Date:

Friday 17 to Saturday 22 March 2008

Location:

Conference Precinct, School of Medicine, JCU Douglas Campus, Angus Smith Drive, TOWNSVILLE.

Summary:

For the first time, the International College of Surgeons (Chicago, USA) will be holding a quality Australasian regional forum, in collaboration with the North Australian Surgeons.

The focus is to bring together renown international and regional experts in the fields of minimally invasive surgery of relevance to general surgical specialities.

The cutting edge state of the art knowledge, skills and technologies will be discussed with emphasis on day-to-day practice. Both international and national speakers will be participating.

Speakers (confirmed to date):

• Michael KW Li

• Professor Fumio Konishi

• Professor Earl R. Owen, A.O.

• Professor Bryan Parry

• Professor Christopher Chen

• Dr. Wai Lun LAW

• Dr. Parvez Sheikh

• Professor Les Elise Bokey

• Dr Miao Yi

• Dr John Lumley

• Dr Leslie Nathanson

• Fidel Ruiz Healy.

Hosted by:

James Cook University

Contact:

For further information visit the conference website.

Or contact Lynda McClure (Conference Secretariat), Tel: +61 7 4796 1417 or +61 7 4796 1419; Email: lynda.mcclure@jcu.edu.au