Please note that this programme is still subject to change
Thursday 21st January 2027
Location: NH Barbizon Palace
13.00 – 14.00: Welcome lunch
14.00 – 15.45: Session 1: How AI can support surgeons throughout the patient journey
- AI for patient selection and personalised surgical planning
- Real-time anatomy recognition and intraoperative decision support
- Can AI democratise surgical quality worldwide?
- The AI Act, ethics and responsible implementation
15.45 – 16.15: Coffee break
16.15 – 18.00: Session 2: Seeing more, operating better
- Fluorescence-guided surgery: better perfusion, fewer complications
- Image-guided oncologic surgery for better margins
- Augmented reality and navigation platforms
- Image guidance in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery
18.00 – 21.00: Joint welcome reception
Friday 22nd January 2027
Location: NH Barbizon Palace
09.00 – 10.45: Session 3: Which new technologies truly improve patient care?
- Current robotic platforms: innovation or evolution?
- Digital twins and computational modelling
- Smart biomaterials and intelligent sutures
- Evaluating workflow, value and sustainability
10.45 – 11.15: Coffee break
11.15 – 13.00: Session 4: Technology enabling better clinical decisions
- Organ preservation versus radical surgery
- The right moment to operate after neoadjuvant treatment
- Precision surgery for surgical oncology
- Integrating surgery, systemic therapy and technology
