NordTick 2026
Welcome to
NordTick 2026
The Nordic region's leading conference on various aspects of tick-borne diseases
Date:
Venue:
2 June - 4 June, 2026
Varbergs Kusthotell, Sweden
NordTick 2026
A warm welcome to the NordTick 2026 conference that will be held at the lovely seaside Varbergs Kusthotell, Varberg, on the southwestern coast of Sweden, to actively participate and contribute to the scientific program. Take the opportunity to meet, discuss and network with research colleagues in a friendly and informal atmosphere. NordTick 2026 is organized by an internationally leading group on the tick-borne bacterium Neoerlichia mikurensis, led by Professor Christine Wennerås, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the administrative coordinator Stefan Wengelin, Commee AB, under the umbrella of NoSTick, the Nordic Society for Research on Ticks and Tick-borne Infections.
The conference starts with lunch on Tuesday 2 June, and ends two with lunch on Thursday 4 June, 2026. The NordTick conferences are held every two years in one of the Nordic countries and typically attract 150-200 participants. The focus is on different aspects of ticks and tick-borne diseases, covering current research on ticks, the general and clinical aspects of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals, tick-borne microbial communities and species. New and ongoing research will be presented by participants at oral and poster sessions, and by invited key-note speakers. The conference language is English.
Gothenburg and Linköping in September 2025
Professor Christine Wennerås, on behalf of the local organizing committee
Professor Per-Eric Lindgren, Chairman, on behalf of the NoSTick board
Preliminary scientific program
Programme at a glance. Schedule subject to change
Tuesday June 2
11:00 Registration opens
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Session 1
Welcome address
Key Note lecture 1
Scientific presentations
Coffee break
Session 1 continues
18:00 End of today's presentations
19:00 Poster session with walk about dinner
Wednesday June 3
09:00 Session 2
Scientific presentations
11:00 Time for informal discussions
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Session 3
Key Note lecture 2
Scientific presentations
Coffee break
17:00 Sponsored session
17:30 Poster presentations
18:00 End of today
Cultural Event
20:00 Gala Dinner
Thursday June 4
09:00 Session 4
Scientific presentations
Coffee break
Session 4 continues
Scientific presentations
Closing remarks
NordTIck 2028
12:00 Lunch and departure
Key Note Speakers
Dr. Olivier Duron (senior researcher), National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Montpellier, France
An expert on bacterial communities carried by ticks and other arthropods. Employs experimental, metagenomics and phylogenetic analyses to investigate evolutionary ecology, genome evolution, species interactions and endosymbiosis. Will give a talk on Spiroplasma ixodetis, an emerging bacterial pathogen of humans that can cause severe eye infections in newborns and systemic disease in adults. S. ixodetis is also a facultative endosymbiont known to influence the reproductive biology of various arthropods, although its effects in ticks remain unknown.
Prof. Anne-Mette Lebech (chief physician), University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
An expert on the clinical and epidemiologic aspects of tick-borne diseases with a focus on the pathogens that affect the nervous system such as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and TBE. Employs nationwide population-based registry studies, cohort studies, and case-control studies in her research. Will give a talk on the latest discoveries within the field of Lyme borreliosis.
Prof. Marianne van Hage (senior consultant), Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
One of the leading scientists in the field of the alpha-Gal syndrome (AGS), a severe food allergy induced by tick bites. She has demonstrated the presence of alpha-Gal-carrying proteins in tick saliva, elucidated the cellular mechanisms of the disease, and contributed to unraveling its diverse clinical manifestations. Will give a talk on this subject.
Scientific abstracts
We welcome the submission of abstracts covering on-going research on ticks, tick-borne microorganisms (including bacteria, virus, parasites), and tick-borne diseases (tbd). Topics of interest are e.g.
