Day 1

• Pain Control After Perianal Surgery: Best Practices and New Approaches
• Lower GI Bleeding: When to Intervene
• Appendiceal Tumours: Surgical Approaches and Oncological Considerations
• Colonic Ischaemia: When Vascular Events Mimic the Surgical Abdomen
• Colonic Volvulus and Cecal Bascule: Avoiding Delays in Diagnosis and Management
• Q&A

• Anal Fissures: Beyond Botox
• Pilonidal Disease: Simple Fixes to Complex Challenges
• Pruritus Ani: Tackling the Relentless Itch
• Chronic Proctalgia & Pelvic Pain: New Insights, New Options
• Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Shifting Medical & Surgical Frontiers
• Q&A

• MIS for esophagogastric junction cancers : At a therapeutic crossroads
• Debate topic UGI
• Debate topic UGI
• Advances in Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) for Early Gastric Cancer
• MIS in managing large hiatal hernias
• Esophagectomy without entering the chest : A new horizon in transmediastinal approach

• Recent Advancements in Hugo RAS Platform (Sponsored by Medtronic)
• Robotic anti reflux surgery : Better outcomes with enhanced dissection & precision?
• Robotic-Assisted Esophagectomy: Is It the Future? Mastering the rigid thoracic cavity & recurrent laryngeal nerve dissection.

• Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Colon Cancer. Lessons, Limitations, and the FOxTROT Legacy
• Is the Knife Over? MSI — The New Game Changer in Colorectal Cancer
• The Biology Behind the Mesocolon. Is D3 & CME Really Changing Oncologic Outcomes?
• Circulating Tumour DNA (ctDNA): Preventing Overtreatment in Stage II/III Disease and Transforming Surveillance
• Does Tumour Location Matter? Rethinking Surgical Extent for Right-Sided Colon Cancers
• Q&A

• From AIN to Anal Cancer: What Every Colorectal Surgeon Should Know
• Contemporary AIN Management Today: Medical and Surgical Approaches
• Surveillance Strategies for AIN – Practical Pathways and Pitfalls
• High-Resolution Anoscopy in the Outpatient Setting – Techniques, Tools, and Training
• Challenges of routine surveillance – Stenosis, Recurrence etc.
• Q&A

• MIS Training Simulation-Based Training in MIS: Current Trends
• Role of Virtual Reality (VR) in Surgical Education
• Competency-Based Training in Laparoscopic Surgery
• MIS Training for Junior Surgeons : Challenges and Solutions
• Role of Telementoring in MIS Training

• From eTEP to Robotic TAR : Expanding the armamentarium of abdominal wall reconstruction

• Rectovaginal & Rectourethral Fistulae: Surgical Strategies & Pitfalls
• From Surgeon to Inventor: The Surgical Journey
• Retrorectal Tumours: Navigating the Diagnostic & Surgical Minefield
• Fistula in Ano – My Thoughts and Evolving Techniques
• Q&A

• Assessment Tools for MIS Proficiency
• Transition of upper GI training across the generations 2006-2025. From open to robots
• Robotic Training for Surgeons: Expanding the Scope