Early-career professionals are already shaping health policy in Europe. At EPH 2026, EUPHAnxt, EUPHA’s network for students and early-career professionals, brings young voices into the EHUP Programme through dedicated sessions, mentoring, and youth reporters who cover EHUP sessions live.
Tuesday 10 November, 09:00-12:30, Room 3h
Organiser: ASPHER, with prize support from Public Health Reviews
Postgraduate students and early-career researchers present their research to an international audience and get feedback from experienced researchers and peers. Organised by ASPHER. Since 2009, the Young Researchers Forum has given postgraduate students and early-career researchers a place to present their work to an international audience and get feedback before journal submission. It is a first step into the European public health community.
Wednesday 11 November, 09:00-10:00, Melia hotel Room 5
First time at EPH? This EUPHAnxt session gives newcomers practical ways to choose sessions, start conversations across research, policy and practice, and get the most out of four busy days.
Wednesday 11 November, 15:15-16:15, Room 0d
Forty years after the Ottawa Charter, students and early-career professionals rewrote it for today in workshops led by the EUPHA Health Promotion Section and EUPHAnxt. Their version puts more weight on the social and political sides of health. This roundtable presents the results.
Wednesday 11 November, 16:45-17:45, Room 5h-terazza
Climate change is already forcing people from their homes, yet “climate refugees” have no recognised status in international law. Chaired by EUPHAnxt, this roundtable looks at what that gap means for health and for public health action.
Thursday 12 November, 11:45-12:45, Room 3f
A hands-on workshop to help participants support young people in designing and running their own public health initiatives, building on European Public Health Week as a launchpad.
Thursday 12 November, 15:15-16:15, Room 3a
Mentoring can speed up careers and reduce inequities in the public health workforce. Since 2023, the EUPHA-EUPHAnxt Mentoring Programme has run three editions across EUPHA Sections. Mentees and mentors share what it changed for them.
Friday 13 November, 11:45-12:15, Melia hotel Room 7 (PechaKucha)
AI chatbots are becoming a first point of contact for people seeking mental health support. Co-chaired by EUPHAnxt, this session asks how EU rules, including the AI Act, can make these tools safe and fair.
Project: European Health Union Priority Programme at EPH Conference 2026 (EHUPP)
Duration: 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027
Coordinator and sole beneficiary: European Public Health Association (EUPHA), Otterstraat 118-124, 3500 BN Utrecht, The Netherlands, [email protected]
Granting authority: European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
This project is funded by the European Union under grant agreement 101314900 of the EU4Health Programme.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