- Tick biology/- ecology
- One Health aspects on ticks and tbd
- Epidemiology of tick-borne microorganisms and tbd
- Microbiology of tick-borne microorganisms (e.g. Borrelia spp, Neoehrlichia mikurensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Rickettsia spp, TBEV, Babesia spp, other emerging pathogens, tick endosymbionts)
- Clinical aspects of tbd in humans and animals (including case reports)
- Immune responses (including vaccines)
- New diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for tbd
- Surveillance of tick-borne pathogens and tbd
Abstract submissions will be selected by peer review for either short talks or presentations at the interactive poster sessions
(e.g. poster pitch).
Abstract submisson will open in December 2025
Sponsorship
Nordtick 2026 invites sponsors to participate as exhibitors at the conference. The various packages can be found below:
Main sponsor
- 3 participant tickets
- 30 minutes presentation in the program *
- Presentation as Main Sponsor on the website
- Table, chair and power supply
- Clickable logo on the website
- Logo displayed on the presentation screen in
the lecture hall
SEK 40 000 + tax
Regular sponsor
- 2 participant tickets
- Presentation as a Sponsor in the program
- Table, chair and power supply
- Clickable logo on the website
- Logo displayed on the presention screen in
the lecture hall
SEK 25 000 + tax
*) The sponsor shall submit an abstract describing the content and the invited speakers. The content must be of high international scientific quality, for example, the presentation of a study or something similar. Thus, a purely product-oriented presentation is not permitted. The speakers shall be invited by the sponsor and must not have their main employment with the company. The presentation will be 30 minutes long and will be scheduled either as the first session in the morning or as the first session immediately after lunch.
ADVERTISMENT IN THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Exclusively for our main sponsors, we offer the opportunity to be featured on a full page in the conference program. The sponsoring company is responsible for the content and design.
SEK 20 000 + tax
Questions regarding sponsorship, please contact Gunilla Sandberg gunilla.sandberg@vgregion.se
More about NordTick 2026
Accommodation
A limited number of hotel rooms at the venue haS been pre-booked and can be reserved in connection to conference registration. Accomodation is not covered by the particpation fee
Fees
Early Bird (until January 31, 2026)
Members of NoSTick: SEK 4600
Non Members: SEK 4800
Fees after February 1, 2026:
All participants: SEK 5300
Swedish VAT will be added upon all rates
Transportation
If you want to travel to us by public transport, take an SJ or Öresundståg train to Varberg. Öresundståg departs from Copenhagen International Airport.
From the train station, it’s about 3 km to the hotel.
A walk along the beautiful seaside promenade takes around 40 min..
From the bus terminal at Varberg’s train station,
you can take Hallandstrafiken’s bus no. 11 to the stop “Varberg Kurorten Apelviken.” The ride takes about 10 min, and the bus stops outside the hotel.
Conference organisation
Scientific committee:
Nanna Skaarup Andersen, Denmark
Fredrikke Christie Knudtzen, Denmark
Per-Eric Lindgren, Sweden
Viviann Kjelland, Norway
Jani Sormunen, Finland
Anna Jonsson Henningsson, Sweden
Alaitz Aranburu Txintxurreta, Sweden
Anna Grankvist, Sweden
Christine Lingblom, Sweden
Organising committee:
Christine Wennerås
Anna Grankvist
Alaitz Aranburu
Christine Lingblom
Kerstin Andersson
Gunilla Sandberg
Congress organiser:
Commee AB, Stefan Wengelin
NoSTick is a recently established scientific society for everyone interested in ticks and tick-borne infections. It welcomes, researches at universities, hospitals, industry, academic institutions or authorities, from all countries to become members. For 2025 the membership is free of charge and for 2026 it is 15 euros. The language of the NoSTick is English. A web-page of NoSTick will come soon.
The main aims of NoSTick are to
- Support scientific research in the field of ticks and tick-borne infections.
- Contribute to the scientific development in this field by funding, organising events (such as NordTick) and coordinating research.
- Inform about research in this field and its impact on public health and society in general.
If you want to more about NoSTick or if you are interested to become a member, please contact Per-Eric Lindgren, chairman of NoSTick, e-mail: per-eric.lindgren@liu.se
In September 2025,
Per-Eric Lindgren, professor, Linköping University
Chairman, on behalf of the NoSTick board,