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It is with great pleasure that the Spanish Association of Andrology (ASESA) informs you that Barcelona was selected by the General Assembly 2005 of the International Society of Andrology (ISA) as the venue for the 9th International Congress of Andrology, that will take place in 2009.

Barcelona is well known in the andrological world with a long history of contributions to this discipline. As early as in 1970, the Puigvert Foundation, a leading institution in andrology in Barcelona, Spain, organized the 1st International Course on Male Infertility. Personal interactions between some of the participants of this course led to the idea of an international committee of experts, with the objective of gaining insight and stimulating the development of the discipline andrology in as many countries as possible. Following this lead, male infertility also was the main subject of the 2nd Latin American Congress of Urology in 1973. In 1976 the 1st International Congress of Andrology was held in Barcelona, gathering 300 scientists and clinicians world-wide. An International Committee of Andrology (CIDA, Comité Internacional de Andrología) was created during this event, the embryo from which the International Society of Andrology would originate in 1981. We can affirm that our city has the honour and the privilege to be a lead player in andrology.