European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)
The European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) is the major organisation in Europe for researchers and clinicians working in the musculoskeletal field.
With an Annual Congress, PhD Training Courses and many research funding instruments, ECTS acts as a forum for the dissemination of scientific excellence and education. ECTS represents more than 600 members, including basic researchers, clinicians, students and health allied professionals working in the musculoskeletal field. It has a network of over 30 national and international societies.
Our collaboration with ECTS is characterized by great and respectful communication. ECTS and Interplan have a well-established project team that were experts at doing the planning of the congress virtually well before the pandemic hit, with the project team being based in Belgium, Poland and Germany amongst others. We love that ECTS is always looking to evolve and progress their annual congress and that they are open to new ideas from our team, but also come up with a lot of great new ways of doing things themselves.
Congresses – abridged list
- 2018 Valencia / Spain
- 2019 Budapest / Hungary
- 2020 virtual
- 2021 virtual
- 2022 Helsinki / Finland
- 2023 Liverpool / UK
- 2024 Marseille / France
- 2025 Innsbruck / Austria
I joined ECTS halfway through the planning process of our Annual Congress that was delivered in 2024. The project staff from Interplan immediately ensured that I had all the relevant information, was updated regularly and aware of all deadlines and milestones that we had to achieve to ensure success. All decisions and objectives were meticulously recorded, followed up on and pro-actively communicated when budgets and deadlines were impacted. This ensured preparedness and made change management less demanding. Their attention to detail, co-operation and support with targets ensured that we met deadlines and delivered a flawless event. It was a pleasure to work with Interplan throughout this process and we look forward to our future events hosted with Interplan as our partner.
Elmarie Herloff-Petersen, Executive Director ECTS
...On behalf of all of us at ECTS, thank you very much for your tremendous job in the planning of ECTS 2018. You helped us staying on track with our milestones, you gave us valuable advice and you made this year congress a wonderful success...
Roberta Mugnai, Executive Director ECTS until 2023 – European Calcified Tissue Society