Conferences and symposiums Karolinska Institutet's Educational Congress 2026

Presentation of the KLOK Award to this year's winner.

The conference will be opened by the university management and the leadership of the teaching and learning unit.

Opening lecture by this year’s KIPRIME winner, Professor Olle ten Cate: 
Entrustment as a purpose of health professions education

Panel: Monika Kvernenes, Irene Sterpu, Carina Georg and Leila Niemi-Murola

Moderator: Brian Hodges

Parallel sessions with short communications and workshops.

Continuation of parallel presentations and workshops, including:

• Nicola Orsini and Karin Garmin Legert, winners of the KI Pedagogical Prize 2026
• Rene Stalmeijer, Associate Professor of Medical Education at Maastricht University and KIPRIME fellow

Continuation of parallel presentations and workshops, including:

Rune Dall Jensen, associate professor and educational developer in medical education at Aarhus University, and a KIPRIME fellow.

Mingle starts with a short performance by Biomusicum, the Biomedicum Health Choir, who will sing a selection of Swedish and English songs under the direction of Malin Strömdahl-Sherman.

This year, the conference also coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Gunnar Höglund and Anna-Stina Malmborg Foundation, which will be marked by a symposium at the Nobel Forum. 

The symposium will highlight the research supported by the Foundation through the Foundation’s prize, KI Fellows programme and research grants. The symposium will be moderated by former prize winner Brian Hodges. Speakers will include the Foundation’s chair Jörgen Larsson, the prize committee chair Anna Kiessling and scientific secretary Terese Stenfors, the 2026 KIPRIME prize winner Olle ten Cate, representatives of the KIPRIME Fellows programme, Renee Stalmeijer and Jonas Nordquist, and Agnes Elmberger and Sven Alfonsson as recipients of research grant.

Alongside the symposium, there will be workshops and short presentations in both the research and scholarship tracks.

Parallel short communications and workshops.
New this year is a session with PhD presentations in medical education.

Parallel sessions with short communications and workshops within the research and scholarship tracks.