WELCOME ADDRESS

Dear ESSM Members,
dear Colleagues,
dear Friends,
I am happy and honoured to welcome you to the beautiful and romantic city of Lisbon on the occasion of our 2007 Annual Meeting. Professor Nuno Monteiro Pereira and his crew, on behalf of the Portuguese Society of Andrology have provided an outstanding support to the organization of the meeting. I am sure that you will enjoy the scientific programme that is encompassing all the hottest topics in sexual medicine. You will easily realize that there is not one single European top opinion leader missing from the programme and this is the best guarantee for the positive final outcome of the meeting. We have received an overwhelming number of abstracts and the ESSM scientific committee has carefully selected the most interesting ones which will certainly stimulate a lively discussion during the scientific sessions.
Do not miss the opportunity to visit the ESSM booth during the congress. By becoming a member of ESSM you will receive for free The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of ESSM and the real Bible of our discipline. In addition you will also benefit of all the privileges reserved to the members of ESSM. The exhibition area will have numerous booths of the companies which have generously supported ESSM and I
invite you all to spend your free time during breaks among sessions to visit them and learn more about their products. We also want to take the opportunity to invite you to the opening ceremony followed by a get together at the congress venue to socialise with your colleagues and friends!
This is my last year as President of ESSM. It has been a major honor and a privilege to serve you all over this term. ESSM is now the largest branch of ISSM and the European contributions to the field of Sexual Medicine are unanimously recognized. My successor Mr Ian Eardley is the best possible individual to take the lead and conduct ESSM to the exciting 2008 joint meeting with ISSM in Brussels. This is my last opportunity to thank all of you for being so strong supporters of ESSM: I will never forget this time of my life.

Enjoy the meeting!

Professor Francesco Montorsi, MD
ESSM President

Dear Colleagues,
It is a great honour and a supreme pleasure to welcome you to Lisbon, the venue of the 10th ESSM Congress 2007. At the moment Lisbon gets ready to welcome the political leaders of the EU, who will sign the document which will be known in the European History as the Lisbon Treaty. Also more than two thousand physicians and scientists who will participate in the 10th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Sexual Medicine will be expected in Lisbon. We all hope that both events will be markers for the future. All over the world Sexual Medicine explodes as an exciting branch of medical knowledge. Being an area that contains the medical aspects of sexual affairs and the sexual aspects of medical affairs, Sexual Medicine congregates an increasing number of specialists. At the congress you will have the opportunity to experience a stimulating scientific program with up-to-date science and research findings in the wide field of Sexual Medicine. And what to explore in Lisbon? Lisbon is a lively and attractive city with its own culture, history, architecture as well as its music which are omnipresent. Its open inhabitants underline the nice and friendly south European atmosphere of Lisbon. You will always find interesting spots to discover during day and night time. Therefore, we are very pleased to have Lisbon as a special place for the Annual Meeting of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Please take this opportunity to make new contacts and gain new scientific knowledge as well as unforgettable memories.

I am sure you will enjoy this 10th ESSM Congress.

Nuno Monteiro Pereira
Chair of the 10th ESSM Congress