This document has been produced to provide a protocol, information and structure for teams who are bidding to host the Annual ESCVS Congress.
The ESCVS, founded in 1951, is the oldest European Society in the field of Cardiovascular Surgery, always maintained a high degree of competency in their strong interrelated fields of cardiac, vascular and cardiovascular surgery with respect of each speciality, and always permitted a wide forum for technical and socio-cultural interchange.