Opening Ceremony of the 21st World Congress of the ISC
November 27, 2021
Beijing, China
The International Society of Cryosurgery (ISC) has successfully held its 21st World Congress on November 27-28, 2021. The World Congress of the International Society of Cryosurgery had been held every two years since the founding of ISC in Vienna in 1972 and all 20 congresses around the world has successfully held so far. Due to the pandemic, the 21st World Congress of the International Society of Cryosurgery could not be held on-site as scheduled, and the ISC Committee held several consultations and decided to hold the Congress in a combination of online and on-site mode, the main venue sat at the Southwest Huayi Hotel in Beijing, China.
Main Venue ISC2021, Southwest Hualuxe Hotel, Beijing, China
After the first round of the conference organization and call for papers issued by the conference organizing committee on October 6, 2021, more than 100 academic papers were received until November 25. After screening and recommendation, 36 renowned experts and young scholars from various countries were finally identified for online conference presentations according to the conference agenda.
Due to the pandemic, experts from all over the world could not gather in the same location, and the international version of Zoom software was chosen as the main tool for online communication among the participating experts. The conference was simulcast live online to colleagues in the field of cryotherapy worldwide. The video of the entire meeting is permanently saved on the website for viewing at any time. The Congress was broadcast live worldwide at:
https://wx.vzan.com/live/tvchat-8289847
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On the night before the opening ceremony, to ensure that the participants could go online smoothly as scheduled, Prof. Chengli Li and Prof. Isreal Barken led the secretary team to confirm all the participants around the world one by one, making phone calls or sending emails with countdown reminders to go online. Everyone worked until after 2:00 am the following day.
At 6:00 am Beijing time on November 27, experts from all over the world came online in the Zoom conference room to exchange greetings and brief exchanges, and at 7:55 am, the opening ceremony was held simultaneously online and on-site as scheduled.
The Congress's Opening Ceremony was presided over by Ms Esther Law Lee Poh from Malaysia. A retrospective video of previous ISC World Congresses was shown under the joint guidance of Prof. Xiao Yueyong and Prof. Nikolai N. Korpan.
Afterwards, Prof. Xiao Yueyong, the President of the Congress and the 21st President of the ISC from Beijing, China, delivered an Opening Address and announced the opening of the Congress, while Prof. Nikolai N. Korpan, Prof. Kecheng Xu, Honorary President of the ISC Society, and Prof. Masashi Watanabe, Past President of the ISC, delivered their Welcome Addresses.
The Congress is about to open with a short exchange of experts online
Opening Address by the 21st World Congress President of ISC
Prof. Dr Yueyong Xiao, Beijing, China
Greetings from Honorary President of the ISC
Prof. Dr. Nikolai N. Korpan, Vienna, Austria （01:15 AM）
Welcome Address from Honorary President of the ISC
Prof. Dr Kecheng Xu, Guangzhou, China
Greetings from the 20th President of ISC
Prof. Dr. Masashi Watanabe, Tokyo, Japan
The opening ceremony was chaired by Ms Esther Law Lee Poh, Secretary-General of the Congress
Afterwards, before the official beginning of the academic communications, the attending professionals shared a group photo through the same screen of the network, making the most special occasion in the history of ISC.
A unique photo of the international professionals at the Opening Ceremony of the Congress