EAES Annual Report 2019

5 Contents Word from the President . ........................................................................................ 6 Word from the Past President ................................................................................ 8 Word from the President-Elect ............................................................................. 10 Word from the General Secretary ....................................................................... 12 Word from the Treasurer ......................................................................................... 14 Word from the Internal Auditor ........................................................................... 16 About EAES General information ................................................................................................... 18 Journal Surgical Endoscopy ................................................................................... 24 Education & Training Committee ........................................................................... 26 Research Committee ................................................................................................. 29 Research Talent Academy ....................................................................................... 30 Consensus & Guideline subcommittee ........................................................... 32 Research Portfolio subcommittee . ..................................................................... 33 Technology Committee . ........................................................................................... 34 Executive office ............................................................................................................. 36 Membership .................................................................................................................. 38 EAES Activities Endorsed courses and events .................................................................................. 40 Grants .............................................................................................................................. 44 Consensus conference 2019 ..................................................................................... 48 UEMS minimally invasive surgery board exam (MIS) .............................. 50 Wintermeeting: Past, present and future of the concept of minimally invasiveness ....................................................................................... 52 27 th Annual congress ................................................................................................. 54 EAES 2019 awards ...................................................................................................... 56 Honorary membership ............................................................................................. 60 EAES 2020 Kraków – Poland ...................................................................................... 61