Dear Colleagues

The new ExCo of EPSRAS for the term 2023/2024 would like to build upon the successes of the latest ESPRAS meeting in Porto in bringing us all together.

In your roles as leaders of national societies of plastic surgery in Europe and European Societies of Plastic Surgery (EBOPRAS, EASAPS, EURAPS, FESSH, EFSM, EBA), we would greatly appreciate your joining us in person at the next European Leadership Forum to be held in Munich, Germany in March 2023.

The motto of this Meeting will be “Stronger together in Europe!”

Our focus will be on developing closer and mutually beneficial collaboration between all of our organisations to support and benefit Plastic Surgery and Plastic Surgeons across Europe in the knowledge that Together, Everyone Achieves More.

Your continued engagement and contributions to the further development of ESPRAS is vital if we are to achieve our vision of being an effective umbrella organisation for Plastic Surgery in Europe. Please join us in an extended ExCo committee to address special common

issues such as regulations and legal aspects, academics and registries, breast reconstruction and implants, education and fellowship, plastic surgeons in private practice, young European plastic surgeons and others.

This meeting will function as a Council of Delegates to ratify or modify Exco proposals regarding the agenda for future development including changes to the constitution, subscriptions for 2024, our new logo and the timing, frequency and location of future ESPRAS meetings

On this occasion we will also be meeting with EBOPRAS to improve our understanding of respective roles and routes of communication. We look forward to pursuing opportunities for future joint meetings with you all.

ESPRAS also intends to improve the communication strategy in Plastic

Surgery in Europe by developing a common communication platform in

social media for the benefit of national societies.

Please send your suggestions for contributions and topics for discussion. Registration is free other than your accommodation.

The venue is the Institut of Anatomy, Pettenkoferstr. 11, 80336 München, Germany. Hotel recommendations are listed in the program.

We look forward to seeing you in Munich!

Riccardo Giunta, ESPRAS President           

Anna Elander, ESPRAS Secretary general                     

Dirk Schaefer, ESPRAS Treasurer

Mark Henley, ESPRAS Vice President                

Preliminary Program

Thursday March 23^rd 2023

16:00 to 18:00      ESPRAS ExCo Meeting

19:30                     Welcome Reception and Dinner Hofbräuhaus Munich

Friday March 24^th 2023

ESPRAS European Leadership Forum

8:30 to 12:00         Education, Fellowship Programs, Young Plastic Surgeons

                                Cooperation with European societies in the field

                                Cooperation with UEMS PRAS/EBOPRAS

12:00 to 14:00       Lunch Break Visit Anatomical Collection

14:00 to 16:00       ESPRAS PR, Social Media and Communication Strategy for National Societies

16:00 to 18:00       Building Extended ESPRAS ExCo, Update Statutes, ESPRAS Congress biannually

19:30                      ELF Networking Dinner Spatenhaus Munich

Saturday March 25^th 2023

9:00 to 12:00       Breast Surgery and Breast Reconstruction: Registries, update BIA-ALCL and BIA-SCC,                                                                                                                                                        

                              Quality indicators for breast reconstruction etc.

12:00                     Farewell