Programme 2024
Symposium
Sponsored Meetings
Coffee & Registration 08:00 - 08:30
Main Hall & Marquee
Main Hall & Marquee
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Welcome Address
Conference Co-Chair:
Professor The Lord Darzi of Denham  |
Professor Darzi holds the Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery at Imperial College London, the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research. He is Director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College London and Chair of Imperial College Health Partners. He is an Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Imperial College Hospital NHS Trust. His research is directed towards achieving best surgical practice through innovation in surgery, enhancing patient safety and the quality of healthcare. |
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Keynote Talk
Professor Noriko Suzuki:
Honorary Consultant Endoscopist, St Mark's The National Bowel Hospital
Chair: Professor The Lord Darzi of Denham
| Dr Noriko Suzuki has been a member of the staff at St Marks since 1998 and an honorary consultant specialist endoscopist since 2004. Dr Suzuki trained in medicine at Osaka City University and completed specialist training in Japan. Her specialist interests include the prevention, diagnosis and endoscopic management of early colorectal cancer. She has a particular interest in complex therapeutic endoscopy such as endoscopic submucosal dissection. |  |
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 1: Imaging & Navigation
Session Chairs: TBC
| 09:30 | Chi Xu, Alfie Roddan, Haozheng Xu and Stamatia Giannarou | Microscopic Vision-guided Robotic Tissue Scanning |
| 09:42 | Marzie Lafouti, Liane Feldman and Amir Hooshiar | MedSAM-Flow: A Deep Fusion Methodology for Robust Realtime Tracking of Objects in Laparoscopic Videos |
| 09:54 | Zhaoyang Jacopo Hu, Sion Kim, Etienne Burdet and Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena | Gesture Recognition for Shared Control in Robotic Suturing with LSTM Networks and Transformers |
| 10:06 | Yaxi Wang, Vivek Muthurangu and Helge Wurdemann | Learning Based Sim-to-Real Autonomous 3D Navigation for Robot-Operated Right Heart Catheterization |
| 10:18 | Howie Choset, Ananya Bal, Magdalena Wysocki, Mohammad Farid Azampour, Nassir Navab and John Galeotti | Adapting Ultra-NeRF for Practical Application: 3D Reconstruction of Live Tissue from Porcine Subjects |
Coffee Break 10:30 - 11:00
Hall & Marquee
Hall & Marquee
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 2: Soft Robotics
Session Chairs: TBC
| 11:00 | Chen Liu and Ketao Zhang | Design of Stacked PVC Gel Actuators-based Active Absorber for Finger Tremor Suppression |
| 11:12 | Jacob Rogatinsky, Dominic Recco, Edward O'Leary, Douglas Mah, David Hoganson and Tommaso Ranzani | A Soft Robot Guides Pacemaker Lead Placement |
| 11:24 | Joshua Davy, Nikita Greenidge, Sukjun Kim, James H. Chandler, Tania Morimoto and Pietro Valdsatri | Minaturized Magnetic Vine Robots for Deep Endoluminal Navigation |
| 11:36 | Przybylski Flavie, Yinoussa Adagolodjo, Jeremie Dequidt, Christian Duriez and Pierre Berthet-Rayne | Enhancing TAVI Robot Flexibility Using Semi-Extensible Materials |
| 11:48 | Flora Leung, Korn Borvorntanajanya, Kaiwen Chen, Enrico Franco, Ferdinando Rodriguez Y Baena, Philip Chiu and Yeung Yam | Tip Force Estimation of a Hybrid Manipulator for Lower GI Interventions |
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 3: Robotic Endoscopy
Session Chairs: TBC
| 12:00 | Giuliano A. Giacoppo, Johannes Ohmann, Ali Youssef, Charlotta M. Reetz, Leonhard Heinrich and Peter P. Pott | High Dexterity Single Use Flexible Endoscopic Robot |
| 12:12 | Bella Boyd, Kaan Esendag, Shuhei Miyashita and Dana Damian | Development of a Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer System for Controlling Electronic Motors within Capsule Endoscopes |
| 12:24 | Nikita Greenidge, Alessandro Catania, Michele Bertozzi, Benjamin Calme, James Martin, Giuseppe Iannaccone and Pietro Valdastri | Enhancing Capsule Endoscopy with Robotic Magnetic Manipulation and Wireless Power Transfer |
| 12:36 | Yupeng Wang, Zheyuan Bi, Mike Thomson and Lin Cao | A Through-the-scope Robotic Arm with an Hand-writing-Mimicking Control Interface for Endo-Robotics |
| 12:48 | Max McCandless, Silvan Otto and Pierre Dupont | Steerable Balloon Endoscopes for Transcatheter Intracardiac Procedures |
Lunch & Exhibition 13:00 - 14:00
Hall, Marquee & Exhibition Centre
Hall, Marquee & Exhibition Centre
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Poster Teasers Session 1
Session Chairs: TBC
Coffee Break 15:45 - 16:15
Marquee & Hall
Marquee & Hall
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Keynote Talk
Dr Sylvain Gioux:
Director of Imaging Research Intuitive
Chair: Professor Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena
| Dr Sylvain Gioux is the Director of Imaging Research at Intuitive Surgical in the research and development department located in the EU headquarter (Aubonne, Switzerland). Specifically, the R&D department in Aubonne is focused on the design & translation of novel imaging & vision solutions and the evaluation of their potential in future products. He is also responsible for managing technical research collaborations in Europe with a focus on optics & imaging and interfacing with the European innovation ecosystem. |  |
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 4: Smart Devices & Systems
Session Chairs: TBC
Location: Hall & Exhibition Centre
Drinks Reception
All delegates and speakers are invited to join us for a drinks reception. Drinks and canapés are served in the Hall and Exhibition area.
Symposium
Sponsored Meetings
Registration & Coffee 08:00 - 08:30
Marquee & Hall
Marquee & Hall
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 5: Continuum & Fibre Robotics
Session Chairs: TBC
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Keynote Talk
Dr Kee Park:
Director of Policy & Advocacy, Harvard Medical School
Chair: Professor Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena
| Dr Kee Park is a consultant for the World Health Organization and serves on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Surgical Care and Anesthesia. In this capacity, he advocates for and assists in the development of national surgical plans by the Member States. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, a member of the Advisory Committee for the Foundation of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, member of the National Committee on North Korea, and member of Council of Korean Americans. |  |
Coffee Break 10:15 - 10:45
Marquee & Hall
Marquee & Hall
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 6: Needles & Catheters
Session Chairs: TBC
Lunch & Exhibition 12:45 - 13:45
Hall, Marquee and Exhibition Centre
Hall, Marquee and Exhibition Centre
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Poster Teaser Presentations: Session 2
Session Chairs: TBC
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Global Surgery Forum
Coffee Break 15:30 - 16:00
Hall, Marquee and Exhibition Centre
Hall, Marquee and Exhibition Centre
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Session 7: Sensing Technologies
Session Chairs: TBC
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre
Keynote Talk
Professor Metin Sitti:
Chair: Professor Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena | Prof. Metin Sitti is the President of Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey since fall 2023. Beforehand, he was the director of the Physical Intelligence Department at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany (2014-2023), professor at ETH Zurich in Switzerland (2020-2024), honorary professor at University of Stuttgart, Germany since 2017, tenured professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA (2002-2014), and a research scientist at UC Berkeley, USA (1999-2002). |  |
Location: Ondaateje Lecture Theatre