The EULAR 2017 Congress will be a platform to facilitate interactions between patients, medical doctors, scientists, health professionals and professionals representing the pharmaceutical industry both from within Europe and from around the world. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR), an important milestone that will be celebrated with congress delegates from around the world.
The aim of the EULAR 2017 Congress is to provide a forum of the highest standard for scientific (both clinical and basic), educational and social exchange between professionals involved in rheumatology, liaising with patient organisations, in order to achieve progress in the clinical care of people with RMDs.
EULAR Congresses have received tremendous interest in terms of participation and quality of contributions. This also reflects the availability of increased information on the impact, burden and cost of these diseases for society, and a significantly improved ability to diagnose and treat them. The incorporation of health professional and patient organisations within EULAR has been a considerable stimulus for these advances. This integration will facilitate the implementation of recommendations for management/standards of care of musculoskeletal disorders in daily practice of which we have seen prime examples in the London EULAR Congress.
The EULAR Congress 2017 in Madrid will once again offer a wide range of topics including clinical innovations, clinical translational and basic science. In addition, there will be meetings organised by People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), by Health Professionals in Rheumatology (HPR) and by the health care industry. The central activity of the congress will be poster presentations and poster tours with their highly interactive exchanges among participants. The Madrid event will further strengthen the reputation of the EULAR Congress as a highly innovative and informative venue for clinical and translational researchers not only within the different facets of our discipline (e.g., inflammation, pain, bone, mechanical and inflammatory disorders). The Madrid meeting will further promote the reputation of the EULAR Congress as a most innovative and informative venue for clinical research for the practising physician. In addition, the EULAR EMEUNET organisation of young rheumatologists will also attract young colleagues to the meeting and will disseminate the message that rheumatology is one of the most attractive and successful disciplines of medicine.