22nd World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery (WCES 2026) in conjunction with 39th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES 2026)

Invited Speakers

IFSES Predident Keynote Lecture

Chair Yamaguchi Shigeki (Department of Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University)

Davide Lomanto

(Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, NUHS and National University of Singapore)

JSES-EAES Joint Session

Sustainable Endoscopic Surgery: From Vision to Action

Chair Salvador Morales-Conde (Department of Surgery, University Hospital Virgen Macarena. University of Sevilla (Spain))

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Rethinking Surgical Practice: The 10R Ladder

Nicole Dorine Bouvy

(Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center)

Innovation Meets Responsibility in Endoscopic Surgery

Alberto Arezzo

Alberto Arezzo

(Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin)

JSES-SAGES Joint Session

Transforming Culture, Strengthening Equity and Training in the Era of Rising Robotic Surgery

Chair Dana Alexa Telem (Department of Surgery, University of Michigan)

Leading Culture Change: Burnout to Belonging

Dana Alexa Telem

Dana Alexa Telem

(Department of Surgery, University of Michigan)

Jon Gould

(Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin)

Redesigning Surgical Training: Lessons Learned

Anne Pugel Ehlers

Anne Pugel Ehlers

(Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI)

JSES-ELSA Joint Session

Disaster in MIS: a video horror

Chair Davide Lomanto (Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, NUHS and National University of Singapore)

Disasters in Hernia Surgery

Sujith Wijerathne

Sujith Wijerathne

(Department of Surgery, Alexandra Hospital)

Navigating the Storm: Managing Disasters in Colorectal Surgery

Alfred Allen Enriquez Buenafe

Alfred Allen Enriquez Buenafe

(Cardinal Santos Medical Center)

JSES-KSERS Joint Session

Beyond Borders: Robotic Surgery in UGI and HBP

Chair Kyo Young SONG (Department of Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital)

Robotic Surgery for Gastric Cancer: Current Standards and Future Directions

Kyo Young SONG

Kyo Young SONG

(Department of Surgery, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul)

Robotic Liver Resection: Expanding Indications and Technical Standardization

Gi Hong CHOI

Gi Hong CHOI

(Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Colleague of Medicine, Korea)

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