2020 is a special year for the Journal, as Hämostaseologie – Progress in Haemostasis will celebrate its 40th anniversary. Thus, together with Thrombosis et Diathesis Haemorrhagica, the former name of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (founded in 1957), and Thrombosis Research (founded in 1972), Hämostaseologie is one of the few traditional publication platforms that bear their specific scientific focus in the Journal's name.

Our motto for the 2020 congress is Novel Concepts for a Lifetime Challenge, which reflects the fact that a plethora of thrombotic and haemostatic disorders affect patients throughout their entire life. Thus it constitutes a priority to understand the underlying mechanisms of thrombosis and bleeding from both a clinical and scientific perspective.