EAES Annual Report 2019

54 27 th Annual Congress Exciting-Amazing-Enterprising-Stimulating EAES Annual Report 2019 The theme of the 27th congress of the EAES was EAES; Exciting-Amazing-Enterprising-Stimulating. A pathway to the future. The congress took place in Sevilla, 12 - 15 June 2019 . The meeting was organised in combination with the XV congress of the Spanish section of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Innovation of the Spanish As- sociation of Surgery (AEC) and in conjunction with the XVI congress of the Andalusian Society of Surgery (ASAC). The EAES family is widespread. The annual congress was attended by almost 1600 delegates from 84 dif- ferent countries, emphasising the over- continental dimension of this scientific event. It is more and more evident that the congress is attracting, since some years, an increasing number of scientists and professionals from all over the world, to share their experiences and new ideas and foster friendship across the globe.