*** The next conference will take place in Denmark from 17th-18th of January 2026 ***

Welcome to the International Conference for Hedgehog Professionals.

A conference with the purpose of inspiring and strengthening the collaboration between hedgehog researchers and hedgehog carers to serve the common, important goal of preserving the European hedgehog in the wild.

Please join our Facebook group if you wish to take part in the knowledge sharing we hope this group will generate between e.g. hedgehog carers, hedgehog researchers and veterinarians or veterinary nurses treating hedgehogs.

We encourage all European hedgehog rehabilitators and other professionals working with hedgehog rehabilitation and conservation, such as hedgehog researchers, NGOs, veterinarians and veterinary nurses treating hedgehogs, to sign up for participation.

Here you can download the conference proceedings from the latest conference, taking place in January 2024:

With this conference we wish to bridge the gap between hedgehog researchers and hedgehog carers internationally. We hope to establish a strong and respectful collaboration between the scientists and the care practitioners with the purpose of improving hedgehog conservation. It is essential that we work together and strengthen our teamwork to help save the declining hedgehog population.

The conference furthermore serves to present the most recent hedgehog research and hedgehog conservation initiatives from all over Europe to inspire and inform all participants at the conference.

This page will be updated when the programme for the next conference, taking place in Denmark from 17th-18th of January 2026, has been planned. You can see earlier conference programmes from 2024 and 2020 in the conference abstract books here.

This page will be updated when the venue for the next conference, taking place in Denmark from 17th-18th of January 2026, has been booked.

The next conference will take place in Denmark from 17th-18th of January 2026. This page will be updated once the conference registration opens.