Panel lectures
Headline science and medicine, presented so leading voices share the stage and you hear more than one view on the hard questions.
The participant guide
Join Plexus 2026, two days that put you in the room.
Plexus is for young biomedical professionals, physicians, scientists, and medical students, from Croatia and abroad. Two days of panel lectures, panel discussions, and fireside chats, built so you actually meet the speakers and your peers. This year, the thread running through it is AI in medicine.
4–5 December 2026 · Hrvatski državni arhiv, Zagreb
Until Plexus 2026
What Plexus is
A conference built around the conversation, not the stage.
Plexus runs on panel lectures, panel discussions, and fireside chats: the latest in medicine and science, presented so leading voices share the stage and perspectives meet in real time. The talks are the starting point, not the whole event.
It is networking first. The two days are deliberately small, so a student can ask a real question and a leader has the time to answer it. You leave having met world-leading speakers and a room full of peers at the same point in their careers.
01The format
Three ways the program comes alive.
Every session is built to keep speakers and participants close, and to keep the energy up across both days.
Panels
Cross-disciplinary discussion across a wide range of topics, from AI in medicine to the frontiers of research, with room for your questions.
Fireside chats
Candid talks on career paths, the hard choices, and the failures behind them, told first-hand by leaders in biomedicine.
02Who Plexus is for
If you are early in biomedicine, this room is built for you.
Plexus draws a young, focused crowd from Croatia and abroad. Wherever you are starting from, you will find people a few steps ahead and the leaders who set the path.
Young physicians
Residents and early-career doctors mapping where clinical medicine is heading, and how to build a career inside it.
Scientists & researchers
Graduate students, postdocs, and early-stage investigators working at the bench and looking outward to where the field is going.
Medical students
Students deciding what kind of doctor or scientist they want to become, with direct access to people who have already made that call.
From Croatia & abroad
Most participants come from Croatia, and a substantial share from abroad, a two-way exchange that brings global expertise to Zagreb.
03The two days
How December 4 and 5 actually run.
The shape of each day is set so the talks lead straight into the networking. The full program is being finalized and published ahead of the conference.
Sessions, then the evening
From 16:30 to 21:00, sessions that lead into an open evening.
- Panel lecturesFree Headline science and medicine through the evening, with room for questions from the floor.
- Fireside chatsFree Candid, up-close conversations on the career paths behind the work.
- Evening networkingFree The day closes with an open evening that brings speakers, students, and rising professionals together.
Networking and coffee
The second day opens at 8:30 at the Sheraton Zagreb Hotel, with the speakers within reach.
- Coffee with speakersPaid An informal coffee at the Sheraton Zagreb Hotel, beside the speakers, so a quick introduction can turn into a real conversation.
Getting there
Three addresses to know in Zagreb.
Conference · December 4–5
Hrvatski državni arhiv (Croatian State Archives)
Marulićev trg 21, Zagreb
Building Bridges · December 5 · 10:00 to 14:00
Sheraton Zagreb Hotel
Kneza Borne 2, Zagreb
Arriving by air
Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)
About 30 minutes from the city center by taxi or the airport bus.
04What is included
Free to attend, with a few networking extras.
The conference itself is free. A handful of close-contact networking moments carry a small charge, which keeps those tables small enough to actually be useful.
Free
The conference
Entry to both days is free of charge. Register to hold your place while the program is finalized.
- All panel lectures, panels, and fireside chats
- December 4 evening networking
- The latest in medicine and science across many topics
Paid extras
Time with the speakers
A few intentionally small, paid moments built for real conversation with the people on the program.
- Coffee with speakers (December 5, 8:30, Sheraton Zagreb Hotel)
- Dedicated time with speakers
Why attend
Three reasons people keep coming back.
Plexus is a short event with a long reach. In two days you build relationships, see where your field is heading, and meet the people whose careers you are trying to learn from.
Networking that actually works
Coffee and an evening together keep the speakers in the room and within reach, not behind a rope. The cap on numbers means real introductions, not a scrum.
Career paths, told plainly
Fireside chats go into the part no one usually says out loud: the turning points, the setbacks, and the decisions behind the careers you admire.
The latest science, up close
The 2026 program centers on AI in medicine: where machine learning is reaching the clinic and the lab, what it changes, and where the real limits still sit.
Register
Program coming soon. Your place can be held now.
Sessions and speakers will be announced before December 2026. Register today and you will be first to hear when the full program goes live, with your place already held.
Program coming soon
Join us in December
Be in the room where the future of medicine is shaped.
4–5 December 2026, at Hrvatski državni arhiv (Croatian State Archives) in Zagreb. Two days of panel lectures, fireside chats, and the networking that makes Plexus what it is. The conference is free to attend.