Review of the 27th Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology (eau), Held in Paris, France, 24-28 February 2012

The EAU Annual Congress 2012 in Paris began with a special ICUD-EAU session: the 5 International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI). The International Consultation on Urological Diseases (ICUD) organised the 2012 International Consultation on Incontinence (held every 4 years) this time jointly with the EAU as a special session and not as a separate conference as in the past. Professor Paul Abrams emphasised to delegates that the different ICI committees ultimately produce consensus statements, not to be confused with guidelines produced by a number of societies. The various committee chairs presented their preliminary reports in Paris, after which they will be finetuned before being published as chapters in book and CD format. Further information about ICUD can be found on its website: http://www.icud.info/futureconsultations.html, where previous ICI Incontinence books can be downloaded, including the last one published in 2009 with its chapter on Bladder Pain Syndrome.