Who should attend IDWeek?

IDWeek is geared toward healthcare professionals in infectious diseases and healthcare epidemiology and prevention, including researchers, clinicians, quality and patient safety practitioners, epidemiologists, pharmacists, and public health officials, including those who see HIV and pediatric patients. It is a must-attend meeting for professionals who want to stay current, apply state-of-the art science to clinical care, and excel in their own careers.

Registration

IDWeek 2021 will be a virtual event, from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2021. Satellite symposia and presentation theaters will begin on Sept. 13. 

Registration

IDWeek will be held in the San Diego Convention Center, located at 111 W. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101, from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2021. IDWeek events will also take place in some nearby hotels. Hotel reservations and registration services will likely be available in the second quarter of 2021.

Housing and Travel

Mentorship Program

Created in 2014, the IDWeek Mentorship Program was developed to provide a platform for more ID mentorship opportunities. The program provides mentees with access to both leaders in the field of ID and the academic support they need to create their imprint on the ID community. The impact of this program will have long-lasting benefits.

This program focuses on effective mentor and mentee interactions by incorporating three key elements in our program: support, education and a vision of the mentee’s future career. Mentors help mentees to think strategically about their careers and provide insightful guidance for mentees during the varying stages of their career development. Through this program, mentees will apply to be matched with a mentor that works in a focus area in which the mentee has an interest.

Mentees must be medical students, residents and/or fellows or PharmD student, PharmD residents, and/or PharmD fellows from an accredited medical school, residency, or ID fellowship training program in the United States, Mexico, or Canada. Mentees must also be registered for IDWeek.

Mentors must be post-fellowship and registered for IDWeek.

The application period will open in the summer of 2021. Please direct all questions about the program to IDWeekMentorship@IDSociety.org.

“Having my mentor guide me during IDWeek was so helpful. We talked about the seminars I should attend and she introduced me to faculty at one of the institutions to which I will be applying.”

“It’s incredibly helpful to have access to this powerful network.”

“It was really exciting being matched with a member of the IDSA Board of Directors. He spent a lot of time answering my questions.”

IDBugBowl

Come watch teams of your fellow medical students and residents compete in the IDBugBowl trivia showdown!

Policies

IDWeek is dedicated to providing a harassment-free event experience for everyone regardless of color, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion. IDWeek does not tolerate harassment or bullying of conference participants, staff clients or any affiliate.

Harassment includes verbal, written or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility toward an individual based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law, Harassment is defined as behavior that is severe or pervasive enough to create an environment that a reasonable person would consider to be intimidating, hostile, offensive or abusive. Examples include but are not limited to commenting on or making fun of a person’s religious beliefs, using racially biased epithets, stalking or deliberate intimidation.

Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, comments, gestures, or contact of a sexual nature whether on a one-time basis or in a continuous series of incidents that might reasonably be expected to offend or embarrass an individual. Some examples of sexual harassment include, but are not limited to offensive comments, inappropriate touching, engaging in derogatory stereotypes about members of a particular gender, telling obscene jokes, discussing sexual activities, the use of sexual language and imagery, accessing pornographic internet sites while on IDWeek premises and network or offering professional advantages, coercion or attempted coercion in return for sexual favors.

Prohibited Conduct: IDWeek is committed to inclusion, equity, professional treatment of ideas, and respectful treatment of all conference participants, staff clients or any affiliate at all IDWeek events and seek to provide a professional atmosphere in which diverse participants may learn, network, and participate in an environment of mutual respect. Conduct that is prohibited includes:

Harassment or intimidation based on any of the protected characteristics enumerated above or protected by law.
Sexual harassment or intimidation, including unwelcome sexual attention, stalking, or unsolicited physical contact.
Harassment, intimidation, or coercion based upon a position as a board member, committee member or any position of influence.
Abusive, lewd, or threatening conduct.
Bullying, harassment or unprofessional conduct toward conference participants, staff clients or any affiliate of IDWeek
Physical violence or threats of violence.
Sexually charged communications or conduct.

Conference participants violating these standards may be sanctioned or expelled from IDWeek events at the discretion of the conference organizers and/or IDWeek leadership.

Any person who believes that he or she is the victim of inappropriate conduct, including sexual or other forms of harassment or bullying, or that a colleague or IDWeek affiliate has been the subject of harassment, should promptly report the incident to IDWeek staff at 703-740-4961 or IDWeek staff on premises, identifiable by yellow lanyards with red “staff” ribbons. If the complaint involves IDWeek’s CEO or Board of Directors, the complaint should be reported to the VP of Organizational Development at 703-740-4960. All involved parties should take care to keep concerns confidential and only disclose information on a need-to-know basis.

All concerns will be treated seriously. IDWeek will conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of all the circumstances surrounding the alleged incident and will keep the complaint and investigation confidential to the extent practicable. If the investigation leads IDWeek to conclude that an individual has committed an act of harassment, that individual will be subject to appropriate action, up to and including expulsion from the event premises.