28th Pharmacokinetics / Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) Expert Meeting
From April 23 till April 25, 2026
Event location: Weimar / Thuringia (Link)
Presentations and associated discussions will focus on the following topics:
- Lost in Translation – How to Deal With False Precision and Valuable Uncertainty?
- Harnessing AI and ML to Advance Clinical Pharmacology
- Formulation Impossible: Delivering the Undeliverable
Young scientists: Hans-Günter Schäfer Award
Generous donations have enabled the Organizing Committee of the PK/PD Expert Meeting to reward outstanding contributions to the PK/PD field by young scientists with the Hans Günter Schäfer Award (cash amount of 1000 EUR plus free meeting participation incl. travel expenses) issued in memory of the original initiator of the PK/PD Expert Meeting.
The award is kindly sponsored by the Frankfurt Foundation Quality of Medicines.
If you are a Doctorate student or young scientist (less than 2 years after PhD degree) and want to apply for this award, send your peer-reviewed, published manuscript as a pdf file to Tobias Pähler (tobias.paehler@sanofi.com). Manuscript submissions must be accompanied by a brief description (500 words maximum) of how your manuscript fits into the overall scientific context of the respective research area, with a specific focus on its innovation, methodology and clinical or in vivo relevance. Submission deadline: 1 February 2026; applicant notification by 10 March 2026. The winner will be announced on the website of the PK/PD Expert Meeting and will present their work as part of the main conference.
Master / Doctorate students: Best presentation award
Three young PK/PD scientists will be given the opportunity to give an oral presentation of their work (5 min) as part of the main conference. All presenters will participate in the meeting free of charge (incl. accommodation). The best presenter will be honored and will receive the “Young Scientist Best Presentation Award” plus reimbursement of travel expenses.
If you are a Master thesis or Doctorate student and want to apply for this award, send an abstract (500 words maximum) to Tobias Pähler (tobias.paehler@sanofi.com).
Submission deadline: 1 February 2026; applicant notification by 10 March 2026.
Three applicants will be selected and invited for presentation.
Application to both awards is possible. However, expectation is that a dedicated abstract is written for the ‘Best presentation award’, submission of one complete manuscript for both categories will not be accepted.
