In an Essity-sponsored symposium, entitled 'Antimicrobial resistance-is wound care prepared?', four key opinion leaders discussed the difficult journey to managing antimicrobial resistance within wound care at the global and local levels, backed up by the latest research. Peter Bradley summarises the main points they presented at the EWMA 2020 Virtual Conference. This article offers an introduction to the symposium, Antimicrobial resistance-is wound care prepared?, held on 18 November 2020, as part of the EWMA 2020 Virtual Conference. There were four speakers. Claire Kilpatrick, Director, S3 Global and Consultant to the World Health Organization, spoke on 'Preventing infections and managing antibiotic use-tackling a crisis for the health of nations'. The topic of Karen Ousey, Professor of Skin Integrity, Director for the Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield, was 'Antimicrobial stewardship in wound management-less words more action'. Finally, Hadar Lev-Tov, Assistant Professor, and Irena Pastar, Associate Professor, both of the Dr Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami, gave a talk on 'Silver-resistant bacteria in venous leg ulcers? First results of an exploratory study'.