Creation of the ESE Council of Affiliated Societies (ECAS)

On 13-14 September 2013, a meeting of the ESE Affiliated National Societies was held in Vienna which resulted in a wonderful exchange of many exciting ideas for collaboration, as it was attended by the majority of the societies and the ESE Executive Committee and Committee Chairs.  During the meeting, it was decided to create the ESE Council of Affiliated Societies (ECAS). ECAS will be a collaborative global network enhancing the visibility of endocrine research, development and education – essential for our discipline. ECAS has ambitious objectives, but together we can become a real presence on the international stage, and discuss shared challenges and issues. Our next step is to carefully scope the projects that we agreed. Further information about these and ECAS itself will follow over the coming months.