Announcement:

10^th  International Anniversary

Expert Meeting for the Surgery Obesity

and Metabolic Disorders:

Saalfelden, AUSTRIA  March 11 - 14, 2012

Dear Colleague,

It is our special honor to invite you to participate in the 10^th  International Alpine Obesity Surgery Expert Meeting to be held in Saalfelden, Austria from the 11^th  to 14^th  of March 2012.

In the Harvard business review from April 2011 the Editor in Cief noted in his Editorial that in business nothing is a better teacher than failure. We are programmed at an early age to think that failure is bad. That belief prevents organizations from effectively learning from their missteps. We will invite a distinguished manager, aviation trainer and mental trainer.

I agree with A.G.Lafley (former Proctor and Gamble CEO) that "I think of my failures as a gift". Our next meeting will have the Topic:

THE FAILURE

Understand it – Learn from it – Recover from it

We will try to give an excellent overview about major topics related to progress in the laparoscopic treatment of Morbid Obesity. Leading experts will build the frame work of this conference. By learning from our experience, we will place major emphasis on the availability of sufficient discussion times during scientific sessions.

The Meeting will take place in the Congress Hotel Brandlhof. We will do our best to follow the Eucomed Guidelines on Interactions with participant sponsored Healthcare Professionals (www.eucomed.com).

We are looking forward very much to welcome you in Saalfelden, Austria

Karl Miller

(Symposium Director)

Scientific Program 2011 – Main Topics

Endorsed by the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders – The Meeting (DFP ID 444036) gets 20 CME Credits: from the Austrian Surgical Society (Approved from the Austrian Medical Society)

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