Back to Programme 2025 Saturday 8th March Friday 7th March (Courses) Saturday 8th March Sunday 9th March Past Conferences 08:00 - 09:00 ICC Belfast Registration 09:00 - 10:00 Hall 1A Main Session 1: Introduction and Welcome Chairs: Miss Roberta Garau, Incoming President 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 Meeting room 2A, Meeting Room 2B Escape Room (Scrub Games) 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 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 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 start 12:45 - 13:45 Hall 1A Lunch 12:45 - 13:45 Hall 1B Lunch - BBRAUN Educational Session Sponsored By: 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 Alistair 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 13:45 - 14:45 Hall 2A WinS Breakout Session Chairs: Miss Felicity Meyer, Ms Emily Mills 13:45 - 14:35 Meeting Room 1B NI Trainees Session 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 15:55 - 16:55 ASiT Robotics Oral Prize Session Meeting Room 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 - 15:30 Introducing the 2025 shortlisted candidates Hall 1A 15:30 - 15:45 Behind the knife 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 15:55 - 16:55 ASiT Equality and Diversity (including WinS) Oral Prize Session Hall 2A 13:45 - 14:45 Spotlight oral poster sessions Hall 1B 14:45 - 15:55 Meeting Room 1A Innovation skills masterclass 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 Sponsored By: 15:55 - 16:55 Hall 1B Meet your Quad Team 17:50 - 18:15 ASiT Annual General Meeting - Members Only 19:00 - 00:00 Belfast Crumlin Gaol ASiT Gala Dinner (Black Tie)
