Open call for journalists and influencers to attend ESCAIDE

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ECDC is inviting a limited number of journalists and social media influencers to attend the ESCAIDE 2019 conference. ECDC will cover travelling and accommodation expenses for the successful applicants.
Speaker at the ESCAIDE conference

About the event

The event, organised by ECDC, will take place on 27-29 November at the Brewery Conference center in Stockholm.

The conference plenaries will focus on issues shaping infectious disease epidemiology & microbiology in the next decade and beyond, with speakers such as Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, along with representatives from public health institutes, academia and ECDC. Individual interviews with speakers and participating professional organisations can be arranged.

A preliminary conference programme is available here.

How to apply

ECDC will make a selection of the journalists that meet the following criteria:

  • Reports/writes regularly in medical and scientific media, or is a prominent blogger/social media influencer with a sizeable following
  • Reports on science/medical/health-related topics

If you would like to attend, please let us know by 11 October by sending an email to pressatecdc [dot] europa [dot] eu (press[at]ecdc[dot]europa[dot]eu) and we will get back to you with more information.

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