In partnership with IRCAD Taiwan, Mr. Liang-Gee Chen, Minister of Science and Technology, and Mr. Fong-Chin Su, Vice Minister of Science and Technology, organized a symposium on the “Future of Surgery” in Taipei, on February 5, 2018. On this very occasion, they highlighted the spectacular advances achieved by IRCAD in the field of surgical innovation. The IRCAD had invited Karl Storz, Intuitive Surgical, and Siemens Healthcare, its industrial partners to take part in this debate in order to report on the progress made in their respective research areas. More than 300 scientists were invited by the Minister of Science and Technology to participate in this symposium.