the summit, “Immune check-point inhibitors and TB,” will describe the evidence that cancer immunotherapies can increase tuberculosis reactivation, discuss the underlying mechanism, and conclude with the implications for clinicians.
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - Elkington
  • Dr. Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa
    Dr. Nyang'wa is a British-Malawian Medical Director of Médecins Sans Frontières and Chief Investigator of TB-PRACTECAL - a phase II-III MDR-TB clinical trial pivotal in the change of WHO guidelines for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant TB. The WHO has recently recommended BPaL(M), a six-month all-oral regimen for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant TB. In his talk, he’ll summarize the efficacy, safety and economic evidence from the NiX, ZeNiX and TB-PRACTECAL clinical trials supporting this recommendation.
    TB Summit 2023 Speaker - Ben Nwang
  • Dr. James Seddon
    Dr. Seddon is a Reader in Global Child Health at Imperial College London, an Associate Professor at Stellenbosch University, and a Consultant in Pediatrics Infectious Diseases at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. His talk, “An update in TB & Pediatrics,” will discuss new diagnostic approaches, including stool microbiology and the use of treatment decision algorithms, the use of shortened treatment for non-severe disease, optimized therapy for TBM, new drugs and regimens for children with MDR-TB and new models of care.
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - James Seddon
  • Dr. Nicole Menezes de Souza
    Dr. Menezes de Souza is a Pharmaceutical Biochemistry Specialist in Pharmaceutical Care Management and has Master's in Biotechnology and Biosciences, with a concentration in Cellular and Molecular Biology, focused on MTB. In her talk at the summit, she’ll focus on the evidence for BPaL-based rifampicin-resistant TB treatment.
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - Nicole Menezes
  • Lynn Altass
    Ms. Altass is the NHS England lead for the TB program. She co-authored, with UKHSA, the TB Action Plan for England, 2021 –2026. Her main focus is ensuring the delivery of the latent TB testing and treatment program for NHS England, plus supporting TB services and commissioners to provide TB services that best meet patients’ needs. This includes the initiation in 2023 of the ‘Get It Right First Time’ (GIRFT) TB Project, which ensures that a patient receives equally timely and effective investigations, treatment and outcomes. At the summit, she’ll talk about “Retaking the fight against TB after the COVID-19 pandemic.”
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - Lynn Atlass
  • Dr. Esther Robinson
    Dr. Robinson is the head of UKHSA’s national TB unit, a consultant clinical microbiologist and clinical lead for the National Mycobacterial Reference Service. She is the mycobacterial theme lead for the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in collaboration with UKHSA and Imperial College, London. She has ongoing research interests in mycobacterial diagnostics and public health, including whole-genome sequencing, TB transmission and non-tuberculous mycobacteria. At the summit, she’ll talk about “Retaking the fight against TB after the COVID-19 pandemic.”
    TB Summit 2023 speaker - Esther Robinson
  • TB Summit 2023  speaker - OmniMinKon
    Prof. Onn Min Kon
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - Leonadro Martinez
    Dr. Leonardo Martinez
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - Jane Sutherland
    Prof. Jayne Sutherland
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - Elkington
    Prof. Paul Elkington
  • TB Summit 2023 Speaker - Ben Nwang
    Dr. Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - James Seddon
    Dr. James Seddon
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - Nicole Menezes
    Dr. Nicole Menezes de Souza
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - Lynn Atlass
    Lynn Altass
  • TB Summit 2023 speaker - Esther Robinson
    Dr. Esther Robinson
 
Want to connect with TB experts and advocates and learn the latest about TB?
Join us as we tackle TB at the Global TB Summit 2023 — piece by piece.

Can’t attend live? No worries. Register now, and we'll send you the recording after the event.