We are very excited to invite you to our 2024 Surgical Update Conference taking place on the 15th and 16th of March this year, which promises to build on the impressive standards set at our previous conferences. Each year the Division of General Surgery, University of Cape Town Surgical Update Conference attracts general surgeons from both the State and Private Sector across South Africa and this year will be no different. We have no less than 4 international speakers ranging in experts from Colorectal Surgery to Breast and Endocrine Surgery and we are pleased to welcome our 2024 Penman Memorial Lecturer, Professor Michael Jenkins who is a leading expert in Vascular Surgery.