EUROPEAN VENOUS FORUM

WELCOME TO VERSAILLES On behalf of the European Venous Forum, the French Society of Phlebology and the National Academy of Surgery in France, we would like to invite you to the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Venous Forum, which will be held in Versailles, France from 25–27 June 2026 at the Versailles Palais des Congrès. We welcome European phlebologists and phlebologists from other international societies and continents. We hope that the 26th Annual EVF Meeting 2026 will be an excellent opportunity to both update knowledge about venous and lymphatic diseases, and to exchange personal experience between members of the international phlebological community. The 26th EVF Annual Meeting Programme will be based on original research presentations, didactic sessions and industry sessions. The best abstracts will be selected for oral and poster presentations after a ‘blind’ abstract scoring process. Didactic sessions will cover New developments in the management of VTE Updates on practical phlebology and CVD Research in the new field of regenerative biosurgery for veno-lymphatic chronic ulcers and wounds The increasing demand for aesthetic phlebology AI development in phlebology including 3D echography, echotherapy devices, robotics and virtual reality EVF members’ participation for the adoption of the "new scientific phlebology" in poor countries worldwide and particularly in French speaking ones Join the experts in the Meet the Experts sessions held throughout the three days and the Joint Session of the EVF with the American Venous Forum (AVF). Target audience Our main audience will be phlebologists, and anyone involved in phlebology: Surgeons, Vascular Surgeons, Vascular Medicine Specialists, Dermatologists, Interventional Radiologists, Aesthetic Phlebologists, Medicine Physicians, cells and tissue biologist researchers and all others interested in the management of venous disease. We also invite residents from various specialty training programmes to increase their knowledge about venous and lymphatic disease. Versailles has good flight connections via both Paris airports and train connections. Accommodation has been reserved in local hotels near the venue. On behalf of the European Venous Forum we warmly invite you to join us at our high-level venous meeting. Professor Andrew Nicolaides – Chair, EVF Albert-Claude Benhamou – President, EVF