The 43rd IAH Congress took place in Montpellier, France from 25-29 September 2016. Organised jointly by the IAH Chapters in France and Germany, the conference was very successful, with over 760 participants from almost 90 countries. The abstracts from the Congress are now available to download at http://www.60iah2016.org/upload/programme/IAH2016_AbstractBOOK.pdf