Main Congress Programme

17 September (Day 1)

Time	Session

17:00 19:00	ELSA Board Meeting (Closed Door)
19:00 21:30	Faculty Dinner (Invitation Only)

18 September (Day 2)

Time	Session

07:30 08:00	Registration
08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 1A 08:00 Sharing Experience with Laparoscopic Surgery Using Hinotori Surgical Robot System in Japan 08:10 Laparoscopic Component Separation for Ventral Hernia TahsinColak Speaker Turkey 08:20 Talk 3 BawanthaGAMAGE Speaker Sri Lanka 08:40 Surgeons and the Soft Skills ShaileshADHIKARY Speaker Nepal	Breakfast Session 1B Endoscopic & Robotic Breast Surgery 08:00 Current Evidence for Endoscopic and Robotic Breast Surgery Su AnnLUI Speaker Singapore 08:10 Current Practices and Surgical Treatment of Breast Cancer in Vietnam Viet The PhuongTran Speaker Vietnam 08:20 Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery: Hype or the Future Standard of Care LaiHUNG WEN Speaker Taiwan 08:30 Modern Breast Reconstruction in the Era of Minimally Invasive Breast Surgery Jing TzerLEE Speaker Singapore 08:40 Case based Discussion : Contemporary Surgical Decision-Making in Breast Cancer LeongWei Qi Moderator Singapore Chi WeiMOK Panelist Singapore LaiHUNG WEN Panelist Taiwan Viet The PhuongTran Panelist Vietnam 08:50 Q&A	Breakfast Session 1C 08:00 Updates in Cancer Treatment: Worldwide, Vietnam and Vinmec Van BinhPham Speaker Vietnam 08:20 CAR-T Cell Therapy for Cancer: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions NguyenThanh Liem Speaker Vietnam 08:40 Single Incision Laparoscopic Nephrectomy for Benign Diseases in Children TranNgoc Son Speaker Vietnam 08:50 Q&A
09:00 10:30	Symposium 1A: Colorectal Surgery 1 09:00 Challenging Rectal Surgery: Laparoscopic TME and Intersphincteric resection 09:10 CME for Colon Cancer 09:20 Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery: Robotic or Laparoscopy Yoon SukLEE Speaker South Korea 09:30 Stoma or No Stoma Ming-Yin MinaSHEN Speaker Taiwan 09:40 Robotic-Assisted Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Obese Patients: Technical Considerations and Pitfalls M. MahirOZMEN Speaker Turkey 10:00 How Surgeons Can Learn and Refine Colorectal ESD: Practical Strategies and Insights Chao-WenHSU Speaker Taiwan 10:00 Rectal Stump Closure: Which is best? 10:10 Q&A	Symposium 1B: HPB Surgery II (Pancreas/Spleen) 09:00 Artificial Intelligence in HPB Surgery: Beyond Navigation YahyaAl Azri Speaker Oman 09:10 The Strategy of LN Dissection in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery CharlesLIN Speaker Taiwan 09:20 MIS: Distal pancreatectomy MasafumiNAKAMURA Speaker Japan 09:30 One Stone One Stage - Rethinking the Management of Concomitant CBD & Gallstones KanagarajGOVINDARAJ Speaker India 09:40 Laparoscopic Segment 7 Segmentectomy: Approach Refinement and Margin Control KuohsinCHEN Speaker Taiwan 09:50 Arterial-first Approach in Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy 10:00 Complications After Pancreatic Resections NigelTAN Speaker Singapore 10:10 Q&A	Symposium 1C: Bariatric Surgery 09:00 Can bariatric surgery survive in Asia? AsimSHABBIR Speaker Singapore 09:10 Less invasie procedure than Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy 09:20 Bariatric and Abdominal Wall hernia KiyotakaIMAMURA Speaker Japan 09:30 Sleeve Plus for Asian Chih-KunHUANG Speaker Taiwan 09:40 Revision Surgery for Asian KazunoriKASAMA Speaker Japan 09:50 GLP-1 Agonist vs Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. The Evolving Role. PeterGOH Speaker Singapore 10:00 Bariatric Complication Videos 10:10 Q&A
