René Lesnik and Cláudia Vilhena
2026 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the infection biology, microbiology, immunology, and virology communities. From international Gordon Research Conferences and EMBO meetings to national society congresses and InfectNet events, the calendar is already filling up with great opportunities for networking, learning, and collaboration. Below you’ll find an overview of key conferences, symposia, and meetings throughout 2026 – mark your calendars!
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January
30 January | Berlin, Germany
Gender-sensitive medicine in Internal medicine – luxury or necessity?
1st Symposium of the DGIM Commission on Gender-Sensitive Medicine
February
13 February | Online (Zoom)
Infect-Net Online Meeting
22-27 February | Pomona, California, USA
Gordon Research Conference: Biology of Acute Respiratory Infection
23-24 February | Bonn, Germany
Joint DZIF/PEG Annual Meeting 2026
March
8-13 March | Ventura, California, United States
Gordon Research Conference: Biotherapeutics and Vaccines Development
11-13 March | Freiburg, Germany
NK & ILC Symposium 2026 – German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
11-13 March | Barcelona, Spain
Viruses 2026 – New Horizons in Virology
15-20 March | Ettal, Germany
Spring School of the German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
16-18 March | Burg Rothenfels, Germany
29th Symposium on “infection and immunity” (DGfI & DGHM)
17-20 March | Gießen, Germany
Human and Animal Parasitic Diseases – Bridging the Innovation Gap
Joint Meeting of DGP DDDS & COST Action One Health Drugs
17-20 March | Heidelberg, Germany
35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology (GfV 2026)
22-25 March | Berlin, Germany
Annual Conference of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM 2026)
25-27 March | Kyoto, Japan (Hybrid)
The 1st World Conference on Microbiology, Virology and Infectious Diseases (MVID 2026)
April
17-21 April | Munich, Germany
ESCMID Global Congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
18-21 April | Wiesbaden, Germany
132nd Congress of the German Society for Internal Medicine (DGIM)
27-30 April | Heidelberg / Online
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Sex Differences in Health and Disease
27-30 April | Hannover, Germany
Keystone Symposium: Closing the Diversity Gap in Global Genomics, Medicine and Population Health
May
18-23 May | Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting: Retroviruses
27-29 May | Heidelberg / Online
EMBL Conference: BioMalPar XXII – Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite
June
7-12 June | Rhode Island, USA
Gordon Research Conference: Parasite Interactions in Insect and Vertebrate Hosts
15-18 June | Hannover, Germany
Keystone Symposium: Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity – From Molecular Discoveries to Therapeutics
17-20 June | Cologne, Germany
17th Congress for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (KIT 2026)
19 June | Online (Zoom)
Infect-Net Online Meeting
28 June – 3 July | Barcelona, Spain
Gordon Research Conference: Immune Circuitry and Molecular Pathways in Tissue Homeostasis, Infection, and Disease
September
22-23 September | Würzburg, Germany
Infect-Net Network Meeting
28-30 September | Hamburg, Germany
78th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM)
October
30 October – 2 November | Erlangen, Germany
5th Women in Science Symposium
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