Day 1: Thursday, January 9th, 2025

8:15 – 8:25

Introduction: SLR and local treatment: competition or complement?
Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Paris, France, Kelvin Lau, London, UK

Session 1: Lung Cancer screening and diagnosis
Moderators: S. Blackmon & HK Kim

8:25 – 8:35

From back of the envelope to standard of care: the road to lung cancer screening
David Yankelevitz, New York, USA

8:35 – 8:45

AI and Technology Developments for lung cancer screening
Luis Miguel Seijo, Madrid, Spain

8:45 – 8:55

Interventional approaches to tissue diagnosis
Fabien Maldonado, Nashville, USA

8:55 – 9:05

Hands off approach to tissue diagnosis: hype of reality?
Anatole Cessot, Paris, France

9:05 – 9:15

Do I need a tissue diagnosis before surgery in early NSCLC?
Robert Cerfolio, New York, USA

9:15 – 9:25

Panel Discussion

Session 2: What news on sublobar resections?
Moderators: K. Lau & H. Oizumi

9:25 – 9:35

Sublobar resection in Asia – The latest innovations
Hyun Koo Kim, Seoul, South Korea

9:35 – 9:45

Sublobar resection in Europe – The latest innovations
Pascal Thomas, Marseille, France

9:45 – 9:55

Sublobar resection in America – The latest innovations
Shanda Blackmon, Houston, USA

9:55 – 10:05

Panel Discussion

10:05 – 10:35

BREAK

Session 3: What news in bronchoscopic ablation?
Moderators: A. Seguin-Givelet & F. Maldonado

10:35 – 10:40

Progress on bronchoscopic ablation from Europe
Kelvin Lau, London, UK

With the support of

10:40 – 10:45

Progress on bronchoscopic ablation from America
Michael Pritchett, Pinehurst, USA

With the support of

10:45 – 10:50

Progress on bronchoscopic ablation from Asia
Calvin SZE Hang Ng, Hong Kong

10:50 – 11:05

Panel discussion: What is the future

Session 4: How to do it? Understanding and determining margins?
(Planification, frozen sections, analyses)
Moderators: M. Pritchett and C. Ng

11:05 – 11:20

Planification for sublobar resection: what do clinicians need from engineers?
Stephen Cassivi, Rochester, USA

11:20 – 11:35

Comparative effectiveness studies in bronchoscopy
Fabien Maldonado, Nashville, USA

11:35 – 11:50

Ablative energy source: How to choose?
Erik Folch, Boston, USA

11:50 – 12:20

Segmentectomy with 3D reconstruction
Rene Petersen, Denmark
Industry Session

12:20 – 14:00

LUNCH

14:00 – 14:30

Enhancing Precision in Pulmonary Resections with ICG
Juan Carlos Trujillo-Reyes, Barcelona, Spain
Industry Session

Session 5: Clinical cases
Moderators: Hyun Koo Kim, Seoul, SoutH Korea, Pallav Shah, London, UK & Alexander Spiers, Exeter, UK

14:30 – 15:00

Clinical cases on MDT (3 cases with voting system + 1 back-up)

Session 6: How to start a program: What I need as an operator
Moderators: T. Routledge & I. Bouabdallah Pallah Shah

15:00 – 15:15

Why I want a robot?
For segmentectomy:
Marion Durand, Paris, France
For Ablation
Kelvin Lau, London, UK
Do I need a robot for each procedure? Surgical skills and technology is the key
Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Paris, France

15:15 – 15:20

Discussion

15:20 – 15:45

BREAK

Session 7: How to train these techniques?
Moderators: JM Baste, F. Maldonado & S. Cassivi

15:45 – 16:00

How to train VATS/RATS segmentectomy
Tom Routledge, London, UK

16:00 – 16:15

How to train peripheral bronchoscopie?
Janani Reisenauer, Rochester, USA

16:15 – 16:30

Values for formation – The Trainer perspective
The Trainer’s perspective:
Robert Cerfolio, New York, USA
The Trainee’s perspective:
Dorian Rojas, Rennes, France

Session 8: Focus on GGO
Moderators: P. Thomas & D. Yankelevitz

16:30 – 16:50

Pure ground glass lesions
For sublobar resection: indications
René Petersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
For ablation (bilateral…)
Calvin SZE Hang Ng, Hong Kong

16:50 – 17:00

Lymphadenectomy for pure GGO: Yes or No
Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Paris, France

