Face Ahead

Empowering the young generation of surgeons

✓ Global outlook
✓ Top-notch speakers

✓ Networking opportunities
✓ New ideas

The event where the top names in the field reveal their best kept secrets and give hands-on advice to the next generation of surgeons. The 2020 summit will explore tissue reconstruction, complications, and innovations from the perspective of personalized medicine.

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Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Eduardo
D. Rodriguez

Chair of the Hansjorg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery, NYU Langone Health

A master of craniofacial care, Eduardo Rodriguez is the world-renowned plastic surgeon who completed the most extensive and comprehensive full face transplant in history.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Daniel
Borsuk

Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Montreal

Daniel Borsuk is the chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the Université de Montreal Pediatric Teaching Hospital Sainte-Justine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is driven by the mission of offering patients the gold standard of health care through a combination of science, technology, engineering, and art.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Jill
Helms

Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery) at Stanford University

Responsible for multiple research programs composed of international and national collaborations, and educating future clinicians and scientists, Jill Helms believes education is the single greatest tool to improving human health. She is committed to transforming the way people think about science and emphasizing its contribution to their daily lives.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

René
Leemans

Chair of the Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department at the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam

With special interests in head and neck oncology, reconstructive and microvascular surgery and basic research, René has made internationally recognized contribution to cancer care, research and education in head and neck oncology.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Waleed
Khan

Survivor of the Army Publis School attach in Peshawar

Waleed is a social activist, deputy member of the UK youth parliament and a motivational speaker. Aiming to inspire the youth through his story and work for the empowerment of youth.
Currently studying at University of Birmingham School.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Robert
McGuire

M. Beckett Howorth Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and President of the AO Foundation

Robert McGuire has decades of experience as a clinician and educator. He places great emphasis on educating residents and doctors who are early in their careers. His students recognize in him someone who is hands-on, passionate about teaching, and always ready to put in extra time.

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Mirta Reksodiputro

Plastic Reconstructive Division ENT Departement - Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital Faculty of Medicine University Indonesia

Martin Stoddart

Deputy Program Leader. Principal Scientist, Musculoskeletal Regeneration Program, AO Research Institute, Switzerland

Francis Roasa

Chairman Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Philippines

Federico Hernández Alfaro

Full Professor & Chairman, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Teknon Medical Center / UIC Barcelona, Spain

Nils Gellrich

Head of Department, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH), Hanover, Germany

Lynne Fryer

Consultant Surgeon Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, UK

Amir Elbarbary

Professor Plastic Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Eppo Wolvius

Staff Member Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Florian Thieringer

Senior Consultant Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

Gorman Louie

Clinical Professor Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alberta, Canada

Susana Heredero Jung

Attending Staff Maxilofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain

Max Heiland

Ärztlicher Direktor Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Lamont Jones

Vice Chair of Department Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA

Julio Acero Sanz

Head Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ramon y Cajal / Puerta de Hierro University Hospitals, Madrid

Isabelle Barthelemy

Chair of Maxillofacial surgery, CHU Estaing, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France

Andrew Murr

Chief of Service Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital

Fernando Briceño

Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia

Daniel Buchbinder

Chief of Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Dept. of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

Muriel-Fabienne Brix

Service de chirurgie maxillo-faciale et plastique, Hôpital Central CHU de Nancy, France

Iain McVicar

Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon Maxillofacial Unit, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

Price

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If you do not have an account, please make sure you register and validate your email address before buying the ticket. You can create an account here.

ABSTRACT SUBMITTERS ONLY
Full Summit Pass

EUR 555
( EUR 950 )

For Abstract Submitters ONLY
Two-day summit pass
Access to one-on-one networking sessions
Coffee breaks and lunches
Access to exhibition floor
Access to mobile app
Access to poster sessions
Access to small groups discussions
Access to networking events (Thursday and Friday evening)

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EARLY BIRD PRICE
Full Summit Pass

EUR 750
( EUR 950 )

Until October 1, 2019 (limited seats available)
Two-day summit pass
Access to one-on-one networking sessions
Coffee breaks and lunches
Access to exhibition floor
Access to mobile app
Access to poster sessions
Access to small groups discussions
Access to networking events (Thursday and Friday evening)

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ONLINE PASS

EUR 110
( free for AOCMF Members )

Access to all live streamed sessions (over 75% of the summit)
Access to recorded sessions
Interact live with speakers during the coffee breaks' chat
100% discount for AOCMF Members

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Location

VENUE

Catalonia Barcelona Plaza Hotel

Plaza Espana 6-8, Barcelona, Spain

Get to the venue

BUS

From the airport, you can take the direct Aérobus until Plaza Espana. The trip takes around 20 min and leaves every 5-10 min from Terminal 1. Alternative bus connections are also available.