Welcome Message from
Symposium Director & Presidents of the Societies


Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to the 2nd International Endolaparoscopic Surgery Symposium (IESS) and the Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology and Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery.

It is our greatest pleasure to have among us the most distinguished and eminent faculty across the continents as well as local experts, delivering inspiring lectures and state-of-the-art demonstrations of endolaparoscopic surgical skills. The 2nd IESS provides you with not only the latest updates on clinical technology and research findings on endolaparscopic surgical techniques, but also opportunities for exchange of experience among experts from different countries and regions. With the advanced technological development, endolaparscopic surgery and robotic-assisted surgery have marked a new era in minimal access surgery. It is our privilege to cover some of the major achievements in this arena in the 2nd IESS.

Meanwhile, the Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology and Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery, which comes immediately after the 2nd IESS, brings us stimulating lectures and fruitful sharing of experience among members of the Societies.

We would like to thank all the renowned faculty and members of the Organizing Committee as well as Scientific Committee for their enthusiastic and dedicated efforts in making this event a great success.

We hope that you will find these events rewarding and inspiring, and above all, that this sharing platform will further enhance development of advanced surgical skills and result in better patient outcomes.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

           
           

Prof. Michael Ka Wah LI Symposium Director

Dr. Cliff Chi Chiu CHUNG
President,
Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology

Dr. Wing Tai SIU
Immediate Past President,
Hong Kong Society of Minimal Access Surgery