What WISO S. E. Consulting does

WISO S. E. Consulting GmbH is a Berlin-based, privately held event management company specializing in healthcare policy congresses and professional conferences in Germany. Founded in 1998 around its flagship Hauptstadtkongress Medizin und Gesundheit, the company has built a three-congress portfolio—the Hauptstadtkongress in Berlin, the Europäischer Gesundheitskongress in Munich, and the Gesundheitskongress des Westens in Cologne—supplemented by regular online events and a content newsletter. Since 2018 the company has operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Springer Medizin Verlag within the Verlagsgruppe Springer Nature publishing group.

The company's core offering is structured event programming that convenes senior decision-makers across the German healthcare sector: hospital executives, clinicians, nursing leadership, payers, policymakers, and academic researchers. The flagship Berlin congress draws approximately 5,000 participants, 150 exhibitors, and 450 speakers across roughly 100 sessions over three congress days; the Munich and Cologne events add approximately 1,000 and 800 participants respectively. Supporting technology is conventional event-management tooling—an event registration infrastructure, a Rapidmail-powered newsletter with double opt-in subscription, and Matomo and Google Analytics for web measurement—with no disclosed proprietary platform beyond the brand, content program, and stakeholder network that have compounded over more than two decades.

WISO generates revenue through three principal streams: attendee registration fees, exhibition booth and corporate sponsorship sales (notably 150+ paid exhibitors at the flagship), and a smaller contribution from online events and seminars. Go-to-market is event-driven and direct to enterprise healthcare buyers, supplemented by email and paid digital marketing across LinkedIn Ads and Google Ads. Pricing for tickets, exhibition space, and sponsorship packages is not publicly disclosed. The company is governed by three managing directors—Guido Pschollkowski and Fabian Kaufmann in Berlin, and Claudia Küng in Munich—and operates from offices in Berlin and Munich.

Name

WISO S. E. Consulting

Legal name

WISO S. E. Consulting GmbH

Website

https://wiso-consulting.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

WISO S. E. Consulting GmbH organizes Germany's leading healthcare policy congresses—including the Hauptstadtkongress in Berlin, Europäischer Gesundheitskongress in Munich, and Gesundheitskongress des Westens in Cologne—serving hospital executives, clinicians, nursing leaders, payers, and policymakers. A Springer Medizin Verlag subsidiary since 2018.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Conference Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Scientific & Healthcare Congress Organizers (THAHACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical & Health Sciences Congresses (THAHAJAA), Healthcare, Medical Devices & Pharma Shows Organizers (THAHABAH), Healthcare & Medical Congresses (MPAGAGAF)

Keywords

• Healthcare congress organization
• Medical conferences Germany
• Health policy events
• Professional healthcare networking
• Healthcare industry exhibitions

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Congress and Conference Registration: Revenue generated from attendee registrations for major healthcare congresses including the Hauptstadtkongress, Europäischer Gesundheitskongress, and Gesundheitskongress des Westens.
2. Exhibition and Sponsorship: Revenue from exhibition booth sales (150+ exhibitors at Hauptstadtkongress) and corporate sponsorship packages for congress access and branding opportunities.
3. Online Events and Seminars: Digital events and seminars conducted regularly on current healthcare topics, complementing the physical congress portfolio.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

WISO S. E. Consulting GmbH organizes and operates major healthcare congresses and conferences in Germany, including the Hauptstadtkongress Medizin und Gesundheit (Berlin), the Europäischer Gesundheitskongress München, and the Gesundheitskongress des Westens (Cologne). The company brings together decision-makers from politics, hospitals, healthcare management, nursing, medicine, health insurance, and scientific research for cross-sector dialogue on healthcare reform. Supporting offerings include online events and a newsletter subscription service.

