26. Annual Meeting of The European Surgical Association-ESA 2019

It is a pleasure for us to welcome the ESA members, honorary members and guests in Madrid to the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Surgical Association.

We thank ESA for choosing Madrid for its congress and hope we can count with your attendance.
ESA was founded in 1993, holding its first congress in Paris by Professor Bismuth. Only one of the 25 previous congresses was organised in Spain, in Barcelona by Professor Laureano Fernández Cruz in 2004. Fifteen years later, it is organised in Madrid, a charming and beautiful city, especially in spring. Although some of you have already visited it, you will surely find new places to visit and already visited to remember.

The history of Madrid has its origins in Roman times, then Visigoth and it was not until 1561 when it was named capital of Spain. Madrid is a welcoming city for visitors and there are beautiful sights that you should visit such as museums, which are among the most known worldwide (the Prado, Reina Sofia, Thyssen, Sorolla, etc..). You can find real palaces like the palace of the Zarzuela, the Royal Palace, the Palace of the Moncloa, the Palace of the East, etc). It is a multicultural city as you can see visiting the Plaza Mayor and countless concert and theater places.

Madrid gastronomy has a great variety and is of high quality and you can enjoy it eating “tapas”, for example in the market of San Miguel or in restaurants with several Michelin stars. During your stay, we will try to present you a sample of this gastronomy, both during the congress and the social events. These we have prepared after the long scientific sessions of the congress, which begin at 8:00am and end at 7:00pm.

The venue for the meeting and hotel accommodation, the Hotel NH Eurobuidling, is located next to the Paseo de la Castellana, a big avenue close to the Real Madrid football stadium.We will also offer a sample of the culture and gastronomy of Madrid. On the first day of the congress we have planned a guided visit of the Prado Museum and then we will arrive at the welcome reception, which will be held at the Palace Hotel.

On Saturday, we will visit the Royal Theater of Madrid, located in a privileged and majestic square opposite the Royal Palace. There, you will enjoy a musical event in the form of a concert. In Spain, there are great tenors and opera sopranos, who are worldwide known and we want you to get a glimpse of it. After the concert, you will have sample of the gastronomy of Madrid with a gala dinner in in the Royal Theater, which will be served by the Spanish Chef Ramón Freixa, who was awarded with 2 Michelin stars. Previous to the dinner we will offer an aperitif on the terrace of the theater from where you will have great views of the Royal palace.

We will also offer visits to emblematic squares of Madrid or a visit to Aranjuez, which is 50km away from Madrid. The congress will focus on teaching and the research of the surgeons. It is not planned to have booths, advertising, etc., so the focus of the congress will be on the oral communications and discussions with the surgeons.

The organisation committee will be at your full disposal during the congress and we hope you will have a pleasant and productive stay in Madrid for one of the key surgical events of 2019.

Professor Pascual Parrilla
Professor Ricardo Robles
Local Organisers
and
Professor Irinel Popescu
ESA President

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