Dear CORLAS members, dear guests and friends !

It is an outstanding honor to host the 2024 Annual Meeting of
the Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum in Vienna.

Since the Collegiums founding in 1926, it is now after Gustav Hofer from Graz (meeting 1959 in Vienna) and Klaus Albegger (meeting 1995 in Salzburg), the 3rd time that CORLAS takes place in Austria.

For the very first time in 98 years, the CORLAS president is from Vienna, the worlds oldest and first Otology ENT University department, founded in 1873 by Adam Politzer. For myself this is an unbelievable extraordinary honor, the highlight of my academic, clinical and scientific carrier and also a sign of international acknowledgement and appreciation reflecting the excellent relations in our international scientific ENT/ORL community.

We tried to establish a wonderful program for You in all aspects of science, cultural backgrund, culture, food and Viennese hospitality. Each item of the agenda was tested personally and carefully selected. Sundays family tour into the „Wachau“ will give You a glimpse of the Danube and countryside Austria. The Cultural Evening in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein and the Heurigen where Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Heiligenstädter Testimonial are some unsurpassable highlights, as well as our members and accompanying persons dinner in the cupula of the Museae of Natural History and Fine Arts. Not to forget the historic Vienna Townhall which will be our scenery for the Gala Evening.

Scientifically we will see the outmost recent research topics in our field. Especially covering the topics of robotics in otology, latest gene-therapy and molecularbiology research in hearing disorders, as well as new tumormarkers, immunotherapy and antiallergic treatment through most recent biologica and the immunological background.

The historic Palais Hansen will give us a worthy and nice environment for prosperous and fruitfull scientific sessions and dicussions.

We invite all of You to come and join. Vienna and us is awaiting You !

Sincerely Yours