This year’s conference focuses on combating neglected tropical parasitic diseases under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), helminth immunology, drug development and One Health approaches. Additionally, the virtual conference provides a diverse and interdisciplinary programme within the fields of parasitology and veterinary medicine with sessions on vectors and entomology, veterinary parasitology, wildlife parasitology, parasite immunology, parasite-host interactions, parasite molecular biology, emerging parasitic diseases as well as clinical parasitology. The organizers encourages everyone to take an active part in the programme by contributing the latest scientific findings to these exciting fields.