WCES 2021

Dear colleagues,

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the 17th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, incorporating the 29th annual congress of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES) in the CCIB Congress Centre in Barcelona, Spain.

The theme of the congress is ‘EAES goes global’.

More information about the scientific programme is now available.

Enjoy with us this EAES Congress that will be “the meeting” for minimal access surgeons all over the world in 2021 and have a nice stay in Barcelona.

Prof. Nicole D. Bouvy
Chair EAES Programme Committee

Dear friends, dear colleagues.

I am proud to introduce the 17th  IFSES World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, incorporating the 29th International EAES congress, to be held in Barcelona in November 2021. This congress strives to be a real-world congress, trying to include and share the current controversies in minimally invasive surgery at a world level. Barcelona will be the bigger first congress after the pandemic, and one of the main goals will be to permit to meet and stay together (adhering to the safety rules), in a physical manner.

The current main interest of EAES and IFSES is to organise an MIS congress at a world level, and it has been embodied in the congress theme: ‘EAES goes Global’. We are sure that this post-Covid 19 congress will be a great congress, but we need your trust and support.

Prof. Eduardo M. Targarona
Congress president