DEAR FRIENDS,

On be half of the Executive Committee of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology, it is my great pleasure to invite you to join the 16th World Congress of Gynecological Endocrinology that will be held in Florence from the 5th to 8thMarch 2014.

Our biennial meeting can be considered the major event in developing, upgrading and teaching the Gynecological Endocrinology. Our Discipline, strongly stimulated by the possibilities offered by molecular and cellular endocrinology and by the progress in clinical biochemistry and experimental pharmacology, needs this important moment, which can be considered our World Congress. In the same way, the achievements of randomized clinical trials, epidemiological surveys and large meta analysis will allow us to better understand the possibilities, limits, risks and advantages of ourtherapies and diagnostic approaches.

The programme, developed by the Executive Board, will receive input from Scientific Societies, mostly members of the Fisge, that normally cooperates with us. Moreover, the Congress remains open to the suggestions of our Members, Working group sand any other Institution that want to increase the scientific and educational level of the Event. In the mean time, the ISGRE will activate since 2013 the Winter and Summer Schools, to promote the continuous medical education and up-dating in Gynecological and Reproductive Endocrinology I strongly hope to receive your proposals for the progress of our Society, and have the pleasure to meet you in Florence in March 2014.

Andrea R. Genazzani

President of ISGE