Scientific Provisional Program

08:45 – 17:30
Level 4 – Hilton Sydney

Session One – Proctology

8:45 Welcome
9:00 My approach to ODS
9:15 New concepts in fistula surgery. Lessons learnt from LIFT, MAF and TROPIS
9:25 What to do when my fistula repair fails
9:40 Pilonidal disease: Can I be a one trick pony ?
10:00 Proctology gems: Mixed ODS and FI – proctology pot purri – pruritus, SILS hemorrhoids
10:15 Panel Discussion

10:30 – 11:00 – MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY

Session Two – Neoplasia

11:00 Prehabilitation and weight loss drugs in 2026
11:15 Robotics
11:30 TNT – trends and implications for practice Michael Solomon ?
11:45 Surgical Approach to rectal cancer – Lap, robot, open, transanal or… ?
12:00 Early onset CRC in Australia – why is it so?
12:15 Panel Discussion

12:30 – 13:30 – LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY

13:30 Edward Wilson Oration: Surgical application of microbiome science
Dr James Kinross, introduced by Dr Raymond Yap

Session Three – Benign Colorectal

14:00 How is AI affecting our day-to-day practice
14:15 Polyps and polyp surveillance. Which guidelines do you follow?
14:30 Diverticular resection: Has the pendulum swung too far the other way?
14:45 Natural orifice extraction. Does this really make a clinical difference?
15:00 Dealing with Disruptive individuals at work
15:15 Endometriosis surgery

15:30 – 16:00 AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY

Session Four – Debate & Consultants’ Corner

16:00 Debate
16:40 Consultants’ Corner
17:30 Program close