13th EDCTP Forum 2027
5 April 2027 – 9 April 2027
Ifema Palacio Municipal, Madrid, Spain
The 13th EDCTP Forum, under the theme 'Innovating together for resilient global health', is the biennial forum of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, bringing together policymakers, researchers, regulators and R&D partners from Africa and Europe to explore how equitable partnerships, collaborative research, innovation and capacity-building can drive progress in global health, with a focus on infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. It is hosted by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III and the Fundación CSAI and co-organised by Global Health EDCTP3 and the EDCTP Association; 1,500 participants are expected in person.
25 sessions · 34 speakers
Sponsor (1)
Agenda
- Pre-event: Forum host session (TBC) 5 April 2027
- Plenary session I — Opening ceremony 5 April 2027
- Sponsored satellite sessions & workshops 6 April 2027
- Plenary session II — Local manufacturing and regulatory harmonisation: pathways to health sovereignty 6 April 2027
- Parallel sessions 6 April 2027
- Lunch break, meet the experts & poster presentations 6 April 2027
- Scientific symposia 6 April 2027
- Plenary session III — Bridging the translation gap: scaling science into policy and practice 6 April 2027
- Sponsored satellite sessions & workshops 7 April 2027
- Plenary session IV — Empowering the next generation: mentorship, entrepreneurship and gender equity in African science 7 April 2027
- Parallel sessions 7 April 2027
- Lunch break, meet the experts & poster presentations 7 April 2027
- Parallel sessions 7 April 2027
- Scientific symposia 7 April 2027
- Sponsored satellite sessions & workshops 8 April 2027
- Plenary session V — Maternal health in Africa: the last 10 years, the next 10 — where should today's research be focused for maximum impact? 8 April 2027
- Parallel sessions 8 April 2027
- Lunch break, meet the experts & poster presentations 8 April 2027
- Scientific symposia 8 April 2027
- Plenary session VI — Artificial intelligence in clinical research: where are we headed and how to embrace it in LMICs? 8 April 2027
- Sponsored satellite sessions & workshops 9 April 2027
- Plenary session VII 9 April 2027
- Parallel sessions & scientific symposia 9 April 2027
- Lunch break, meet the experts & poster presentations 9 April 2027
- Plenary session VIII — One Health and climate-responsive integrated care for emerging and chronic diseases. Concluding remarks and official closing 9 April 2027