Every year, SICOT holds a congress which attracts thousands of clinicians and researchers from all over the world. Scientific papers and lectures are presented in the traditional fields; world-class invited speakers provide contemporary thought on the latest concepts as well as on conservative and surgical treatment methods. They provide a forum for presentation of original work and for education.
41st SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
15-18 September 2021
Budapest, Hungary
42nd SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
dates to be confirmed
Belgrade, Serbia
43rd SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
dates to be confirmed
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Congress Guidelines
Any National Representative may, with the support of his/her National Orthopaedic Society, invite SICOT to hold its annual Orthopaedic World Congress at a site in his/her country. Applications for meetings should be received in general 4 years prior to the event.
Past SICOT Congresses
40th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
4-7 December 2019
Muscat, Oman
39th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
10-13 October 2018
Montreal, Canada
38th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
30 November-2 December 2017
Cape Town, South Africa
37th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
8-10 September 2016
Rome, Italy
36th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
17-19 September 2015
Guangzhou, China
34th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress
17-19 October 2013
Hyderabad, India
SICOT 2011 XXV Triennial World Congress
6-9 September 2011
Prague, Czech Republic
SICOT/SIROT 2008 XXIV Triennial World Congress
24-28 August 2008
Hong Kong
SICOT Congresses and their Presidents
1930 Paris | Sir Robert Jones† (United Kingdom) | TWC |
1933 London | Gabriel Nové-Josserand† (France) | TWC |
1936 Bologna / Rome | Vittorio Putti† (Italy) | TWC |
1948 Amsterdam | Henry Meyerding† (United States) | TWC |
1951 Stockholm | Richard Scherb† (Switzerland) | TWC |
1954 Bern | Etienne Sorrel† (France) | TWC |
1957 Barcelona | José Valls† (Argentina) | TWC |
1960 New York | Joseph Trueta† (United Kingdom) | TWC |
1963 Vienna | Philip D. Wilson† (United States) | TWC |
1966 Paris | Robert Merle d’Aubigné† (France) | TWC |
1969 Mexico City | Juan Farill† (Mexico) | TWC |
1972 Tel Aviv / Jerusalem | Ernst Spira† (Israel) | TWC |
1975 Copenhagen | Knud Jansen† (Denmark) | TWC |
1978 Kyoto | Tamikazu Amako† (Japan) | TWC |
1981 Rio de Janeiro | Dagmar Chaves† (Brazil) | TWC |
1984 London | John Sharrard† (United Kingdom) | TWC |
1987 Munich | Heinz Wagner† (Germany) | TWC |
1990 Montreal | Charles Sorbie† (Canada) | TWC |
1993 Seoul | Chung-Bin Chu† (Korea) | TWC |
1996 Amsterdam | Ben Veraart (Netherlands) | TWC |
1999 Sydney | Neal L. Thomson (Australia) | TWC |
2001 Paris | Laurent Sedel (France) | AIC |
2002 San Diego | Chadwick Smith† (United States) | TWC |
2003 Cairo | Galal Zaki Said (Egypt) | AIC |
2004 Havana | Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras (Cuba) | AIC |
2005 Istanbul | Ridvan Ege† (Turkey) | TWC |
2006 Buenos Aires | Bartolome T. Allende (Argentina) | AIC |
2007 Marrakech | Thami Benzakour (Morocco) | AIC |
2008 Hong Kong | Keith Luk (Hong Kong) | TWC |
2009 Pattaya | W. Laohacharoensombat (Thailand) | AIC |
2010 Gothenburg | Björn Rydevik (Sweden) | AIC |
2011 Prague | Tomas Trç (Czech Republic) | TWC |
2012 Dubai | Hashem Alkhatib (United Arab Emirates) | OWC |
2013 Hyderabad | Ashok Johari (India) | OWC |
2014 Rio de Janeiro | José Sérgio Franco (Brazil) | TWC |
2015 Guangzhou | Guixing Qiu (China) | OWC |
2016 Rome | Francesco Falez (Italy) | OWC |
2017 Cape Town | Doron Frantzen (South Africa) | OWC |
2018 Montreal | Julio Fernandes (Canada) | OWC |
2019 Muscat | Mohamed Darwish (Oman) | OWC |
2021 Budapest | Laszlo Bucsi (Hungary) | OWC |
TWC: Triennial World Congress - AIC: Annual International Conference - OWC: Orthopaedic World Congress