Welcome Address

Session I. Modern training the young for colorectal cancer.

• Surgical Mastery: Innate Talent or Relentless Practice?
• How Structured Programs Shape Colorectal Surgeon
• How Structured Programs Shape Colorectal Surgeon: European Experiences
• Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Skill Acquisition
• Training Expectations from Millennials and Gen Z: A Dialogue with Senior Surgeons
• KSCP’s Vision: Training the Future—Domestic and International Perspectives

Special lecture I

• New horizon in the treatment of colorectal cancer (zoom lecture)

Coffee break

ARCCS Round table(Case Study)

• bulky rectal cacner/ISR/LPND/early cancer

Session II. taTME and other endoluminal surgeries

• taTME: Current Evidence and Technical Considerations
• TAMIS in Benign and Malignant Disease: Indications and Expanding Role
• Robotic TAMIS Using the da Vinci SP System: Technique and Early Experience
• Endoluminal Surgery Beyond taTME and TAMIS: Novel Platforms and Future Directions (zoom lecture)

Luncheon Symposium

• Medtronic

Live Surgery I

• Lap. TME using an Artisential Instruments
• Robotic NOSE and single-stapled colorectal anastomosis by DV5

Session III. ARCCS Featured Research Session

• Versius in Colorectal Surgery: Real-world outcomes, learning curve, and pathways to safe adoption
• AI-assisted Anatomical Recognition System-guided Robotic Total Mesorectal Excision and Autonomic Nerve Preservation for Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumor
• Robotic resection of retroperitoneal tumor
• Immediate versus early (24-hours) urinary catheter removal after elective minimally invasive colonic resection (EUriCaRe): results from a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial

Coffee break

Session IV. Redefining Anastomosis: Innovation, Prevention, and Rescue

• Overview
• ICG and Beyond: Advances in Perfusion Assessment for Leak Prevention
• Preventing the Leak: Reinforcement Techniques, Sealants, and Tissue Support
• Assessment of Da Vinci linear powered stapler SureForm for creation of anastomosis in robotic anus preserving surgery for rectal cancer: A large-scaleprospective cohort study
• Watch & Wait for Anastomosis: Deferred Stoma Strategy in Selected Cases
• Managing the Unexpected: Endoluminal Repair and Salvage of Anastomotic Leaks

Session V. New Robotic Family I

• dV5: what is upgraded
• Versius - Versatile, Adaptable, Digitally-driven Systems and the Role They Play in Your OR
• Exploration and Practice of Teleoperative Surgery

Session VI. Complex Colorectal Cancer

• Treatment strategies for T4b colorectal cancer
• Distinct Features and Treatment Strategies of CRC Arising in IBD Patients
• Prognostic factor of lateral pelvic node metastasis
• Technical Considerations for Incorporating Robotic Assistance in Complex Colorectal Resections
• Robotic-assisted NOSES is the pinnacle of surgical perfection
• Robotic Colorectal Surgery in Obese Patients
• Improving Surgical Efficacy with dynamic grasper

Special lecture II

• The Coming Singularity in surgery, are we ready?

Coffee break

Session VII. AI and advanced images

• Overview
• Immersive reality to guide right hemicolectomy
• Quantitative Perfusion Parameters of ICG Angiography Based on Tissue Oxygenation of Hyperspectral Imaging for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery
• AI for surgical skill assessment in MIS colorectal surgery (pre-recorded video)
• AI models for postoperative complications after colorectal cancer surgery
• The Role of MRI in the Preoperative Diagnosis for Rectal Cancer
• Digital pathology and AI: New fronier for precision diagnosis

Special lecture III

• AI in medicine

Luncheon Symposium

• Intuitive Surgical

Live Surgery II

• Robotic TME with a novel single stapled anastomosis
• Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy using advanced ICG technology for colon cancer

Bubbles in Hand, Messages from Legend

• Gerald Marks
• Angelita Habr-Gama
• Bill Heald

Session VIII. ARCCS in conjunction with the Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Study Group

