2. CONGRESS ORGANIZATION IAAS 11th Congress. ASECMA 12th Congress. 4th Iberian Congress.

3. COMMITTEES Honour Committee : SAR Príncipe de Asturias. President of Catalonia. Health Minister of Spain. Health Minister of Catalonia. The Major of Barcelona. The President of ACMSCB.

4. COMMITTEES IAAS Executive Committee: Ian Jackson Gamal-Eldin Mohamed Carlo Castoro Paulo Lemos Jan Eshuis Luc Van Outryve Wendy Adams Fernando Docobo Jost Brökelmann Douglas McWhinnie Arnaldo Valedon Beverly Philip Rafaat Hannallah

5. COMMITTEES International Organizing Committee: President: Miquel Prats i Maeso. Members: IAAS 9 members. ASECMA and APCA 5 members.

6. COMMITTEES The Local Organizing Committee will be appointed by Spanish Association for Ambulatory Surgery (ASECMA) and Portuguese Association (APCA). The Local Organising Committee will be chaired by Dr. Miquel Prat Maeso, ASECMA president.

7. COMMITTEES International Scientific Committee: President: Fernando Docobo Durantez. Members: IAAS 8 members. ASECMA and APCA 6 members. Local Scientific Committee: President: Fernando Docobo Durantez. Members: ASECMA and APCA 14 members.

8. DATES First Announcement : June 2014. Registrations and Hotel Reservations: Early: November 2014. Late: March 2015. Call for abstracts: September 2014. Death line: January 2015. Decision: February 2015. Final Programme: March 2015.

9. MEETING PROGRAMME TOPICS New anesthetic procedures in Ambulatory Surgery. Ambulatory Surgery progress and development in the world. Safety in Ambulatory Surgery. New technologies in Ambulatory Surgery. Research and teaching in Ambulatory Surgery.

10. MEETING PROGRAMME TYPES OF SESSIONS Pre-Congress Courses 3 Courses including the visit to Day Surgery Units on May 10 th (10-13 h). Opening Ceremony and Nicoll Memorial Lecture ASECMA’s proposal: Dr Fernando Docobo. Plenary Sessions : 3 Sponsored Symposia: 3 Satellite Symposia : 3

11. MEETING PROGRAMME TYPES OF SESSIONS Invited Lectures : 4 Free Paper Sessions: 10 (6 papers in a session, 8 minutes for presentation, 2 minutes for discussion). Workshops: 2 Round Table Discussions: 20 Poster Sessions: In the lunch time (Round Session). Closing Ceremony and Farewell to next venue.

12. MEETING PROGRAMME TIMETABLE SUNDAY (May 10th). MAIN HALL ROOM 2ROOM 3ROOM 4ROOM 5ROOM 6 16.30 17.30 Invited Lecture Round Table Free paper Round Table Free paper 17.30 18.00 BREAK 18.00 19.00 Round Table Satellite Symposia Free paper Round Table Free paper 15.00-16.00 Congress Opening Ceremony 16.00-16.30 Nicoll Lecture Reception Desk Open from 9.00 19.00 Welcome cocktail

13. MEETING PROGRAMME 9.00 10.00 MAIN HALL PLENARY 10.00 10.30 BREAK MAIN HALLROOM 2ROOM 3ROOM 4ROOM 5ROOM 6 10.30 11.30 Sponsored Symposia Round Table Free paperRound TableFree paper 11.30 12.30 Invited LectureRound Table Free paperRound TableFree paper 12.30 13.30 Round Table Satellite SymposiaFree paperRound TableFree paper 13.30 15-00 LUNCH 15.00 16.00 MAIN HALLPLENARY MAIN HALLROOM 2ROOM 3ROOM 4ROOM 5ROOM 6 16.00 17.00 Sponsored Symposia Round Table Free paperRound TableFree paper 17.00 17.30 Invited LectureRound Table Free paperRound TableFree paper 17.30 18.30 Round Table Satellite SymposiaFree paperRound TableFree paper MONDAY (May 11th)

14. MEETING PROGRAMME 9.00 10.00 MAIN HALL PLENARY 10.00 10.30 BREAK MAIN HALLROOM 2ROOM 3ROOM 4ROOM 5ROOM 6 10.30 11.30 Sponsored Symposia Round Table Free paperRound TableFree paper 11.30 12.30 Invited Lecure Round Table Free paperRound TableFree paper 12.30 13.30 FAREWELL AND WELCOME TUESDAY (May 12th).