Methodology

Inclusion boundary

An event belongs when medical aesthetics is a central, substantial reason a professional would attend — not because one lecture, one exhibitor or one word in the marketing mentions the topic inside an otherwise unrelated program. There is no fixed numeric threshold; inclusion is a documented editorial judgment based on the event's main purpose, program weight, intended audience and reason for attendance.

The platform recognizes three public relevance positions:

• Core medical aesthetics — the event's central subject.
• Aesthetics-led specialty event — a specialty meeting where aesthetics is a defining pillar.
• Selected relevant program — a rare case: a larger, mostly unrelated event with one distinct, officially documented aesthetics track. The exact relevant program is always explained, never generalized to the whole event.

Flagship, scientific congress and training

Flagship congresses receive the fullest editorial treatment: verified overview, program and faculty links, destination context, detailed trip planning and strong source treatment. Scientific and specialty meetings receive a complete structured page with less editorial writing. Training courses (hands-on, anatomy/cadaver) receive a reliable minimum: verified dates, location, format and a link to registration. A page is only ever as rich as the verified information behind it — sparser pages are never padded to look equivalent to a flagship page.

Official-source and verification approach

Facts are sourced from official event, organizer, association, venue and university pages first; aggregators and search snippets are treated as leads, not facts. Every field carries a verification status (for example verified · official source, verified · supporting source, unverified, or needs re-check) and, where available, a last-checked date. Unknown is never collapsed into "no", and a missing price, venue or accreditation is never rendered as free, city-centre or absent.

Corrections and organizer updates

Anyone can report an issue from an event page ("Report outdated information") or the correction form. A verified organizer can propose updates directly; organizers propose, editors publish — a small set of fields (relevance, enrichment tier, event class, publication status, verification status, slugs) can never be changed directly by an organizer submission.

Paid placement labelling

Where paid visibility exists, it is labelled and kept separate from editorial inclusion. A sponsor cannot purchase "major congress" status, and payment never silently changes an event's relevance classification, flagship status or its position among related events.

Freshness limitations

Verification happens on a schedule, not continuously. Always confirm dates, venue, registration and pricing directly with the organizer's official page before booking travel — the "last checked" date on every event page tells you how current the platform's own information is, not a guarantee that nothing has changed since.