A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize a public workshop to explore the current burden of antimicrobial resistance and discuss opportunities for future policies in the context of new scientific innovations and potential disruptions from proposed and pilot incentive mechanisms. The workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions that may consider topics, including:

1. Assessment of the current clinical and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance, including an overview of emerging challenges, efforts to improve data availability and analytical methods, and examination of the impact antimicrobials have as the foundation of modern medicine and their role in strengthening public health preparedness and response to health emergencies.
2. Highlights in scientific progress in developing new therapeutics to address antimicrobial resistant pathogens, including discussions around technical challenges, financial costs, and market viability.
3. Innovative incentive models and policy options (proposed or pilot programs) that address antimicrobial resistance, including discussions around: barriers for implementation and how these barriers may be overcome, how incentives mechanisms can be adapted to national or regional contexts, how these approaches might complement each other, and considerations of roll out of and sustainable access to novel antimicrobial agents.

The planning committee will organize the workshop, develop the agenda, select speakers and discussants, and moderate or identify moderators for the discussions. A proceedings summarizing the presentations and discussions held during this workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.