14th Congress of the European Chapter of the International Federation for the Surgery and Other Therapies For Obesity
Wed 06 May
|Málaga
We invite you to join us for the 14th Congress of the European Chapter of the International Federation for the Surgery and Other Therapies For Obesity (IFSO-EC), which will take place from 6-8 May 2026 in Málaga, Spain.


Time & Location
06 May 2026, 07:00 BST – 08 May 2026, 13:00 BST
Málaga, C. San Jacinto, 2, Distrito Centro, 29007 Málaga, Spain
About the Event
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
It is a great pleasure to invite you to the city of Málaga for the 14th IFSO-EC Congress and 27th SECO Congress, which will take place from May 6 to 8, 2026.
This IFSO-EC Congress will allow us to deepen our knowledge of severe obesity and its treatment options including metabolic bariatric surgery and obesity management medications. Sharing new data, experiences, news on surgical and medical treatments with bariatric surgeons and other specialists, is undoubtedly the key to best advance the optimal treatment for our patients.
The congress will focus on various aspects of the chronic disease of obesity including most recent updates and data on surgical techniques, new pharmacological treatments and how to integrate them into our daily surgical practice, treatment of surgical complications, revision and conversion surgery, robotic surgery, eradication of obesity stigma, and multidisciplinary work of metabolic bariatric surgery and integrated health units. These topics and much more will be addressed both in the pre-congress courses and during the main event. The IFSO-EC…

