This meeting aims to bring together researchers from the seven continents to explore the infectious diseases currently being addressed across the globe. Some of them prevalent, such as malaria, HIV, COVID, TB and others are more neglected, emerging or rare. A large part of the vision of the meeting will focus on collaborations in research, through academia, industry and the management of science communication. We will highlight how the scientific world broke down silos during this current pandemic and the implications of this as we prepare for the next one and how science could be conducted as we battle all diseases. Part of the global theme of the conference will be reflected in poster sessions organized by continents and afflictions. In addition, we propose special panel discussions featuring adjacent topics to the meeting.