More than 30,000 doctors and medical researchers will
descend on Berlin after organisers of one of Europe’s largest medical meetings chose
the German capital for its 2025 annual congress.
Berlin becomes only the third German city to host the
Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) following in the
footstep of Munich (2018) and Hamburg (2000).
The five-days congress will feature internationally renowned
experts will provide state-of-the-art lectures and the latest on the
prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Franziska Giffey, senator for Economic Affairs, Energy and
Industry, said: "Berlin's congress and event business is one of the most
important economic sectors in our city. After the difficult pandemic years for
the industry, we are now seeing a clear recovery with a signal effect: I am
very pleased that we have succeeded in bringing the internationally renowned
ESMO Congress to Berlin.”
Burkhard Kieker, CEO of visitBerlin added: "Winning the
bid for one of the largest medical congresses is a huge success for the German
capital. The city's return on investment runs well into the double-digit
millions. It fully and truly honours the collective effort of all the
players."
Dr Mario Tobias, CEO of Messe Berlin said: "Messe
Berlin has a long-standing expertise in hosting major international medical
congresses. We are proud that with the ESMO Congress we have been able to bring
another very prestigious major event into the fold of Berlin as a venue and we
are already looking forward to working with them.”
