After many consultations, it was decided to divide the prize of the NESA Days 2006 between three speakers for the originality and innovative character of their presentations:

• Kai Kuhnt (Borna) for his lecture on “Resection of the neurovascular bundle as second step procedure in case of positive margins after nerve-sparing laparoscopic prostatectomy”

• Georg Slavka (Vienna) for his presentation about “Laparoscopic hysterectomy - A computer-generated 3-dimensional animation of a surgical procedure”

• Soren Meisner (Copenhagen) for his lecture about “Endoscopic placement of Self Expanding Metal Stents - first choice treatment of colo-rectal obstruction: Technique and results from a single center”

The second annual scientific meeting of the New European Surgical Academy took place in Istanbul on September 1-3, 2007. Participants from 31 countries came to the Harbiye Askeri Museum in the centre of the Turkish metropolis to update their knowledge in basic sciences as well as in their own professions and to be exposed to new ideas and techniques in other disciplines. Thanks to the excellent lectures given by experts in fields such as general surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, otolaryngology, anaesthesiology and urology, the conference reached a high scientific standard.
Among the highlights of the conference were the introduction of new surgical methods such as neuropelveology, which was presented by Prof. Marc Possover, and Natural Orifice Surgery, introduced by the NESA.

The NESA's 2008 conference took place in Naples on November 21-22, 2008. The meeting attracted more than 200 participants from 26 countries. Surgeons from various disciplines came to update themselves with innovative surgical ideas. Some of them, such as Transdouglas Abdominal Surgery, the modified Thyroidectomy, and recent developments in Ductuscopy and Neuropelveology, were presented for the first time.

The NESA Days 2009 was in Athens, Greece, on May 28-30, 2009. The conference was joined with the 5th Breast Symposium. Again, the NESA Days emphasized on innovative and interdisciplinary approaches. A workshop on Quality Control was offered, and in a workshop on the Development of Robotic Tools for Surgery, a new generation of robotics with haptic sense was introduced and discussed.

The USP NESA Innovation Days 2012 conference was held in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) on September 13 – 15 in cooperation with the USP Hospital Palmaplanas, the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS), the International Academy for Laser Medicine and Surgery (IALMS) and the Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Quebec (AOGQ). The conference focused on developments in telesurgery and novelties in surgical disciplines. The NESA initiative for the New European School of Medicine, NESOMed was presented for the first time. The conference was visited by participants from 26 countries.