See you at ESCMID Global 2026!
Join us again this year at ESCMID Global in Munich, at Ecraid’s exhibition booth F21. We'll be catching up with collaborators from across Europe, meeting new colleagues, and showcasing our research and educational efforts. Look for presentations by our affiliated experts and studies, as well as the annual Young Investigator Workshop!
From 17 to 21 April, thousands of academia, healthcare, industry, and health authority representatives will come together at the Messe Munich Exhibition & Congress Center and online for the 36th congress of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ESCMID).
Meet the team
Our clinical network, business development and operational teams will be at the Ecraid booth, ready to meet you. We look forward to catching up with long-time partners and collaborators and meeting new colleagues from the field. You will find us at booth F21 in Hall B2. Want to book a meeting an explore what Ecraid can do for you? Get in touch!
Young Investigator Workshop
Ecraid’s Young Investigator Workshop will take place during ESCMID Global for the fifth year running. Our young ambassadors from France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany will share valuable experience from their work in Ecraid's perpetual observational studies, focusing on data, network building and machine learning. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share their own learnings.
The one-hour hybrid workshop will take place on Sunday, 19 April from 09:30 CEST in room 2, ICM Ground Floor of the congress center. Attendance is free with a valid ticket for ESCMID Global 2026; however, advance registration is required.
Scientific Programme
Science from Ecraid can also be found throughout the scientific programme. Our committed and enthusiastic colleagues will present Ecraid-driven science in posters, presentations and talks during the congress.
Friday, 17 April
14:57-15:45 | Hall ICM 13b
1-hour Meet the Expert Session
Hepatitis in the immunocompromised host: is it infection? Presented by Oana Sandulescu, Romania
16:27-17:15 | Hall A1-4
1-hour Meet the Expert Session
Quality controlled AST: use your cell phone and your data. Presented by Iva Butic, Croatia
Saturday, 18 April
10:30-11:00 | Hall ICM 1
3-hour Educational Session | EU CAST Workshop
The role of clinical data in setting breakpoints. Presented by Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Spain
11:00-12:00 | Hall A1-5
1-hour Oral Session | Turning AMS Evidence to Action
Bridging surveillance and stewardship: Using the Ecraid Emerging Resistance Index to prioritise reserve antibiotics when guidelines offer equivalent options. Presented by Maria Diletta Pezzani, Italy
11:00-12:00 | Arena 1
Open Forum | Sharing made simple: how standardised data exchange improves infectious diseases research and care
Using standards to bridge the divide between clinical trials and cohort studies: the ECRAID Base experience. Presented by Ankur Krishnan, Germany. Chaired by Marc Bonten, The Netherlands
Organised by ESCMID Study Group for AI and Digitalisation (ESGAID), European Clinical Research Alliance on Infectious Diseases (ECRAID), EU Lab Semantic WG HL7.
11:30-12:00 | Hall A3-1
1-hour Symposium | Diagnostic stewardship: asking the right questions to measure clinical impact - Pro/Con debate
Diagnostic stewardship is an auxiliary to antimicrobial stewardship, but has no impact on quality of care. Presented by Evelina Tacconelli, Italy.
16:15-18:15 | Hall B0-1
2-hour Educational Session | Adaptive platform trials in infectious diseases
Keeping it going: lessons learned from REMAP-CAP. Presented by Lennie Derde, The Netherlands
Sunday, 19 April
09:30-10:30 | ESCMID Open Meeting
Ecraid Young Investigator Workshop | Room ICM 2
- Building a network: collaboration in clinical research - Jacopo Garlasco, Italy
- Open Science and FAIR-by-design: ECRAID-Base approach, experience and lessons learnt - Ankur Krishnan, Germany
- Machine Learning tools for ventilator-associated pneumonia diagnosis - Yeleen Fromage, France
- Roundtable discussion - Valentijn Schweitzer, The Netherlands
16:15-17:15 | Arena 4
ePoster Flash Session |
The ECRAID Emerging Resistance Index by European region: assessing the index's applicability in different epidemiological contexts. Presented by Jacopo Garlasco, Italy
Monday, 20 April
11:00-12:00 | Arena 3
ePoster Flash Session | MDR pathogens around the globe: mechanisms, risk, and treatment optimisation
Integrating the Ecraid Emerging Resistance Index (ERI) into Antibiotic Policy for New Antibiotics Targeting Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria: A Proof-of-Concept Analysis. Presented by Maria Diletta Pezzani, Italy
Tuesday, 21 April
08:30-09:30 | Arena 2
ePoster Flash Session | Novel aspects on epidemiology and therapeutics of urinary tract infections
Characterising complicated urinary tract infections (POS-cUTI): preliminary results of a multinational prospective cohort (POS-cUTI / Ecraid). Presented by José M. Bravo-Ferrer Acosta, Spain
This year round we are looking forward to making new connections, catching up with long-standing colleagues and witness groundbreaking science!