Welcome note from the Local Organiser

AUGIS Annual Scientific Meeting, Oxford 9th - 10th September 2010

We are delighted to welcome AUGIS to Oxford in September 2010 for the Annual Scientific Meeting. The meeting will be held in the beautiful old Examination Schools of the University, built in 1882, which are located in the High Street at the heart of Oxford. The Drinks Reception and Dinner will be held in the Great Hall of Christ Church, probably the most beautiful of all the Oxford Colleges - Harry Potter fans will recognise the Great Hall as the location for filming of Hogwarts Dining Hall! There will be ample accommodation available at Christ Church and at various hotels throughout Oxford, all of which is within easy walking distance of the Examination Schools. Oxford is full of great restaurants and pubs, and we have secured an extension to the bar at Christ Church on the night of the dinner until the early hours of the morning! Parking is not easy in Oxford, but there is an excellent train and bus service to the city.

John Primrose has produced a mouth watering academic programme with an impressive list of National and International Speakers. For the first time there will be two sessions for our Affiliates and of course on the Friday morning there will be Oesophagogastric, HPB and Bariatric parallel sessions. On Wednesday September 8th the AUGIS Training Day, now a constant and increasingly popular feature of the AUGIS Annual Meeting, will precede the meeting. This will take place at the John Radcliffe Hospital and will include teaching from UK and International experts.

We are confident that Oxford 2010 will maintain the incredibly high standards set by previous meetings, and we look forward to welcoming you to Oxford in September.

Nick Maynard
Local Organiser