I’m extremely pleased to invite you to attend the Association’s International Surgical Congress in Manchester, from Wednesday 22nd to Friday 24th April 2015, which will be held at Manchester Central. Often cited as the world’s first industrialised city, Manchester is the third most visited city in the UK after London and Edinburgh. In the words of the late Brian Redhead, “Manchester is the capital, in every sense, of the North of England, where the modern world was born”. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses has claimed that “Manchester has everything except a beach!” It therefore gives us great pleasure to return to Manchester after our last Congress there in 2007.

The theme of the ASGBI 2015 Congress is ‘Patient-centred Care’ and we aim to make it an even greater success than our 2014 meeting in Harrogate, which attracted almost 1,400 delegates over three days – our largest ever meeting. On this point, I would like to congratulate my predecessor, Professor John Primrose, for his leadership of ASGBI during his two years as President. During his tenure, the Association has continued to go from strength to strength. Once again, we are delighted to have the annual Association of Trauma & Military Surgery (ATMS) Conference running in parallel to ours. As in recent years, the Congress will host a number of other parallel events. In 2015, the Congress will be a particularly special event as we will be sharing the venue with the European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (E-AHPBA). With this event expected to be the largest we have ever organised, we have decided to call the overall meeting the “Manchester Surgical Week”.Read More →

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