Mexico City
51st World Congress
International Surgical Week
19-23 April 2026
Congress Archive
More than a century of meeting across borders.
From Brussels in 1905 to Mexico City in 2026, the World Congresses of Surgery and International Surgical Week record the international development of ISS/SIC, its scientific community and its global network.
1905
1st Congress
Brussels, Belgium
→
2026
51st World Congress
Mexico City, Mexico
Recent meetings
The modern ISW record.
Key recent meetings are presented with the source documents already preserved locally in this theme. These files will later move into the permanent WordPress media and archive structure on Infomaniak.
Kuala Lumpur
50th World Congress
International Surgical Week
25-29 August 2024
Vienna
49th World Congress
International Surgical Week
15-18 August 2022
Krakow
48th World Congress
World Congress of Surgery
11-15 August 2019
1905-2026
Congress by Congress.
The historical list below preserves the chronology, host city and Congress President information from the ISS/SIC archive. Recent 2024 and 2026 meetings have been added above the historical listing.
| Year | Congress | City | Country | Congress President |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51st | Mexico City | Mexico | See Congress report |
| 2024 | 50th | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | See Congress report |
| 2022 | 49th | Vienna | Austria | Hunter J.G. |
| 2021Virtual meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic | Virtual meeting | Virtual | Online | Fichera A. |
| 2019 | 48th | Krakow | Poland | Hill A.G. |
| 2017 | 47th | Basel | Switzerland | Patti M.G. |
| 2015 | 46th | Bangkok | Thailand | Wora-Urai N. |
| 2013 | 45th | Helsinki | Finland | Akerström G. |
| 2011 | 44th | Yokohama | Japan | Boffard K.D. |
| 2009 | 43rd | Adelaide | Australia | Sarr M.G. |
| 2007 | 42nd | Montréal | Canada | Kitajima M. |
| 2005 | 41st | Durban | South Africa | Siewert J.R. |
| 2003 | 40th | Bangkok | Thailand | Cancelled |
| 2001 | 39th Centennial | Brussels | Belgium | Morris P.J. |
| 1999 | 38th | Vienna | Austria | Wells Jr. S.A. |
| 1997 | 37th | Acapulco | Mexico | Brown A.R. |
| 1995 | 36th | Lisbon | Portugal | Idezuki Y. |
| 1993 | 35th | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Trede M. |
| 1991 | 34th | Stockholm | Sweden | Nyhus L.M. |
| 1989 | 33rd | Toronto | Canada | Patiño J.F. |
| 1987 | 32nd | Sydney | Australia | Bergentz S.-E. |
| 1985 | 31st | Paris | France | Hardy J.D. |
| 1983 | 30th | Hamburg | Germany | Ong G.B. |
| 1981 | 29th | Montreux | Switzerland | Marcadier M. |
| 1979 | 28th | San Francisco | USA | Allgöwer M. |
| 1977 | 27th | Kyoto | Japan | Holmes-Sellors T. |
| 1975 | 26th | Edinburgh | UK | Gerbode F. |
| 1973 | 25th | Barcelona | Spain | Linder F. |
| 1971 | 24th | Moscow | USSR | Petrovsky B.V. |
| 1969 | 23rd | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Fontaine R. |
| 1967 | 22nd | Vienna | Austria | Sandblom P. |
| 1965 | 21st | Philadelphia | USA | Valdoni P. |
| 1963 | 20th | Rome | Italy | Ochsner A. |
| 1961 | 19th | Dublin | Ireland | Dahl-Iversen E. |
| 1959 | 18th | Munich | Germany | Mirizzi P. |
| 1957 | 17th | Mexico City | Mexico | Denk W. |
| 1955 | 16th | Copenhagen | Denmark | Graham E.A. |
| 1953 | 15th | Lisbon | Portugal | Dos Santos R. |
| 1951 | 14th | Paris | France | Leriche R. |
| 1949 | 13th | New Orleans | USA | Grey Turner G. |
| 1947 | 12th | London | UK | Mayer L. |
| 1938 | 11th | Brussels | Belgium | Matas R. |
| 1935 | 10th | Cairo | Egypt | Schoemaker J. |
| 1932 | 9th | Madrid | Spain | De Quervain F. |
| 1929 | 8th | Warsaw | Poland | Hartmann H. |
| 1926 | 7th | Rome | Italy | Girdano D. |
| 1923 | 6th | London | UK | MacEwen W. |
| 1920 | 5th | Paris | France | Keen W.W. |
| 1914 | 4th | New York | USA | Depage A. |
| 1911 | 3rd | Brussels | Belgium | Lucas-Championnière J. |
| 1908 | 2nd | Brussels | Belgium | Czerny V. |
| 1905 | 1st | Brussels | Belgium | Kocher T. |
The original historical listing is retained as a source document, including the additional President location column.
Open original Congress list PDF →A living archive
History, science and community in one record.
The Congress archive is not only a list of locations. It connects more than a century of scientific programmes, named lectures, abstracts, proceedings, photographs and Society milestones. During the final migration we will preserve the remaining Congress documents and media from the existing website and archive ZIP files in the same way as the newsletter archive.