DAY 1
February 26
Venue: Oude Vismijn
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Two parallel program channels will take place, allowing attendees to switch between sessions freely.
TRACK 1: SURGICAL AI
Session 1A: Setting the stage
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What is surgical AI in 2026 - Alberto Arezzo (University of Turin | Italy)
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Preoperative applications
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Surgical data science for intra-operative applications - Alexander Seitel (DKFZ German Cancer Research Center | Germany)
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Post-operative applications - Jean-Christophe Bernhard (University Hospital of Bordeaux | France)
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Data quality - Thibault Sys (Orsi Innotech | BE)
TRACK 2: TELESURGERY
Session 1B: Setting the stage
Session hosted by Orsi Principles & Orsi Alumni
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Current status of telesurgery, advantages and bottlenecks - Marcio Moschovas (AdventHealth | US)
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Different robotic systems offering telesurgery - Geert De Naeyer (AZORG Hospital Aalst | BE)
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Cost-cutting aspects of telesurgery
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Session 2A: Perception on surgical AI
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Computer vision surgical scene understanding - Anirban Mukhopadhyay (Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany)
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Speech in the OR
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Multimodal computer vision - Stefanie Speidel (National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden | Germany)
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The role of synthetic data and hyperspectral - Stamatia Giannarou (Imperial College London | UK)
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Augmented reality - Sharib Ali (University of Leeds | UK)
Session 2B: Challenges for telesurgery
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Network reliability and the role of 6G - Jens Buyse (Citymesh | Belgium)
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Latency management and high resolution imaging
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The role of AI in telesurgery - Richard Carter (Proximie | Belgium)
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Moderation and discussion - Tom Goffin (UGent | Belgium)
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Obtaining a truthful informed consent
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Data security
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Liability and cross-border licensure
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Reimbursement policies
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LUNCH
Session 3A: Generative surgical AI
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Bridging the domain gap of surgery using general LLMs - Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski (University Medical Center Mannheim | Germany)
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Syntethic data generation - Dan Stoyanov (University College of London | UK)
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VLMs - Jin Yueming (NUS | Singapore)
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Digital twins - Mathias Unberath (​Johns Hopkins University | USA)
Session 3B:​ Cloud compute and new kids on the block - panel discussion
Opportunities and challenges of cloud and edge compute for healthcare
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Panellist:
Steven Latré (OpenChip | Belgium)
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Additional panellists to be announced
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Session 4A: Agentic Surgical AI
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What is agentic AI in surgery? - Jonas De Vylder (Orsi Innotech | Belgium)
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Agent for EHR retrieval
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What about anesthesiology? - Henri Van Overmeire (Pointcarré | Belgium)
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Agents for video analysis - Matthew Blaschko (KU Leuven | Belgium​)
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How to integrate all agents in real-time - David Noonan (Moon Surgical | USA)
Session 4B: Surgical training & teaching in the era of AI & telesurgery
Moderation and discussion - Alex Mottrie & Niki Rashidian
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How can AI & telesurgery accelerate skill aquisition? - Nader Francis (The Griffin Institute | UK​)
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Can we trust an AI teacher? - Simon Bach (University of Birmingham | UK)
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Role of vision language models in surgical teaching - Niki Rashidian (Medical Director of Orsi Academy | Belgium)
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Latency and teaching - how far can we go? - Alex Mottrie (CEO of Orsi Academy | Belgium)
END OF THE DAY
Please note that the program is subject to change as we approach the event.
