Explore pathogen emergence, adaptation and transmission and how RNA viruses cross species barriers in this keynote lecture from Edward Holmes. You can read more about him and his talk on our website, and be sure to attend the lecture during ESCMID Global 2026.

Science & Research

Attend this high-level AMR event comprised of two interactive workshops followed by a plenary session with an opening by WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WOAH Director-General, Emmanuelle Soubeyran. The final programme is now available on our website.

Selected ESCMID Study Groups are hosting elections for their executive committee positions. All ESCMID members are able to join these working groups, and if you are already a Study Group member, you are encouraged to cast your vote for your executive committee today!

Education

Discover the fundamentals of conducting systematic reviews appropriately and the statistical concepts of meta-analysis, with a focus on infectious diseases, clinical microbiology and infection control. This course is perfect for researchers with no prior experience.

Join this immersive onsite learning experience where participants will gain firsthand insights into the design, implementation and impact of an antimicrobial stewardship programme in a specific setting characterised by a low rate of multidrug-resistant organisms.

Congress & Events

You can view all submitted pieces of original art from around the ESCMID community compiled in the recently published art book. Congratulations to this year’s winners whose work excellently highlighted the topic of “Food Safety”.

10 congress attendees who will travel the greatest distance by public transport will each receive €100 in recognition of their commitment to sustainable travel. Learn more and apply before the deadline of 02 March!

Guidelines & Journals

Hosts Erin McCreary and Angela Huttner invite two veteran authors of guidelines and guidances, Pranita Tamma and Benedikt Huttner. Together, they explore the complex landscape of developing and implementing guidelines.

This week highlights a rapidly escalating Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria, the emergence of clade Ib mpox in Austria signalling further spread of this more severe variant into Europe, and continued measles outbreaks with notable mortality in Mexico, the UK, and the US. Chikungunya activity persists across the Americas, while Mozambique faces concurrent malaria and cholera crises.

Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitors, Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases, and Bloodstream Infections: Results from a Nationwide Case-Control Study

Physiology, Host Directed Therapies and personalised medicine for Tuberculosis