Events

On December 9, 2025, the third edition of the 2025 Online Update on Hygiene and Infection Prevention will take place, focusing on diagnostics. As part of the HIHeal (Hygiene, Infection & Health) next level innovation network, this event is being jointly organized by Life Science Nord, the Hospital Hygiene Department at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, and the DR. BRILL INSTITUTE. The following three presentations are planned:

We are pleased to announce that Elena Perabo (Study Director Ecotoxicology, Hydrotox) will be a speaker at this year's Biocides Europe. The renowned conference will take place on December 1–2, 2025, in Vienna, Austria, bringing together leading experts from industry, science, and regulatory authorities to discuss the latest developments in biocide regulation and research. Elena Perabo will give her presentation entitled “Efficacy evaluation of algicides” on December 2 at 16:05 as part of the session “Important efficacy updates.” Further information on registration and the conference program can be found HERE.

The program for our 11th Conference of Applied Hygiene, Microbiology and Virology 2025 has just been released, and registration is now open! After last year's big anniversary of our successful annual CAHMV, we have again several program highlights for you this year: For the first time since 2019, the CAHMV 2025 begins with a workshop. This workshop entitled "Efficacy testing of antimicrobial products" will include video insights from our testing labs - an absolute premiere you should not miss! Keynote speakers of the CAHMV 2025 are Professor Dr. Martin Exner with a lecture on the impact of water quality on infection prevention and control in health care systems, and Professor Dr. Andreas Voss with his lecture on current developments with influence on infection prevention from AI to Environmental Protection. Dr. Florian H. H. Brill starts the second conference day with his legendary presentation on the latest developments in the efficacy evaluation of antimicrobial products. Professor Dr. Eike Steinmann and Professor Dr. Jörg Steinmann are chairs of the extensive Session "Hot topics Infection Prevention & Control" with a large number of also exciting presentations. Regarding BPR, you can look forward to a session entitled "Current Regulatory Developments BPR" and to a lively panel discussion "Assessment for antimicrobial products - Are we valuing the importance of biocidal products sufficiently with the current BPR?". The program will be completed by Dr. Dirk Bockmühl's sessions on "Hygiene in Households". Take the chance to participate in this year's edition of our CAHMV with us: Several colleagues from our Institutes will also be present and are already looking forward to meeting you in person during one of the breakes. Therefore, on 27 + 28 November 2025, we welcome you again at the AMERON Hamburg Hotel Speicherstadt, as well as for a nice pre-Christmas evening program and dinner. Online participation is also possible (not for the BPR session on Friday!). The form for your registration and the content-rich full lecture program is available on our website www.cahmv.com.

Meet DR. BRILL INSTITUTES at MEDICA 2025! The world's most important and largest medical trade fair will take place this year from November 17 to 20, 2025, as always in Düsseldorf. Take advantage of your visit to MEDICA to talk to us in person. Dr. Florian Brill and Dr. Kerstin Walendy-Gnirß will be on site for the first two and three days of the fair, respectively. You are welcome to make an appointment now, preferably by emailing info@brillhygiene.com. We look forward to meeting you or seeing you again in Düsseldorf! You can find all further information about MEDICA here: Link

A poster co-authored by Dr. Florian H. H. Brill was presented at the ACIPC International Conference in Australia. Title: “In Vivo Assessment of ABHR Dose Size on Antimicrobial Efficacy – 1.5mL is Optimal.”

Biofilme sind ein allgegenwärtiges Thema in der Lebensmittelproduktion und beschäftigen Hersteller von Maschinen und Anlagen, Reinigungs- und Desinfektionsmitteln, sowie Verarbeiter von Lebensmitteln. Um Einblicke in aktuelle Themen zu Aspekten aus regulatorischer, wissenschaftlicher und praktischer Sicht zu gewinnen, sind Sie recht herzlich zur Veranstaltung von kostenlosen Biofilm-Fachvorträgen im Rahmen des User Committee Meetings des CORNET II-Projekts „Biomitate2“ eingeladen.

From 21st to 22nd October 2025, the CRO days (Contract research organisation days) took place for the second time in Helsinki, with Andrea Brunswik-Titze from Hydrotox GmbH attending. The meeting was organised by the ECHA (European Chemical Agency) and was addressed to CROs from the OECD region in order to promote exchange between regulatory authorities and testing laboratories. A total of 27 CROs from the EU, Ukraine, the UK, Switzerland, the USA, India and Japan attended the meeting to discuss regulatory requirements as well as the technical challenges involved in conducting ecotoxicological studies and biodegradability studies for REACH purposes. The topics focused on substances that are difficult to test in aquatic toxicity tests, simulation studies on degradation and bioaccumulation, and the importance of test material characterization and analytical challenges. The exchange was considered very valuable by both ECHA and the CROs, and further meetings of this kind are to follow in the future.