• Thomas Walsh: Risk factors and clinical manifestations of fungal infections in neonates • Lena Klingspor: The importance of Candida and other yeast infections in neonates: epidemiology data and diagnostic options • Iris Pejicic: Incidence and risk factors for invasive candidiasis in neonatal intensive care unit in the institute of neonatology in Belgrade,Serbia • Niranjan Nayak: Molecular characterization,virulence determinants and antifungal susceptibility pattern of Trichosporon asahii isolates from new born babies in Nepal.

SSMM message: Predrag Minic – The excellence in science and role of knowledge in solving today’s problems of fungal diseases; FEMS message: Branka Vasiljevic – Role of FEMS in the promoting excellence in microbiology.