EMS Handbook: Events

4.1 EMS Meeting of Presidents

The EMS Meeting of Presidents is an annual meeting of presidents of the full member societies and representatives of institutional and associate members, which takes place usually on some weekend in spring and is hosted by one of the EMS corporate members. This meeting is often combined with the spring EC meeting. In even years (when the Council meeting takes place) it is held usually online.

This gathering serves mainly as a forum, where the EMS corporate members can share their experiences, plans, and worries, and discuss them with the EMS Officers. The programme conventionally opens with the presentation of the host and information about the EMS activities. Some participating societies can also prepare presentations with information they want to share.

The main part of the meeting is a general discussion. To give it some focus, the EMS usually suggests a current topic and encourages participants to comment on it without restricting their freedom to raise any other issue they consider important.