17:00 – 17:10

Discussion

17:15

End of Day 1

Day 2: Friday, January 10th, 2025

Session 9: Challenging situations for SLR
Moderators: S. Cassivi & R. Petersen

8:30 – 8:45

Pleural invasion or central location for segmentectomies: do I care?
Shanda Blackmon, Houston, USA

8:45 – 9:00

Margins for sublobar
Karel Pfeuty, Saint-Brieuc, France

9:00 – 9:10

Lymph node dissection during sublobar resections (except pure GGO)
Carlos Galvez, Alicante, Spain

9:10 – 9:20

Technique: Complex segmentectomies tips and tricks
Ilies Bouabdallah, Marseille, France

Session 10: Challenging situations for ablation
Moderators: E. Folch & P. Shah

9:20 – 9:35

Subpleural location or central location for ablation: do I care?
Kelvin Lau, London, UK

9:35 – 9:45

Ablation for multiples lesions
Calvin SZE Hang Ng, Hong Kong

9:45 – 9:55

Ablation for large lesions
Michael Pritchett, Pinehurst, USA

09:55 – 10:25

BREAK

Session 11: Nightmare after sublobar resections and ablation: Sharing experience
Moderators: R. Cerfolio and K. Pfeuty

10:25 – 10:35

One of my worst complication after ablation
Kelvin Lau, London, UK

10:35 – 10:45

One of my worst complications after segmentectomies
Jean-Marc Baste, Rouen, France

10:45 – 11:00

Complications after segmentectomies: how to manage them?
Marion Durand, Paris, France

11:00 – 11:15

Complications after ablation: how to manage them?
Alexander Spiers, Exeter, UK

11:15 – 11:25

Discussion

Session 12: Technical session – Part 1 (video session)
Moderators : G. Boddaert & M. Pritchett

11:25 – 11:30

Nodule labelling: new technique ICG soaked coils
Hasnain Bawaadam, Chicago, USA

11:30 – 11:40

Robotic bronchoscopy how to do it?
Janani Reisenauer, Rochester, USA

11:40 – 11:50

Bronchoscopic ablation: how to do it?
Pallav Shah, London, UK

11:50 – 12:00

Complex segmentectomies of the upper lobe: my tips and tricks?
Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Paris, France

12:00 – 12:10

Complex segmentectomies of the upper lobe: my tips and tricks?
Hiroyuki Oizumi, Tokyo, Japan

12:10 – 12:40

Symposium Vergent Bioscience
Optimizing Sublobar Resection: Clinical Impact of Intraoperative Molecular
Imaging with VGT-309
Gavin M. Wright, Melbourne, Australia
Industry Session

12:40 – 14:00

LUNCH

Session 12: Technical session – Part 2 (video session)
Moderators : H. Bawaadam & M. Durand

14:00 – 14:15

Robotic Segmentectomy (S1): steps by steps
Guillaume Boddaert, Paris, France

14:15 – 14:30

Debate – deep and superficial ISP management
Vein First: Hiroyuki Oizumi, Tokyo, Japan
Vein Last: Ilies Bouabdallah, Marseille, France

14:30 – 14:45

Fused fissure: tunel technique
Karel Pfeuty, Saint-Brieuc, France

14:45 – 15:00

Discussion

Session 13: Assessment during & after the procedure
Moderators : C. Galvez & A. Spiers

15:00 – 15:10

Assessing ablation margins during ablation
Kelvin Lau, London, UK

15:10 – 15:25

Granuloma or recurrences how to manage after sublobar resection?
Hyun Koo Kim, Seoul, South Korea

15:25 – 15:40

Interpretation of post ablation images and management of recurrence
Alexander Spiers, Exeter, UK

15:40 – 15:50

Panel discussion

15:50 – 16:20

BREAK

Session 14: Future and perspectives
Moderators : S. Blackmon and K. Lau

16:20 – 16:30

Navigation and tumor injections to potentialize SBRT
Erik Folch, Boston, USA

16:30 – 16:40

Oncologist perspectives on the rise of sublobar resections and ablation
Nathaniel Scher, Paris, France

16:40 – 16:50

Future of sublobar resection and ablation?
Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Paris, France

16:50 – 17:00

Panel discussion Immunotherapy

17:00 – 17:10

Conclusion: Take home message
Agathe Seguin-Givelet, Paris, France, Kelvin Lau, London, UK

17:10

End of conference