World Congress Schedule at a Glance (as of Nov. 2009)
Oral & Video Sessions will take place throughout the World Congress Scientific Session (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). The exact program will be determined in November, 2009. Check the World Congress website (www.12thworldcongress.org) in late December, 2009 for the exact schedule of presentations.
Program Co-Chair (SAGES): Daniel Herron, M.D.
Program Chair (SAGES): Barry Salky, M.D.
Program Chair (CAGS): Christopher Schlachta, M.D.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: Bariatric New Techniques/Revisions/ Endolumenal/Single Port Access Surgery
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: MIS & Cancer – Endocrine/Solid Organ
- Half Day Hands-on Course w/Lab: Colon Surgery
- SAGES Foundation Awards Lunch
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: Bariatrics Around the World
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: MIS & Cancer - GI
- Half Day Hands-on Course w/Lab: Advanced Suturing and Anastomotic Techniques
- Half Day Symposium: Pediatric Surgery
- Exhibits Opening Welcome Reception 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Thursday, April 15, 2010
- World Congress Scientific Sessions
- Half Day Hands-On Course: Digital Video
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: Challenging Hernias
- Half Day Hands-on Course w/Lab: FLS
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: Avoid Pitfalls in Cholecystectomy and CBD Exploration
- Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
- Educator’s Lunch: Utilizing SAGES Educational Offerings for Residents
- Device Development Lunch
- Half Day Hands-On Course w/Lab: Endolumenal / NOTES®
- Half Day Hands-On Course w/Lab: Single Port Access
- Half Day Postgraduate Course: Laparoscopic IBD & Colectomy
- Half Day Symposium: MBA for Surgeons
- Symposium: Robotics – What’s New?
- Symposium: Metabolic Surgery – Current Status
- Debate: Barrett’s – How to Follow, How to Treat
- Industry Symposia
Friday, April 16, 2010
- World Congress Scientific Sessions
- SAGES Presidential Address
- Gerald Marks Keynote Lecture
- Symposium: NOTES® - Alive and Well, or RIP?
- Panel: Laparoscopic Education – Do MIS Fellowships Have a Future?
- Panel: Endolumenal Therapies
- Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open 10:00 am - 2:30 pm
- Video Complications Lunch
- Presidential Debates
- SAGES/ALACE Session: Go Global – Report from the Field
- SAGES/EAES Session: Peer Review Training
- Conflict of Interest Panel
- Residents/Fellows Scientific Session
- Emerging Technology Session
- Panel: Single Port Access Surgery
- Meet the Leadership Reception
Saturday, April 17, 2010
- World Congress Scientific Sessions
- Panel: Live from Afghanistan: Video Conference Military Coalition
- Panel: Hernia Debates
- Karl Storz Keynote Lecture
- CAGS/Royal College of Surgeons Lecture
- Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- FREE Lunch in Exhibit Hall for All Meeting Attendees 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- Fellowship Council Lunch
- CAGS/SAGES Session: Simulation in the Training of Surgeons
- Panel: FES Roll-Out
- Panel: Uh, Oh, What Now? – Video Session with the Experts
- IFSES Panel: Surgical Education Around the World
- World Congress Main Event & International Sing-Off