7 November

7 November 2025, Friday

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 2A Latest in Diagnostic Endoscopy Sri Ganeshamurthy THRUMURTHY Chairperson Singapore Image Enhance Endoscopy Eosinophilc Esophagitis: an Asian Disease Keeping Quality in Endoscopy Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia Application of EndoFLIP in GERD Jonathan Kuang Ziyang Speaker Singapore Hall 406CX		Breakfast Session 2B Mesh and Biomaterial David Urbach Chairperson Canada Hernia Mesh and Chronic Pain After Inguinal Hernia Repair David Urbach Speaker Canada State of the Art of Biomaterial Hall 404 AX		Breakfast Session 2C New and Amazing Technologies Aung Myint Oo @ YE Jian Guo Chairperson Singapore Chaos Theory, Medicine and Surgery Surgeon as an Innovator Wayne Huang Speaker Taiwan Fascial Traction in Complex Hernia Ethic in AI: Current Perspective Jorge E. Lenzi Speaker Argentina Hall 406 D		Breakfast Session 2D ELSA Central Asia Asim SHABBIR Chairperson Singapore Gurbankov Muslumov Chairperson Azerbaijan Strengthening ELSA Presence in the Middle East: The Jordan Experience Mutaz Fadel Al-Makhamreh Speaker Jordan Hall 404 F
09:00 10:30	Symposium 4A Disasters in MIS Jeremy TAN Tian Hui Chairperson Singapore Tran Binh GIANG Chairperson Vietnam Intraoperative Complications in MIS Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore Oesophagectomy Complications Edward CHEONG Chee Keong Speaker Singapore Bariatric Complications Kazunori KASAMA Speaker Japan When Things Goes Wrong In Hernia Pradeep Chowbey Speaker India Dealing with Intraoperative Complications in MIS Colorectal Elaine Ng Hui Been Speaker Malaysia MIS Colorectal Gone Wrong (Leak, Bleeding, Stenosis) Mina Ming-Yin Shen Speaker Taiwan Hall 406CX		Symposium 4B MIS in Malignant Upper GI Disease Experience Of A High Volume Oesophageal Cancer Centre In China (1,300 Oesophagectomy Cases A Year) (How To Achieve Excellence In Ramie?) Current Status And Extent Of Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy In Japan Noriyuki Inaki Speaker Japan Robot Assisted Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Current State and Future Outlook Update on KLASS Trials Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Korea (Republic of) TransAnal Minimal Invasive Surgery (TAMIS) Is There Role For Mis In Conversion Surgery In Gastric Cancer Patients With Peritoneal Metastases Hall 404 AX		Symposium 4C Innovation and New Technologies Aung Myint Oo @ YE Jian Guo Chairperson Singapore Wayne Huang Chairperson Taiwan Magnetic Anastomosis: One Type Fits All Spatial Computing, AI, and XR Technology in Image Guided Surgery Maki Sugimoto Speaker Japan Advanced Technologies in MIS Including Flexible Robotics Digital Surgery in Surgical Training Jose Macario Faylona Speaker Philippines AI and Automation In Surgery - Where Are We? - Showing The Progresses In The Field Of Environment Recognition And Mostly, In Automated Suturing Alberto Arezzo Speaker Italy Use Of Technology and Mixed Reality To Improve Outcomes In MIS HPB Surgery Hall 406 D		Symposium 4D Education and Training in MIS Sarder A NAYEEM Chairperson Bangladesh The Values of Soft Cadaveric Model in MIS Training Vitoon CHINGSWANGWATANAKUL Speaker Thailand Implementing Simulation-Based Education Into Medical Curriculum Training and General Surgery Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia Training Surgeons in Robotic Surgery - The Success of the "Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons" Subhash Khanna Speaker India High Fidelity 3D Printing Technology For Surgical Training/Endoscopic-laparoscopic/Robotic Surgery Laparoscopic Articulating Instruments (Artisential) - Closing the Gap Between Traditional Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Stefan Saad Speaker Germany Hall 404 F
