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We are proud to host the 2026 ISLANDS World congress in Berlin Friday 8 / Saturday 9 May 2026.
ISLANDS 2026 is hybrid, i.e. online-only attendance is possible (with multi-lingual AI subtitles), and it includes on demand access to course and congress for eight weeks, starting from a few days after the live event, free for registered participants: You can also register and view the content later on demand, even if you cannot attend the live event
The local organizing committee, Wolfgang Henrich, Larry Hinkson, Boris Tutschek
CME accredited: 14 SGUM-Credits (DEGUM analog) zugeteilt I 18 SGGG Credits Kernfortbildung (dt. FB-Punkte analog) I booking form (Euro 250, one price only, valid for Fri. course and Sat. congress and Sat. evening event) I FLYER (with venue details) I Abstract submission is now closed I Location Saturday 9 May evening (8-12 pm) event: Pan Am Lounge, Budapester Strasse 43, 10787 Berlin I We’d like to thank our friends from IS-PAS. Please visit the IS-PAS website, thank you.
Download the video here.
Venues
Friday 8 May
14.00-15.00 Guided tour, Obstetric Hospital, Charité Mitte, Bettenhochhaus
Meeting Point: Foyer, Ground floor, Street address: Luisenstrasse 64, 10117 Berlin
15.30-19.00: Practical course Charité Mitte, Bettenhochhaus, 21st floor
Street address: Luisenstrasse 64, 10117 Berlin
Saturday 9 May
8:00-18:00 ISLANDS Congress, Medizinhistorisches Museum, Hörsaalruine,
Street address: Virchowweg 16, 10117 Berlin
20:00-23:00 Social event, Pan Am Lounge, (12th floor),
Street address: Budapester Strasse 43, 10787 Berlin
Sunday 10 May
8:30-10:00 morning run in Tiergarten with Larry Hinkson and Falko Peters, meet at 8:30 at Brandenburger Tor
Events
- Friday: Guided tour Department of Obstetrics: Charité Campus Mitte (Hinkson)
- Pre-congress course: Charité Mitte (Henrich, Hinkson, ISLANDS Faculty)
- Faculty only: Dinner Friday 20.00-23.00 at private location
- Saturday CONGRESS (Saturday 8.30 to 18.00, Charité Mitte)
- Saturday evening: Congress social event, open only to all registered participants
- Sunday morning: run in Tiergarten
Fee
- Saturday Congress and Friday pre-congress course Euro 250 p.p. (in person, includes Friday course, Saturday congress, Saturday social event).
- *** New 3 April 2026 *** online-only attendance Saturday Congress and Friday pre-congress course Euro 150,- p.p.
- For midwives and Midwifery trainees only: pre-congress Friday only: Euro 50 p.p. (please email Prof. Henrich’s secretary)
- Social event Saturday night (included in full registration), open only for congress attendees and accompanying persons
Format
Participation as well as presentation in-person preferred, online attendance now possible.
Congress and course content will be made avaialbe partially online after the event.
Saturday congress presentations MUST NOT contain overview or how-to lectures.
For presentation, ONLY unpublished data or presentation of recently published studies (publications during the 24 months preceding the congress) or study proposals will be considered.
We are looking forward to your submissions! Each abstract will be assessed by the organizing committee and may be selected for live presentation. More than one submissions per person are possible, but the preferred topic should be indicated. Additional lectures are possible if the program permits and may be requested as videos.
For ISLANDS Faculty only: Mini-lectures: = overview lectures of no more than 5 min duration are requested from ISLANDS Faculty (ISLANDS Founders an previous congress hosts) for the mini-lectures for the Friday course. Additional or longer lectures (overview, historical or others) may be sent in beforehand as video recording (video length: unlimited) for display by registered course participants via the course website.
Program pre-congress course Friday:
Note: Pre-recorded mini-lectures by ISLANDS founders may be submitted by inviation only and electronically to the organizing committee by 30 April 2026. These videos will be available to course participants via the congress material website.
Program Congress Saturday
Now available here
Book course and congress participation here
Course & congress registration (can only be booked together)
Abstract submission is now closed.
Abstract submission can only be done if the presenting author is also registered. Not registered yer? Please register first, using the above form.
Submissions are only for new data or ideas. Background or teaching will not be considered.
Abstract submitters must be registered (i.e. separately from abstract submission). Abstracts without registrations will not be considered. *** NEW 3 April 2026: Remote presentations are now also possible.
Submitted abstracts and must be text only (no images, no tables).
Submitted abstract must have the following structure: Title I First and presenting author (with affiliation) I Further authors I Methods I Results I Conclusion/Discussion
Abstracts are reviewed by the local organizing committee and assigned to live presentation or pre-recorded video (10 minutes max.), based on scientific merit.
Live presentations may be a maximum of 10 min each, followed by 5 min discussion.