• Welcome Address

1) The Ideal Assistant in Robotic Surgery: Roles and Strategies for Efficient Operations

• Enhancing the Role of the Surgical Assistant in Robotic Surgery (Xi/SP): Focus on Low Anterior Resection
• Maximizing the Contribution of the Surgical Assistant in Robotic Right Hemicolectomy (Xi/SP)

2) Learning Surgical Details of TME from Expert Videos & Discussion

• Expert’s Tip 1 (Lap TME): Rectal Cancer TME - Surgical Planes, Nerve Anatomy, and Traction
• Expert’s Tip 2 (Robotic TME): Rectal Cancer TME - Surgical Planes, Nerve Anatomy, and Traction
• Discussion (Chairs & All Speakers)

Session IX. Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer: Shifting the Paradigm

• Overview
• Checkpoint Inhibitors in MSI-H/dMMR Colorectal Cancer: Changing the Treatment Algorithm
• Beyond MSI: Expanding the Role of Immunotherapy in MSS Colorectal Cancer
• Biomarkers and Patient Selection: Who Benefits from Immunotherapy?
• Combining Immunotherapy with Chemoradiation or Targeted Agents: Current Trials and Future Perspectives
• Surgical Implications After Immunotherapy: What Should Surgeons Be Aware Of?
• Results of REAL trial

Session X. Exentration as a serious and careful commitment

• Overview: Pelvic Exenteration: Indications, Contraindications, and Ethical Boundaries
• Minimally Invasive and Robotic Exenteration: A Frontier or a Folly?
• Essential Pelvic Anatomy for Safe Margins
• Reconstructing the Empty Pelvis: Strategies to Avoid Syndrome and Complications
• Multidisciplinary Planning for Exenteration: From Imaging to ICU
• Total Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Exenteration: Downstaging or Delay?
• Case-based Panel Discussion

Coffee break

Session XI. Big session, W&W and TNT

• Overview
• Total Neoadjuvant Therapy: Which Regimen for Which Patient? (zoom lecture)
• Deferring or Avoiding Surgery: Designing TNT for Organ Preservation
• Prognostic factors to predict CR
• Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection in the TNT Era: Is It Still Needed?”
• How to Define cCR: Imaging, Biopsy, and Beyond
• How to Watch and How Long to Wait: Designing Optimal Surveillance Strategies
• Managing Local Regrowth: Early Detection, Salvage Surgery, and Distant Risk
• Case-based discussion

Luncheon Symposium

• livesmed

Live Surgery III

• SP ICG-fluorescence guided Robotic LPND
• Laparoscopic AR with transvaginal specimen extraction

Session XII. New Robotic Family II

• J & J Ottava system
• Hugo Robotic Platform: Modular Thinking in Colorectal Surgery
• Cornerstone Robotics: How We Translate Surgical Technologies from Bench to Bedside in Hong Kong

Coffee break

Session XIII. MIS Fundamentals Revisited for Colorectal Disease: Wisdom Meets Curiosity

• Right Colectomy: Mastering Vascular Control and Intracorporeal Anastomosis
• Left Colectomy in MIS: Tailoring Lymphadenectomy and Anastomosis by Tumor Location
• Challenging momentum of intraoperative bleeding in robotic CR surgery: How I control it
• Total Mesorectal Excision (TME): Key Anatomical Planes and Safe Dissection Strategy
• LPND: Landmark-Based Dissection in Narrow Pelvis
• taTME and TAMIS for distal rectal tumor: Starting Right, Finishing Safe

Session XIV. Expanding Boundaries in Colorectal Surgery: Rare Scenarios, New Solutions

• New anti-mesenteric delta-shaped stapled anastomosis in Crohn's disease
• D3 Lymph Node Dissection in Right Colectomy: Balancing Oncologic Benefit and Technical Risk
• Short-term outcomes of SP robotic surgery vs. Single-port laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer: A multicenter matched-cohort study
• Laparoscopic Cytoreductive Surgery with HIPEC: Is It Feasible and Safe?
• Superior Rectal Artery Preservation for Upper Sigmoid Colon Cancer