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Saturday 7th March

Friday 6th March (Courses) Saturday 7th March Sunday 8th March Past Conferences
08:00 - 16:00
Manchester Central Convention Complex - First Floor Foyer
Registration - Open from 08:00

09:00 start

09:00 - 17:00
Organisers' Room 2
Baby Feeding Room
09:00 - 17:00
Exchange 8
Prayer Room

10:00 start

10:00 - 10:15

Acute Stress Management/Sabremetrics

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Steven Yule
Professor Steven Yule

10:15 - 10:30

Ergonomics

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Sandip Hindocha
Professor Sandip Hindocha

10:30 - 10:45

Wellness in Surgery

Exchange Auditorium

Ms Lily Cooper
Ms Lily Cooper

10:45 - 11:00

Ergonomics

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Scarlett McNally
Professor Scarlett McNally

11:00 - 11:10

Q&A from the audience

Exchange Auditorium

10:00 - 11:05
Exchange 1
STARSurg Medical Student Oral Prize Session
10:00 - 11:20
Exchange 2-3
Confederation of British Surgeons - Breakout Session
10:00 - 11:00
Exchange 4
ISTG Ireland Trainees Prize Session
10:00 - 11:15
Exchange 6-7
RCSEd Trainee Committee Session 1
10:00 - 16:50
Exchange 11
Specialty Village
10:00 - 11:10
Exchange 5
Mentoring (Prebooked Sessions)

11:20 start

11:20 - 12:10
Exchange 5
Mentoring (Prebooked Sessions)
11:20 - 12:10
Exchange Auditorium
Main Session 3: Recognising Our Trainers

Chairs: Ms Emily Mills, Mr Diwakar Sharma

11:20 - 12:20
Exchange 6-7
RCSEd Trainee Committee Session 2

11:10 start

11:10 - 12:15
Exchange 1
“So You Didn’t Get a Job” – Alternatives, F3, and Flexibility in Training
11:10 - 12:10
Exchange 4
BASO Oral Paper Presentation Session
11:15 - 12:15
Exchange 2-3
ASGBI Short Oral Paper Presentation Session
12:10 - 13:00
Exchange Auditorium
Lunch

13:00 start

13:00 - 14:00
Exchange 1
Surgery Isn't Linear: CREHST, LED Years and Career Breaks
13:00 - 14:05
Exchange 2-3
BJS Systematic Review Oral Prize Session
13:00 - 14:45
Exchange 4
MedTech Foundation x ASiT Innovation Dragons' Den
13:00 - 14:00
Exchange 6-7
Green Surgery
13:00 - 14:00
Exchange 9
Trainee Matters (JCST Robotics work + Dukes Delphi)

13:00 - 13:20

ASiT Robotics Spotlight Prize - Screen 3

Exchange auditorium, Screen 3

13:00 - 13:20

ALSGBI (Laparoscopic and Robotic) Spotlight Prize - Screen 4

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 4

13:00 - 13:20

BASO Poster Presentation Spotlight Prize - Screen 1

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 1

13:00 - 13:20

Emergency General Surgery & Abdominal Trauma Spotlight Prize - Screen 2

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 2

13:00 - 13:20

RCS Education and Training Spotlight Prize - Screen 5

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 5

13:30 - 13:50

Impact Surgery for Trainee Research Spotlight Prize - Screen 1

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 1

13:30 - 13:50

ASiT Case Report Spotlight Prize - Screen 2

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 2

13:30 - 13:50

ASiT Endocrine Spotlight Prize - Screen 3

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 3

13:30 - 13:50

BOMSS Spotlight Prize - Screen 4

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 4

15:00 - 15:20

BAOMS Spotlight Prize - Screen 4

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 4

15:00 - 15:20

BNTA Spotlight Prize - Screen 1

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 1

15:00 - 15:20

Roux Oesophagogastric Spotlight Prize - Screen 5

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 5

15:00 - 15:20

Herrick Society Spotlight Prize - Screen 2

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 2

15:00 - 15:12

ASiT Ethics Spotlight Prize - Screen 3

Exchange Auditorium, Screen 3

13:25 start

13:25 - 14:50
Exchange 5
Mentoring (Prebooked Sessions)

13:20 - 13:35

1970 - Dame Averil Mansfield: Microsurgery and Subspecialisation

Exchange Auditorium

Dame Averil Mansfield
Dame Averil Mansfield

13:35 - 13:50

1980

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri
Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri

13:50 - 14:05

1990 - Training Reform, Competency-based Approach

Exchange Auditorium

Ms Stella Vig
Ms Stella Vig

14:05 - 14:20

2000 - EWTD, MMC

Exchange Auditorium

Mr Jonathan Ghosh
Mr Jonathan Ghosh

14:20 - 14:35

2010 - Leadership, Diversity and Wellbeing in Surgical Training

Exchange Auditorium

Ms Mei Nortley
Ms Mei Nortley

14:35 - 14:50

Q&A

Exchange Auditorium

14:10 - 14:40
Exchange 1
Medical Student Elective and Essay Prize Presentation
14:00 - 15:00
Exchange 6-7
ASiT Robotics Oral Prize Session
14:45 - 15:45
Exchange 1
CORESS
14:40 - 16:10
Exchange 2-3
Global Surgery (GASOC x InciSioN UK)

15:00 start

15:00 - 16:00
Exchange 9
ASiT Innovation Prize Session

15:00 - 15:15

Future-proofing Surgical Training: The role of JCST

Exchange auditorium

Mr Christopher Fowell
Mr Christopher Fowell

15:15 - 15:30

AI in Surgical Training

Exchange auditorium

Mr James Glasbey
Mr James Glasbey

15:30 - 15:45

TBC

Exchange auditorium

15:45 - 16:00

Innovus - Away from Theatre and Heading to Industry

Exchange auditorium

Dr Elliot Street
Dr Elliot Street

16:00 - 16:15

Robotics

Exchange auditorium

Professor Shafi Ahmed
Professor Shafi Ahmed

16:15 - 16:30

Q&A

Exchange auditorium

16:30 - 16:40

Short Break

16:30 - 16:45

Fighting to Stay Alive: The Patient Perspective

Exchange auditorium

16:45 - 16:50

Q&A

Exchange auditorium

15:10 start

15:10 - 16:10
Exchange 4
ASiT Collaborative Research Prize Session
15:10 - 16:10
Exchange 6-7
ASiT Audit Prize Session
15:50 - 17:20
Exchange 1
CORESS x TIPSQI

16:20 start

16:20 - 17:20
Exchange 2-3
GASOC x ASiT Global Surgery Oral Prize Session
16:20 - 17:20
Exchange 6-7
Equality and Diversity (including WinS) Oral Prize Session
16:55 - 17:20
Exchange Auditorium
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