Sister Societies

As early as November 1966 an agreement with the British Surgical research Society (SRS, now SARS or Society of Academic and Research Surgery) was established, so that the members of each society could submit papers for the meeting of the other society and that the members of both societies would be informed about the data of the scientific meetings of each society. In 1968 another agreement between the ESSR -ESES at that time -, the SRS and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS) was reached on the organization of tripartite meetings at regular intervals not exceeding 4 years. The first joint meeting of ESES, SRS und SUS took place in London, July 1969, the second in 1973. Since 1994 the General Secretary and the President of SRS and SUS are invited to the annual congress of the ESSR and they are given the honour to chair The Society's best session, the Walter-Brendel-Session. Furthermore, the winners of the Patey Prize of the SARS and of the Walter- Brendel Award of the ESSR are officialy invited to give their presentation at the coming congress of the sister society.