The bariatric anaesthetic and surgical meeting group was formed in late 2012 in by a group of anaesthetists and surgeons in Australia.The bariatric patient population pose a high anaesthetic and surgical risk and the practice of safe high quality surgery involves a multi-disciplinary team approach. Thus those specialist currently practicing in the field meet on a regular basis to discuss topics of relevance, particular surgical and anaesthetic cases, research ideas and potential ways of improving the care that we give patients.