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ICRTGSO Auckland: an aggregator listing with no verifiable source chain

MICE editorial — 20 August 2026 Auckland Tier C

The International Conference on Recent Trends in General Surgery and Oncology appears in bulk conference-listing directories as a generic, multi-city series title, but no Auckland edition on 2 September 2026 could be corroborated by any organiser, event website or venue.

The "International Conference on Recent Trends in General Surgery and Oncology (ICRTGSO)" reaches this directory via conferencealert.com's Auckland index, but the listing could not be corroborated: the aggregator's own Auckland page and its September 2026 Auckland page carry no ICRTGSO entry, and no dedicated event website, registration page or venue booking for an Auckland edition could be found.

ICRTGSO is a generic series title recycled across cities and dates by bulk conference-series publishers - verifiable 2026 editions traced during this check were in other cities entirely, with the same title also appearing in multi-conference publisher catalogues. There is no named surgical or oncology society behind it, no programme, no confirmed venue and no independent New Zealand footprint.

On the evidence available as at 20 August 2026, this should be treated as an unverified aggregator listing rather than a confirmed Auckland business event.

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