| 2011 |
Yokohama |
R.M. Satava, USA / The impact of advanced technologies on the future of surgery / Introduction: K.D. Boffard, South Africa |
| 2009 |
Adelaide |
C. Hamlin, Ethiopia / Restoring women’s lives: Dr. Catherine Hamlin and the Fistula Hospitals of Ethiopia / Introduction: M.J. Webb, Australia |
| 2007 |
Montréal |
D. Scheidegger, Switzerland / Patient safety: from aequanimitas to team performance / Introduction: M. Rothmund, Germany |
| 2005 |
Durban |
W.E.G. Thomas, UK / Teaching and assessing surgical competence:how, why, when and who / Introduction: F. Harder, Switzerland |
| 2003 |
Bangkok |
Congress cancelled |
| 2001 |
Brussel |
B. Sparkes, USA / A new dimension in the treatment of burns / Introduction: J.R. Siewert, Germany |