Scientific Program

Day 1 – Wed, June 19th

  • Onsite Registration

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  • Welcome address

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  • The key structures in pelvic dissection: anatomist’s dissection of a surgical video

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  • Tailored approach to colorectal anastomosis

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  • Handling the unfavourable pelvis

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Robotic APER: the rejuvenation of an old technique

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  • Robotic ISR: the boundaries of sphincter preservation

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  • Robotic innovations: from bench to bedside

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Keynote lecture

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    Robotic beyond TME: practical technical tips and tricks

  • Coffee Break

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  • Live operating - Three robotic rectal resections

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  • Lunch Break

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  • Afternoon welcome address

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  • Robotic LPLND: what, when, and easier than you think!

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  • Robotic rectopexy: the Queen of benign pelvic surgery

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  • Surgical management of anastomotic leak

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Coffee Break

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  • Keynote lecture - Local excision of rectal cancer

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  • Robotic total pelvic exenteration

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  • Complications in Robotic Surgery

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  • To be announced!

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Closing remarks for the day

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Day 2 – Thu, June 20th

  • Onsite Registration

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  • Welcome address

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  • CME: the pathologist’s view

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  • CME: the pathologist’s view

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  • CME: the surgeon’s view

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Best practice reporting standards for radiology and pathology for CME: start of a Delphi Study

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  • Robotic CME: how do I do it?

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  • How to deal with the transverse colon

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  • Robotic total colectomy: practical technical tips and tricks

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Coffee Break

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  • Live operating - Three robotic colon resections

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  • Lunch Break

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  • Afternoon welcome address

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  • Sir Ernest Miles keynote lecture

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    Training in Robotic CME surgery: who and how

  • Surgical Training Curriculum - Opportunities and challenges

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  • The tsunami of robotic surgery: how to survive

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  • RCS initiatives in robotic surgery: Interviews with former RCS robotic fellows

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Mike Thompson Lecture

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    Essential skills in colorectal surgical oncology

  • Coffee Break

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  • Developments in surgical approaches to IBD

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  • Robotic IBD trials

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  • Proctectomy for benign disease

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  • Transitioning from lap to robot in IBD

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Closing remarks for the day

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Day 3 – Fri, June 21st

  • Onsite Registration

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  • Welcome address

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  • Rapid fire round on disruptive tech!

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  • Tips and tricks in MIS

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  • Establishing a successful robotic program

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  • Multispecialty robotic day surgery program: MAYFLY

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Coffee Break

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  • Robotic parastomal hernia repair: how do I do it

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  • Robotic ventral hernia repair: how do I do it

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  • Robotic diverticular resection: are we missing the point?

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  • Q&A and panel discussion

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  • Live operating - Benign Robotic Surgery

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  • Closing remarks for the day

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