The latest draft of the scientific programme was published on the 4th September 2023. Please note that the programme is subject to change.
Thursday 22nd February 2024
Location: Ponderas hospital
Time: 09.00 – 16.00 hrs
Hands on laparoscopy course: Preventing complications in colorectal MIS
Course director and faculty: Ken Campbell (UK), Dorin Popa (Romania), Victor Tomulescu (Romania), Predag Andrejevic (Malta)
Time: 09.00 – 17.00 hrs
Hands on Ultrasound course (inter operative)
Course director and faculty: Calin Tiu (Romania), Andreas Melzer (Germany)
Location: Radisson Blu Bucharest
19.30 – 20.00 Opening lecture
20.00 – 22.00 Welcome reception
Friday 23rd February 2024
Location: Radisson Blu Bucharest
| 08.00 – 08.30 | Welcome and introduction – George Hanna (UK), Catalin Copaescu (Romania), Yoav Mintz (Israel) |
| 08.30 – 08.50 | Keynote lecture |
| 08.50 – 09.00 | Short break |
| Session 1: New technologies for surgical education Chairs: Manish Chand (UK) , Michele Diana (France) | |
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| 09.00 – 09.15 | Robotic simulators – Pieter De Backer (Belgium) |
| 09.15 – 09.30 | Telestration – Felix Nickel (Germany) |
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Hands on courses – Ken Campbell (UK) |
| 09.45 – 10.00 | Coaching and mentorship – tba |
| 10.00 – 10.15 | Performance assessment – Pietro Mascagni (Italy) |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Skills transfer from one robotic platform to another – Tim Horeman (The Netherlands) |
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Perspectives from the trainee – tba |
| 10.45 – 11.00 | Discussion – all |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break |
| Relive surgery session Chairs: Yoav Mintz (Israel), Luigi Boni (Italy) | |
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| 11.30 – 13.30 | Robotic oesophagectomy with the DaVinci – Hans Fuchs (Germany) |
| 11.30 – 13.30 | Robotic oesophagectomy with the Hinotori – Noriyuki Inaki (Japan) |
| 13.30 – 15.00 | Lunch |
| Session 2: Optimising ergonomics in MIS Chairs: Silvana Perretta (France), Wanda Petz (Italy) | |
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| 15.00 – 15.15 | Do surgical ergonomics matter? – Francisco Sánchez-Margallo (Spain) |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Is robotic surgery more ergonomic? – Dolores Müller (Germany) |
| 15.30 – 15.45 | Ergonomics for flexible endoscopy – Luigi Manfredi (UK) |
| 15.45 – 16.00 | Open or immersive console. What’s best? – Rosa Jiménez-Rodríguez (Spain) |
| 16.00 – 16.15 | Tools for ergonomic assessments – Juan Sánchez-Margallo (Spain) |
| 16.15 – 16.30 | One size fits all hands? – Ludovica Baldari (Italy) |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Coffee break |
| Session 3. Clinical impact of robotic technology Chairs: Gadi Marom (Israel), Tim Horeman (The Netherlands), Dorin Popa (Romania) | |
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| 17.00 – 17.15 | Title tba – Catalin Copaescu (Romania) |
| 17.15 – 17.30 | Title tba – speaker tba (Romania) |
| 17.30 – 17.45 | Title tba – speaker tba (Romania) |
| 17.45 – 18.00 | Title tba – speaker tba (Romania) |
| 18.00 – 18.15 | Title tba – speaker tba (Romania) |
| 18.15 – 19.30 | Farewell drinks |
Saturday 24th February 2024
Location: Ponderas hospital
Time: 09.00 – 16.00 hrs
Hands on laparoscopy course: Foregut MIS and fluorescence guided surgery
Course director and faculty: Luigi Boni (Italy), Gerald Filip (Romania), Michele Diana (France), Milos Bjelovic (Serbia), Suzanne Gisbertz (The Netherlands)