Participants and a speaker follow a 3D liver visualization during a Surgical Innovation Weekend workshop.

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The Surgical Innovation Weekend

What if tomorrow's hospital could be invented in a single weekend?

The Surgical Innovation Weekend (WIC) is a gathering where people from all walks of life come together to imagine new ways of thinking about surgery and hospital practice.

A multidisciplinary gathering

Physicians, healthcare professionals, engineers, researchers, developers and experts from all backgrounds come together at WIC to imagine new ways of thinking about surgery and the hospital.

A setting conducive to ideation

Far from the format of a traditional conference, WIC fosters exchange, creativity and collective work in a friendly, open atmosphere.

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