EAM Summit 2026

7-9 October, Parador de La Granja (Spain)

Welcome

Dear Fellow,

On behalf of the European Academy of Microbiology, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the EAM Summit 2026.

As the Fellowship continues to grow, this meeting offers an important opportunity to share perspectives, strengthen collaboration across disciplines and countries, and help shape EAM’s future direction.

As an EAM Fellow, you are part of a community that values scientific excellence, dialogue, collaboration, mentorship, and thought leadership. We hope you will find the Summit a rewarding space to strengthen our Fellowship of eminent scholars.

I look forward to meeting you in person and to the conversations that will help guide the EAM’s next chapter.

Prof. Cecília M. Arraiano
President, European Academy of Microbiology

Schedule at a glance →

General information →

 

Schedule at a glance

Please note this schedule will be updated as elements are finalized.

Wednesday 7 October

16:30 – 17:00 | Welcome to the EAM Summit from the EAM President Cecília M. Arraiano & FEMS President Antonio Ventosa

17:00 – 18:30 | Research spotlights:

  • Applied microbiology & biotechnology
  • Environmental & evolutionary microbiology

19:30 – 21:30 | Networking Dinner – curated seated dinner with conversation starters

Thursday 8 October

09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome to day 2

09:15 – 10:15 | EAM Taskforces: Presentation by Víctor de Lorenzo and discussions

10:15 – 10:45 | Coffee break

10:45 – 12:20 | Research spotlights:

  • Molecular & cell biology
  • Pathogenesis & host interaction

12:20 – 13:15 | Buffet Lunch

13:15 – 15:15 | Round tables: dedicated time for Fellows to work in outcome-focused groups, building on the morning’s presentation

15:15 – 15:45 | Coffee break

15:45 – 17:00 | Round tables (Continued)

17:00 – 17:45 | Wrap-up session

17:45 – 18:00 | Group photo

19:00 – 21:00 | Dinner

Friday 9 October

09:00 – 09:15 | Being the voice of microbiology, Jay Hinton

09:15 – 09:45 | microLife: The journal of the EAM, Carmen Buchrieser, Editor-in-Chief

09:45 – 10:15 | Coffee break

10:15 – 12:00 | Talk by Pampa García Molina, Coordinator of Science Media Centre Spain and panel chaired by Jay Hinton

12:00 – 12:15 | Closing remarks from EAM President, Cecília M. Arraiano

12:15 – 13:00 | Farewell lunch

General information

Venue information

The EAM Summit 2026 will take place at Parador de La Granja, located in La Granja de San Ildefonso, near Segovia, Spain. The venue combines contemporary comfort with historic architecture and is housed within the Casa de los Infantes, an 18th-century building commissioned by King Carlos III.

All attending Fellows will be accommodated at Parador de La Granja, allowing you to stay on-site throughout the event and making it easy to move between sessions, networking activities, and social programme elements.

Travel information

Parador de la Granja is easily accessible from Madrid by road. To make your journey as smooth as possible, FEMS has arranged complimentary shuttle buses between Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) and Parador de la Granja. Each journey takes approximately 2 hours.

Wednesday 7 October

  • Shuttle departing Terminal 1 (T1) at 13:30
  • Shuttle departing Terminal 1 (T1) at 14:30

Both shuttles will collect guests from Terminal 1 (T1) and then Terminal 4 (T4) of Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD) before continuing to Parador de La Granja.

Friday 9 October

  • Shuttles departing Parador de La Granja at 14:30

Both shuttles will depart from Parador de La Granja and make stops at Terminal 1 (T1) and then Terminal 4 (T4) at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD).

For those who prefer to make their own travel arrangements, please use the address below.

Venue address

Parador de La Granja
Calle de los Infantes, 3
40100 Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (Segovia), Spain
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Photography and video notice

FEMS will be using a professional photographer and is organising a videographer for some prearranged interviews with Fellows at the EAM Summit. These media are owned by FEMS and may be used for internal and external communication, such as websites and social media, by the EAM and FEMS. By registering for the EAM Summit you consent to such uses unless you notify us in writing.

FEMS Journals and open access

Embracing an open future

Open access is key to supporting the FEMS mission of disseminating high quality research as widely as possible: when high quality, peer reviewed sound science is open access, anyone, anywhere in the world with an internet connection, can read it. All but one of the not-for-profit FEMS journals are fully open access (OA), with one journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, offering free-to-publish and OA options.

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