CESMA Autumn Meeting 6-7 December, 2026
Join us for this 24 hours Event
Every year we invite our community, partners and end-users to come and meet us! It's the ideal event to get together and present new features, roadmap of future versions, achievements of the software, workshops, training sessions, etc... This event is also an opportunity to showcase our partners' case studies, methodology or developments. Be there and see directly from the source the features of the new version!
Where?
This time, the UEMS Autumn Council Meeting is set to occur at the M.A.I. - Maison des Associations Internationales, located on
Rue de Washington 40
1050 Ixelles
Brussels
Thon Hotel Bristol Stéphanie
We recommend our partner hotel, Thon Hotel Bristol Stéphanie, conveniently located within walking distance of the Council venue.
A preferential room block has been reserved for UEMS delegates for 14–18 October 2026. Reservations can be made using the dedicated booking link provided below, which automatically applies the negotiated conference rate.
These are the draft Minutes of the previous Council meetings, subject to approval in October.
I. ETRs previously submitted but deferred to the Autumn Council 2026:
- ETR for Paediatric Rheumatology - was not presented due to absence.
- ETR for Competence in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery - revision finalised.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
II. ETRs submitted for the 2026 Autumn Council session and reviewed, in accordance with the ETR timeline 2026 ; final ETR drafts will be published a month prior to the Council on the Google drive. The documents are available for review by August 14th at latest, as per the guideline already provided.
01. ETR Paediatric Urology - Google Drive
02.ETR for General Haematology - Google Drive
03.ETR for Nephrology - Google Drive
04. ETR for Competence in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes - Google Drive
05.ETR for Competence in Paediatric Infectious Diseases - Google Drive
06.ETR for the Specialty of Paediatrics - Google Drive
07.ETR for the Specialty of Rheumatology - Google Drive
08. ETR for General Practice/ Family Medicine - Google Drive
09.ETR for the Specialty of Thoracic Surgery - Google Drive
10.ETR for the Competency in Emergency Surgery - Google Drive
As a reminder:
We kindly ask you to enter your comments exclusively in the dedicated Excel file entitled “Share your comments”. Only feedback inserted in this specific sheet will be considered. Please refrain from modifying the original document or from submitting separate files containing your remarks, as these will be discarded. Kindly review the document before 14th of August.
- WG CME/CPD
- WG for Ukraine :
- WG PGT :
- WG AI
To avoid any confusion and duplication, we are publishing only the Council presentations, some of which were also presented during the AB Meeting.
Programme Joint Sessions UEMS-UEMO
Presentations:
- Friday October 18th:
- International comparisons/Overview of OECD work - Dr Gaëtan La Fortune
- Statement for the recognition of General Medicine - Dr Tiago Villanueva
- Recognition of general practice/family medicine as a specialty in Europe - Dr João Grenho
B. Saturday October 19th:
- Threats to the medical profession and physician assistants - Prof. Nicolas Christodoulou
- Standard of education and training - Prof. Nada Cikes
- UEMO UEMS Physician Primacy - Dr Peter Holden