Dear CAOS enthusiasts

Welcome to our CAOS meeting in Seoul in June 2012!

The 12^th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery will be held in Seoul, Korea, from June 13 to 16, 2012. A special feature of this year's symposium is that we will have the meeting combined with 9^th CAOS-Asia on June 13, 2012.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is a great honor that CAOS-International has decided to have their 2012 Annual Meeting hosted in Seoul, and it is a pleasure for me to invite you to attend this gathering of the world's leading experts in the fields of navigation and robotics in orthopaedics and traumatology.

The organizing committee hopes this CAOS-International meeting can be the Agora for everyone interested in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery and we have prepared a scientific program to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas related to computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery. This includes lectures, discussions, and live surgeries on current controversies and most recent advances in computer-assisted orthopaedic surgeries and researches.

Seoul is the special city and capital of South Korea, hosted 1988 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. I am sure that you will enjoy our beautiful city with all its colors, sounds, historic architectures and exotic markets.

I expect that this CAOS-International symposium will be a great occasion for fruitful collaboration and development of long-lasting relationships between clinical and basic research. We hope that you enjoy the symposium and have a most memorable stay in beautiful and historic area of Seoul.

I am looking forward to welcoming you all in Seoul, Korea!

Professor Eun-Kyoo Song, M.D. President of CAOS-International Meeting Chairman