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Local Organizing Committee President’s Message

Dear colleagues, friends… and everyone for whom sexuality is one of the most impressive expressions of humankind,

On behalf of the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology, I welcome you to bright Lisbon, to enjoy and take part in the EFS 2026 congress. Bring your work, thoughts, and presence to feed our great scientific and advocacy community. Let us take the best of our history and cultural diversity to improve European and worldwide sexology, to leave our footprint in science and society

We invite you to join us in this vibrant and inspiring city for what promises to be a dynamic and engaging scientific meeting. EFS 2026 will bring together researchers, clinicians, educators, and advocates from across Europe and beyond to share the latest developments in sexology, promote best practices, and strengthen our collective impact on sexual health and rights.

We warmly encourage you to submit your abstracts and contribute to a rich and diverse scientific program. Your work, your voice, and your presence are essential to advancing our field and fostering meaningful dialogue among professionals from various disciplines and cultural backgrounds.

Lisbon, known for its unique blend of tradition and modernity, hospitality, and cultural richness, offers the perfect setting for this exchange. With its mild climate, historic neighborhoods, and vibrant energy, the city will provide not only a stimulating professional environment but also a memorable and enjoyable experience.

We look forward to welcoming you to Lisbon and to EFS 2026 — to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of sexology together.

Warm Regards,

Joana Carvalho
President of the Local Organizing Committee

Welcome to our 18th EFS Congress in Lisbon!

On behalf of the European Federation of Sexology (EFS), and in cooperation with Sociedade Portoguesa de Sexologica Clinica, it is a great pleasure and honour for me to invite and welcome you to the 18th EFS Congress that will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on 28-30 of May 2026.

Sexological congresses are events where you can share your knowledge, your research, your insights and experience in an ambience of open curiosity.

You can share by presenting orally, by poster, in specific seminars, roundtables or just in the mingling areas where all can meet everybody.

We are certain that the scientific program will be extensive, diverse and highly engaging.

The most basic involvement is presence as a delegate. Only you can convey your experiences and insights, only you can have your curiosity nourished, only you can get the feeling of being at home in the field of sexology.

Never be shy to contact people whose textbooks and papers you may have studied. Feel free to address those who have presented something interesting, intriguing or maybe provoking. All have something to share.

The programme will cover a wide range of new clinical and research topics regarding sexual health, sexual well-being, sexual justice, sexual problems and challenges. Sexual health, sexual rights and sexual justice are not luxuries but essentials and necessities to live a life with dignity. Questions of sexual rights and freedom from discrimination and coercion have been increasingly present in public debates over the last years. In sexology you will meet deep knowledge, love, compassion, respect and inclusion.

The interdisciplinary and international nature of the congress will no doubt enhance professional and social networking and exchange of information and knowledge from diverse communities and cultures.

We have the experience that our professional congress organizer and the local scientific committee will deliver high quality science and top value experiences.

On behalf of EFS in and the Sociedade Portoguesa de Sexologica Clinica: We will love to see you in Lisbon!

Cordial regards,

Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad
President of the EFS