General and Programme Co-Chairs

  • Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College London, UK
  • Ara Darzi, Imperial College London, UK

International Programme Committee

  • Darwin Caldwell, IIT, Italy
  • Howie Choset, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Kevin Cleary, The Sheikh Zayed Institute, Washington, USA
  • Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Simon DiMaio, Intuitive Surgical Inc, USA
  • Pierre DuPont, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA
  • Hubertus Feussner, Technical University Munich, Germany
  • Gabor Fichtinger, Queen's University, Canada
  • Paolo Fiorini, University of Verona, Italy
  • Dennis Fowler, Columbia University, USA
  • Blake Hannaford, University of Washington, USA
  • Leo Joskowicz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Jacques Marescaux, University Hospital Strasbourg, France
  • Arianna Menciassi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • Bradley Nelson, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Vipul Patel, Global Robotic Institute, USA
  • Cameron Riviere, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Ichiro Sakuma, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Rick Satava, University of Washington, USA
  • Lee Swanstrom, University of Oregon, USA
  • Mark Talamini, Stony Brook University, USA
  • Russ Taylor, Johns Hopkins University, USA
  • Ashutosh Tewari, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
  • Chris Thompson, Harvard Medical School
  • Kirby Vosburgh, Harvard University, USA
  • Bob Webster, Vanderbilt University, USA
  • Steve Wexner, Cleveland Clinic Florida, USA

Conference Organisers

  • Karen Kerr, Imperial College London, UK (Symposium)
  • Robert Merrifield, Imperial College London, UK (Robot Challenge)
  • Valentina Vitiello, Imperial College London, UK (Proceedings)
  • Ulrika Wernmark, Imperial College London, UK (Symposium & Logistics)
  • Daisy Wiley, Imperial College London, UK (Symposium)
  • Charence Wong, Imperial College London, UK (Web & Publicity)

Local Programme Committee

  • Kaspar Althoefer, Queen Mary, UK
  • Thanos Athanasiou, Imperial College London, UK
  • Christos Bergeles, University College London, UK
  • Colin Bicknell, Imperial College London, UK
  • Nick Cheshire, Imperial College London, UK
  • Brian Davies, Imperial College London, UK
  • Daniel Elson, Imperial College London, UK
  • Len Fass, GE Healthcare, UK
  • Mohamad Hamady, Imperial College London, UK
  • Su-Lin Lee, Imperial College London, UK
  • Daniel Leff, Imperial College London, UK
  • Erik Mayer, Imperial College London, UK
  • Andreas Melzer, Dundee University, UK
  • Azad Najmaldin, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK
  • Dinesh Nathwani, Imperial College London, UK
  • Geoff Pegman, RU Robotics, UK
  • Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena, Imperial College London, UK
  • Julian Teare, Imperial College London, UK
  • Justin Vale, Imperial College London, UK