Special Session 1The Miami international evidence-based guidelines on minimally invasive pancreas resection Horacio AsbunHBPMiami Cancer InstituteUSACV
Special Session 2The clinical implementation of NOTES spin-off devicesKiyokazu NakajimaSurgical endoscopyOsaka UniversityJapanCV
Special Session 3Laparoscopic organ and function preserving surgeries for early gastric cancerYoung-Woo KimUGI - CancerNational Cancer CenterKoreaCV
Special Session 4Assessment of surgical quality in randomised trials and training progressGeorge HannaColorectalImperial College LondonUKCV
Special Session 5Update on intramural endoscopic surgeryJeffrey M MarksSurgical endoscopyUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterUSACV
Special Session 6Endoscopic surgery on the fetus: Evidence based and clinical realityJan DeprestPediatricUniversity Hospitals KU LeuvenBelgiumCV
Special Session 7Becoming a robotic surgeon 30 years after medical school – Insights and challengesDaniel M. HerronBariatricMount SinaiUSACV
Special Session 8The changing landscape of managing benign thyroid nodules and low risk differentiated thyroid cancer: What the future holdsRalph P TufanoThyroidSarasota Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins UniversityUSACV
Special Session 9Application of flexible robotic systems in endoscopic surgeriesDong-Soo KwonRoboticsKAISTKoreaCV
Special Session 10Investing in the future of laparoscopic surgery: What can a surgeon do?Barry SalkyGeneralMount SinaiUSACV
Special Session 11The real benefit of minimally invasive approach to liver surgeryLuca Antonio AldrighettiHBPSan Raffaele HospitalItalyCV
Special Session 12Evolution of surgical science in MIS of gastric cancerHan-Kwang YangUGISeoul National University HospitalKoreaCV
Special Session 13Evolution of MIS and Evolution of JSESYoshiharu SakaiColorectal GeneralOsaka Red Cross HospitalJapanCV
Special Session 14Sharing undesired events from own surgical practice to help others prevent complications of bariatric surgeryPiotr MyśliwiecBariatricMedical University of BialystokPolandCV
Special Session 15Evolution of ventral hernia repair: Our experienceAlfred Allen E. BuenafeHerniaPhilippine Center for Advance SurgeryPhilippinesCV
Special Session 16Endoscopic breast surgery as one of small incision surgery - 26 year historyEisuke FukumaBreastKameda Medical CenterJapanCV
Special Session 17Laparoscopy in TraumaKenji InabaAcute care surgery and TraumaLAC+USC Medical CenterUSACV
Special Session 18The role of minimally invasive surgery in the era of multi-modal treatment for esophageal cancerYuko KitagawaThoracic SurgeryKeio University HospitalJapanCV