ECDHM 2025​​​​​​

10-12 september 2025 | Wijk aan Zee | The Netherlands

We are delighted to welcome you to the 6th European Conference on Donor Health and Management (ECDHM) from 10-12 September 2025. This year, the conference will take place at the beautifully renovated beach hotel Het Hoge Duin, located in the charming town of Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands. Offering stunning views of the dunes and the sea, the venue promises to be an inspiring backdrop for our discussions.

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Sustainability in Donations.’ Guided by this theme, we will explore donor health and management from a historical perspective, examine current challenges, and envision future possibilities.

Since its inaugural event in The Hague in 2014, ECDHM has grown significantly. While the COVID-19 pandemic caused a year’s delay, we are excited to celebrate a decade of remarkable progress in the field. Together, we have advanced our understanding and practices, paving the way for healthier and more engaged donors. Now, more than ever, it is vital to embrace sustainable practices that ensure donors remain both healthy and motivated to continue giving. To quote Wim de Kort, our Conference Chair in 2014 and one of the keynote speakers in 2025: “Donors deserve it!” Let’s make this a truly unforgettable event.

We look forward to welcoming you this September!

Katja van den Hurk & Eva-Maria Merz

Hosts of the 6th edition of ECDHM in collaboration with EBA

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Conference theme: SUSTAINABILITY IN DONATIONS

Sustainability in donations implies well-informed voluntary donors who are committed to donating substances of human origin (regularly). They form the basis of a sustainable, healthy pool of donors that can provide a safe, reliable and sufficient supply of products in all situations and at all times.

Examples:

  • Cultivating and managing a robust donor pool for lifesaving contributions

  • Robustness in terms of sufficient donor numbers and donor health

  • Sufficient diversity in terms of blood groups, ethnicity, etc

  • How to develop a sustainable relationship with the donor

  • Readiness for future crises -building resilient systems

  • How to prepare for and adapt to future and ongoing developments

  • Machine learning / AI

  • Demographic changes

  • Biobanking

  • Emerging infectious diseases

  • Energy saving

  • Usage of more sustainable methods, logistics and materials in blood and plasma collection processes (paperless, saving energy, etc)

  • International capacity building, sharing best practices

  • Sustainable snacks etc, sustainability for personnel: keep moving, eat healthy!