6 November

6 November 2025, Thursday

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	GEM-ELSA Joint Session 1A AMSICON / GEM / Robotic George YANG Chairperson Hong Kong, China Pushing Boundaries: Robotic Innovations in Colorectal Surgery Harish Kakkilaya Speaker India Mastering Challenges: Laparoscopy in Complicated Colorectal Surgeries S. Rajapandian Speaker India The Redo Wrap: Navigating Fundoplication Failure Bharath Cumar Speaker India Navigating the Endgame: Laparoscopic Strategies in End-Stage Achalasia R. Parthasarathi Speaker India Hall 406CX	Breakfast Session 1B Pain Management in MIS Ashokka Balakrishnan Chairperson Singapore Sujith WIJERATHNE Chairperson Singapore Pathophysiology of Pain in Laparoscopic and MIS Acute Pain Management Approaches – Anaesthesia and Perioperative Analgesia Ashokka Balakrishnan Speaker Singapore Surgeon Led Proactive Pain Management – Intraop Blocks and Injections Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore Chronic Pain Management: Scope and Approaches Hall 404 AX	Breakfast Session 1C Energy Technology: Why Me? Saseem Poudel Chairperson Japan Advanced Technologies in MIS Including Flexible Robotics Complications of Energy Sources During Laparoscopic Surgery Sundaram Easwaramoorthy Speaker India Tips & Tricks : Avoiding Anastomotic Leaks in Colorectal Stapled Anastomoses Luis Chirogue benites Speaker Peru Hall 406 D	Breakfast Session 1D Bridging Continents with Social Cem Emir Guldogan Chairperson Qatar Sean LEE Kien Fatt Chairperson Singapore "X" in MIS Cem Emir Guldogan Speaker Qatar Power of Apps Sajid Malik Speaker United Kingdom Dr. G: the TT Factor Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia TBA Hall 404 F
09:00 10:30	Symposium 1A What's New in Colorectal Surgery? Barry Salky Chairperson United States BETTINA LIESKE Chairperson Singapore Craig LYNCH Chairperson Australia Challenges In Adopting Eras In Colorectal Surgery Bawantha Gamage Speaker Sri Lanka The CME: A Real Advantages? Allen A Buenafe Speaker Philippines Laparoscopic Modified Delayed Coloanal Anastomosis Technique (L-mdcaa) For Sphincter Preservation In Low Rectal Surgery: A Viable Alternative. Minhua ZHENG Speaker China AI and Imaging Technology In Colorectal MIS MASAAKI ITO Speaker Japan Right Colectomy: Intra Or Extra Abdominal Anastomosis Eduardo Targarona Speaker Spain Obesity & Colorectal Cancer Gianfranco Silecchia Speaker Italy Hall 406CX	Symposium 1B Mastering Inguinal Hernia David Chen Chairperson United States Dennis Chung Kei NG Chairperson Hong Kong, China Marc ONG Weijie Chairperson Singapore Long-Term Experince in Endoscopic TEP Release & Reinforce Technique (RRT) For Sportsman’s Hernia Moshe Dudai Speaker Israel The Anatomy And Preventing Chronic Pain David Chen Speaker United States Tips & Tricks in Recurrent IH Sajid Malik Speaker United Kingdom Minimally Invasive Open Techniques: An Update Marc Soler Speaker France Mastering TAPP and TEP in Inguinal Hernia: Tips and Tricks for Young Surgeons Innovation & Tradition What Can We Do Better In Complex IH Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore Hall 404 AX	Symposium 1C MIS Acute Care Barlian Sutedja Chairperson Indonesia Iyer Shridhar GANPATHI Chairperson Singapore Emergency in Minimal Invasive Surgery Barlian Sutedja Speaker Indonesia TAPP and Emergency Hernia Fabio Cesare Campanile Speaker Italy Difficult Gallbladders in Acute Cholecystitis: Subtotal, Bail-Outs, and Beyond Terence HUEY Cheong Wei Speaker Singapore ⁠Laparoscopic Management of Perforated Peptic Ulcers Siow Sze Li Speaker Malaysia Minimally Invasive Surgery for Acute Groin Hernias Rakesh GUPTA Speaker Nepal Step Up Approach For Necrotizing Pancreatitis Le Quan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam Hall 406 D	Symposium 1D Advances in MIS Paediatrics Jamshid SHAMSIEV Chairperson Uzbekistan KANOKKAN Tepmalai Chairperson Thailand Achalasia Diagnosis And Surgical Treatment KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Laparoscopic Correction Of Hernia In Children-advantages Over Open Surgery Jamshid SHAMSIEV Speaker Uzbekistan Fundoplication Techniques In Children-nissen Fundoplication KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Robotic Paediatric Surgery MIS in Giant Spleen for Sperocytosis Vidyadhar MALI Speaker Singapore Hall 404 F
