Scientific Programme-At-A-Glance
*Programme is provisional and subject to change.

6 November 2025, Thursday

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 1A Robotic Technology Hall 406CX	Breakfast Session 1B Stapling Technology: Why Me? Tips & Tricks : Avoiding Anastomotic Leaks in Colorectal Stapled Anastomoses Hall 404 AX	Breakfast Session 1C Energy Technology: Why Me? Hall 406 D	Breakfast Session 1D Bridging Continents with Social "X" in MIS Power of Apps Sajid Malik Speaker United Kingdom Dr. G Connecting the Community Henry Chua Speaker Philippines Hall 404 F
09:00 10:30	Symposium 1A What's New in Colorectal Surgery? 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. 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 Endoscopic TEP Release & Reinforce Technique (RRT): A Unique Procedure For Sportsman’s Hernia And Athletic Pubalgia Repair - Results over 9 Years and 461 Athletes Moshe Dudai Speaker Israel The Anatomy And Preventing Chronic Pain Tips & Tricks in Recurrent IH Sajid Malik Speaker United Kingdom Minimally Invasive Open Techniques: An Update Marc Soler Speaker France The Inguino-scrotal Nightmare What Can We Do Better In Complex IH Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore Hall 404 AX	Symposium 1C MIS Acute Care Emergency in Minimal Invasive Surgery TAPP and Emergency Hernia George YANG Speaker Hong Kong, China Difficult Gallbladders in Acute Cholecystitis: Subtotal, Bail-Outs, and Beyond Terence HUEY Cheong Wei Speaker Singapore ⁠Laparoscopic Management of Perforated Peptic Ulcers Minimally Invasive Surgery for Acute Groin Hernias Step Up Approach For Necrotizing Pancreatitis Le Quan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam Hall 406 D	Symposium 1D Advances in MIS Paediatrics Achalasia Diagnosis And Surgical Treatment KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Laparoscopic Correction Of Hernia In Children-advantages Over Open Surgery Fundoplication Techniques In Children-nissen Fundoplication KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Robotic Paediatric Surgery MIS in Giant Spleen for Sperocytosis 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 Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey ELSA Innovation Lecture TBA ELSA Honorary Membership ELSA Hall of Fame 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 Hall 406CX
13:30 15:00	Symposium 2A Global MIS Training Role of IFSES in Propagating the Science of MIS : Or Is There a Role for IFSES for MIS Education? 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 Hall 406CX	Symposium 2B HPB Gallbladder Use of ICG in HPB surgery 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 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 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? Lai Hung Wen Speaker Taiwan Hall 406 D	Symposium 2D Whats new in MIS Thoracic Surgery Thoracoscopic Echinococcectomy Of The Lung Cysts: Sharing Our Experience Thoracoscopic Management Of Loculated Pleural Effusions And Empyema Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy - Achieving Excellence Through Advanced Technologies 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 What is Sustainability and EESG Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore The Global Perspective On Healthcare Sustainability A Practical Approach To Make Our OR Sustainable Alberto Arezzo Speaker Italy Innovations for a Sustainable Healthcare Future: SAGES Perspective Overcoming Barriers to Sustainability in Healthcare Nicole Bouvy Speaker Netherlands Asian Experience in ESG Eugene Liu Speaker Singapore Hall 406CX	Symposium 3B Update in Benign Upper GI Diagnosis And ⁠Decision Making In Anti Reflux Procedures 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 Paraduodenal Hernia Aung Myint Oo @ YE Jian Guo Speaker Singapore Controversies In The Treatment Of Large Paraesophageal Hernias Eduardo Targarona Speaker Spain Hall 404 AX	Symposium 3C Women & Young in MIS (Rapid Fire Debate) ⁠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 ⁠My Surgical Workplace Treats All Female Colleagues & Patients Equally - Yes/No Hall 406 D	Symposium 3D MIS (CAMIC) Hall 404 F
17:00 18:00	Video Session 1A How I do it: Hernia TEP 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 LADG GERD 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 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 Robotic Low Anterior Resection with end-to-end Single Stapling William T CHEN Speaker Taiwan TBA Hall 406 D	Video Session 1D How I do it: MIS HPB TBA TBA TBA Mutaz Fadel 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 TBA 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

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 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 Thoracic Duct Excision In Oesophagectomy: Take It Or Leave It? 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 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 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

