The first International Congress on Biliary Atresia and Related Diseases will take place in Berlin, Germany

This one day meeting is being convened by the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, and forms part of the President's Meeting and Annual Audit. One of the keynote speakers is Dr Ernest Moore from Denver, USA who will give the Lister Legacy Lecture.

3rd European Symposium on Paediatric Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation will be hosted by the British Society For Surgery of the Hand.

The Surgical removal of neuroblastoma tumours in mostly young children remains one of the major challenges in specialized Paediatric surgery. The striking biological differences between the sub-types call to consider the biological perspective for the individual surgical approach. The international congress 'Advances in neuroblastoma research 2014' (ANR2014) is a perfect opportunity for Paediatric surgeons, basic and translational researches and paediatric oncologists to learn from each other.

The Division of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital will host the XXVIth International Symposium on Paediatric Surgical Research in 2013.

Children's Surgery with Competence and Heart

The Lewis Spitz Symposium will include the Simpson Smith Lecture, this year given by Professor Jan Deprest. This annual symposium focuses on aspects of Paediatric Surgery, providing an insight into innovation and current practice, with speakers from the major centres of excellence in the field.

The Annual meeting of the International Pediatric Endoscopy Group in Beijing, China

We are pleased to announce that BAPS and IPEG will be hosting a joint congress at the EICC in Edinburgh, July 2014.

The 2013/2014 Winter meeting will be joint with BSPGHAN in London, at the Tower Hotel. There will be a council meeting on the Thursday afternoon, a dinner with BSPGHAN members in the evening, followed by a day of scientific meeting presentations.