Closing Ceremony of the 21st World Congress of the ISC
November 28, 2021
Beijing, China
With the conclusion of Prof. Christos C. Zouboulis's excellent presentation, the Congress entered the Closing Ceremony on November 28, 2021. The Closing Ceremony was also moderated by Ms Esther Law Lee Poh.
Firstly, the ISC members met online to discuss and elect the new ISC President, Vice-President and Board Members. Professor Yaron Har-Shai from Haifa, Israel, was elected as the new 22nd President of the International Society for Cryosurgery. The members all expressed their heartfelt congratulations online. In addition, Prof. Dr Oleksiy I. DRONOV from Kyiv, Ukraine and Prof. Lizhi NIU from Guangzhou, China, were elected as Vice Presidents of the new Board of Governors. There are also three renowned experts from China in the Board of Governors, Prof. Chengli LI, Prof. Renjie YANG and Prof. Hongwu WANG. For more information, please click on the official website of the Congress: http://isc.csimit.cn/isc/146/147.html. Since the handover could not be completed online, the Congress flag and seal will be forwarded by Prof. Xiao to Prof. Yaron Har-Shai by mail.
Newly elected 22nd President of the ISC, Prof. Dr Yaron Har-Shai
The Congress also nominated and approved Kyiv, Ukraine, as the offline venue for the 22nd World Congress on Cryotherapy, which is expected to be held in 2023.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Closing Address by Prof. Dr Xiao Yueyong, President of the Congress
Finally, Prof. Korpan, Senior Honorary President of ISC, made a short remark on the conference, highly praised the conference and expressed his gratitude to the organizing committee. Prof. Xiao Yueyong expressed his congratulations to the newly elected new ISC President and Board of Governors and gave an enthusiastic Closing Address to the Congress. Before the Closing Ceremony, the delegates once again took a group photo online.
Cloud group photo again at the Closing Ceremony of the Congress
Closing group photo at the main conference venue in Beijing, China, with Prof. Xiao Yueyong (right), 21st President of the ISC, and Prof. Li Chengli (left), President of the Asian Society of Cryosurgery, seated in front