The World
Endometriosis Society (WES) has chosen Sydney for its 2025 congress which will bringing
together scientists, clinicians, researchers, and patients across four days.
The World Endometriosis Society promotes
the exchange of clinical and scientific experience, thought, and investigation to further understanding of endometriosis to
improve treatments and quality of life for women with the disease.
The bid win comes five years after the
Australian Government launched the National Action Plan for Endometriosis. The plan aims to grow
recognition within Australia of the need for improved awareness, education,
diagnosis, treatment and research into endometriosis and associated chronic
pelvic pain.
Bid leader and
clinical president for the Congress, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of New South Wales Sydney, Jason Abbott said, “The World Congress on Endometriosis is the
only congress in the world that focuses solely on endometriosis and the impact
it has on all those with the disease.
“The World Congress on Endometriosis is unique since it not only
highlights well-known experts to share their wisdom but elevates new and
emerging investigators through abstract-driven plenary sessions to ensure that
cutting edge technologies, ideas, and advances are adding to our understanding
of endometriosis. Those 120 plus plenary presentations, based on the quality of
abstracts submitted, are what make our Congress ground-breaking,” he said.
The World
Congress on Endometriosis 2025 was secured by the Australian Society of
Endometriosis working with the bidding specialists at BESydney. The Sydney
Congress will be held at the International Convention Centre Sydney and is expected
to attract more than 1,000 delegates to the harbour city generating an
estimated AU$3.9million in direct expenditure.
Professor of life
course epidemiology in women’s health at the University of Queensland, Gita
Mishra is the scientific president for the Congress. She said the Congress
represents an important opportunity to showcase Australia’s progress as the
first country to enact a government funded National Action Plan for
Endometriosis in 2018, that has created a foundation for the future, through
capacity building, collaboration, and community engagement. “This model has
since been adopted by many other countries around the world,” Mishra added.
The women’s
health discussion will continue into 2026 in Sydney with the previously
announced Asia and Oceania Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AOFOG)
Congress.
Sydney’s 2023 calendar
for major health and life science events include the FDI World Dental Congress,
World Conference on Family Doctors (WONCA) and the World Congress on Safety and
Health at Work.
