Day 2

• Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) and Immunotherapy – Are We Now at the Standard of Care?
  Nisha Speaker Malaysia
• Staging and Restaging in Rectal Cancer – Overcoming Challenges and Improving Accuracy
• Molecular Profiling and Liquid Biopsies – The Next Disruptor
• Salvage Transanal Procedures After TNT – Techniques, Timing & Outcomes
  Jean-Jacques Tuech Speaker
• Rectal Cancer 2026: Treatment & Prognostic-Oriented Features
• Q&A

• Pelvic Floor Disorders: Optimising Diagnosis & Multidisciplinary Assessment
  Liliana Bordeianou Speaker United States
• Faecal Incontinence: From Sphincter Repair to Regenerative Medicine
  Chalie Knowles Speaker

  Jasneet Bhullar Speaker United States
• Acute Traumatic Sphincter Injury (OASIS): Why It Remains Our Surgical Responsibility
  Lucia Oliveria Speaker
• Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: Evidence-Based Management & Future Horizons
• Neuromodulation: Sacral, Tibial, and Beyond — What Works for Pelvic Floor Disorders?
• Q&A

• Choosing the Right Metabolic Surgery for the Right Patient.
• Endolaparoscopic Management of Weight Recidism after Bariatric Surgery
• Limitations of Revisional Bariatric Surgery
• Metabolic Surgery for BMI 38 Patient : Sleeve Plus or RYGB?
• Metabolic Surgery for BMI 38 Patient : Sleeve Plus or RYGB?

• Video Presentation: ET Nursing in Malaysia: Stoma Care
• Beyond the Stoma: Transformative Care Pathways for Colorectal Patients
• Fast-Track Recovery: Role of E.T. Nurses in Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery (ERAS)
• Empowering Through Counselling: Skills and Principles for Ostomy Support.

• 3D Endoanal Ultrasound and MRI: How Imaging Should Guide Surgery
  Samrat Jankar Speaker India
• LIFT vs Advancement Flap: Which Is Truly Superior in 2026?
  Pradeep Sharma Speaker
• VAAFT, FiLAC, Fixcision: Evidence-Based or Just Hype?
• When to Abandon Sphincter Preservation and Proceed to More Radical Options
• Redo Surgery for Complex and Recurrent Fistula: Practical Strategies
  Parvez Sheikh Speaker India
• Why Does Fistula Surgery Fail? Lessons from Recurrence and Non-Healing
  Niranjan Agarwal Speaker India

• Optical Diagnosis & AI: Are We Ready to Skip Biopsies?
  Yutaka Saito Speaker Japan
• Tissue-Integrated Biosensors for Real-Time Anastomotic Healing and Leak Prediction
  Kei Kimura Speaker Japan
• Virtual & Augmented Reality: Can Immersive Tech Improve Outcomes?
  Shunjin Ryu Speaker Japan
• Future Frontiers: How Far Are We from Autonomous Colorectal Surgery?
• Nanorobotics in Oncology: Targeted Drug Delivery and Tumour Ablation in the Colon
  Shigenobu Emoto Speaker Japan
• Objectives Indicators of Surgical Performance. Does AI Have a Role?
  Masayoshi Monno Speaker Japan

• From Imaging to Action: AI-Powered Navigation in Cancer Surgery by Genesis Medtech (Reach Surgical)
• AI in Surgery

• Dietary Management for Ostomates: Nutrition, Challenges, and Modifications.
• From Complications to Confidence: Empowering Nurses in Managing Complex Stomas & Peristomal Challenges

• LIFT Procedure and Its Modifications: How to Maximise Success
  Samrat Jankar Speaker India
• Contemporary Pilonidal Sinus Surgery: Cleft Lift
• EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment) + LASER
• Anal Strictures - Solutions with Local Flaps (V-Y, House, Lotus)
  Julio Del Castillo Speaker Spain
• Transvaginal Repair with Martius Flap of RVF
  Francis Seow-Choen Speaker Singapore
• Sphincteroplasty
• Modified Hanley Procedure
  Andreas Kaiser Speaker United States

• Endoscopic Resection in Practice: EMR vs ESD and Selecting the Optimal Approach
• Submucosal Invasion: When to Refer for Surgery
• Local Excision Techniques: TAMIS and TEMS in the Management of Early Rectal Cancer
  Mina Shen Speaker Taiwan
• Early Rectal Cancer: Risk Stratification, Recurrence, and Salvage Options after Incomplete Resection

• Advances in Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) and Dissection (ESD)
• Operating in the 3rd Space: From POEM & STER to FTER
• Debate – ESG vs Intragastric Balloon for a BMI 35 Patient: Dato Dr Tikfu Gee vs Dato Dr Nik Ritza Kosai
• Debate - ESG VS Intragastric Balloon for BMI 35 Patient Dato Dr Tikfu Gee VS Dato Dr Nik Ritza Kosai
• EUS / HGS
• Q&A

• Anastomotic Leak - In the OR and Beyond
• Acute Colonic Perforation: Handling Iatrogenic & Endoscopic Injuries
  Goran Stanojevic Speaker Serbia
• Decision-Making in Obstructed Colon: Stent, Stoma, or Resection?
  Dursun Bugra Speaker Turkey
• Chaos - Intraoperative Bleeding (Presacral, Portal Hypotension, Redo-Pelvic Surgery)
  Emre Balık Speaker Turkey
• Rectal Foreign Bodies: Managing the Unexpected with Safety, Sensitivity, and Strategy
  Chirstopher Verala Speaker Venezuela
• Q&A

• Parastomal Hernia: Watch, Operate & Get It Right
  Kemal Deen Speaker
• High-Output Stomas: Medical, Nutritional & Surgical Strategies
  Bethany Malone Speaker
• Complex Stomas: Non-Surgical Management
• 3D Printing & Customised Stoma Devices: Future or Fad?
• Stoma Reversal: Choosing the Right Time
  Narimantas Samalavicius Speaker
• Q&A

• Role of Biologic and Synthetic Meshes in MIS Hernia Repair
• TAR : Whats the Role and When?
  Kiyotaka Imamura Speaker Japan
• Progressive Pneumoperitoneum : Whats the Best Protocol?
• MIS in Complicated Groin Hernia, When and How
• Fasciotens : Why, When and How?

• Global CRC Screening: Lessons from New Approaches
• Colorectal Cancer in the Young: Understanding the Rising Incidence
  Francisco Abarca jr Speaker Ecuador
• Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes: Precision Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Prophylactic Surgery
• Genetic Counselling in Colorectal Cancer: Translating Inherited Risk into Personalised Care
• Beyound Genetics - Integrating Lifestyle, Chemoprevention and Biomarkers in the Care of High-Risk Patients (Expands Beyond Genetics to Practical Management Strategies for Individuals at Elevated Risk.)
• Q&A

• Parastomal Hernia Repair Options
• Right Sided Introcorpearl Suturing
  Mina Shen Speaker Taiwan
• The Right Way to Do a Ventral Mesh Rectopexy
• Kono-S Anastomosis
  Joseph Nunoo-Mensah Speaker
• Perineal Procedure for Rectal Prolapse
  Jasneet Bhullar Speaker United States

  Lucia Oliveria Speaker
• Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction Surgery (NOSES)
  Joaquim Costa-Pereira Speaker Portugal

• MIS in Breast Surgery : Indication and Outcomes
• MIS Approaches to Breast Cancer: Oncoplastic and Endoscopic Techniques
• Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS)
• VATS in Trauma - Including Rib Plating