10:30 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 12:00	Opening Ceremony & Exhibition
12:00 13:30	Lunch Symposium 1A	Lunch Symposium 1B	Lunch Symposium 1C
13:30 14:30	Plenary Session 1 13:30 From Laparoscopy to Robotics: Lessons Learned, Horizons Ahead M. MahirOZMEN Speaker Turkey 13:45 Current Choice in the Management of Common Bile Duct Stones: Single-Stage Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration versus Two-Stage ERCP Followed by Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy BarlianSUTEDJA Speaker Indonesia 14:00 The Future of Robotic Colorectal Surgery CraigLYNCH Speaker Australia 14:15 Robotic Surgery Worldwide and in Vietnam: Past Development, Current Status, and Future Prospects Van BinhPham Speaker Vietnam
14:30 15:00	Tea Break
15:00 17:00	Symposium 2A: HPB Surgery (Liver-Biliary) 15:00 Minimally Invasive Liver Resection: Current Standards and Future Directions 15:10 Standardized MIS Liver Resection CharlesLIN Speaker Taiwan 15:20 Laparoscopic Treatment for GB Cancer Yoo-SeokYOON Speaker South Korea 15:30 Optimizing Stone Clearance in LCBDE: The Impact of Intraoperative Cholangiography and Choledochoscopy ImamSOFII Speaker Indonesia 15:40 Bailout in Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: When and How? SalahAL JABRI Speaker Oman 15:50 Robotic Liver Resection: Expanding the Boundaries Safely Mutaz Fadel ALMAKHAMREH Speaker Jordan 16:00 Laparoscopic Living Donor Right Hepatectomy: Technical Standardization and Lessons from Surgical Videos 16:10 Q&A	Symposium 2B: Esophagus & Stomach Surgery/ UGI Surgery (Malignancy) 15:00 AI Installation in Surgery – Upper GI 15:10 Optimizing Robotic Gastrectomy: Clinical experience of the Laparoscopic-like “3+2” Trocar Layout ZizhenZHANG Speaker China 15:20 Innovative Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy (MIO) in resource poor setting RasithaMANATHUNGA Speaker Sri Lanka 15:30 Robotic vs VATS vs Open Oesophagectomy AsimSHABBIR Speaker Singapore 15:40 Rerecognization of Conversion Therapy in Stage IV Gastric Cancer and The Role of Laparoscopic Technique LuyangZHANG Speaker China 15:50 Results of Thoraco-Laparoscopic Esophagectomy after Chemoradiotherapy for Esophageal Cancer at Hue Central Hospital 16:00 Outcomes of Thoraco-Laparoscopic surgery Combined with ERAS Program in the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer 16:10 Q&A	Symposium 2C: Colorectal Surgery 15:00 How to make a multidisciplinary robotic program Cost-effective CraigLYNCH Speaker Australia 15:10 Robotics For The Rectum, Laparoscopy For The Colon: Evidence or Experience? Ming-Yin MinaSHEN Speaker Taiwan 15:20 Beyond da Vinci: How competition will shape the Next Era of Robotic Surgery David Tao-WeiKE Speaker Taiwan 15:30 Improving Patient Outcomes: What Really Matters Beyond the Robot Gyu-SeogCHOI Speaker South Korea 15:40 The Role of Laparoscopy in the Robotic World: Competition, Coexistence, or Foundation 15:50 Laparoscopic Salvage Extended Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer: A case report and Literature review 16:00 Transanal Transection and Single Stapler Anastomosis for the treatment of Mid and Low Rectal Cancer Ho HuuTHIEN Speaker Vietnam 16:10 Q&A
17:00 18:00	ELSA AGM

