Programme Overview

17 September 2026: Pre-Congress Workshop

Time Session
08:30
14:30
Vertical Endo-Suturing: From Concept to Execution
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Complex Hernia Repair: Beyond the Basics
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Surgical Endoscopy: Essential Skills for the MIS Surgeon
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Energy Devices and OR Safety: What Every Surgeon Should Know
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Endo-Stapling in MIS: New Challenges, Smarter Solutions
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Your First Steps in VATS
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Endoscopic and Robotic Breast Surgery: The New Frontier
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Colorectal Surgery: What's Changed and Why It Matters
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training
Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery: The Road to Disaster
  • Registration
  • Welcome and Program Introduction
  • Session 1
  • Coffee Break
  • Session 2
  • Lunch Break
  • Hands-on Training

18 September 2026: Main Congress Day 1

Time Session
07:30
08:00
Registration
08:00
09:00
Breakfast Session 1
Breakfast Session 2
Endoscopic & Robotic Breast Surgery
Breakfast Session 3
09:00
10:30
Symposium 1
Colorectal Surgery 1
Symposium 2
UGI Surgery (Benign)
Symposium 3
Endocrine Surgery
10:30
11:00
Tea Break
11:00
12:00
Plenary Session 1
12:00
13:30
Lunch Symposium 1
Lunch Symposium 2
Lunch Symposium 3
13:30
14:30
Opening Ceremony & Exhibition
14:30
15:00
Tea Break
15:00
17:00
Symposium 4
HPB Surgery (Liver-Biliary)
Symposium 5
Esophagus & Stomach Surgery/ UGI Surgery (Malignancy)
Symposium 6
Colorectal Surgery 2
17:00
18:00
ELSA AGM

19 September 2026: Main Congress Day 2

Time Session
07:30
08:00
Registration
08:00
09:00
Breakfast Session 4
Breakfast Session 5
Breakfast Session 6
09:00
10:30
Symposium 7
HPB Surgery II (Pancreas/Spleen)
Symposium 8
Inguinal Hernia
Symposium 9
Bariatric Surgery
10:30
11:00
Tea Break
11:00
12:00
Plenary Session 2
12:00
13:30
Lunch Symposium 4
Lunch Symposium 5
Lunch Symposium 6
13:30
15:00
Symposium 10
ERAS
Symposium 11
Ventral Hernia
Symposium 12
VATS
15:00
15:30
Tea Break
15:30
17:00
Symposium 13
Advance Surgical Endoscopic
Symposium 14
Emergency Trauma
Symposium 15
Innovation / Education