ESSM 2011 - 14th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine

General

The European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) is a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary, academic and scientific organisation dedicated to male and female sexual function and dysfunction.

In 1994 in Singapore, during the ISIR (now ISSM) Annual Congress, the ESIR (European Society for Impotence Research) idea was born as the European development of the International Society for Impotence Research.

In 1995 ESSIR was born and the first Congress was held in Porto Carras, Greece. Our journey began into medical knowledge, research and innovation across Europe.

In 1997 the second Congress was held in Madrid. The third Congress was held in Barcelona in 2000, after the tremendous earthquake that hit Turkey in 1999, where the Congress should have been held.

In 2001 the name of the Society changed into ESSIR (European Society for Sexual and Impotence Research) in order to embrace more deeply the broad field of sexual medicine, both male and female.

This brought also to the need of our congress to be held each year, so in 2001 the Congress was held in Rome and the year after, in 2002, in Hamburg. Starting from 2001 the Society continued its development, changing again its name into the actual ESSM (European Society for Sexual Medicine) in 2003, characterizing once again its need to improve and spread the research into sexual medicine, a field which is continuously developing across the world, bringing sexual awareness to light more and more not only in the medical field but also among people.

The year 2005 marked the 10th anniversary of ESSM, a society which is always stronger and more deeply rooted across Europe, with 19 National Societies affiliated to ESSM and about 1.700 members. The Society continues to grow, with even more members and affiliated National Societies.

Congress Information and History

The Congress is held annually end of November/beginning of December, preferably starting the first weekend of December
Congress history and future congresses:
2001 Rome (Italy)
2002 Hamburg (Germany)
2003 Istanbul (Turkey)
2004 London (UK)
2005 Copenhagen (Denmark)
2006 Vienna (Austria)
2007 Lisbon (Portugal)
2008 Brussels (Belgium, together with the World Congress)
2009 Lyon (France)
2010 Malaga (Spain)
2011 Milano (Italy)

Years open for bid: 2012 and 2013

The congress officially opens on a Thursday noon, with pre-meetings of National Affiliated Societies starting on Thursday morning, and closes on Sunday at 1PM.

The congress usually attracts approx. 2.000 scientists