Empowering Tomorrow's Surgeons

Saturday 8th March

Friday 7th March (Courses) Saturday 8th March Sunday 9th March Past Conferences

08:00 start

08:00 - 09:00

ICC Belfast

Registration

08:00 - 17:00

Hall 1B

BBASS x BBRAUN Basic Surgical Skills Workshop

Workshop sign up >>

09:00 - 10:00

Hall 1A

Main Session 1: Introduction and Welcome

Chairs: Miss Roberta Garau

09:00 - 09:05

President's Welcome

Hall 1A

Miss Roberta Garau

09:05 - 10:00

Meet the Presidents Q&A Session

Hall 1A

Mr Tim Mitchell

Prof. Deborah McNamara

Prof. Rowan Parks

Mr John Camilleri-Brennan

10:10 start

10:10 - 11:20

Hall 1A

Main Session 2: Overcoming Trauma

Chairs: Mr Gerard McKnight, Ms Lara Manley

10:10 - 10:25

Shattered but unbroken: the road to reclaim my dream

Hall 1A

Mr Samer Shamoon

10:25 - 10:40

The Silent War: how conflict related trauma is destroying children mental health around the world

Hall 1A

Edna Fernandes

10:40 - 10:55

Surgery on the Frontline: Reflections from Syria

Hall 1A

Mr Murhaf Assaf

10:55 - 11:10

The future trauma surgeon

Hall 1A

Professor David Nott

11:10 - 11:20

Q&A from the audience

10:10 - 11:15

Hall 2A

STARSurg Medical Student Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Mr Viraj Shah, Dr Edward Staniforth

10:10 - 11:15

Studio

Taking an FY3

Chairs: Miss Aqua Asif

10:10 - 16:55

Hall 2B

Specialty Village

10:10 - 16:45

Level 2 Concourse

Mentoring (Prebooked Sessions)

10:10 - 11:15

Meeting Room 1A

BJS Systematic Review Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Mr Matt Lee, Mr George Karagiannidis

12:00 - 16:55

Meeting room 2A, Meeting Room 2B

Escape Room (Scrub Games)

Chairs: Zobia Gundkalli, Estelle Martin, Nienke Warnaar

11:00 start

11:00 - 13:00

Meeting Room 3A

Specialty Journal Clubs

11:00 - 11:40

BOTA Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

11:40 - 12:20

Roux Group Journal Club

12:20 - 13:00

BSoT Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

11:00 - 12:15

Hall 1B

Surgical Specialty Battle

11:30 start

11:30 - 12:45

Hall 1A

Main Session 3: Navigating Parenthood and Surgery

Chairs: Ms Radhika Chadha, Mr George Davis

11:30 - 11:50

Pregnancy loss and in/fertility in the workplace

Dr Jemma Shanley

11:50 - 12:10

Parenthood and orthopaedic surgery

Hall 1A

Miss Catrin Morgan

12:10 - 12:30

Bil Kirmani - Balancing the scalpel on the stroller

Hall 1A

Mr Bil Kirmani

12:30 - 12:45

Q&A

Hall 1A

11:30 - 13:00

Meeting Room 1A

RCSEd How to fail in surgery (and thrive as a surgeon)

Chairs: Mr Majid Rashid, Mr David Alderson, Ms Katie Hurst

11:50 - 12:55

Boardroom 1

ASGBI Short Paper Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Miss Kellie Bateman, Mr Richard Mak

12:30 - 13:00

Hall 2A

Medical Student Elective and Essay Prize Presentation Session

Chairs: Mr Viraj Shah

12:45 - 13:45

Hall 1B

Lunch

13:45 start

13:45 - 14:45

Hall 1A

Main Session 4: Behind the Scalpel

Chairs: Mr Nathan Walker, Mr Srinivas Cheruvu

13:45 - 14:00

Surgeon and Artist

Hall 1A

Mr Alastair Faulkner

14:00 - 14:15

No Man is an Island

Hall 1A

Mr Mano Shanmuganathan

14:15 - 14:30

Beyond Surgery- the final frontier

Hall 1A

Ms Nadia Karrim

14:30 - 14:35

Q&A

Tregonwell

13:45 - 14:45

Meeting Room 1A

RCSEd - Don't Call it a Comeback: Returning to clinical work after OOPE/parental leave

Chairs: Ms Alex Haddon, Mr Majid Rashid, Ms Katie Hurst

13:45 - 14:45

Hall 2A

RCS England Women in Surgery (WinS) session

Chairs: Miss Felicity Meyer, Ms Emily Mills

13:45 - 14:45

Meeting Room 1B

NI Trainees Session - Mr Jim Ballard, Miss Claire Jones, Mr Paul Blair

Chairs: Mr Martin King, Ms Nahid Shamandi

13:45 - 14:45

Hall 1B

Spotlight Oral Poster Sessions

13:45 - 14:09

ALSGBI Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

14:10 - 14:34

BASO Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

13:45 - 14:14

AOT Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

14:15 - 14:44

BAPS Spotlight Prize

Hall 1B

13:45 - 15:45

Meeting Room 3A

Specialty Journal Club

13:45 - 14:25

Dukes Journal Club

14:25 - 15:05

Rouleaux Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

15:05 - 15:45

BNTA Journal Club

16:00 - 16:40

Mammary Fold Journal Club

Meeting Room 3A

13:45 - 14:45

Boardroom 1

Innovation Oral Prize Session

Chairs: Mr Matthew Harris, Mr Kenneth McLean

14:45 start

14:45 - 15:45

Hall 1A

Main Session 5: Learning from Trainers

Chairs: Mr Raiyyan Aftab, Miss Anastasia Tzatzidou

14:45 - 15:00

Silver Scalpel Winner - Mr Mark Dilworth

Hall 1A

Mr Mark Dilworth

15:00 - 15:15

Introducing the 2025 shortlisted candidates

Hall 1A

15:15 - 15:45

Behind the knife - Dr Kevin Kniery

Hall 1A

15:45 - 15:55

Short Break

14:45 - 16:55

Hall 1B

Oral Prize Sessions

14:45 - 15:45

Prakash Sinha QI Oral Prize Session

Meeting Room 1B

14:45 - 15:45

ASiT Equality and Diversity (including WinS) Oral Prize Session

Hall 2A

14:45 - 15:55

Meeting Room 1A

Getting into MedTech

15:55 start

15:55 - 16:55

Hall 1A

Main Session 6: Learning from patients

Chairs: Valdone Kolaityte, Aikaterina Gkorila

15:55 - 16:10

The Impact of Surgery - A Patient Story

Hall 1A

Abi Rimmer

16:10 - 16:25

Patients are People

Hall 1A

Dr Liz O’Riordan

16:25 - 16:55

Main Session 5 - Q&A

Hall 1A

15:55 - 16:55

Meeting Room 1A

RCSEng- Sexual Harassment in Surgery

Oral Prize Session

15:55 - 16:55

ESO Surgical Education and Training Oral Prize Session

Boardroom 1

15:55 - 16:55

ASiT Robotics Oral Prize Session

Meeting Room 1B

17:50 - 18:15

ASiT Annual General Meeting - Members Only

19:00 - 00:00

Belfast Crumlin Gaol

ASiT Gala Dinner (Black Tie)