Product overview

WISO S. E. Consulting operates a portfolio of major healthcare congresses and professional events in Germany. The core offering centers on three flagship annual congresses: the Hauptstadtkongress Medizin und Gesundheit (Berlin, since 1998), the Europäischer Gesundheitskongress München (Munich, since 2002), and the Gesundheitskongress des Westens (Cologne, since 2007). These congresses bring together decision-makers from politics, hospitals, healthcare economics, medical professionals, nursing, and insurance providers for cross-professional dialogue on healthcare reform. Supporting the congress portfolio, the company also offers online events and a newsletter subscription service. Since 2018, WISO S. E. Consulting has been part of Springer Medizin Verlag within the Verlagsgruppe Springer Nature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hauptstadtkongress Medizin und Gesundheit Annual healthcare congress in Berlin at HUB27 venue, attracting approximately 5,000 participants, 150 exhibitors, and 450 speakers. Germany's most important healthcare congress, providing a platform for cross-sector dialogue on healthcare reform, professional education, and networking among decision-makers from politics, hospitals, healthcare management, medicine, nursing, and payers. Held 23–25 June 2027 (next edition).
• Europäischer Gesundheitskongress München Biennial European health policy and health economics congress held in Munich at Leonardo Royal Hotel since 2002. Attracts over 1,000 participants from upper management of hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, health insurance companies, and the broader healthcare sector in the DACH region. Next edition 22–23 October 2026.
• Gesundheitskongress des Westens Regional healthcare congress held in Cologne at Kongresszentrum Gürzenich since 2007, targeting Western Germany's healthcare leaders. Attracts approximately 800 visitors including hospital managers, physicians, health policy representatives, researchers, and nursing professionals. Next edition 20–21 April 2027.
• Online-Veranstaltungen (Online Events) Regular online events and digital conferences conducted by WISO S. E. Consulting covering important and current topics in healthcare policy, medicine, nursing, and health economics. Complements the physical congress portfolio and supports continued engagement with the healthcare community.
• Newsletter Regular newsletter providing updates on congress dates and highlights, latest healthcare news, invitations to ad-hoc events, discounted admission prices, and exclusive event invitations. Managed through Rapidmail with double opt-in subscription.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Springer Medizin VerlagcoreOthers · 1 January 2018WISO S.E. Consulting GmbH has been part of Springer Medizin Verlag since 2018. Springer Medizin Verlag is in turn part of the Verlagsgruppe Springer Nature publishing group. This ownership provides access to extensive healthcare media and publishing distribution channels, strengthening the company's position as a leading healthcare congress organizer.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• COC Congress Organisation & Communications GmbH: German PCO with a portfolio of medical and scientific congresses. Closely comparable to WISO in terms of Germany-based healthcare congress organization for clinician and policy audiences.
• Kongress- und Kulturmanagement GmbH (KUKM): German-based PCO handling medical, scientific, and professional congresses. Directly comparable mid-sized PCO with similar German healthcare-sector customer base.
• Interplan AG: German Professional Conference Organizer specializing in medical and scientific congresses (e.g., DGK Heart Congress). Directly comparable as a German PCO with similar healthcare-sector event portfolio and B2B event-driven revenue model.

Broad incumbents

• MCI Group: Global meetings, events, and association management company with a healthcare practice. Comparable in offering large healthcare congresses and association management, but at much broader international scale.
• Messe Düsseldorf (MEDICA): Organizer of MEDICA, the world's largest medical trade fair. Comparable as a healthcare events organizer in Germany, but at far larger scale and focused on trade-fair rather than policy-dialogue format.
• IDG (IDG Business Events): German media company organizing B2B congresses and conferences across multiple industries. Comparable event-organizing business model, though WISO is healthcare-specialized while IDG spans multiple verticals.
• Messe Frankfurt (Healthcare Events): Global trade-fair organizer hosting healthcare-industry events (e.g., international medical exhibitions). Comparable as a large-scale German-headquartered events company serving healthcare sectors.

Regional players

• event lab. GmbH: German event agency with medical and scientific congress experience. Comparable as a regional German event organizer serving healthcare clients, though smaller and more generalist than WISO.

Emerging players

• ELN (European Learning Network): European medical education and congress organizer. Comparable in organizing CME-accredited healthcare events for clinicians, though smaller in scale than WISO's flagship.
• Thieme Event Management: Medical publisher (Georg Thieme Verlag) that organizes continuing medical education events and congresses. Comparable as a healthcare-content publisher extending into events, similar to Springer Nature's relationship with WISO.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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