Registration for the EDCTP Forum is open until 28 February 2027.

1,500 global health stakeholders are expected to attend in person, including policymakers, researchers, regulators, and R&D partners primarily from Africa and Europe. 

Participation in the EDCTP Forum 2027 is free of charge. Registration does not include financial support for travel, accommodation or daily allowances (except for invited delegates and scholarship recipients).

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Participation in the Forum

Participants are responsible for organising their own travel, accommodation, visa, and insurance arrangements, as well as covering the associated costs.

Registration for the EDCTP Forum 2027 includes:

• Access to all sessions, including the opening and closing ceremonies, plenary sessions, parallel sessions, scientific symposia, sponsored satellite meetings, workshops, networking activities and field visits (subject to availability)
• Access to the exhibitors and poster presentations area
• Meals and social events as indicated in the Forum programme
• A Forum bag
• Digital certificate of attendance provided after the event.

Registration of presenting authors of abstracts, scientific symposia and workshops

Authors of submitted abstracts (including scholarship candidates) and chairs or speakers of scientific symposia and workshop proposals are advised to wait until the evaluations of their respective applications are completed and the outcomes are communicated before registering for the EDCTP Forum 2027. 

Selected participants will receive additional registration instructions after the evaluation process is concluded in December 2026. For more details about the abstracts, scientific symposia and workshops evaluation procedure, please refer to the respective pages on the EDCTP Forum website.

Multiple registrations

The system will not accept multiple registrations with the same email address.

Confirmation of registration

Delegates will receive an automatic email upon the successful submission of their registration. They are advised not to make any travel arrangements until they have received a confirmation email indicating that their registration has been accepted. 

Cancellation policy

Cancellations must be submitted in writing to info@edctpforum.eu. Global Health EDCTP3 will not be responsible for refunding airfare, hotel or any other costs incurred.

Substitution policy 

If a delegate is unable to attend the Forum, the registrant may request to transfer the registration to another person by contacting info@edctpforum.eu before 28 February 2027.

For more information, please check our Terms and conditions.