19 September (Day 3)

Time	Session

07:30 08:00	Registration
08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 2A 08:00 Training of Young Surgeons in Minimally Invasive Surgery in India and The Role of Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endu Surgeons LPThangavelu Speaker India 08:10 Salvage Cholecystectomy ZameerPasha Speaker India 08:20 Stump Cholecystectomy - Treatment and Prevention SatishMidha Speaker India 08:40 Minimally Invasive Surgery in Surgical Emergencies: Myth vs Reality Basim Alkhafaji Speaker United Arab Emirates	Breakfast Session 2B 08:00 Management of CBD stones ( ERCP Vs Lapparoscopy) RohitPrasad Yadav Speaker Nepal 08:10 Role of Laparoscopy in the Management of Carcinoma Gallbladder Recent Advances and Update ParbatrajRegmi Speaker Nepal 08:20 Talk 3 08:30 Sense or Non-sense of Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair RolfHARTUNG Speaker United Arab Emirates 08:40 Approach Strategies and Management of Complications in Laparoscopic Low Rectal Tumor Resection MinhuaZHENG Speaker China	Breakfast Session 2C 08:00 Laparoscopic Side-to-Side Esophageal-tubular Gastric Anastomosis ZangLu Speaker China 08:10 Optimizing Minimally Invasive Right Hemicolectomy: Surgical Strategy and Technical Tips TakashiKohmura Speaker Cambodia 08:20 Robotic in Emergency General Surgery AjjanaTECHAGUMPUCH Speaker Thailand
09:00 10:30	Symposium 3A: UGI Surgery (Benign) 09:00 GERD and Anti-Reflux Surgery: Redefining Indications in the Era of Medical and Endoscopic Therapy 09:10 Giant Hiatal Hernia and Paraesophageal Hernia: From Anatomy to Durable Repair Indications JaideeprajRAO Speaker Singapore 09:20 Upper GI Subepithelial Tumors: Diagnosis, Indications, and Minimally Invasive Resection 09:30 Benign Upper GI Emergencies and Complications: Rescue Strategies in Minimally Invasive Surgery 09:50 Revisional Anti-reflux Surgery: The Challenges & the Benefits RaadAl Mehdi Speaker Oman 10:00 Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery, Hellers ChathurangaKEPPETIYAGAMA Speaker Sri Lanka 10:10 Q&A	Symposium 3B: Inguinal Hernia 09:00 A New Classification in Inguinal Hernia. Do We Need It? JoeFAN Speaker Hong Kong, China 09:10 Hernia Roadshow: An Excellent Training Program for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Vimal KVASUDEVAN Speaker Malaysia 09:20 Inguinoscrotal Hernias- Feasibility of Laparoscopic Approach SajidMALIK Speaker United Kingdom 09:30 MIS Approach in Recurrent and Re-recurrent Groin Hernia Rakesh KumarGUPTA Speaker Nepal 09:40 Modified Laparoscopic TransAbdominal Preperitoneal Approach (T-TAPP) for Inguinal Hernia repair in Adults 09:50 rTapp & Tapp. Our experience using the edge, davinci & conventional laparoscopy Abdul GafoorMUBARAK Speaker Malaysia 10:00 Tips and Tricks for Large Groin Hernia SujithWIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore 10:10 Q&A	Symposium 3C: Endocrine Surgery 09:00 TOETVA in 2026: Technique Refinements, Complication Avoidance, and Outcomes Duy Ngo Quoc Speaker Vietnam 09:10 Robotic Thyroidectomy - Advances 09:20 Transperitoneal vs Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy: Matching Technique to Pathology 09:30 Robotic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma: Preoperative Preparation, Intraoperative Manoeuvres, and Safety Data AmitAGARWAL Speaker India 09:40 Endoscopic Central Neck Dissection 09:50 Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy - Complications RajeevPARAMESWARAN Speaker Singapore 10:00 ABBA Thyroidectomy For Thyroid Nodules: Single Center and Single Surgeon Experience GurbankhanMUSLUMOV Speaker Azerbaijan 10:10 Q&A
10:30 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 11:45	Plenary Session 2 11:00 ELSA OP: How Far Will We Go? AllenBUENAFE Speaker Philippines LeQuan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam 11:15 Talk 2
