Professional sessions can take many forms Overall, participating in meetings can provide orthopaedic surgeons with valuable educational, networking, and professional development opportunities that can enhance their clinical practice, research, and career prospects. Professional development Meetings can help orthopaedic surgeons to develop their professional skills, such as communication, leadership, and teamwork. Less popular orthopaedic sub-specialties may be considered less well-known as orthopaedic oncology involving a multidisciplinary team of orthopaedic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and pathologists, orthopaedic rehabilitation, orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery, and orthopaedic hand surgery. Currently preparing the World Orthopaedic Surgery SICOT meeting in Cairo (Egypt) for the upcoming November, we discussed with the editors the challenges that we face in order to provide the best possible education for the attendees. [Extracted from the article]