# European Society of Endocrinology

The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) is a scientific society to promote for the public benefit research, education and clinical practice in endocrinology by the organisation of conferences, training courses and publications, by raising public awareness, liaison with national and international legislators.

## Major activities

Major activities include the organisation of the annual European Congress of Endocrinology. ESE also organises postgraduate courses at least biannually. ESE has three official journals: Endocrine Connections and Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, which are published by Bioscientifica, and the European Journal of Endocrinology, which is published by Oxford University Press.

## Governing body

The overall governing body of ESE is the General Council, which comprises all ordinary members, affiliated societies and corporate members. The voting members of the General Council are electing the Executive Committee which shall manage the business of the Society and may exercise all the powers of the Society.

## Membership

Ordinary membership is open to researchers, clinicians and students in the field of endocrinology and hormonal systems. Affiliated societies membership is open to national endocrine societies and sub-specialist endocrine societies in Europe. Corporate membership is open to companies working in the field of endocrinology. Honorary membership is for persons of special distinction in endocrinology or who have performed outstanding service to the Society.

## History

An early predecessor organisation of the ESE was the Committee of the Acta Endocrinologica Countries (CAEC), which founded Acta Endocrinologica (Copenhagen), later renamed European Journal of Endocrinology, in June 1948. It also organised the Acta Endocrinologica Congresses, the first of which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22–25 August 1954. This series of congresses gave way to the first European Congress of Endocrinology in 1987, when the European Federation of Endocrine Societies (EFES), an umbrella organisation of national societies for endocrinology in Europe, was founded. On this basis, the ESE was officially launched on January 1, 2006, following a consultation process with EFES member organisations.

## Affiliated societies

Affiliated Society membership is open to national endocrine societies and pan-European sub-specialist endocrine societies in Europe.

### Pan-European sub-specialist endocrine societies

* European Academy of Andrology
* European Biological Rhythms Society
* European Calcified Tissue Society
* European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors
* European Neuroendocrine Association
* European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society
* European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology
* European Society of Gynecology
* European Thyroid Association

### National endocrine societies

* Association of Endocrinologists of the Ukraine
* Associazione Medici Endocrinologi (Italy)
* Austrian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism
* Belarusian Association of Endocrinologists
* Belgian Endocrine Society
* Bulgarian Society of Endocrinology
* Croatian Society for Endocrinology
* Cyprus Endocrine Society
* Czech Endocrine Society
* Danish Endocrine Society
* Egyptian Association of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Atherosclerosis
* Estonian Endocrine Society
* Finnish Endocrine Society
* French Endocrine Society
* Georgian Endocrinologists Society
* German Society of Endocrinology
* Hellenic Endocrine Society (Greece)
* Hungarian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
* Icelandic Endocrine Society
* Irish Endocrine Society
* Israel Endocrine Society
* Italian Endocrine Society
* Latvian Association of Endocrinologists
* Libyan Association for Diabetes and Endocrinology
* Lithuanian Society for Endocrinology
* Macedonian Endocrine Association
* Montenegro, The Endocrinology Association of
* Netherlands Society for Endocrinology (NVE)
* Norwegian Society of Endocrinology
* Polish Society of Endocrinology
* Portuguese Society of Endocrinology
* Romanian Psychoneuroendocrine Society
* Romanian Society of Endocrinology
* Russian Association of Endocrinologists
* Serbian Endocrine Society
* Slovak Endocrine Society
* Slovenian Endocrine Society
* Society for Endocrinology
* Turkey Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
* Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition
* Swedish Endocrine Society
* Swiss Society of Endocrinology & Diabetes
* Tunisian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism