The Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) has announced the 7th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference, which is to take place in Dakar, Senegal, from 15-20 April 2018. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts covering a wide range of topics, including parasite systems biology, epidemiology and modelling, drug resistance, drug efficacy, malaria in pregnancy, bioethics and legal issues to name but a few. The conference aims to bring together scientists from different backgrounds and with varied interests, to encourage discussion of the latest findings in malaria research.