The ESC - European Students’ Conference - is one of the largest biomedical conferences worldwide and has been one of the main events at the Charité for many years. Addressing young scientists, graduate students, post-graduate students, PhD students, post-docs, and everyone interested in biomedical research, the ESC represents an interdisciplinary platform for international scientific exchange between numerous countries, students, clinicians, and professors from different fields of research and various cultures.

Founded in 1989 the ESC historically served as a bridge to East-West student relations after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The aim was to create a platform for young researchers from different fields. Over the past 21 years, the ESC established a way of bringing researchers and medical staff with different interests, but more importantly different countries together.

General emphasis is put on a high quality scientific and educational program. This is realized in a series of scientific sessions, educational workshops and lectures that cover most fields of medicine. In addition to general subjects, each team selects a priority topic that becomes the focus of the respective ESC: This year’s focus will be on “Dimensions of Cancer – from micro to macro”.

Reaching out to all corners of the continent and the four corners of the world, the ESC is proud to welcome 500 – 700 presenting and not-presenting participants from over 60 countries, every year. Furthermore, we hope to encourage a more interdisciplinary approach to modern sciences, and to give you the opportunity to present your research to the scientific community and an interested audience.

The global student conference is held annually in October at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. This year it will take place from 13th – 17th October 2010. We would like to inform you that the Call for Abstract has begun. Submission deadline is June 1st, 2010.

If you have any questions regarding the ESC or the application process please do not hesitate to email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .