What CME Congresses does

CME Congresses is a boutique professional congress organizer founded in 2006 by Prof. Zeev Shoham and Prof. Milton Leong, specializing in academic medical conferences. The firm operates from Israel with a UK contact presence and a team of approximately 10 specialists, serving medical societies, hospitals, and academic institutions across multiple therapeutic areas including oncology, hematology, gynecology, neurology, endocrinology, reproductive medicine, and stem cell transplantation. Its core service offering spans end-to-end congress management — scientific program development, CME accreditation, sponsorship management, registration and accommodation, hybrid/virtual/in-person event execution, plus ancillary services including a publishing house, Institutional Review Board and Medical Advisory Board support, and medical study management.

The company's principal technology asset is a proprietary in-house virtual congress platform that has hosted over 200 events with capacity for up to 15,000 participants per event, enabling digital and hybrid delivery of medical conferences. The firm manages a portfolio of branded recurring congresses — COSTEM, IVF-Worldwide Online Congress, IACH Annual Meeting, COMy World Congress, ISFP World Congress, MPN Horizons, CHIA, and CoGEN — each functioning as a recurring ecosystem asset with dedicated microsites. The platform was developed under the leadership of CEO Amnon Ron (Wharton MBA), with a senior team that includes a CRO/Legal Counsel (Gal Ron), a Scientific Program lead (Orel Kochavi), and a Sponsorship lead (Julia Gebhardt) who has raised more than €20M cumulatively in client sponsorships.

Commercially, CME Congresses operates a B2B professional services model with quote-based, project-specific pricing tied to event scope. Revenue derives from congress management fees, CME accreditation services, sponsorship commissions, and platform usage. Distribution is direct to enterprise clients (medical societies, academic institutions, hospitals) via relationship-based engagement rather than standardized self-serve channels. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investment, and its operational footprint spans Europe (Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt), North America (Miami), and global virtual delivery, with a visible pipeline of events scheduled through at least May 2027.

Name

CME Congresses

Legal name

CME Congresses

Website

https://cme-congresses.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CME Congresses is a boutique medical congress organizer founded in 2006 that plans, accredits, and runs academic conferences and CME programs for medical societies and healthcare institutions globally, using a proprietary virtual event platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Conference Management

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual/Hybrid Conference Production & Platform Management (THAHACAM), Medical & Health Sciences Congresses (THAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Medical congress organization
• Virtual event management
• Continuing medical education
• Scientific conference planning
• Hybrid event services

Headquarters

HQ city

Ramat Hasharon

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Medical Congress Organization Services: Professional services revenue from organizing and managing medical congresses, conventions, and meetings. Services include hybrid and virtual event management, CME accreditation, scientific program development, sponsorship management, registration and accommodation services, and marketing support for medical events.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CME Congresses is a boutique professional conference organizer that plans and manages international medical congresses, conventions, and meetings across specialties such as oncology, hematology, gynecology, neurology, endocrinology, and reproductive medicine. The firm delivers hybrid, virtual, and in-person event management, supported by a proprietary virtual congress platform, CME accreditation and content services, sponsorship and industry liaison management, registration/accommodation handling, and science/research services including publishing and IRB support.

Product overview

CME Congresses is a professional medical congress organizer founded in 2006 by Professor Zeev Shoham and Professor Milton Leong. The company operates as a boutique conference planning firm offering a unified platform of services that includes: Medical Events and Congresses Management (covering hybrid, virtual, and in-person formats), a proprietary Virtual Congress Platform (used for over 200 events with up to 15,000 participants), Continuing Medical Education Services (online CME courses, content development, and accreditation), and Science and Research Services (publishing, IRB support, medical study management). The company also manages a portfolio of branded medical congress sub-products including COSTEM, IVF-Worldwide Online Congress, IACH Annual Meeting, COMy World Congress, ISFP World Congress, MPN Horizons Congress, CHIA Congress, and CoGEN, covering specialties such as oncology, hematology, gynecology, neurology, endocrinology, stem cell transplantation, and fertility preservation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 events hosted on virtual congress platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AIM Group International: European PCO with dedicated healthcare and life sciences practice serving medical associations and industry clients. Comparable in medical society congress management and European geographic focus.
• Kenes Group: Israel-founded global PCO specializing in medical and scientific associations. Directly comparable to CME Congresses in medical society client base, CME-accredited event management, and global delivery model.
• Congrex Switzerland: European association and medical conference organizer offering end-to-end PCO services to scientific societies. Direct comparable in target market (medical/scientific associations) and delivery model.
• Parthenon Events / Worldwide Events Group: Boutique medical and healthcare congress organizer running specialty society events including oncology, hematology and reproductive medicine forums—closely overlapping CME Congresses' sub-brand congress portfolio.
• Ortra (BCD Meetings & Events - Healthcare): Israeli-origin PCO specializing in medical and scientific event management, now integrated within BCD Meetings & Events. Comparable in boutique medical PCO heritage, Israel roots and specialty congress portfolio.
• BioEvents: Specialized life-sciences and medical conference organizer running CME-accredited events for healthcare professionals. Directly comparable niche medical/scientific event-management service offering.
• International Conference Services (ICS): Global PCO delivering association management, medical congress organization and CME-accredited events to scientific societies. Directly comparable in full-service medical PCO delivery.
• Conventus Congress Management: Germany-based medical and scientific PCO managing hundreds of medical society congresses, including hybrid and CME-accredited formats. Closely matches CME Congresses' medical-specialty PCO positioning.

Broad incumbents

• MCI Group: Large global meetings, events and association management group with a dedicated healthcare/medical division. Competes with CME Congresses for medical society accounts but operates across many industry verticals at much greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cme-congresses

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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