Message from the FIGO President
2 XX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology & Obstetrics Rome, Italy
Message from the FIGO President
Dear Colleagues,
It is my great pleasure to extend to you my warm invitation to attend the forthcoming XX FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and
Obstetrics to be held in the beautiful city of Rome, Italy, October 7-12, 2012. Rome will provide the unforgettable setting for this
triennial congress. In Rome there will be a wealth of opportunities, professional, social, spiritual and cultural.
There has been a real progress in women’s and newborns’ health care. However, this progress is far from what had been anticipated
by the international community remembering that our time horizon to reach MDGs is now only five years. This Congress will explore
women’s health issues from the view points of world renowned clinicians, those who develop scientific knowledge and those who
devise policies for health care. It is important that we bring to you in Rome the fascinating new techniques and developments
in our profession in a balanced programme which covers the contemporary issues in the field of gynaecology and obstetrics
and observing a priority to evidence based practices in primary health care and preventive aspects in Women’s and Newborns’ health.
FIGO Congress Scientific Programme Committee chaired by Prof. William Dunlop (UK) and vicechaired by Prof. Joanna Cain (USA) is making
special efforts to involve subspecialty world societies to participate in the meeting. They shall bring the participants to the cutting edge
knowledge in the different subspecialties of our profession.
A land mark in the scientific programme of this Congress is that for the first time the newly established FIGO Committee for capacity
building in education and training in collaboration with Congress Scientific Committee will organise a number of precongress workshops
and post graduate courses. These workshops and courses will cover various topics of interest to the general obstetricians
and gynaecologists, in addition to our traditional successful sexual and reproductive health workshop.
The Congress Organising Committee chaired by Prof. Jacques Milliez (France) and co-chaired by Prof. Lord Naren Patel (UK) is
working very hard and in close collaboration with FIGO Events and Meetings Manager Miss Marta Collins and the local Italian
Organising Committee appointed by the Italian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SIGO) and chaired by Prof. Giorgio Vittori.
They are looking into all the details of local arrangements to make your stay in Rome during the Congress most enjoyable,
comfortable and affordable.
I cordially welcome to this Congress my fellow obstetricians and gynaecologists from all over the world, representatives of our
124 member societies, leaders from partnership organisations, sister professional organisations particularly ICM, IPA, ESHRE, IFFS,
policy makers, parliamentarians, residents in training, medical students and patient’s groups. You all shall find a number of
windows to participate in this multidisciplinary congress. Please do mark your calendar from now and I can assure you that you
will enjoy it and it will be a memorable event for many years to come.
Looking forward to seeing you in Rome October 2012.
Yours sincerely,
Gamal Serour
President – FIGO
