Presentation

Dear colleagues:

We welcome you to the Second International Joint Meeting on Thoracic Surgery that will take place in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2012. The rewarding experience of the First International Joint Meeting on Thoracic Surgery held in the same city in 2009 encourages all of us to work together once again with the purpose of celebrating the second edition in 2012.

The Joint Meeting 2012 will consist of a mixture of brief oral and video presentations comprising different areas of thoracic surgery and many other selected topics closely related to thoracic surgery, with special emphasis on diagnosis, staging and treatment of lung cancer. In addition, there will be breakfast sessions and lunch seminars specifically dedicated to relevant fields in thoracic surgery, and a session of poster presentations. A great effort has been made to present a programme with an outstanding content. In this meeting, a particular attention has been given to the discussion time of the topics.

The Joint Meeting 2012 will take place in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, where the city originated and where the most emblematic public buildings are located: the Cathedral, the imposing church of St. Maria del Mar, one of the finest Gothic churches in Spain, and the Picasso Museum. Barcelona harbour and the modernist buildings by Antonio Gaudi, La Pedrera and La Casa Batlló, are within walking distance of the Gothic Quarter. Autumn is arguably the best time of year to visit Barcelona and you can enjoy pleasant walks in the city.

We hope you will honour us with your active participation in this Second Joint Meeting 2012. We are looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces among us. We count on you to make the meeting a real educational and scientific success.

With our best regards,