Day 2

• Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT) and Immunotherapy – Are We Now at the Standard of Care?
  Nisha Shariff Speaker Malaysia
• Staging and Restaging in Rectal Cancer – Overcoming Challenges and Improving Accuracy
  Swati Shah Speaker India
• Molecular Profiling and Liquid Biopsies – The Next Disruptor
  Choo Su Pin Speaker Singapore
• Salvage Transanal Procedures After TNT – Techniques, Timing & Outcomes
• Rectal Cancer 2026: Treatment & Prognostic-Oriented Features
  Joseph W. Nunoo-Mensah Speaker United Kingdom
• Q&A

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

• 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)
• Getting It Right from the Start: How Stoma Placement Influences Care and Quality of Life
• Empowering Through Counselling: Skills and Principles for Ostomy Support.

• Choosing the Right Metabolic Surgery for the Right Patient.
  Nik Ritza Kosai Speaker Malaysia
• Endolaparoscopic Management of Weight Recidism after Bariatric Surgery
• Limitations of Revisional Bariatric Surgery
  Kirubakaran Malapan Speaker Malaysia
• Concomitant surgery with Bariatric surgery : Added Complications or Not? - Yes
  Debate
  Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia

• 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 India
• VAAFT, FiLAC, Fixcision: Evidence-Based or Just Hype?
  Kamal Gupta Speaker India
• 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

• Vascular Anatomy During Rectum and Left Colon Procedures
• Role of AI in GI Surgery
  Philip Chiu Speaker Hong Kong, China
• From Imaging to Action: AI-Powered Navigation in Cancer Surgery

• LIFT Procedure and Its Modifications: How to Maximise Success
  Samrat Jankar Speaker India
• EPSiT (Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment) + LASER
  Kushal Mital Speaker India
• 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
  Charles Tsang Speaker Malaysia
• 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
• Early Rectal Cancer: Risk Stratification, Recurrence, and Salvage Options after Incomplete Resection

• Advances in Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) and Dissection (ESD)
  Lau Peng Choong Speaker Malaysia
• Spy Glass Removal of CBD Stone
  Govindaraj K Speaker India
• Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty
• Intragastric Balloon for Weight Management
  Debate Session
  Nik Ritza Kosai Speaker Malaysia
• Q&A

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

• Anastomotic Leak - In the OR and Beyond
  Kanagavel M Speaker India
• 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 Balik Speaker Türkiye
• 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 Evaldas Samalavicius Speaker United States
• Q&A

• Role of Biologic and Synthetic Meshes in MIS Hernia Repair
  Loh How Peow Speaker Malaysia
• TAR : Whats the Role and When?
  Kiyotaka Imamura Speaker Japan
• Beyond Boundaries: Tackling LOD Hernias
  Alfred Allen Buenafe Speaker Philippines
• MIS in Complicated Groin Hernia, When and How
  Satkunan Mark Speaker Malaysia
• QnA

• Surgical Outcomes Following Korean Robotic Gastrectomy Using Revo-I
  Hyoung-Il Kim Speaker South Korea
• Integration of Single-port and Multiport Approaches in Colorectal Cancer Surgery
  Hye-Jin Kim Speaker South Korea
• Optimising Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy with PV/SMV Resection in Pancreatic Cancer
  Ki Byung Song Speaker South Korea
• Use of Indocyanine Green (ICG) in Robotic Thyroid Surgery
  June Young Choi Speaker South Korea

• Global CRC Screening: Lessons from New Approaches
  Samar Alhomoud Speaker Saudi Arabia
• Colorectal Cancer in the Young: Understanding the Rising Incidence
  Francisco Abarca jr Speaker Ecuador
• Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes: Precision Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Prophylactic Surgery
  Winnie Ong Speaker Malaysia
• Genetic Counselling in Colorectal Cancer: Translating Inherited Risk into Personalised Care
  Sook Yee Yoon Speaker Thailand
• Q&A

• Parastomal Hernia Repair Options
  Sarfaraz Baig Speaker India
• Right Sided Introcorpearl Suturing
• Robotics Ventral Retropexy
  Kim Seon Hahn Speaker South Korea
• Kono-S Anastomosis
  Kotaro Maeda Speaker Japan
• Perineal Procedure for Rectal Prolapse
  Lucia Oliveria Speaker
• Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction Surgery (NOSES)
  Joaquim Costa-Pereira Speaker Portugal

• MIS in Breast Surgery: Indication and Outcomes
  See Mee Hoong Speaker Malaysia
• Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendicectomy - High Yield Tips and Tricks for Resident Surgeons
  Mah Jin-Jiun Speaker Malaysia
• Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS)
  Benedict Dharmaraj Speaker Malaysia
• Nutrition Optimisation in MIS
  Hans Alexander Mahedran Speaker Malaysia

• Colonoscopic Perforation. Prevention and ,anagement
  Easwaramoorthy S Speaker India
• Colonoscopic Rescue of Surgical Complications After Colorectal Surgery
  Govindaraj K Speaker India
• Anatomotic Leak Following Anterior Resection. Prevention and Management
  Kanagavel M Speaker India
• Surgery for Diverticulitis
  Sarfaraz Baig Speaker India
• Video Vignette of Colorectal Complications
  Ashwin Thangavelu Speaker India