Dear Members and Partners of ESP,

We are looking back on a highly successful European Congress of Pathology (ECP) 2024 in Florence. Almost 6000 participants made it the biggest Pathology congress worldwide and an event not to miss. 30% increase in participation and highly positive, encouraging feedback show, that our ECP concept – high quality research and training at affordable conditions in presence on site – points to the right direction. The sessions were well attended, and the programme went smoothly; Florence and our Italian friends were fantastic hosts and the Fortezza da Basso was an ideally located, spacious and highly functional congress venue. That we could welcome our 5000th ESP member during the congress was truly an ‘icing on the cake’. This deserves a huge ‘thank you’ to all who have contributed!

There were several positive developments that we could recognise around the congress:
It was fantastic to see so many junior Pathologists attending the sessions, presenting their research and getting together. The ESP is proud of its high junior membership rate, and we are strongly committed to becoming even more attractive to young pathologists with low fees (juniors actually enjoy free membership), specifically designated programme topics, our alumni programme and many support measures, but also with the many junior and educational activities beyond ECP over the whole year.

Along our key innovative topics – molecular pathology and digital pathology - the programme and sessions addressing e.g. clinical trials, tumour classification, ASCO for pathologists showed a rising interdisciplinarity of ECP and our Society. This is mirrored by our growing interaction with clinical societies, which will help to position pathology and Pathologist better in the medical field, just to mention clinical guidelines and joint health care activities. Read more..

Best wishes from your President

Peter Schirmacher

Virchows Archiv (European Journal of Pathology) is the Official Journal of the ESP.

The Journal is edited by an editorial committee composed of an Editor in Chief, who is appointed by the Executive Committee, and Associate Editors, who are selected by the Editor in Chief.

The mission of the Journal is to advance the scientific basis of human pathology by the publication of high quality research, including molecular and translational studies, and thereby contribute to patient care.