| Sunday 26th | Monday 27th | |
| 08:30 | Registration and Coffee | Registration and Coffee |
| 09:15 |
Welcome: Guang-Zhong Yang Opening Address: Ara Darzi |
Session 4 – Surgical Simulation, Training and Skills Assessment |
| 09:30 |
Session 1 – Autonomous and Cooperative Robots for Surgery Invited Lecture: An Engineering Perspective on Autonomy in Surgical Robotics - Paolo Fiorini |
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| 10:15 |
Keynote Lecture: Untethered Micro- and Nano-robots for Potential Biomedical Applications - Peer Fischer |
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| 11:45 | Poster Teaser Session 1 (3 minute presentations) | Poster Teaser Session 2 (3 minute presentations) |
| 12:30 | Lunch and Poster Session | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 14:00 |
Session 2 – Continuum Robots Invited Lecture: Intelligent Continuum Robots for Surgery: from Sensing to Complementary Situational Awareness - Nabil Simaan |
Panel Discussion: What Has Transformed Robotics? |
| 15:00 | Session 5 – Robotics for Endoscopic Neurosurgery | |
| 16:15 |
Session 3 – Proof-of-Concept Studies with the da Vinci Robotic System Invited Lecture: Augmented, Assistive and Robotic Technologies in Phono Micro Surgery - Darwin Caldwell |
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| 16:30 | Session 6 – Soft Robotics for Surgery
Karl Storz - Harold Hopkins Lecture: Surgeons from Venus, Engineers from Mars – How to bridge the gap - Amir Szold |
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| 18:00 | Closing Remarks & Best Paper Awards followed by Drinks Reception | |
| 19:30 | Programme Committee Dinner |
For further details, please download the full programme.
Sunday, 26th of June
Session 1 – Autonomous and Cooperative Robots for Surgery
- Invited Lecture: An Engineering Perspective on Autonomy in Surgical Robotics - Paolo Fiorini
Poster Teaser Session 1
Session 2 – Continuum Robots
- Invited Lecture: Intelligent Continuum Robots for Surgery: from Sensing to Complementary Situational Awareness - Nabil Simaan
Session 3 – Proof-of-Concept Studies with the da Vinci Robotic System
- Invited Lecture: Augmented, Assistive and Robotic Technologies in Phono Micro Surgery - Darwin Caldwell
Monday, 27th of June
Session 4 – Surgical Simulation, Training and Skills Assessment
- Keynote Lecture: Untethered Micro- and Nano-robots for Potential Biomedical Applications - Peer Fischer
Poster Teaser Session 2
Panel Discussion: What Has Transformed Robotics?
Session 5 – Robotics for Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Session 6 – Soft Robotics for Surgery
- Karl Storz - Harold Hopkins Lecture: Surgeons from Venus, Engineers from Mars – How to bridge the gap - Amir Szold
