Conference Program
Wednesday, August 26th
15:00 – 19:00
This is the program of the ISLC-PAIS Conference held in Amsterdam from 26–29 August 2026.
Video on Demand access is included at no additional cost for in-person attendees of the 2026 conference. If you did not attend in person, you can purchase access through our VOD page. Recordings are being published in stages. We expect the remaining recordings approved for publication to be online around mid-November 2026.
We apologize for the delay. Following a security breach, large parts of the website have had to be rebuilt by our webmaster, who is a volunteer living with Long COVID. Editing around 100 conference recordings and completing the review and approval process with speakers have also taken longer than anticipated.
Following the security breach, we will send new login credentials to all in-person attendees as soon as all slides, videos and transcripts have been uploaded.
Auditorium
16:00–17:50
Chair: Jessica Maya and Mark Faghy
15:00
60 min
Registration & Coffee
Wed 26 Aug
16:00
10 min
Auditorium
Conference Welcome
Opening remarks by the Conference Chair and organiser, marking the official opening of the Conference.
Rob Wüst | Conference Chair
ISLC-PAIS Conference Foundation
Wed 26 Aug
16:10
60 min
Auditorium
Clinical Track
Plenary 1 – Long COVID, the first PAIS studied at scale; what we learned and what comes next
Long COVID is the first post-acute infectious disease studied at scale in the digital health era. Big data, compute and advanced modeling delivered timely insight that shaped how we understand and respond to it. This seminar traces that journey: organ system involvement, mechanisms, and how acute infections give rise to chronic disease, and closes with a forward-looking research and policy agenda.
Ziyad Al-Aly | Clinical Epidemiologist, Chief of Research and Development Services
Washington University School of Medicine
Wed 26 Aug
17:10
15 min
Auditorium
Impact Track
A Catalyst Opportunity
Introducing a strategic initiative that seeks to connect research, innovation and society to accelerate progress for people living with Long COVID.
Ellen Bark-Lindhout | Chair and Co-founder | Stichting Long COVID
Jeroen den Dunnen | Associate Professor & Scientific Lead | Stichting Long COVID
Wed 26 Aug
17:25
15 min
Auditorium
Early-Career Award
Celebrating the next generation of PAIS researchers. During the opening ceremony, twelve outstanding Early-Career researchers will receive an ISLC-PAIS Early-Career Award in recognition of the quality of their research and their contribution to the future of the field.
Jos Bosch | Principal Investigator / Project Lead
NMCB (The Netherlands ME/CFS Cohort and Biobank consortium)
17:40
70 min
Welcome Reception
H’Art Museum Grand Café