The 39th ESE Postgraduate Training Course in Clinical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism will take place in person from Thursday 17 September to Sunday 20 September 2026 at the Park Plaza, Vilnius, Lithuania and online
SAVE THE DATE and REGISTER NOW
Please submit your case and register before the Early Bird!
Early Bird Deadline: Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 23:59 CEST
Case Submission Deadline: Tuesday 16 June 2026 at 23:59 CEST
We are delighted to be running this course with the
Lithuania Society of Endocrinology (LSE).
We hope you can join us in Lithuania or online.
The course included presentations on relevant aspects of clinical endocrinology. Participants had an opportunity to listen to and interact with leading European experts in the field of endocrinology and metabolism. During the lectures, faculty members shared their knowledge and clinical experiences based around cases, and there were many chances to ask questions and interact with the experts. There was also a chance to test your knowledge.
The event will take place in-person in Vilnius and also online.
REGISTER HERE and Select your registration type
Early Bird deadline: Tuesday 30 June 2026 23:59 CEST
Registration fees |
ESE member |
ESE member |
ESE member reduced rates |
ESE member reduced rates |
Non-member |
Non-member |
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Before Early Bird deadline |
After Early Bird deadline |
Before Early Bird deadline |
After Early Bird deadline |
Before Early Bird deadline |
After Early Bird deadline |
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In-person: with accommodation |
€465 |
€695 |
€300 |
€450 |
€805 |
€1,210 |
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In-person: no accommodation |
€260 |
€385 |
€175 |
€260 |
€450 |
€670 |
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Online |
€140 |
€205 |
€90 |
€135 |
€245 |
€360 |
*ESE member reduced rate
Concessionary rates are available for ESE Early Career, Students, Nurses or Retired Members, and ESE members who are from low-income or middle-income countries, as classified by the World Bank. Income status can be checked at the Worldbank website.
Please note: If you have recently become a member or renewed your membership within the last few days, this may take a couple of days to reflect in the registration system.
If you are a current member of ESE, you must be renewed for 2026 to benefit from the reduced member rates. Please visit the ESE membership pages.
We can only accept credit/debit card payments
Registration will close on Thursday 17 September 2026.
Ukrainian delegates
If you are located in Ukraine, please email registration@ese-hormones.org
Complimentary places - online only
A limited number of free places are available for ESE members, who have a valid membership that falls into one of the following categories; Early Career, students or nurses who are also from a middle or low-income country as classified by the World Bank.
Please note: ESE does not permit attendance of sanctioned individuals or individuals from sanctioned institutions at any ESE events. Please click here to see ESE's Sanctions Policy.
In-person
No accommodation: Includes full registration and access to all sessions, course materials, catering: coffee breaks, lunch. Welcome reception and one evening offsite dinner (excludes breakfast and accommodation)
With accommodation: Includes full registration and access to all sessions, course materials, catering: coffee breaks, lunch, welcome reception and one offsite evening dinner. Accommodation includes 3 nights accommodation (arrival: Thursday 17 September 2026, departure: Sunday 20 September 2026).
Accommodation is limited, early booking is advised.
The recording of the webinars will be available approximately 3 weeks after the webinars have taken place for those who have purchased a registration ticket, including those attending in-person. All ticket holders will have access to this content for 6 months, and unlimited access if you are an ESE member.
Cancellation of Registration / Refund Requests – in-person tickets
All cancellations of registration or refund requests must be made in writing to the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) registration@ese-hormones.org.
Cancellation of registration or refund requests will be accepted until and on 20 July 2026 (23:59 CEST) – cancellation requests received before this date will be subject to an administrative charge of 10% plus bank charges.
For cancellations or refund requests made after 20 July 2026 (23:59 CEST) (for any reason including ill health) we regret that no refunds can be made or authorised.
Please send your email confirmation and receipt with the written cancellation. All bank fees related to the refunds are to be paid by the delegate. Refunds will be processed after the course has taken place.
It is recommended that all delegates take out insurance to cover their registration, travel and accommodation costs to cover the case that they are unable to attend or the event is cancelled for any unforeseen reason. The European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) takes no responsibility for reimbursing delegates’ expenses in such cases.
Delegates are fully liable for damages caused to third parties and property. All delegates shall have valid, comprehensive third-party liability insurance.
If you have any further requirements or require any additional information, please contact registration@ese-hormones.org.
Online
The course will be live-streamed and will take place on Zoom. You can ask questions to the speakers via Zoom, and the chairpersons may select your question to ask the speaker.
Sessions will be carried out of Zoom, so please ensure that you are able to access Zoom on your University/institution computer. You will be sent access information approximately 1 week before.
The recording of the webinars will be available approximately 3 weeks after the webinars have taken place for those who have purchased a registration ticket, including those attending in-person. All ticket holders will have access to this content for 6 months, and unlimited access if you are an ESE member.
Cancellation of Registration/Refund Requests - online tickets
We cannot accept any cancellations for 39th ESE Postgraduate Training Course, if you miss the live days you can watch the recordings of all sessions when they are available (approx. 3 weeks after).
