Program
Day before: Presidential Dinner
Day 1 | Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 07:30-08:30 | Free Paper Sessions |
Chairs: TBC
Main room + secondary room
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| 08:45-09:00 | Welcome Address |
President – Myron Schwartz
Presidential opening
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Session I | Current Landscape and Technical Strategy in Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery
Session chairs: Lucas MacCormack Christian Toso
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:20 | Evolution and Current Landscape of Robotic Liver Surgery |
Dieter Broering
Invited lecture
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| 09:20-09:40 | Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Which Approach to Choose? |
Albert Chan
Invited lecture
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| 09:40-10:00 | Difficult Segments and Difficult Resections in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery |
Daniel Cherqui
Invited lecture
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| 10:00-10:20 | Difficult Segments and Difficult Resections in Robotic Liver Surgery |
Hugo Pinto Marques
Invited lecture
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| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | Networking |
Session II | The Future of Robotic Surgery
Session chairs: Nico Goldaracena Christiano Quintini
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00-11:20 | Outcome assessment in the era of disruptive techniques and technologies |
Pierre Alain Clavien
Invited lecture
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| 11:20-11:40 | Breaking Barriers in Robotic HPB Surgery: What's to Come? |
Fabrizio Di Benedetto
Invited lecture
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| 11:40-12:00 | 3D Models and Intraoperative Imaging: The End of Surgical Surprises? |
Deniz Balci
Invited lecture
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| 12:00-12:20 | AI in the Operating Room: Ally or Threat to the HPB Surgeon? |
Alfred Kow
Invited lecture
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| 12:20-13:00 | Robotic Telesurgery: Futuristic Dream or Near Reality? |
Cai Yunshi (West China Hospital)
Invited lecture
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| 13:00-13:20 | Training and Simulation in Robotic HPB Surgery |
Iswanto Sucandy
Invited lecture
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| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 13:20-14:20 | Lunch Break | Networking |
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 14:20-15:00 | From the knife to the robot |
Henri Bismuth
Invited conference
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Session III | Tips, Tricks, and Difficult Scenarios in Minimally Invasive HPB Surgery
Session chairs: Taizo Hibi Gonzalo Sapisochin
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 15:00-15:20 | Robotic Biliary Reconstruction: Pros and Cons |
Iswanto Sucandy
Invited lecture
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| 14:20-14:40 | Managing Complications in Robotic HPB Surgery |
Karim Halazun
Invited lecture
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| 14:40-15:00 | Difficult Situations in Laparoscopic Liver Surgery |
Fernando Rotellar
Invited lecture
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| 15:00-15:30 | Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A True Revolution? |
Emanuel Vigia
Invited lecture
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| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 15:30-16:00 | Break | Refreshment interval |
Session IV | Expert Case Masterclasses
Session chairs: Alejandro Serrablo Ashish Singal
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 16:00-16:30 | My Most Difficult Pancreas Case |
Laparoscopic: Krish Menon
Robotic: Henrik Petrowsky
Dual expert video masterclass
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| 16:30-17:00 | My Most Challenging Liver Case |
Laparoscopic: Gonzalo Sapisochin
Robotic: Stefano DiSandro
Dual expert video masterclass
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| 17:00-17:30 | My Most Challenging Open Liver Case |
Silvio Nadalin
Orlando Torres
Dual Expert vídeo masterclass
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| 17:30 | End of Day 1 |
Close of scientific programme
Congress dinner
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Day 2 | Minimally Invasive Liver Transplantation and Advanced HPB Oncology
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 07:30-08:30 | Free Paper Sessions |
Chairs: TBC
Main room
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Simultaneously: 08:00-09:00 live transmission from Curry Cabral Hospital featuring robotic left or right hemihepatectomy, left-sided Klatskin resection, or robotic deceased-donor liver transplantation, feasibility permitting.
Session V | Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Session chairs: Christiano Quintini, Dimitri Raptis
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:15 | Living Donor Liver Transplantation - The Donor Operation (Open) |
Eduardo Fernandes
Invited lecture
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| 09:15-09:30 | Living Donor Liver Transplantation - The Donor Operation (Laparoscopic) |
Ki-Hun Kim
Invited lecture
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| 09:30-09:45 | Living Donor Liver Transplantation - The Donor Operation (Robotic) |
Mohammed Rela
Invited lecture
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| 09:45-10:00 | Discussion | Faculty panel |
| 10:00-10:20 | MIS Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Current Evidence in the Recipient |
Prashant Banghi
Invited lecture
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| 10:20-10:40 | Difficulties and Caveats in Robotic LDLT |
Faculty: Dimitri Raptis
Invited lecture
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| 10:40-11:00 | Technical Steps and Overcoming Difficulties in RLDLT |
Faculty: Constantino Fondevilla / Amelia
Invited lecture
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| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break | Networking |
Session VI | Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation and Innovation
Session chairs: Ashish Singal Shintaro Yagi
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30-12:00 | Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: The Future Is Open or Robotic? |
Pro robotic: Juan Rocca
Pro open: Pal-Dag Line
Structured debate
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| 12:00-12:20 | Tips and Tricks in RDDLT |
Fabrizio Di Benedetto
Invited lecture
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| 12:20-12:40 | Current Advances in Liver Transplantation Including the RAPID Technique |
Silvio Nadalin
Invited lecture
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| 12:40-13:00 | Old Techniques Revisited with Machine Perfusion |
Olivier Scatton
Invited lecture
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch / Satellite Symposium: Machine Perfusion - Current Status |
Marieke De Boer
Luncheon symposium
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Session VII | Multicentre Perspectives in Advanced HPB Oncology
Session chairs: Ki-Hun Kim, Deniz Balci
| Time | Programme item | Faculty / Format |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00-15:00 | Free Video Papers |
selected videos
Curated video session
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| 15:00-16:00 | Open or Minimally Invasive Surgery for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma |
Robotic: Hugo Pinto Marques
Laparoscopic: Ruslan Alikhanov
Open: Alejandro Serrablo
Case discussion: Paolo Magistri, Shintaro Yagi
3 x 8-10 min perspectives + 30 min discussion
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| 16:00-17:00 | Current Status of Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
Robotic: Gian Piero Guerrini
Laparoscopic: Dong-Sik Kim
Open: Myron Schwartz
Case discussion: Sandra Paterna, Lucas McCormack
3 x 8-10 min perspectives + 30 min discussion
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| 17:00 | End of Programme | Formal close |