RACS ASC 2025

10:00 am - 10:30 am - 03 May 2025

MORNING TEA - SATURDAY

Catering - *Cross Discipline* - Hall 5

10:30 am - 12:00 pm - 03 May 2025

OPENING PLENARY SESSION - FROM ACE TO SPACE OF SURGICAL INNOVATION

Plenary Session - *Cross Discipline* - Darling Harbour Theatre

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm - 03 May 2025

THE PRESIDENT'S LECTURE - PROFESSOR ROWAN PARKS (EDINBURGH, UK)

Plenary Session - *Cross Discipline* - Darling Harbour Theatre

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - 03 May 2025

LUNCH - SATURDAY

Catering - *Cross Discipline* - Hall 5

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm - 03 May 2025

JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDTECH LUNCH SESSION: INNOVATION IN JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDTECH TECHNOLOGY OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS AND WHAT’S NEXT

Scientific Session - *Cross Discipline* - Meeting Room C4.10 - Meeting Room C4.9

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

ADVANCES IN AUSTRALASIAN UROLOGY

Scientific Session - Urology Surgery - Meeting Room C3.5 - Meeting Room C3.4

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT THROUGH ANZELA/NELA?

Scientific Session - General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Rural Surgery - Meeting Room C4.5

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

EVOLVING TREATMENT PARADIGMS IN THYROID SURGERY

Scientific Session - Endocrine Surgery - Meeting Room C4.11

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 03 May 2025

KEYNOTE LECTURE - DR ANDREAS KARAKATSANIS (UPPSALA, SWEDEN)

Keynote Lecture - Breast Surgery - Meeting Room C4.10 - Meeting Room C4.9

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 03 May 2025

KEYNOTE LECTURE - DR SHANNON THOMAS (SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA)

Keynote Lecture - Vascular Surgery - Meeting Room C3.6

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 03 May 2025

KEYNOTE LECTURE - DR STEVEN WEXNER (WESTON, USA)

Keynote Lecture - Colorectal Surgery - Meeting Room C4.8

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 03 May 2025

KEYNOTE LECTURE - PROFESSOR LORENZO FERRI (MONTREAL, CANADA)

Keynote Lecture - Upper GI Surgery - Meeting Room C4.7 - Meeting Room C4.6

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

NUTRITION

Scientific Session - Bariatric Surgery - Meeting Room C3.3

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

ROBOTIC HPB SURGERY IN 2025 AND BEYOND

Scientific Session - HPB Surgery - Meeting Room C4.4

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 03 May 2025

THE HERBERT MORAN LECTURE - PROFESSOR JOHN COLLINS (AUCKLAND, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND)

Named Lecture - Surgical History, Surgical Education, Women in Surgery - Meeting Room C4.1

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - 03 May 2025

THE JAMES PRYOR MEMORIAL LECTURE

Named Lecture - Medico-Legal - Meeting Room C4.3

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

COLORECTAL CANCER

Scientific Session - Colorectal Surgery - Meeting Room C4.8

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

INNOVATION IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION

Scientific Session - Breast Surgery - Meeting Room C4.10 - Meeting Room C4.9

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

LIVING WITH PAIN AND ITS MANAGEMENT

Scientific Session - Pain Medicine & Surgery - Meeting Room C4.3

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF AMPUTATION PREVENTION

Scientific Session - Vascular Surgery - Meeting Room C3.6

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

TRACING OUR ROOTS, THE HERITAGE AND LEGACY OF OUR COLLEGE

Scientific Session - Surgical History - Meeting Room C4.1

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm - 03 May 2025

UPPER GI ORPHANS & EMERGENCIES

Scientific Session - Upper GI Surgery - Meeting Room C4.7 - Meeting Room C4.6

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm - 03 May 2025