DoktorandInnentagung 2026

The International PhD Student & Postdoc Meeting 2026 will take place from February 25–27, 2026 at Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co. KG in Karlsruhe.

The program includes state-of-the-art lectures and many opportunities to get in touch with various players in pharmaceutical industry and other early-career researchers.

The conference language will be English.

Advanced PhD students and early postdocs are invited. Ideally you have already submitted or published your first research paper and are willing to actively contribute to the conference program. Our conference offers young researchers a platform to present their findings through a poster session, with selected participants also giving short flash talks.

There will be several awards for posters and presentation, including mentoring programs at renowned pharmaceutical companies! For more information you can view the download at the bottom of this page.

Participation fees‍

The DPhG Foundation is proud to sponsor the conference, the framework program and provide local accommodation for two nights, from February 25th to 27th 2026.
Participants will only need to cover a small fee:

For DPhG members
- single bedroom: 150€
- double bedroom: 100€

For non-members
- single bedroom: 175€
- double bedroom: 125€

Participants are responsible for organizing their own travel to and from the event. Travel costs will not be covered.

Registration

Please note that you must first submit an abstract. A jury will decide whether you will be selected as a participant for the conference. If you are selected, we will contact you by email regarding registration in mid-December.

Participation is only open to individuals who have not previously attended our PhD Student & Postdoc Meeting. Former participants are excluded from registration.

Abstract

Each participant has to submit an abstract. The abstract tool is open. You can submit your abstract here. Abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee. The abstract deadline is December 7 2025. You will be contacted in mid-December to let you know whether or not you have been accepted for the conference.

Program

You can find the preliminary program here.

Poster

Participants have to prepare a poster in portrait format DIN A0. Selected participants will have the opportunity to present their poster in a 5-minute short talk as an addition to the poster session. We will notify the selected participants.