The International Consortium for Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC) has become an established entity in the field of international Infection Control and Prevention meetings, with an average of 1200 participants from 100plus countries for the prior 4 meetings. ICPIC2019 will again collaborate with various relevant international agencies and societies to mobilise even more world experts and key opinion leaders to share their knowledge and expertise. The most resonating topics will be addressed, including antimicrobial resistance, catheter-related bloodstream infection, quality of patient care, advanced methods in hospital epidemiology research and early results of major clinical trials in the field, improving prevention strategies using various implementation tools, as well as social media, telemedicine, and simulation models. ICPIC2019 keynotes, symposia, Pro-Con debates, free-papers and meet-the-expert sessions will continue, as will the unique and very popular ICPIC Innovation Academy and ICPIC Clip Award. Pursuing its mission of improving patient’s safety everywhere at any time, ICPIC2019 aims to bring the patient to the conversation table. Our goal is for the ICPIC2019 programme to be patient-inclusive, which means patients are invited to attend!