8 November 2025, Saturday

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 3A Robotic Surgery Subhash Khanna Chairperson India How to Make Robot Surgery Survive and Sustainable Vitoon CHINGSWANGWATANAKUL Speaker Thailand Setting Up Multispecialty Robotic Training Craig LYNCH Speaker Australia Hall 406CX	Breakfast Session 3B Obesity and Hernia: The Challenges Aziz SUMER Chairperson Turkey Prehabilitation in Obese Patient with Ventral Hernia Ramen Goel Speaker India Algorythm of Treatment in Obese Patients with Ventral Hernia TBA Kazunori KASAMA Speaker Japan TBA Aziz SUMER Speaker Turkey Hall 404 AX	Breakfast Session 3C Leadership in Surgery Communication Skill Know How In The 21 Century Shailesh ADHIKARY Speaker Nepal Hall 406 D	Breakfast Session 3D Chathuranga Keppetiyagama Chairperson Sri Lanka Predictive Analytics for Appendicitis Diagnosis Using Machine Learning-Based Approaches Le Quan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam Hall 404 F
09:00 10:30	Symposium 7A - Video How do I do it: MIS Colorectal Surgery Htun Oo Chairperson Myanmar SEOW Choon Sheong Chairperson Singapore Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection Bawantha Gamage Speaker Sri Lanka Natural Orifice Colorectal Surgery Isaac Seow Speaker Singapore Conquering The Difficult TME Yoon Suk Lee Speaker Korea (Republic of) Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection Aloysius Tan Speaker Singapore East (Hinotori) Meets West (Da Vinci) Yvonne Ng Speaker Singapore Applications Of The SP Robot In Colorectal Surgery Hall 406CX	Symposium 7B Update in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Dr Lim Chin Hong Chairperson Singapore Kazunori KASAMA Chairperson Japan Role Of Endobariatrics From Bariatric Surgeon's Perspective Ravishankar Speaker Singapore Sleeve Plus Procedures: Techniques and Outcomes. Muffazal Lakdawalla Speaker India OAGB Asim SHABBIR Speaker Singapore Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey How To Treat GERD After Bariatric Surgery When Conservative Treatment Fails Bariatric Surgery In Adolescents KANOKKAN Tepmalai Speaker Thailand Hall 404 AX	Symposium 7C HPB Eduardo Targarona Chairperson Spain Kuo-Hsin CHEN Chairperson Taiwan Laparoscopic Or Robotic Pancreatoduodenectomy Yoo Seok YOON Speaker Korea (Republic of) MIS Techniques In The Surgical Management Of Type I, II And III Choledochal Cyst Laparoscopic Splenectomy: A Vanishing Indication Eduardo Targarona Speaker Spain Periampullary to Pancreas Cancer Utility Of Robotic Assistance For Left-sided Pancreatectomies Adrian CHIOW Kah Heng Speaker Singapore Hall 406 D	Symposium 7D Ventral Hernia Kiyotaka IMAMURA Chairperson Japan Marc ONG Weijie Chairperson Singapore Is IPOM+ Still The Most Done Technique and Why? Anil Sharma Speaker India Pros and Cons of Extra-peritoneal Techniques Beyond Robotic Repair Salvador Morales Conde Speaker Spain Loss of Domain and Planning for Repair Vimal K Vasudeavan Speaker Malaysia What’s Beyond eTEP and TAR? Hall 404 F
10:30 11:15	Coffee Break & Training
11:15 12:30	Plenary 3 (EAES/SAGES/JSES) Importance of Life Outside the OT Francis Seow-Choen Speaker Singapore Everything Will Kill You, So Choose Something Fun The Pursuit of Mastery in Surgery Technique Surgeon, Innovator and Entrepreneurship Lecture 5
12:30 13:15	Lunch Symposium 3A Hall 406CX	Lunch Symposium 3B Hall 404 AX	Lunch Symposium 3C Hall 406 D	Lunch Symposium 3D Hall 404 F
13:30 15:00	Symposium 8A Robotic - Colorectal & Urology TBA Yoon Suk Lee Speaker Korea (Republic of) TBA Robotic TME (video) Mahir Ozmen Speaker Turkey The Impact of Treatment Evolution (TNT, Robotic Surgery, and Watch-and-Wait) on Distal Rectal Cancers: Oncological Outcomes and Quality of Life Oktar Asoglu Speaker Turkey 20 Years of Robotic Colorectal Experience - The Evolution of a Technology Craig LYNCH Speaker Australia Hall 406CX	Symposium 8B Robotic - Upper GI & HPB KIM Guowei Chairperson Singapore RAMIE - Tips And Tricks For Intra-thoracic Anastamosis Noriyuki Inaki Speaker Japan Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Korea (Republic of) Robot-Assisted Fundoplication for GERD Subhash Khanna Speaker India Robotic Vs Laparoscopic Hepatectomy: Results From The International Robotic And Laparoscopic Liver Resection Study Group Brian GOH Kim-Poh Speaker Singapore Robotic Or Laparoscopic Donor Hepatectomy Gi Hong CHOI Speaker Korea (Republic of) Hall 404 AX	Symposium 8C Robotic in Endocrine Gurbankov Muslumov Chairperson Azerbaijan Endoscopic Thyroid State of the Art Gurbankov Muslumov Speaker Azerbaijan Robotic Trans-oral Thyroidectomy Robotic Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach for Thyroidectomy - Robotic Trans-peritoneal Adrenalectomy Hall 406 D	Symposium 8D The Revolution in Robotic Hernia Surgery Sujith WIJERATHNE Chairperson Singapore Vimal K Vasudeavan Chairperson Malaysia Robotic & Devices Robotic TAPP with Hugo Robotic eTEP for Ventral Hernia and Diastasis of Recti Sean LEE Kien Fatt Speaker Singapore Robotics in Abdominal Surgery; A Critical Appraisal Hall 404 F
15:00 15:30	Award Ceremony & Closing