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OBES SURG (2015) 25 (Suppl 1):S1S364 DOI 10.1007/s11695-015-1750-3
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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS
Dear Colleagues,
on behalf of the Austrian Society for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery it is my honor, privilege and pleasure to invite you to the 20th IFSO World Congress to be held at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, from August 26th 29th, 2015.
We will continue in the tradition of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders to focus on the newly growing discipline of metabolic surgery, endolumenal and mini invasive approaches as well as the concept of team management. The role of metabolic surgery for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Metabolic Syndrome and its role in prevention of cardiovascular diseases will also be discussed in detail with the valuable contribution of researchers.
We will develop a scientific program of the highest standard covering global perspectives of this ever-evolving discipline that attends to our modern world epidemic that Obesity and Metabolic Disorders have come to represent.
Our distinguished keynote speakers and panelists will share their experiences and exchange ideas with the participants through postgraduate courses, lectures and round table discussions on bariatric and metabolic surgical techniques with the participants. We will also have courses and sessions encompassing basis of scientific research, medical writing and basic sciences for young bariatric surgery fellows and surgery residents.
The organizing Committee plans a green meeting which incorporates environmental considerations one aspect of sustainability that seeks to balance the social, environmental and economic concerns against business needs.
On behalf of IFSO and the Austrian Society for Obesity and Metabolic Surgery, the organizing team will welcome you to Vienna.
Welcome in Vienna 2015!
Karl Miller, MD, FACS
Congress President
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MESSAGE OF THE IFSO PRESIDENT
Dear colleagues,
It is my honor, privilege and pleasure to welcome all of you to the XX. World Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders (IFSO) in Vienna, Austria.
My friend Karl Miller wrote his welcome address as a President of IFSO in 2011 for the XVI. World Congress held in Hamburg. Since this very successful meeting in Germany the obesity epidemic has...