• Renowned European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) to meet in Munich for the first time in 2014  

ESHRE´s decision in favour of Munich marks the successful conclusion of one of the largest joint bids by the City of Munich and the ICM – International Congress Centre Munich in the last two years. With at least 8000 delegates expected to attend the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (www.eshre.eu), this is currently one of the largest medical congresses in Europe. The ESHRE operates in one of the fastest growing and most forward-looking fields in modern medicine.
 
Ideal infrastructure
For the organisers of the ESHRE Annual Meeting, which takes place each year at a different city within Europe, it was the many local benefits which tipped the balance in favour of Munich. "This destination not only has an ideal infrastructure, it also has ultramodern and highly flexible offers for major congresses, in terms of the services and space it offers," is how Bruno von den Eede, Managing Director ESHRE, explained the choice of Munich.
 
Core competence in hosting major congresses
By attracting the ESHRE Annual Meeting to the Bavarian capital, Munich has once again underlined its core competence in the field of hosting large-scale medical congresses.
 
By the end of 2014 alone, no less than six other medical societies and congress organisers are firmly booked to hold events in the ICM. These include:
- the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society (CIRSE) in 2011,
- the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie (DGRH) in 2011,
- the 15th International Congress of Catalysis (ICC) in 2012,
- the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in 2012 and
- the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (DGGG) in 2012.
The City of Munich and the ICM are currently engaged in bids to host a wide range of other major international events.
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