The Young One Health Forum is the central event for young researchers of the One Health Platform. It serves to promote networking and scientific exchange within the young One Health research community. The YOHF takes place annually at different locations in Germany. In 2026 it takes place at the HZI Braunschweig, Germany. The program includes high-ranking keynotes, diverse poster sessions, career talks, current topics of One Health research and much more. Highlight topics in 2026 are "Data-driven One Health" research and "International One Health research in a changing world".
Participation is open to young scientists* who are members of the One Health Platform. There is no participation fee. (Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodations.) All participants are requested to present a poster of their research work at the event. The topic of the poster must be outlined in advance in a submitted abstract (abstract template). Registration deadline is June 25th, 2026. If you have any questions please contact Dr. Dana Thal (dana.thal@fli.de).
Registration: for registration please fill out the registration form below and send an abstract of your work to dana.thal@fli.de (Subject: abstract YOHF 2026). Please use the abstract template
Preliminary Program (please note that the titles of the talks are still preliminary):
Thursday, 24.09.26
from 8:30 | Registration & poster mounting |
09:00 | Welcome Note One Health Platform |
09:20 | Ice breaker |
10:00 | Career talks |
10:00 | Dr. Isabell M. Kramer (University Frankfurt) |
10:30 | Prof. Dr. Christian Sieben (HZI Braunschweig) |
11:00 | Coffee break |
11:30 | Poster Slam |
13:00 | Lunch |
14:00 | Data-driven One Health |
14:00 | Data-driven animal disease control – Prof. Dr. Carola Sauter-Louis (Friederich-Loeffler-Institut) |
14:30 | AI in Medicine - Prof. Dr. Folker Meyer (University Medicine Essen) |
15:00 | Linking environmental data and human health – Dr. Kathrin Wolf (Helmholtz Munich) |
15:30 | Coffee Break |
16:00 | Poster Session I |
17:30 | Social Activity |
19:00 | Dinner |
Friday, 25.09.26
09:00 | Keynote |
| TBA |
09:45 | Young scientists at the OHP |
10:15 | Coffee break |
10:45 | Poster Session II |
12:00 | Lunch |
13:00 | International One Health research in a changing world |
13:00 | From Lab to Policy: Driving Real-World Impact Through the ADAPT Network (ADAPT) – Dr. Ahmed Abd El Wahed (University Leipzig) |
13:30 | Current trends in Development Cooperation - TBA |
14:00 | Impact of Global crisis on global health research – Dr. Andrea Kreidenweiss (University Hospital Tübingen) |
14:30 | Coffee Break |
15:00 | Panel Discussion international research |
16:00 | Wrap up and farewell |