History

The European Journal of Nuclear Medicine (EJNM) is created (now known as EJNMMI).

First of 12 meetings of the Linking Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Europe (SNME) and the European Nuclear Medicine Society (ENMS).

Creation of the EANM in London, UK

The organisation was founded as a result of the fusion of the Society of Nuclear Medicine Europe and the European Nuclear Medicine Society.

First EANM Congress

The first congress of the EANM took place in 1988 in Milan, Italy. Since then, the EANM Annual Conference has been taking place in multiples countries across Europe.

European Commission Directive recognises nuclear medicine as an independent medical speciality.

Creation of the European School of Nuclear Medicine (ESNM).

Establishment of the first EANM office in Vienna.

First Technologists’ Guide (‘Parathyroid Scintigraphy’).

Creation of the EANM Research GmbH (EARL).

EANM’07, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, gathers over 4,500 participants, including exhibitors.

First Young Investigators Meeting (YIM).

• EANM 2.0.: change of management and transition to a more professional approach.
• ESNM changes name and becomes ESMIT (European School of Molecular Imaging & Therapy).

First Focus Meeting, held in Valencia, Spain (‘Molecular Imaging and Theranostics in Prostate Cancer’).

Online editions of the EANM Annual Congress (2020, 2021).

Launch of the EANM Women’s EmpoWErment Initiative (WE).

• First post-pandemic onsite Congress in Barcelona, Spain (7,095 participants including exhibitors, 3,978 square meters of net exhibition space).
• Creation of the Policy & Regulatory Affairs Committee (PRAC).

• EANM’23 welcomes over 7,000 participants.
• The EANM brings together over 3,000 individual members.
• The EANM represents
  40 National Societies and
  20 Affiliated Societies.
• ESMIT gathers over 1,100 attendees.

Official launch of the EANM Councils:

• Ethics Council
• Guidelines & Publications Council (GPC)
• Policy & Regulatory Affairs Council (PRAC)
• Young Professionals Council (YPC)