ESSM Newsletter # 37

5 ESSM Today Meeting report ESSM 2017: Highlights from Nice therapeutics selected by high troughput screen- ing as well as repurposing EMA/FDA approved drugs for the use in sex med- is continuing to show encouraging results (prize winners: Javier Angulo, Spain; Linda Vignozzi, Italy; Marcus Ilg, United Kingdom). In female sexual function sex- related pain was a much discussed topic with much attention to vulvodynia and other genito- pelvic pain disorders. Furthermore, there was attention given to sex following female cancer (treatments) and female sexuality as indicator of overall health. (prize winners female sexual dysfunction: Elisa Maseroli, Italy; Caroline Vos, The Netherlands; Chantelle Otten, Australia). On the sexology and pshychology side, hot topics included pornography use, adolescent sexual- ity and prevalence and help-seeking of sexual difficulties in the population, the latter which was awarded with a best presentation award to Dr. Richard de Visser from the United Kingdom. Future meetings In 2018, we are very excited to host the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine which will be held in Lisbon on February 28 – March 3 and will be co-hosted by the ESSM, the International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM) and the So- ciedade Portuguesa de Andrologia, Medicina Sexual e Reprodução. It marks the 20 th Congress at the ESSM and the contents will be very at- tractive, program chairs Prof. Wayne Hellstrom and myself are working hard to finalize the full program which will air shortly on www.wmsm. org , please take a look. We’ll host more than 15 workshops (including a manuscript writing and reading workshop by the ISSM journal edi- tors), 2 live surgery sessions, 2 video tips and trick-sessions, an international keynote speaker and an innovations in sex-med platform next to the well-known interactive, debate and round table sessions on various topics, again including multidisciplinary sessions as well as focused sessions. The audience as well as the speaker pool will be attending from all over the world indicating that you’ll get the best of the best in terms of science, education and networking out of this collaboration with ISSM. The ESSM School of Sexual Medicine 2017 27 October – 5 November 2017 | Budapest, Hungary For information please visit: www.essm.org This year edition is already fully booked