Welcome Messages from Oded Zmora, ESCP President:

Dear Colleagues, Members of the ESCP

It is my great pleasure to invite you to the ESCP’s 19th Scientific Annual Meeting, which will take place on 25-27 September 2024 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

If you are truly a colorectal surgeon, a surgeon with special interest in colorectal surgery, or any related healthcare practitioner, this meeting is a must for you. The exciting scientific programme includes cutting edge topics in colorectal surgery, which balances well-known key opinion leaders and young stars, joining us from around the world. Our ESCP committees have worked tirelessly to provide the best scientific, educational research and guidelines content, resulting in a high-quality programme that will be of great interest to all participants.

This meeting is also a great opportunity to interact with your colleagues who share the same professional and personal interests, as well as with our colleagues from industry. The programme allows plenty of time for networking and includes several interesting industry symposia.

The ESCP held its annual meeting in Dublin, Ireland in 2022, and in Vilnius, Lithuania last year. Both were great successes, with a high rate of satisfaction as reflected in the attendees’ feedback. Few issues required some improvement, and the ESCP Executive and related committees have worked hard to make this year’s conference even better. Our members deserve nothing but the best, and we expect a superb meeting.

For those of you who unfortunately will not be able to attend in person, we will broadcast the meeting this year in virtual format as well. I urge everyone to participate in person, but if you can’t, please join us online.

I personally look forward to seeing each of you this September.

Oded Zmora, ESCP President

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