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 - 10:00

Exchange Auditorium

Main Session 1: Introduction and Welcome

Chairs: Mr Raiyyan Aftab, President Elect

09:00 - 09:05

President's Welcome

Exchange Auditorium

Mr Raiyyan Aftab

09:05 - 09:50

Meet the Presidents Q&A Session

Exchange Auditorium

Mr Tim Mitchell

Dr Clare McNaught

Professor Deborah McNamara

Professor Hany Eteiba

09:00 - 17:00

Organisers' Room 2

Baby Feeding Room

09:00 - 17:00

Exchange 8

Prayer Room

10:00 start

10:00 - 11:10

Exchange Auditorium

Main Session 2: Improving Performance

Chairs: Ms Valdone Kolaityte, Ms Alice Luesley

10:00 - 10:15

Surgical Sabermetrics: Translating Performance Analytics from Professional Sport to the Operating Room

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Steven Yule

10:15 - 10:30

Ergonomics

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Sandip Hindocha

10:30 - 10:45

Wellness in Surgery

Exchange Auditorium

Ms Lilli Cooper

10:45 - 11:00

Culture, Teams and Surgical Performance

Exchange Auditorium

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

Chairs: Miss Enya Costin, Miss Louise Ko

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 - 11:35

ASiT Silver Scalpel 2025 Winner

Exchange Auditorium

Ms Emma Gray

11:35 - 12:00

Introducing the 2026 Shortlisted Candidates

Exchange Auditorium

12:00 - 12:10

Surgical Education and Innovation

Exchange Auditorium

Mr Rory Clarke

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 - 13:15

Exchange Auditorium

Keynote Speech 1 - Professor Farah Bhatti: Looking Back Whilst Moving Forwards

Chairs: Ms Anastasia Tzatzidou, Mr Michael El Boghdady

13:00 - 15:20

Exchange Auditorium

Spotlight Oral Poster Sessions

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 - 14:50

Exchange 5

Mentoring (Prebooked Sessions)

13:20 - 14:50

Exchange Auditorium

Main Session 4: 50 Years of Surgical Training

Chairs: Ms Anastasia Tzatzidou, Mr Michael El-Boghdady

13:20 - 13:35

1970 - See On, Do One, Teach One

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Dame Averil Mansfield

13:35 - 13:50

1980

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri

13:50 - 14:05

1990 - Training Reform and Competency-Based Approach

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Stella Vig

14:05 - 14:20

2000 - EWTD and MMC

Exchange Auditorium

Mr Jonathan Ghosh

14:20 - 14:35

2010 - Laparoscopes, Robots and the Importance of Remaining Human

Exchange Auditorium

Miss Nuha Yassin

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 - 16:45

Exchange Auditorium

Main Session 5: The Next 50 Years of Surgical Training

Chairs: Mr Nathan Walker, Ms Radhika Chadha

15:00 - 15:15

Future-Proofing Surgical Training: The Role of JCST

Exchange Auditorium

Mr Christopher Fowell

15:15 - 15:30

AI in Surgical Training - Build, Evaluate, Disrupt

Exchange Auditorium

Mr James Glasbey

15:30 - 15:45

Importance of the Surgical System

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Aneel Bhangu

15:45 - 16:00

Inovus: Away from Theatre and Heading to Industry

Exchange Auditorium

Dr Elliot Street

16:00 - 16:15

Robotics

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Shafi Ahmed

16:15 - 16:30

OrganOx

Exchange Auditorium

Professor Peter Friend

16:30 - 16:45

Q&A

Exchange Auditorium

16:30 - 16:45

Exchange auditorium

Talk

Chairs: Ms Manal Ahmad

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

16:50 - 17:10

Exchange Auditorium

Keynote Speech 2 - Molly Turner: The Difference a Few Words Make: Lessons from the Other Side of the Bed

Chairs: Mr William Atkins, Ms Anuradha Venugopal

16:55 - 17:20

Exchange Auditorium

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