10:30 11:15	Coffee Break & Training
11:15 12:30	Plenary 2 (IFSES) Davide LOMANTO Chairperson Singapore Mahir Ozmen Chairperson Turkey Presidential Lecture Davide LOMANTO Speaker Singapore AI and Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery - A Review Eduardo Targarona Speaker Spain Responsible Adoption Of New Technology In Clinical Practice IFSES Lifetime Celebration Barry Salky Speaker United States
12:30 13:15	Lunch Symposium 2B Hall 404 AX		Lunch Symposium 2D Hall 404 F		Lunch Symposium 2C Hall 406 D		Lunch Symposium 2A Hall 406CX
13:30 15:00	Symposium 5A Disaster in MIS: EAES, ELSA, SAGES, JSES, KSERS, FELAC Davide LOMANTO Chairperson Singapore Kazunori KASAMA Chairperson Japan Complications in Cholecystectomy Manage Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injuries Inguinal Hernia Anil Sharma Speaker India Ventral Hernia Endoscopic Rescue Of Surgical Complications Sundaram Easwaramoorthy Speaker India Colorectal Nightmare Hall 406CX		Symposium 5B Advances in MIS HPB Alfred KOW Wei Chieh Chairperson Singapore Kuo-Hsin CHEN Chairperson Taiwan Mutaz Fadel Al-Makhamreh Chairperson Jordan Laparoscopic Anatomical vs Non-anatomical Liver Resections R1 Resection for HCC - is It Oncologically Adequate? Yahya ALAZRI Speaker Oman Laparoscopic Complex Liver Resections Kuo-Hsin CHEN Speaker Taiwan Laparoscopic Treatment Of Liver Echinococcosis: Advantages, Methods And Long-term Results Jamshid SHAMSIEV Speaker Uzbekistan Consensus statement from 3rd International Consensus Meeting of Laparoscopic Liver Surgery. Hall 404 AX		Symposium 5C ELSA & APELS: Endo-Lap World Michael Ka-Wah Li Chairperson Hong Kong, China Endo-Lap Application: For Gallstone Disease Michael Ka-Wah Li Speaker Hong Kong, China Endo-Lap Application: Lower GI Diseases Mina Ming-Yin Shen Speaker Taiwan Endo-Lap Application: Upper GI Diseases Guduru Venkat Rao Speaker India Endo-Lap Application: GISTs Shannon Melissa CHAN Speaker Hong Kong Hall 406 D		Symposium 5D The Urologists' Trauma Code! Managing MIS Complications Kenneth Chen Chairperson Singapore TIONG Ho Yee Chairperson Singapore Introduction Lu Jirong Speaker Singapore Those Bloody Complications Fam Xeng Inn Speaker Malaysia Shit Happens Tanet Thaidumrong Speaker Thailand Aquaducts In and Out Down But Not Out! Surgical Psychology Complications are like Traffic Accidents Hall 404 F
15:00 15:30	Coffee Break & Training
15:30 17:00	Symposium 6A Challenges and Future in Therapeutic Endoscopy Shannon Melissa CHAN Chairperson Hong Kong TEH Jun Liang Chairperson Singapore Flexible Robotics for Advanced Endoscopic Surgery Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection for Gastric GIST Therapeutic EUS Ray Sarmiento Speaker Philipines Endoscopic Gastroenterotomy: Is It Replacing Surgical Bypass and Endoscopic Stenting? Shannon Melissa CHAN Speaker Hong Kong TBA Hall 406CX		Symposium 6B QOL, Outcome and Healthcare Economics in MIS Basim Al-Khafaji Chairperson United Arab Emirates Jose Macario Faylona Chairperson Philippines The Policies For Safe Management On Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Cutting Cost And Keeping Quality In MIS And Endoscopy. How I Do It Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia Healthcare Economics: International Comparisons of Health Systems David Urbach Speaker Canada Enhanced Safety & Standardisation of ERAS protocol in Sleeve Gastrectomy Surendra Ugale Speaker India Setting Up Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery Centres Round the World Stefan Saad Speaker Germany QoL in Hernia Surgery Lynette LOO Mee Ann Speaker Singapore Hall 404 AX		Symposium 6C Decision in MIS Colorectal Surendra MANTOO Chairperson Singapore William T CHEN Chairperson Taiwan Decisions Over Incisions: D3, D2, And D-other Hemicolectomy Mina Ming-Yin Shen Speaker Taiwan Decisions Over Incisions: Preserving the Superior Rectal Artery in Laparoscopic Left Colectomy Kadri Çolakoğlu Speaker Turkey Decisions Over Incisions: Choosing The Best Approach For TME Peter Chen Speaker Taiwan Decisions Over Incisions: 1,100 Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery Procedures - What Have We Learnt Alberto Arezzo Speaker Italy Modern Techniques and Decision-Making in Left Colectomy for Colon Cancer William T CHEN Speaker Taiwan Decisions Over Incisions: Deciding Which Surgical Robot To Use Simon Ng Speaker Hong Kong, China Decision Over Incision: Lateral Lymph Node Dissection for Rectal Cancer Shigeki Yamaguchi Speaker Japan Hall 406 D		Symposium 6D Imagine Future OR - My Dream OR Michael Ka-Wah Li Chairperson Hong Kong, China ERBE App Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore Digital Healthcare 2025 : Age of Generative AI - Surgery and More Hall 404 F
17:00 18:00	ELSA AGM Hall 404 F	Video Sessions 2A HPB LEE Ser Yee Chairperson Singapore Early Vs Delayed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy For Acute Cholecystitis (Ac) Yahya ALAZRI Speaker Oman Lap Liver Resection With Vascular Reconstruction Kuo-Hsin CHEN Speaker Taiwan Lap Right Hepatectomy For Large Tumor Iyer Shridhar GANPATHI Speaker Singapore Lap Completion Pancreatectomy After Whipples Brian GOH Kim-Poh Speaker Singapore Lap Pancreatoduodenectomy Yoo Seok YOON Speaker Korea (Republic of) Hall 406CX		Video Session 2B Therapeutic Endoscopy Ray Sarmiento Chairperson Philipines TBA A Journey by Endoscopy Masfique Ahmed Bhuiyan Speaker Bangladesh Achalasia: Hellers' Myotomy or POEM ? Shannon Melissa CHAN Speaker Hong Kong TBA TBA Arlyn R. CANONES Speaker Philippines Hall 404 AX		Video Session 2C Cinema in MIS Le Quan Anh Tuan Chairperson Vietnam Fundoplication and Unhappy Patient Following Surgery Chathuranga Keppetiyagama Speaker Sri Lanka Revisional Surgery from Sleeve to RYGB Aziz SUMER Speaker Turkey Robotic Surgery for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Oktar Asoglu Speaker Turkey Three-Port Laparoscopic Technique in Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery Kadri Çolakoğlu Speaker Turkey Tips & Tricks in Bariatric Bypass Procedures to Prevent Complications Surendra Ugale Speaker India Laparoscopic Management of Rapunzel Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Gastric Outlet Obstruction Sajid Malik Speaker United Kingdom Hall 406 D		Video Session 2D Update in Endocrine & Bariatric MIS Silent Cysts, Loud Problems: A Clinical Approach to Parathyroid Cysts Basim Al-Khafaji Speaker United Arab Emirates Complication And Postoperative Weight Gain in Bariatric - Metabolic Surgery and Its Management Revision After Sleeve Gastrectomy Hind Khalifa Al MAJRAFI Speaker Oman Colorectal / Endocrine Gurbankov Muslumov Speaker Azerbaijan
19:00 20:00	Industry Sponsored Dinner