ICAR will provide a new forum in Europe for the presentation, exchange and dissemination of information and experiences on anti-microbe strategies (against bacteria, fungi or protozoans),   in biotic or abiotic environments, in planktonic or adhered states, in biologically specific or unspecific ways, in vitro or in vivo, in a general context marked by the threat posed by the increasing antimicrobial resistance of pathogenic microorganisms. “Anti” is here taken in a wide sense as “against   cell cycle, adhesion, or communication”, when harmful for human health (infectious diseases, chemotherapy...) and/or industry/economy (food, biomedicine, agriculture, livestock, biotechnology, water systems...). It will include topics on antimicrobial resistance, (early) microbial and resistance detection, enhancement of innate defences against pathogens, as well as methods & techniques. Topics will include:Antimicrobial chemistry (experimental and computational). Analytical detection of antibiotics in complex samples.Antimicrobial natural products.Antimicrobials mechanisms of action.Methods and Techniques.Antimicrobial resistance. Superbugs. Multi-resistant strains. Emerging and re-emerging pathogens.Antimicrobial microbes.Antimicrobial viruses.Antimicrobial materials science and surface chemistry. Biofilms.Antimicrobials in consumer products.Antimicrobial physics.Non-antibiotic biocides. Hygiene and Sterilizing.Techniques and Methods.The Intelligent war.Strengthening of innate immune system as antimicrobial strategy.Antimicrobials evaluation. Pre-clinical and clinical trials.Public awareness, learning & teaching, influence on policy-makers.Regional regulatory frameworks and experiences on antimicrobials.