Day 1

23 July 2026 - Thursday

Time Session
12:00
14:00
Registration
13:45
14:00
Opening Remark
Ballroom 2
14:00
15:30
  • Pain Control after Perianal Surgery: Best Practices and New Approaches
  • Lower GI Bleeding: When to Intervene
    Fidel Touma Speaker Australia
  • Appendiceal Tumours: Surgical Approaches and Oncological Considerations
  • Colonic Ischaemia: When Vascular Events Mimic the Surgical Abdomen
    Ric Fortunato Speaker United States
  • Colonic Volvulus and Cecal Bascule: Avoiding Delays in Diagnosis and Management
    Rakeh Gupta Speaker Nepal
  • Q&A
Ballroom 2
  • 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
    Emre Balık Speaker Turkey
  • Q&A
Banquet Hall
  • 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
  • Experience of Laparoscopic vs Robotic Surgery for GERD
  • Esophagectomy Without Entering the Chest : A New Horizon in Transmediastinal Approach
Conference Hall 1
  • Recent Advancements in Hugo RAS Platform (Sponsored by Medtronic)
  • Robotic Solutions in Recurrent Hernias
  • Robotic Surgery for Complex Groin Hernias
  • From eTEP to Robotic TAR : Expanding the Armamentarium of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  • Robotic Training for Surgeons: Expanding the Scope
MR 305
15:30
17:00
  • 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
Ballroom 2
  • From AIN to Anal Cancer: What Every Colorectal Surgeon Should Know
    Yogesh Palsjetkar Speaker India
  • 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
Banquet Hall
  • MIS Training Simulation-Based Training in MIS: Current Trends
  • MIS Hernia Training for Malaysian General Surgeons - MHS Experience
  • Competency-Based Training in Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Proficiency in Laparoscopic Suturing - 10000 Hours
    Kiyotaka Imamura Speaker Japan
  • Transition of Upper GI Training Across the Generations 2006-2025. From Open to Robots.
  • Role of Virtual Reality (VR) in Surgical Education
Conference Hall 1
  • From eTEP to Robotic TAR : Expanding the armamentarium of abdominal wall reconstruction
MR 305
17:00
17:20
Evening Break
17:20
18:20
  • Rectovaginal & Rectourethral Fistulae: Surgical Strategies & Pitfalls
    Gonzalo Haggerman Speaker Mexico
  • Retrorectal Tumours: Navigating the Diagnostic & Surgical Minefield
  • Fistula in Ano – My Thoughts and Evolving Techniques
Ballroom 2
Symposium 3B (TBC)
Banquet Hall
  • 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
Conference Hall 1
18:20
18:40
Plenary 1: Phil Caushaj Award - Educational Award
How to Become a Colorectal Surgeon – Pathways, Challenges, and Opportunities
Ballroom 2
18:40
19:30
Open Ceremony
Ballroom 2
19:30
21:30
Gala Dinner
Ballroom 2