In March 2004, the 1st Annual ENETS Educational Conference, which was made possible through a generous educational grant from Novartis, was held in Budapest, Hungary.

The conference, titled "Current Status of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary and Sporadic Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Gastroenteropancreatic System," attracted nearly 350 participants from more than a dozen European countries, Russia and the U.S.