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Preliminary program

Below is the preliminary program (subject to possible modifications) of the iSMIT 2024 Congress. Workshops will be held on Saturday, September 28th (Day 3). More details about the sessions and events will be provided in the near future.

Day 1 - september 26th

Day 2 - september 27th

General and social events
  • 08:00 – 09:00 Registration
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & ePoster session
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 17:30 – 18:00 Steering Cmmittee (Meeting Room D)
  • 18:30 – 19:00 Official Reception (Cáceres Provincial Council & Palace Visit)
  • 20:30 Gala Dinner (Arguijuela Castle)
Pizarro Auditorium (Oral presentations)
  • 08:30 – 09:30 Biomaterials
  • 09:30 – 10:30 Flexible Endoscopy
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & ePoster session
  • 11:30 – 12:30 Surgical Education, Simulation and Training
  • 13:00 – 14:00 Medical Devices in Healthcare
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:00 – 16:00 Assisted reproduction
  • 16:30 – 17:30 Biomedical Engineering
Ramón y Cajal Auditorium (Invited talks)
  • 08:30 – 09:30 Novel Medical Devices in MIS
  • 09:30 – 10:30 Updates in Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & ePoster session
  • 11:00 – 11:30 Opening Ceremony
  • 11:30 – 12:30 Updates in Flexible endoscopy
  • 12:30 – 13:00 The John Wickham Lecture. Salvador Morales-Conde (Spain)
  • 13:00 – 14:00 Exploring the applications of artificial intelligence in MIS and robotics
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:00 – 16:00 Innovation in robotic surgery and automation
  • 16:00 – 17:30 The Gerhard Buess Lecture. Eiji Kanehira (Japan)
General and social events
  • 08:00 – 09:00 Registration
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & ePoster session
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 19:30 – 20:00 Reception ceremony (Assembly Hall of the Cáceres Council)
  • 20:00 – 21:00 Social event (Guided tour around the old town)
  • 21:00 Congress Dinner (Place TBD)

Pizarro Auditorium (Oral presentations)

  • 08:00 – 09:00 3D Printing and Bioprinting
  • 09:00 – 10:00 Surgical Robotics
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & ePoster session
  • 11:00 – 12:00 Artificial Intelligence in healthcare
  • 12:00 – 13:00 Immersive digital technologies
  • 13:00 – 14:00 Image-guided surgery
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:30 – 16:30 Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • 16:30 – 17:30 Emerging technologies for clinical applications

Ramón y Cajal Auditorium (Invited talks)

  • 08:00 – 09:00 Session Spanish Society of Biomedical Engineering (SEIB).
    Biomedical Engineering Challenges for Future Surgery
  • 09:00 – 10:00 Spanish Association of Surgeons (AEC)-CMI&IT Session
  • 10:00 – 10:30 The John Abele Lecture. Carlos Amato (USA)
  • 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break & ePoster session
  • 11:30 – 12:30 Robotics and advances in microsurgery
  • 12:30 – 13:00 Advances in robot-assisted surgery
  • 13:00 – 14:00 3D printing and biomaterials for advanced therapies
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:30 – 16:30 Image-guided surgery: Illuminating the path forward
  • 16:30 – 17:30 Revolutionizing surgical education: Stimulating ideas to ignite learning and innovation
  • 17:30 – 18:30 General Assembly
  • 18:30 – 19:00 Closing Ceremony