Meetings
One central aspect of the European Complement Network (ECN) is to provide a platform to discuss new concepts in the field of complement, to encourage exchange of ideas and scientists in the field of complement and beyond. The ECN organizes the European Meeting on Complement in Human Disease (EMCHD) every second year in alternate places in Europe. While several European complement meetings had been organized before (see historical overview below), the first EMCHD was held in 1986 at Lake Balaton, in Hungary. Since 2005 the meeting has included an extensive Teaching Day aimed to give young scientists as well as scientists or clinicians who are new in this field a comprehensive and state of the art overview on the various timely topics on complement.
European Complement in Human Disease Workshops:
Next ECN Workshop
September 2024: Lübeck, Germany: EMCHD 2024
Previous ECN Workshops
Year | Location | Organiser(s) | Web Access |
| 2022 | Bern, CH | Robert Rieben | www.emchd2022.com/ |
| 2019 | Madrid, ES | Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba | www.emchd2019.com |
| 2017 | Copenhagen, DK | Peter Garred | http://emchd2017.dk/ |
| 2015 | Uppsala, SE | Bo Nilsson, Kristina Nilsson Ekdahl | EMCHD 2015 Uppsala |
| 2013 | Jena, DE | Peter Zipfel, Christine Skerka | Previously at www.emchd2013.org |
| 2011 | Leiden, NL | Leendert Trouw, Suzan Rooijakkers, Mohamed Daha, Jos van Strijp, Piet Gros | test.boerhaave.nu/EMCHD2011/ |
| 2009 | Visegrád, HU | Lilian Varga, George Füst | www.chd2009.com/ |
| 2007 | Cardiff, UK | B. Paul Morgan | |
| 2005 | Heidelberg, DE | Michael Kirschfink | |
| 2003 | Trieste, IT | Francesco Tedesco | |
| 2001 | Strasbourg, FR | Zvi Fishelson | |
| 1999 | Helsinki, FI | Seppo Meri, Sakari Jokiranta | |
| 1997 | Innsbruck, AT | Reinhard Würzner, Manfred Dierich | |
| 1994 | Les Diablerets, CH | Jürg Schifferli | |
| 1992 | Leiden, NL | Mohamed Daha | |
| 1990 | Bratislava, SK | Zora Starsia | |
| 1988 | Bari, IT | F. Paolo Schena | |
| 1986 | Lake Balaton, HU | George Füst |
Historical overview of European complement meetings prior to the EMCHD serries.
