The 6th CAOS-International Annual Meeting will be held June 21-24, 2006 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth in Montréal, Canada.

Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) is one of the fastest growing new technologies in our field (see the September issue of Orthopaedics Today). The emergence of CAOS as an important technology in orthopaedics is being further stimulated by the vigorous introduction of a number of minimally invasive surgical procedures, many of which can be facilitated by various CAOS techniques.

The Annual Meeting of CAOS-International is designed to bring together individuals and groups throughout the world in the areas of research, clinical study, and clinical use who have indicated and/or are indicating interest in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery.  It will provide a forum for the exchange of information of both an investigative and clinical nature which relates to preoperative planning, intraoperative execution and postoperative follow up by means of computer assistance.  The Annual Meeting of the Society is aimed at promoting partnerships between orthopaedic surgeons and technologists as a necessary basis for the successful integration of computer assisted surgical tools and techniques into the daily clinical routine.