PROGRAM OVERVIEW

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8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

WELCOME: Myron Schwartz, Gonzalo Sapisochin

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Moderators: Majella Doyle, Ki-Hun Kim
• Bleeding control in minimally invasive liver surgery - Fernando Rotellar
• Concept of the Caudal View in MIS Liver Surgery – Where are the limits - Olivier Scatton
• Intraglissionian vs. Extraglissionian approach of the pedicle, when and why - Concepcion Gomez Gavarra

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
 
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Moderators: Marieke De Boer, Henrik Petrowsky
• How to do a safe right and left laparoscopic hepatectomy - Claire Goumard
• How to do a safe right and left robotic hepatectomy - Fabrizio Di Benedetto
• Extended MIS liver resections including vascular and bile duct resections - Hugo Pinto
• MIS liver resections in patients with portal hypertension - Albert Chan

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Moderators: Deniz Balci, Gonzalo Sapisochin
• MIS living donor hepatectomy – Is this standard of care? - Yee Lee Cheah
• MIS lap donor surgery - Ki-Hun Kim
• Implanting Livers with Robotic Techniques – will this ever take off? - Dieter Broering
• Implanting Livers with Laparosocpic Techniques – will this ever take off? - Gyu-Seong Choi

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

• How to do a safe MIS distal pancreatectomy with ad without spleen preservation
• How to do a safe MIS Whipple procedure - Melissa Hogg
• MIS pancreas resections including vascular resection; DEBATE, Laparoscopic vs. Robotic - Ki Byung Song

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

ISLS OPENING: Welcome remarks
Chair: Gonzalo Sapisochin

State of the Art Lecture: LT for HCC - Where are we in 2025? And what the future holds.
Speaker: Karim Halazun
Q&A Session moderated by Gonzalo Sapisochin

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• Q&A

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• Artificial intelligence-assisted intraoperative navigation for safe right liver mobilization in pure laparoscopic donor hepatectomy: an experimental multi-institutional validation study - Inho Lee
• Circulating Tumor DNA in Liver Transplantation for Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastasis - Abigail Loszko
• Q&A

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Moderator: Karim Halazun, Parissa Tabrizian
• Liver Navigation and use of ICG in HCC liver surgery - Eric Vibert 
• AI to diagnose and stage HCC on imaging – Are we there yet? 
• Advanced liver surgery for HCC with the use of intraoperative navigation techniques - Jiri Fronek
• Predicting outcomes of HCC resection and transplant using AI - Guido Torzilli

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Moderators: Prashant Bhangui, Taizo Hibi
• Case 1: Resectable HCC in Child B cirrhosis (East vs West experience) - Andrea Ruzzenente & Alfred Kow
• Case 2: Advanced HCC with vascular involvement successfully down-staged to resection with Immuno/IR/SBRT (Neoadjuvant) - Sang-Hoon KIM
• Case 3: Advanced HCC Neoadjuvant Immuno to Tx - Parissa Tabrizian
• Panel: Krishna MenonSilvio Nadalin, Erica Tsang, Robert Lewandowski

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
 
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
 
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Moderator: Deniz Balci, Roberto Alejandro Hernandez
• Liver Regeneration and Hepatectomy: Where are we in 2025 - Shintaro Yagi
• Two-Stage Hepatectomy and Modulation of Future Liver Remnant: Status Quo 2025 - Henrik Petrowsky
• Two-Stage Liver Transplantation: APOLT, RAPID update: Status Quo 2025 - Umberto Cillo

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
 
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Moderator: Albert Chan
• Surgical Strategies: Resection as a Viable DS strategy in giant and multifocal HCC (Intermediate Stage) - Dong-Sik Kim
• The Transplantation Paradigm: Where do we draw the line? Expanding Role and Considerations - Christian Toso
• Optimizing Treatment Pathways: Neoadjuvant Approaches in Intermediate Stage HCC: upfront vs LRT vs systemic vs combo approaches - Should u do systemic as neoadjuvant and then surgery - Umut Deirci

3:45 PM - 5:30 PM
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM

Moderator: Shintaro Yagi, Chul-Soo Ahn
• Curative Approaches
     > Surgery and Locoregional Therapies in the Era of Macrovascular Invasion - Transplant - Prashant Bhangui
     > Surgery and Locoregional Therapies in the Era of Macrovascular Invasion - Surgery -
Shimul Shah
     > Surgery and Locoregional Therapies in the Era of Macrovascular Invasion - IR - Robert Lewandowski
     > Surgery and Locoregional Therapies in the Era of Macrovascular Invasion - SBRT - Laura Dawson
• Alpha-fetoprotein and Beyond: Biomarkers in HCC Diagnosis and Prognosis - Augusto Villanueva
• Predicting Treatment Response: Biomarker Signatures in Surgery, Immunotherapy and Beyond - Krishna Menon

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
 
4:00 AM - 4:50 PM
4:00 AM - 4:50 PM

Speaker: Yoshiri Sakamoto

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• Q&A

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
• Q&A
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

• Resection for locally advanced iCCA, including vascular resections and ALPP - Silvio Nadalin
• How effective can be a downstaging therapy? Jun Li
• Incorporating genomic and directed therapies into the management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma - Robert Grant

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Moderator: Olivier Scatton
• Vascular Resections and Value of Lymphadenectomies in hCCA - Alejandro Serrablo
• Optimization of Future Liver Remnant in patients with hCCA - Hauke Lang
• Liver Transplantation for hCCA - Nicolas Goldaracen
• Discussion

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
 
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Daniel Azoulay
Q&A Session moderated by Deniz Balci, Gonzalo Sapisochin

1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Moderators: Elizabeth Pando, Orlando Torres
• Biological vs technical resectability - Guralp Ceyhan
• Therapeutic approach for borderline tumors - Shailesh Shrikhande
• Surgical resection: How far is too far - Eduardo Fernades
• In the era of robotic surgery: Is laparoscopic Whipple dead? - David Kooby

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
 
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

• Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreas Cancer PRO - Matthew Katz
• Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreas Cancer CON

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

• Q&A

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
• Q&A
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

• Role of systemic chemotherapy - Erica Tsang
• Role of molecular profile and ctDNA
• Role of locoregional treatments including Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump (HAIP) - Paul Karanicolas
• Role of surgical resection including management of missing metastases - Lucas McCormack
• Role of liver transplantation - Roberto Alejandro Hernandez

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
 
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM

Welcome and Intro: Nazia Selzner, Cythina Tsien, Gonzalo Sapisochin

Joint ISLS & DEI in Transplant Session

• Enabling Exemplary Care Through Behavioural Empathy - Nouman Ashraf

12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
 
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