11:45 12:00	Award Ceremony
12:00 13:30	Lunch Symposium 2A	Lunch Symposium 2B	Lunch Symposium 2C
13:30 15:00	Symposium 4A: ERAS 13:30 Leadership and management of ERAS implementation in Vietnamese hospitals: translating medical evidence into clinical practice 13:40 Building an ERAS Program in a Tertiary Government Hospital AndreiAbella Speaker Philippines 13:50 Role of Nurses in Implementing ERAS Program and Its Impacts on Work Burden 14:00 Relationship between compliance and effectiveness on ERAS implementation 14:10 Implementation of ERAS for Surgical Treatment of Scoliosis at Viet Duc University Hospital 14:20 Effectiveness and Safty of ERAS in ColoRectal Surgery: A Retrospective Before-and-After Cohort Study at a Single Center 14:30 Q&A	Symposium 4B: Ventral Hernia 13:30 Purpose, Passion & Pathway in MIS Repair of Ventral Hernia DavideLOMANTO Speaker Singapore 13:40 IPOM/IPOM+. When and how? SajidMALIK Speaker United Kingdom 13:50 Future of Extraperitoneal Repair KiyotakaIMAMURA Speaker Japan 14:00 Laparoscopic repair of hernia of loss abdominal domain AbdullahALDOHAYAN Speaker Saudi Arabia 14:10 Decision Making in Management of Complex Ventral Hernia Repair Rakesh KumarGUPTA Speaker Nepal 14:20 Laparoscopic to Robotic Hernia Insights Jeffrey JeronimoDOMINO Speaker Philippines 14:30 Parastomal Hernia: Resiting or Repairing? Dennis Chung KeiNG Speaker Hong Kong, China 14:40 Q&A	Symposium 4C: VATS 13:30 Beyond the Abdomen: What Every Surgeon Should Know About VATS AmolBHANUSHALI Speaker India 13:40 Imaging Approach to Diagnosis of Mediastinal Tumors Thi Mai ThuyTran Speaker Vietnam 13:50 Uniportal Subxiphoid VATS Thymectomy Ngo GiaKHANH Speaker Vietnam 14:00 ERAS in Thoracic Surgery: From Evidence to Clinical Practice 14:10 Steps of VATS Sympathectomy NarendraAGARWAL Speaker India 14:20 Q&A 14:20 Utility of VATS in Trauma Hari KumarSAMPATH Speaker Singapore 14:30 Vietnamese Expert Consensus on Multidisplinary Treatment of Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer QueDo Speaker Vietnam
15:00 15:30	Tea Break
15:30 17:00	Symposium 5A: Advance Surgical Endoscopic 15:30 Endoscopic Management of Surgical Complications: Post-Esophagectomy/Gastrectomy ShannonCHAN Speaker Hong Kong, China 15:40 Endoscopic Management of Surgical Complications: Post-HPB Surgery RaySARMIENTO Speaker Philippines 15:50 Endoscopic Management of Surgical Complications: Post-Colorectal Surgery 16:00 Endoscopic Ultrasound in Surgery: Benefits of EUS Prior to ERCP in the Diagnosis and Treatment of PancreatoBiliary Obstruction 16:10 Endoscopic Ultrasound in Surgery: EUS-guided drainage vs Surgical drainage in Biliary and UGI obstructions ShannonCHAN Speaker Hong Kong, China 16:20 Application of AI for Adenoma Detection during Colonoscopy 16:30 Q&A	Symposium 5B: Emergency & Trauma 15:30 Laparoscopic/Thoracoscopic Procedures in Penetrating Injuries to the Thorax, Especially Pulmonary, Pleural, and Diaphragmatic Injuries Azuddinbin Mohd Khairy Speaker Malaysia 15:40 Talk 2 15:50 MIS in Abdominal Injuries - Overview and Working Experience DineshBAGARIA Speaker India 16:00 Step-up approach for Necrotizing Pancreatitis LeQuan Anh Tuan Speaker Vietnam 16:10 Talk 6 16:30 Q&A	Symposium 5C: Innovation and Technology 15:30 Utilization of AI in Hernia Surgery NourABURAYYAN Speaker Singapore 15:40 The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Technology to Reshape Surgery ShannonCHAN Speaker Hong Kong, China 15:50 The Digital Roundtable: Connecting Surgeons Worldwide Through Innovation and Collaboration SajidMALIK Speaker United Kingdom 16:00 AI Installation in Surgery 16:10 Next-Generation Robotic Surgery: Cross-Platform Training, Credentialing, and AI-Driven Performance CharlesLIN Speaker Taiwan 16:20 Toward Zero-Harm MIS: AI-Driven Surgical Safety Systems 16:30 Q&A