Welcome to ESCAIDE 2026, the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology, taking place November 18-20, 2026, in Stockholm and online. Whether you join us in person or virtually, you will have the opportunity to engage with a diverse network of professionals, learn from leading experts in the field, and contribute to important discussions on the latest developments in infectious disease epidemiology. 

Participation details:

  • Participation is free-of-charge.
  • In-person registration: Capacity has been reached, and a waiting list is now open. (Please note: Participants who have received a registration code may still complete their in-person registration).
  • Online registration: Remains open until the conference days.

 

Both in-person and online participants will have access to the online conference platform.

Please fill out this registration form to secure your online spot, register with an access code, or join the in-person waiting list. If your plans to attend change or you have any other questions, please use the Contact form linked above to get in touch with us.

Registration code

Important: If you are a speaker, abstract presenter, or an ECDC-funded participant, you must enter the registration code provided to you by ECDC.

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FAQ

How much does ESCAIDE registration cost?

Registration for ESCAIDE 2026 is free of charge, for both in-person and online participants.

ESCAIDE 2026 will take place from 18-20 November, 2026. Find the latest information on the programme, including pre-conference workshops, on the ESCAIDE website: ESCAIDE 2026 Programme

ESCAIDE 2026 will take place as a hybrid conference, online and in Stockholm, Sweden.

The venue in Stockholm is the Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, located a 5-minute walk from the Central Station.

The online conference will be hosted on the online conference platform; registered participants will receive an email with a link to the platform in the days preceding the start of the conference.

You can submit a question or request through the Contact Form linked above. Please note that registrations cannot be transferred from one participant to another or switched from online to on-site attendance.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to switch from online to on-site attendance unless you have received a registration code.

Please submit a request to cancel your registration through the Contact Form linked above. Please note that even if you are unavailable during the conference days, you can still remain registered and re-visit the session recordings at a later date.

All sessions, aside from Poster tours and selected side sessions, will be recorded and remain available on the conference platform after the conference. Plenary sessions and thematic sessions will also be published on ECDC’s YouTube channel.

All sessions, aside from Poster tours and selected side sessions, are available to online participants.

If you are only able to attend one or two days of the conference in person, you should register for on-site attendance for those days, and you will be able to attend the remaining day(s) remotely, through the conference online platform

If you are an abstract presenter, speaker or other invited guest, you should have received a registration code by email. Please contact the ESCAIDE team ([email protected]) or your contact point at ECDC.

Please contact the ESCAIDE team by email ([email protected]), or refer to the guidelines for abstract presentation on the ESCAIDE website.

Abstract presenter changes are possible until 14 September. To request a change in abstract presenters, please use the Contact Form linked above, stating the abstract ID, the name of the previous presenter and the name and email address of the new presenter.

Please note that only co-authors listed in the original abstract submission can act as presenters.

Financial support to cover travel and accommodation costs is available for eligible abstract presenters through the Funding Initiative. The eligible candidates will be contacted directly by the ESCAIDE team with more details on the application process.

ESCAIDE can only provide invitation letters for visa purposes for abstract presenters and other speakers. To request a letter, please email [email protected], indicating the abstract ID (in the case of abstract presenters).

ESCAIDE participants can request a certificate of attendance when responding to the post-conference feedback survey, which will be sent to all participants at the end of the conference.

First, please check your spam folder and quarantined emails. If nothing there, contact your institution’s IT department for them to add [email protected] to the list of safe senders / remote it from the blocked emails.

If your IT finds no traces of a block, please contact us through the Contact form linked in the top menu.

Presenters of abstracts accepted in the standard call for abstract should submit their e-posters (for poster presentations) or slides (for oral presentations) through the abstract management platform. The deadline for submissions is 1 October. You can find more information for presenters in our Guidelines.