10:30 11:15	Coffee Break & Training
11:15 12:30	Plenary 1 (ELSA Plenary) ELSA Presidential Lecture Future of Surgical Training and Education Michael Ka-Wah Li Chairperson Hong Kong, China Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey ELSA Innovation Lecture Seigo Kitano Chairperson Japan Andrea Pietrabissa Speaker Italy ELSA Honorary Membership ELSA Lifetime Achievement Award Hall 406CX
12:30 13:15	Lunch Symposium 1B Hall 404 AX	Lunch Symposium 1D Hall 404 F	Lunch Symposium 1C Hall 406 D	Lunch Symposium 1A Kinuko Nagayoshi Speaker Japan Hall 406CX
13:30 15:00	Symposium 2A Global MIS Training Allen A Buenafe Chairperson Philippines Anil Sharma Chairperson India Kenneth Y Y KOK Chairperson Brunei Darussalam Role of IFSES in Propagating the Science of MIS : Or Is There a Role for IFSES for MIS Education? Andrea Pietrabissa Speaker Italy Endoscopic Surgery Education in An Outreach Program: Is It Feasible? Or EOFLET Program: Endoscopic Education as an Outreach Program Ray Sarmiento Speaker Philipines 15 years after: ELSA OP in Myanmar Moe Moe TIN Speaker Myanmar ⁠⁠ELSA OP and MIS at High Altitude Tashi Motup Speaker India Outreach Program: Global Perspectives David Chen Speaker United States MIS Education in South Asia Hall 406CX	Symposium 2B HPB Gallbladder Sundaram Easwaramoorthy Chairperson India Vishal SHELAT Chairperson Singapore Yahya ALAZRI Chairperson Oman Use of ICG in HPB surgery Arshad Hussain Abro Speaker Pakistan Laparoscopic Approach To Mirizzi Syndrome: Standard Of Care Or Adopt With Caution TAN Ming Yuan Speaker Singapore Domino Effect in Bile Duct Injury Post Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Imam Sofii Speaker Indonesia Manage Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injuries Yahya ALAZRI Speaker Oman Endoscopic Indications for Post-HPB Surgery Complications Arlyn R. CANONES Speaker Philippines Hall 404 AX	Symposium 2C What's New in Breast MIS Bo Anders Mikael HARTMAN Chairperson Singapore George YANG Chairperson Hong Kong, China Sabrina NGASERIN Ng Hui Na Chairperson Singapore Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery – Past and Present Mok Chi Wei Speaker Singapore Robotic Breast Surgery - Insights from the Korea Robot-Endoscopy Minimal Access Breast Surgery Study Group Ryu Jai Min Speaker Korea (Republic of) Robotic Breast Surgery - Extending Indications With Axillary Surgery Celene NG Wei Qi Speaker Singapore Endoscopic Breast Surgery - Beyond The Resection, From Sensory Preservation To Oncoplastic Breast Conserving Surgery Sabrina NGASERIN Ng Hui Na Speaker Singapore Is The Future Of Breast Surgery Robotic, Endoscopic, Or Both? Hall 406 D	Symposium 2D Whats new in MIS Thoracic Surgery Agasthian Thirugnanam Chairperson Singapore Narendra Agarwal Chairperson India Thoracoscopic Echinococcectomy Of The Lung Cysts: Sharing Our Experience Jamshid SHAMSIEV Speaker Uzbekistan Thoracoscopic Management Of Loculated Pleural Effusions And Empyema Narendra Agarwal Speaker India MIS in Mediastinal Mass Surgery Robotic Lung Resections Managing Thoracic Surgical Complications Harish Mithiran MUTHIAH Speaker Singapore Hall 404 F
15:00 15:30	Coffee Break & Training
15:30 17:00	Symposium 3A Sustainable OR Eugene Liu Chairperson Singapore Horacio J Asbun Chairperson United States Sujith WIJERATHNE Chairperson Singapore What is Sustainability and EESG Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore The Global Perspective On Healthcare Sustainability Andrea Peri Speaker Italy A Practical Approach To Make Our OR Sustainable Alberto Arezzo Speaker Italy Innovations for a Sustainable Healthcare Future: SAGES Perspective Patricia Sylla Speaker United States Overcoming Barriers to Sustainability in Healthcare Nicole Bouvy Speaker Netherlands Building a Circular Economy in Healthcare Eugene Liu Speaker Singapore Hall 406CX	Symposium 3B Update in Benign Upper GI Baldwin YEUNG Po Man Chairperson Singapore Seigo Kitano Chairperson Japan Suthep Udomsawaengsup Chairperson Thailand Diagnosis And ⁠Decision Making In Anti Reflux Procedures Hon Chi Yip Speaker Hong Kong, China Advances in GERD Therapies Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore Management of Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Gianfranco Silecchia Speaker Italy Outcomes of Laparoscopic Fundoplication Ghulam Siddiq Speaker Pakistan TBA Yosuke Seki Speaker Japan Controversies In The Treatment Of Large Paraesophageal Hernias Eduardo Targarona Speaker Spain Hall 404 AX	Symposium 3C Women & Young in MIS (Rapid Fire Debate) Lynette LOO Mee Ann Chairperson Singapore Moe Moe TIN Chairperson Myanmar Celene NG Wei Qi Speaker Singapore Elaine Ng Hui Been Speaker Malaysia Hind Khalifa Al MAJRAFI Speaker Oman KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Mina Ming-Yin Shen Speaker Taiwan Moe Moe TIN Speaker Myanmar Nidhi Khandelwal Speaker India Shannon Melissa CHAN Speaker Hong Kong, China ⁠Most Female Surgeons & Surgical Trainees I Know Are Thriving Well And Equally-respected By Colleagues & Patients - Agree/Disagree Surgical Equipment And Facilities Are Designed For Both Gender & Ergonomically Neutral For Both Male & Female Surgeons - Agree/Disagree My Surgical Workplace Treats All Female Colleagues and Patients Equally - Yes/No There is No Such Thing as Work-Life Balance for Surgeons - Agree/Disagree Hall 406 D	Symposium 3D MIS (CAMIC) Henry Chua Chairperson Philippines Konstantinos Zarras Chairperson Germany What’s the Need for a Reform in Healthcare? An Analysis of Healthcare Data of Colorectal Resections Across Germany Alexander Buia Speaker Germany Robotic-assisted Paraoesophageal Hernia Repair: A New Classification and Surgical Technique Konstantinos Zarras Speaker Germany Implementation of a New Robotic Platform in Germany: The Versius in Oncologic Surgery Lutz Mirow Speaker Germany Robotic Liver Surgery Florian Ulmer Speaker Germany MIC Right Hemicolectomy with CME – Anatomy, Procedures,Teaching Stefan Benz Speaker Germany Hall 404 F
17:00 18:00	Video Session 1A How I do it: Hernia David Chen Chairperson United States Rolf Hartung Chairperson United Arab Emirates TEP Anil Sharma Speaker India TAPP Vimal K Vasudeavan Speaker Malaysia TAPE: A Versatile Procedure for Lower Abdominal Wall Hernia Satkunan Mark GNANAPTHY Speaker Malaysia The Perfect eTEP Kiyotaka IMAMURA Speaker Japan LIRA Salvador Morales Conde Speaker Spain Laparoscopic Management of Hernia with Loss Abdominal Domain Abdullah AL-DOHAYAN Speaker Saudi Arabia Hall 406CX	Video Session 1B How I do it: MIS Upper GI Gianfranco Silecchia Chairperson Italy Raad Almehdi Chairperson Oman Yosuke Seki Chairperson Japan LADG Toshiro Tanioka Speaker Japan GERD Andrea Peri Speaker Italy Paraesophageal Hernia OAGB Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore Oesophagetomy Noriyuki Inaki Speaker Japan Multiple Ways to Do Bowel Anastomoses Surendra Ugale Speaker India Hall 404 AX	Video Session 1C How I do it: MIS Colorectal Barry Salky Chairperson United States Francis Seow-Choen Chairperson Singapore Subhash Aggarwal Chairperson India CME + CVL from a General Surgeons Point of View Allen A Buenafe Speaker Philippines Complicated Crohn’s Disease Barry Salky Speaker United States Laparoscopic Surgery in Intestinal Obstruction Subhash Aggarwal Speaker India TBA Zang LU Speaker China Robotic Low Anterior Resection with end-to-end Single Stapling William T CHEN Speaker Taiwan MIS Radical Lymph Lymph Adenectomy in Rectal Cancer Hall 406 D	Video Session 1D How I do it: MIS HPB Yahya ALAZRI Chairperson Oman TBA Arshad Hussain Abro Speaker Pakistan Use of Nasogastric Tube as Stent Substitute in Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration in Developing Country Imam Sofii Speaker Indonesia Laparoscopic Completion Radical Cholecystectomy for Incidentally Discovered Gallbladder Cancer Mutaz Al-Makhamreh Speaker Jordan Transcystic CBDE Using a 3mm Disposable Choledochoscope: Towards a Sphincter-preserved Approach Le Quan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Necrosectomy Ghulam Siddiq Speaker Pakistan MIS Pylorus Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy or MIS Total Pancreatectomy: How I Do It Alfred KOW Wei Chieh Speaker Singapore Hall 404 F
18:00 18:30	Opening Ceremony Opening Remarks Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore IFSES Speech Davide LOMANTO Speaker Singapore ELSA Speech Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey
18:30 19:30	Welcome Reception