1. FEE

The fee includes:

  • Access to all sessions on the program

  • Lunches on 10 -11- 12 September

  • Dinner on 10 and 11 September

  • Network activities on 10 and 11 September

  • VAT

    Non Profit

    Early-bird € 475,00 (till 7 June 11.59 PM)

    Regular € 575,00

    Profit

    Early-bird € 850,00 (till 7 June 11.59 PM)

    Regular € 950,00

Cancellation Fee:

Till 31 July € 100,-

From 31 July till 31 August € 375,-

From 31 August till 11 September full price

The ECDHM is accredited by the Dutch Accreditation Office for Social Medicine (AbSg) and the NIV.

Financial travel support

ECDHM, with support from ISBT, is pleased to offer a limited number of travel grants for participants from Low-, Lower-Middle-, and Upper-Middle-Income World Bank Index categories (LIC, LMIC, or UMIC). This funding covers hotel accommodation and travel expenses (up to €800 per person), excluding the congress registration fee and dinners. To be eligible, participants must indicate their interest in the funding when submitting their abstract during the Call for Abstracts. Abstract selection is independent of funding requests. Grant allocation will be based on abstract review scores. Grants will be awarded until the available budget is fully allocated.

  1. Extra option: Visit Sanquin, 9 September 2025 (FULLY BOOKED)

    Now that you are coming to the Netherlands, you might be interested in seeing our head office. We invite you to a welcome and tour at Sanquin in Amsterdam. The meeting with tour is planned for Tuesday 9 September 2025 at Plesmanlaan 125 in Amsterdam.

    Tuesday, 9 September – Visit to Sanquin Preliminary Program:

    14.30 – Arrival and reception

    15.00 – Welcome by Sanquin Research's Director

    15.30 – Tour through various laboratories and processing

    17.30 – Dinner at Pelidome - Sanquin company restaurant

    18.30 – Departure to Wijk aan Zee

    For the tour, we kindly ask you to wear closed shoes, cover your legs, and tie back long hair, in accordance with Sanquin’s safety regulations.

    The costs for the tour, food and drinks and the bus trip to Wijk aan Zee are € 70,-. The tour is fully booked.

  1. 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!

  1. Local Organizing Committee

    Stichting Sanquin Bloedvoorziening

    Plesmanlaan 125

    1066 CX Amsterdam

    The Netherlands

    ECDHM-2025@sanquin.nl

  2. Contact information

    The information you share with us will only be used for ECDHM2025. Contact details will only be shared with the following ECDHM organizers if you have given permission for this in the registration form.

  3. We applied for Medtech Conference Vetting approval, and were unfortunately deemed non-compliant due to the chosen location. We very much regret the outcome of this assessment, as our decision to host the event here was strongly guided by sustainability considerations, reflecting our commitment to responsible and eco-conscious practices.

  1. Venue

    The venue is completely self-sufficient with solar panels and geothermal energy.

    Conference hotel Het Hoge Duin

    Rijckert Aertszweg 50

    1949 BD Wijk aan Zee

    The Netherlands

    www.hethogeduin.nl