ESC Congress

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The ESC Congress is the annual congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the largest medical congress in Europe. It gathers over 30,000 active participants (mainly cardiologists) and takes place every year in August/September in a different European city.

List of ESC Congresses[edit | edit source]

The first ESC Congress was held in 1950 and from then on every 4 years[1] until 1988, when it became an annual event.

  • 1988 - Austria


Vienna
  • 1989 - France


Nice
  • 1990 - Sweden


Stockholm
  • 1991 - Netherlands


Amsterdam
  • 1992 - Spain


Barcelona
  • 1993 - France


Nice
  • 1994 - Germany


Berlin
  • 1995 - Netherlands


Amsterdam
  • 1996 - United Kingdom


Birmingham
  • 1997 - Sweden


Stockholm
  • 1998 - Austria


Vienna
  • 1999 - Spain


Barcelona
  • 2000 - Netherlands


Amsterdam
  • 2001 - Sweden


Stockholm
  • 2002 - Germany


Berlin
  • 2003 - Austria


Vienna
  • 2004 - Germany


Munich
  • 2005 - Sweden


Stockholm
  • 2006 - Spain


Barcelona
  • 2007 - Austria


Vienna
  • 2008 - Germany


Munich
  • 2009 - Spain


Barcelona
  • 2010 - Sweden


Stockholm
  • 2011 - France


Paris
  • 2012 - Germany


Munich
  • 2013 - Netherlands


Amsterdam
  • 2014 - Spain


Barcelona
  • 2015 - United Kingdom


London
  • 2016 - Italy


Rome
  • 2017 - Spain


Barcelona
  • 2018 - Germany


Munich
  • 2019 - France


Paris
  • 2020 - Netherlands


Amsterdam
  • 2021 - United Kingdom


London

After the 2017 ESC Congress, Barcelona Spain


became the city with most congresses since 1988(6), followed by Stockholm Sweden


(5) and then by Amsterdam Netherlands


and Vienna Austria


and Munich Germany


(4 times each as of 2018). 

Some congresses (1994 and 2006) were organised jointly with the World Heart Federation[2] under the name of "World Congress of Cardiology".

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