Call for Abstracts for 65th Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp Colloquium

Overview

The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp  announces its upcoming colloquium on Innovations in Infectious Disease Research, uniting leading scientists, policymakers, healthcare practitioners and innovators from around the world to reflect on current challenges, explore transformative ideas, and stimulate open debate on the future of infectious disease research, prevention and control.

Call for abstracts now open!

The Scientific Committee of the 2025 ITM Colloquium now welcomes the submission of abstracts for original contributions to the topic of innovations in infectious disease research. Authors may submit abstracts relevant to the sessions either as an oral or as a poster contribution. The abstracts submitted will be assessed, peer-reviewed and grouped by topic.

Abstract submission guidelines:

• Find the abstract template here.
• The main text of the abstract should be maximum 250 words.
• All abstracts must be submitted and presented in English.
• Authors and contributors are encouraged to have their texts proofread by external reviewers.
• The submission will be confirmed by an automatic e-mail notification.
• All submitted abstracts are subjected to a peer review process. After the evaluation, corresponding authors will receive feedback by mid-July 2025.
• The Scientific Committee may change the requested presentation type from oral to poster or from poster to an oral presentation following consultation with and approval by the authors.
• The accepted abstracts require at least one of the authors to have pre-registered for the event in order to ensure that the presenters are committed to attending the conference and presenting their work.
• Along with your abstract, you are required to submit a CV, and a short motivation letter.
• In case you find any difficulty in submitting your abstract electronically, please contact colloquium@itg.be

 Submission deadline: 4 June 2025.

Register now to attend

Join us in Antwerp, Belgium, to engage in ground-breaking exchanges on a more inclusive and resilient future of infectious disease research, prevention and control. You don’t want to miss this!

Attendance to the event is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

Deadline in-person attendance: 23 October 2025.

Read more information: Official website