Times are shown in Eastern European Summer Time (EET)
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Course Opening
Gregory Kaltsas (Chair of the ESE Education Committee) & the Local Organising Committee
09:00 - 09:30 Pre-course Exam
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
09:30 - 11:00 Session 1: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and LADA
Ketoacidosis and management of type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Irina Kowalska (Poland)
Transition in type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and nutritional support
Ingrida Stankute (Lithuania)
Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA)
Agne Abraitiene (Lithuania)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Session 2: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and pre-diabetes
Gestational diabetes - diagnosis and management
Žydrūnė Visockiene (Lithuania)
IFG and IGT - diabetic risk, complications, management
Jelizaveta Sokolovska (Latvia)
Treatment of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus including nutrition and cardio-renal-metabolic aspects
Boris Mankovsky (Ukraine)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 16:00 Session 3: Obesity
Pathophysiology and associated comorbidities (including genetic forms)
Bulent Yildiz (Turkey)
Medical management of obesity
Džilda Veličkienė (Lithuania)
Bariatric surgery and management post-surgery
Almantas Maleckas (Lithuania)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00 Session 4: Hypopituitarism
Diagnosis and treatment of anterior pituitary deficiency (including trauma)
John Wass (UK)
Hypophysitis (including drug induced, Ig4, systemic disorders affecting pituitary)
Kristina Isand (Estonia)
Diagnosis and treatment of posterior pituitary deficiency (ADH, OXT)
Julie Refardt (Switzerland)
18:00 – 18:30 Exam Day 1
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
19:30 Dinner
Times are shown in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
08:30 - 10:00 Session 5: Hyperthyroidism - thyrotoxicosis
Subclinical hyperthyroidism
Edward Visser (Netherlands)
Thyroiditis (including autoimmune, postpatum, subacute)
Ilze Konrade (Latvia)
Thyroid crisis, thyrotoxicosis factitia
Carla Moran (Ireland)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 6: Adrenal hyperfunction
Primary hyperaldosteronism (including adenoma, hyperplasia, familial forms, pseudohyperaldosteronism)
Andre Lacroix (Canada)
Adrenal Cushing's (including adenoma, MACS, incidentaloma)
Jerome Bertherat (France)
Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma - diagnosis and management (including malignant)
Kristina Semėnienė (Lithuania)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session 7: Male reproduction
Primary and secondary hypogonadism (including Kallman's genetics)
Jonas Čeponis (Lithuania)
Gynecomastia and erectile dysfunction
Channa Jayassena (UK)
Work up and management of male infertility
Birutė Žilaitienė (Lithuania)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00 Session 8: Selected clinical cases
Thyroid cases
Pituitary & adrenal cases
Diabetes, lipids and obesity cases
Bone and calcium cases
17:00 - 17:30 Exam Day 2
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
Times are shown in Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
08:30 - 10:00 Session 9: Osteoporosis
Osteopenia/osteoporosis in women (mainly postmenopausal)
Tomaz Kocjan (Slovenia)
Secondary osteoporosis (pregnancy and lactation included)
Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch (Austria)
Tools for evaluating osteoporosis and risks (BMD, bone turnover markers, TBS)
Symeon Tournis (Greece)
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 10: Female reproduction
PCOS
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
Amenorrhoea: Primary (POF) & Secondary (causes other than PCOS)
Eleni Armeni (UK)
Female infertility - Ovulation induction
TBC
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break and snack
12:30 - 13:30 Session 11: Growth and pubertal disorders
Growth and development - GH replacement therapy and delayed puberty
George Paltoglou (Greece)
Central precocious puberty
Jesus Argente (Spain)
Transition from childhood to adult care
Rūta Navardauskaitė (Lithuania)
12:30 - 13:00 Exam Day 3
Lina Zabulienė (Lithuania)
14:00 - 14:30 Closing remarks
Departures
To be confirmed. Please email registration@ese-hormones.org if you would like to find out about sponsorship opportunities.
We will be applying via EACCME for CME accreditation for this course.
Please note: CME Accreditation will only be available to those who watch the webinars live (either in-person or virtually). CME Accreditation will not be available to those who watch the recordings post event.
It is a requirement of the UEMS-EACCME® that an Evaluation form is completed and submitted before a CME certificate and credits can be issued.
A number of meeting grants will be available for help in attending the post-graduate training course in-person only.
Please see the website for more information. ESE Meeting Grants
Park Plaza
More information will be provided shortly.
Submit your case using the form below by Tuesday 16 June 2026 at 23:59 CEST!
All registered participants are encouraged to submit a clinical case for discussion in one of the sessions. A great opportunity to discuss your case with experts in the field. Cases will be selected for a short presentation and discussion at each webinar.
Please note if your case is accepted, you must register for the webinars.
Please remember to include a case title and all references and affiliations within your uploaded word document.
The total word count for the submission should be no more than 300 words (excluding title, references and affiliations).
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