The International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology

IPSO Meetings and Conferences

APSA-IPSO 2012: on 19 & 20 May 2012 IPSO will join APSA for an oncology symposium, linked to the annual APSA meeting. This is a unique opportunity to be at the cutting edge of children's cancer surgery. Use the link to the congress website, or find out more below

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IPSO meets annually at a joint congress with our sister organisation SIOP. The scientific meeting is open to all members. Papers may be submitted for presentation by members of the society, and by non-members if they are sponsored by a member of either IPSO or SIOP

The 2012 Annual Congress will be in held in London: the IPSO meeting will start on Friday 5th October and run for 2 days, merging with the SIOP congress, which continues to 8th October. The meeting will be held in the Barbican Centre, a magnificent venue which is centrally placed, just down the road from St Paul's Cathedral. Barbican has it's own station on the London underground, so is very accessible.

IPSO regularly holds a pre-conference course in paediatric surgical oncology, and in 2012 year the course will be held on Thursday 4th October. The course is aimed at both trainees in paediatric surgery and trained surgeons who wish to update their knowledge.

Registration for the meeting in London will soon be open. To take advantage of the cheaper "earlybird" rates you have to register online by 29 February 2012. To register for the congress or for the pre-conference course please use the SIOP 2012 congress website: Auckland 2011. Please note that you have to register for the congress to be able to attend the IPSO pre-congress meeting

Future conferences are planed for:

London, England: 2012
Hong Kong: 2013

Previous congresses have been held in the following cities:

2011 Auckland
2010 Boston
2009 Sao Paulo
2008 Berlin
2007 Mumbai
2006 Geneva
2005 Vancouver
2004 Oslo
2003 Cairo
2002 Oporto
2001 Brisbane
2000 Amsterdam
1999 Montreal
1998 Yokohama
1997 Istanbul
1996 Vienna
1995 Montevideo
1994 Paris
1993 San Francisco
1992 Hannover

IPSO has also held joint meetings with:

1. The American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) in:

2001 Orlando
2008 Phoenix

A further joint meeting with APSA is planned for 2012- the oncology symposium will be held on 19 & 20 May 2012, while the main APSA meeting runs from 20-23 May. The meeting will be held in San Antonio, Texas. This meeting is an excellent forum to discuss the differences between COG and SIOP protocols, and to compare the different styles of surgical management of children's solid tumours. All of the major tumour groups will be discussed. More details are found on the congress website

2. The European Paediatric Surgeons' Association (EUPSA)