Scientific Symposia
The EDCTP Forum Programme Committee invites applications for scientific symposia to be held in person at the Twelfth EDCTP Forum. Integrated within the conference programme, symposia provide an opportunity to present a topic of important relevance to the Forum theme to a wide range of stakeholders. The symposium format will include discussion and exchange of views with Forum delegates, aiming to advance science, policy and community engagement through the symposium.
The Programme Committee welcomes symposia on topics relevant to the Global Health EDCTP3 Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda, with relevance to the Forum theme ‘Better health through global research partnerships’.
Duration
Each symposium is 90 minutes in duration.
Format
The symposia will be held in person at the conference centre. The format should normally include a maximum of three presentations, with sufficient time allocated for Q&A and discussion.
Organiser
Symposium applications must be submitted by an organiser who will be the point of contact for the Forum and responsible person for the symposium. The chair(s) appointed for the symposium may be the organiser or other persons. Symposium organisers, chairs and speakers are responsible for their own funding to attend the meeting.
Topic
The content of the symposium should be a topic that is:
- Novel, important and timely
- Relevant to the Forum theme and remit of Global Health EDCTP3
- Of interest to a broad group of stakeholders and Forum delegates
Symposia focusing on a single programme or institution are discouraged.
Submission
Symposium proposals must be submitted in English via the online system by 23 February 2025. Only proposals completed in full and submitted by the deadline will be considered.
For questions regarding scientific symposia, please contact info@edctpforum.eu.
Selection process
The Programme Committee will evaluate all submissions using the following review criteria:
- Proposal quality
- Novelty, importance and timeliness
- Relevance to the Forum theme and remit of Global Health EDCTP3
- Of interest to a broad group of stakeholders and Forum delegates and not focused on a single programme or institution.
Guidelines and conditions for submission and processing
- Applications should be submitted by 23 February 2025. The content cannot be modified after the submission deadline (unless changes are requested by Global Health EDCTP3).
- No more than two symposium applications submitted by each organiser will be evaluated.
- Communications are made with the symposium organiser who arranges and coordinates the session and is responsible for distributing session information among the chair(s) and speakers and registering all speakers.
- Proposed speakers should be listed in the application form.
- An abstract for the symposium is required as part of the application but abstracts are not required for individual presentations within the symposium. Symposia will be published in the programme book and may be published in a journal supplement and other Forum-related publications. Submission of an abstract constitutes agreement to its publication.
- Global Health EDCTP3 cannot guarantee the scheduling of a symposium on a particular day. Speakers should be available in person for the duration of the Forum.
- Symposium organisers, chairs and speakers are responsible for their own funding to attend the meeting.
- Decisions will be made available by April 2025.
Symposium categorisation
The Twelfth EDCTP Forum has four broad themes:
A. Advancing biomedical innovations
B. Knowledge translation and implementation science for public health impact
C. Strengthening the research environment, research capacity and scientific leadership
D. Equitable and ethical research.
Speakers of presentations
Please list the confirmed speakers, titles of the talks as well as the time allocated to each speaker (sessions are 90 minutes in length). The quality of the symposium will be evaluated on its content and the proposed speakers. There should be an appropriate balance in terms of speaker gender, geography and institutional background. Sufficient time should be allocated at the end for questions and discussion.
Declarations
The symposium organiser declares that all listed speakers and chairs confirmed their participation and availability for this event.
Consent
In case your abstract is selected, you agree to provide a biography and photo.
In case your abstract is selected, and following your explicit consent, you will be requested to send to Global Health EDCTP3 your profile photo and your bio for communication purposes via the Global Health EDCTP3 website or other channels. Also, following your explicit consent, your surname, name and affiliation will be published together with your poster in the venue of the Forum and will be announced during the Twelfth EDCTP Forum. In case you would like to withdraw your consent, please send an email to EC-GH-EDCTP3-DATA-PROTECTION@ec.europa.eu
