The UIMC Congress will be held in the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki city centre, Finland on 19, 20 and 21 September 2012. The objective of this event is to promote and disseminate medical progress in the railways.

The UIMC annual congress facilitates contacts between railway medical officers with the aim of exchanging information and medical knowledge through the communication of specialist papers on railway medicine, regular inter-disciplinary and international exchange of medical knowledge. Attaining the highest possible level of railway operating safety and the best possible care of railway staff is the utmost aim of this conference, which is shown through the fact that the conference session is fully booked.