Dr. Maarten B.M. van Dongen is a widely acknowledged Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) expert and founder of Netherlands based AMR Insights BV. Maarten is a Molecular & Medical Microbiologist by origin. He has worked for the international Pharma and Biopharma industry and has extensively advised on Life Sciences and innovation. In 2017 he founded AMR Insights to add to combating AMR in the One Health perspective. AMR Insights informs, educates and connects professionals involved in AMR. It has set up a professional , worldwide network of over 550 Ambassadors, including scientists, health workers, policy makers and industry people in some 60 countries. AMR Insights has developed into a global information platform and coordinating competence center on AMR. Maarten is committed to eliminating AMR because he does not accept that millions of people need to die as a result of resistant bacteria.