Organizers:
- Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons of Kazakhstan;
- Astana Medical University
Supporting Organization:
- Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), European Chapter (IFSO-EC).
- Akimat (city hall) of Astana (The Congress is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Astana capital city);
- Corporate Fund "University Medical Center - UMC";
- The Medical Centre Hospital of the President's Affairs Administration of the of Republic of Kazakhstan (Presidential Hospital).
Scientific Partners:
- Association of Endoscopic Surgery of Kazakhstan;
- Association of Endocrinologist of Kazakhstan.
Sponsors:
- Medtronic (Covidien);
- Johnson and Johnson;
- Olympus;
Language of the Congress: English, Russian and Kazakh (simultaneous translation).
Registration fee payment: IFSO members are exempt from payment of the registration fee (confirmation "find a member" at http://www.ifso.com/). Non-members of IFSO pay for registration fee 10 thousand tenge (equivalent to 30 US dollars ($) or 24 euros (€) or 2000 rubles).
Chairman of Scientific International Comittee:
Prof. Dr.Almantas Maleckas (Lithuania)
Members:
- Robert Rutledge (USA);
- Plamen Staikov (Germany);
- Yury Yashkov (Russia);
- Mohit Bhandary (India);
- Mustafa Taskin (Turkey);
- Dr. Robert Rutledge (USA);
- Igor Dashkovsky (Israel);
- Andrey Lavrik (Ukraine);
- Tariel Omerov (Azerbaijan);
- Leonid Poluektov (Russia);
- Ernis Tilekov (Kyrgyzstan);
- Oktyabr Teshaev (Uzbekistan);
- Vladimir Samoylov (Russia);
- Bolatbek Baymakhanov (Kazakhstan);
- Anna Bazarova (Kazakhstan);
- Ganay Akanov (Kazakhstan);
- Kaharman Esmbembetov (Kazakhstan);