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ESWI activities

ESWI Airborne: Intervention Strategies of Acute Respiratory Virus Infections
The series will delve into flu shots, RSV vaccines, COVID-19 boosters, and other kids on the block - what’s new and what’s in the pipeline
Webinar: H5N1
4 June 2024
Online webinar
10th ESWI Influenza Conference 2025
20 - 23 October 2025
Valencia, Spain
The European Scientific Working Group on Influenza (ESWI) will organise the 10th edition of its ESWI Influenza Conference in Valencia from 20 - 23 October 2025.
ESWI Airborne: Life as a scientist
Listen to the new ESWI podcast series featuring Early Career Scientist and explore the joys and sorrows of establishing a scientific career.

Agenda

2025
11-15
April
ESCMID Global 2025
Vienna, Austria
Explore Vienna with ESCMID Global 2025 and grab the opportunity to immerse in the latest topics of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology.
2025
11-15
May
The 19th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM19)
New Orleans, United States
Under the theme, "Expanding the Horizons of Travel Medicine," the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) will host the CISTM19 conference from May 11–15, 2025, in New Orleans.
2025
26-30
May
ESPID 2025
Bucharest & Online
Participants will have the opportunity to attend lectures given by world renowned scientists in the field of pediatric infectious disease as well as genomics, pharmacology, immunology, gastrointestinal diseases, allergology and public health.
2025
2-3
June
HERA Industry Days
Brussels, Belgium
HERA Industry Days is dedicated to shaping the future of medical countermeasures (MCMs).
2025
4-6
June
European Health Management Conference 2025
Rennes, France
The theme for EHMA 2025, ‘Taking action to improve health for all’, reflects the urgent need to create innovative, scalable solutions to ensure the sustainability, accessibility, and equity of healthcare across Europe.
2025
29-1
AugSep
ESC Congress 2025
Madrid, Spain
The ESC Congress will be organised together with the World Congress of Cardiology in Madrid. This year's spotlight theme is "Global Health", emphasising the evolving role of cardiovascular disease within the broader global health landscape.

Education hub

News
Launch report of the MEP Interest Group on Life Course Immunisation
Co-chaired by Croatian MEP Tomislav Sokol and Lithuanian MEP Vytenis Andriukaitis, this group brings together policymakers, healthcare professionals, and researchers to promote more equitable and sustainable immunisation strategies across Europe.
News
The European Commission proposes new rules to ensure stable supply of critical medicines
This initiative contributes to the European Health Union's goal of ensuring that EU patients have access to the medicines they need, when they need them.
News
What COVID-19 taught us about protecting kids in future pandemics
Five years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, infectious disease experts continue to draw on its lessons for future disasters.
News
Europe needs a sustainably funded influenza research and response network
Six ESWI Board Members, led by Prof. Florian Krammer, together with a long list of prominent European scientists specialised in virology, immunology and epidemiology, have recently published a commentary in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

ESWI networks & communities

Influenza Diabetes Community

The Influenza Diabetes Community (IDC) unites scientists, healthcare professionals, patient -and other stakeholder organisations to discuss, share best practices and to network with the objective to raise awareness of the burden of influenza, Covid-19 and RSV in people living with diabetes.

Early Career Scientists Network

Some of the best and most innovative ideas come from early career scientists, they are the future of the influenza field. For this reason, ESWI has been actively encouraging the careers of early career scientists for many years.