Program

January 15, 2027 Friday
08:00 – 08:15 Opening Remarks
  John Denstedt, Burak Turna, Levent Sağnak, Bora Özveren
08:15 – 09:15 Session – 1 Precision Stone Surgery: Energy, Suction and Treatment Selection
  Chairs: John Denstedt
08:15 – 08:25 Beyond Breaking Stones: The Evolution of Laser Technologies
08:25 – 08:35 Laser Optimization from Laser Type to Stone Composition and Location
08:35 – 08:45 Wave Lithotripsy: Coming Full Circle?
08:45 – 08:55 Aspiration Systems in PNL: Redefining Modern Endourology
08:55 – 09:05 Stone Size or Stone Volume: Which One is Better Decision – Maker? / Tzevat Tefik
09:05 – 09:15 Discussion
09:15 – 09:40 Debate Session – Smart RIRS: Should We Measure Pressure and Temperature Routinely?
  Chairs: İlteriş Tekin, Azimjon Tursunqulov
Intrarenal Pressure and Temperature: From Monitoring to Automated Control
YES — Measure, Control and Automate / Wissam Kamal
NO — Technology Supports, but Clinical Judgement Decides / Otas Durutovic
Rebuttal, Vote and Discussion
09:40 – 10:05 Debate Session – What is the New Standard for Flexible Scopes Size?
  Chairs: İlteriş Tekin, Azimjon Tursunqulov
Flexible Scopes <7.5 Fr / Piotr Bryniarski
Flexible Scopes ≥ 7.5 Fr / Murat Gülşen
Rebuttal, Vote and Discussion
10:05 – 10:30 Debate Session – Where Should the Suction Be Applied in RIRS?
  Chairs: Sinan Zeren
DISS: Suction at the Scope
FANS: Suction Through the Sheath / Arman Tsaturyan
Rebuttal, Vote and Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:25 Debate Session – 20–30 mm Renal Stones: Is the Paradigm Shifting?
  Chairs: Bora Özveren, Iliya Saltirov
Yes – Technology Is Expanding the Limits of RIRS / Tarık Emre Şener
No – PNL Continues to Set the Benchmark
Rebuttal, Vote and Discussion
11:25 – 11:50 Debate Session – Radiation-Free Ureteroscopy: Are We Ready to Go Fluoroless?
  Chairs: Bora Özveren, Iliya Saltirov
Yes – Zero Radiation, Same Safety in Experienced Hands
No – No Need to Take Unnecessary Risk / Volkan Ülker
Rebuttal, Vote and Discussion
11:50 – 12:30 Session – 2 Beyond Stone Free: Managing Residuals, Complications and Recurrence
  Chairs: Bülent Erkurt
11:50 – 12:00 From Stone-Free to Recurrence-Free: Metabolic Evaluation & Prevention
12:00 – 12:10 New Definition of Residual Fragments: Treat or Not to Treat? / Nebil Akdoğan
12:10 – 12:20 Preventing Sepsis and Managing Nightmare Complications in Stone Disease / Saeed Bin Hamri
12:20 – 12:30 Discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:15 Session – 3 Round Table – Contemporary Surgical Management of BPO — Which Technique for Which Patient?
  Chairs: Barbaros Başeskioğlu
13:30 – 13:37 Endoscopic Laser Enucleation in 2027: The Reference Ablative Treatment? / Cenk Acar
13:37 – 13:44 Bipolar Anatomical Enucleation: Cost-Effective Alternative or Underused Technique? / Mohamed Omar
13:44 – 13:51 Aquablation: Precision, Automation and Ejaculatory Preservation / Albert El Hajj
13:51 – 13:58 The Role of Robotic Simple Prostatectomy in the Era of Endoscopic Enucleation? / Rahim Horuz
13:58 – 14:05 TURP in 2027: Historical Gold Standard or Still a Daily Workhorse?
14:05 – 14:15 Discussion
14:15 – 15:15 Session – 4  AEEP: Technique, Safety and Functional Outcomes
  Chairs: Marek Zawadzki
14:15 – 14:25 En-bloc Enucleation
14:25 – 14:35 Enucleation with incisional techniques / Yılören Tanıdır
14:35 – 14:45 Morcellation in AEEP: Devices, Safety and Rescue Strategies / E. Denizhan Demirkıran
14:45 – 14:55 Preventing and Managing Incontinence, Stricture and Dysuria after AEEP / Christopher Netsch
14:55 – 15:05 Sexual Outcomes after Enucleation: Counselling, Prevention and Management / Serkan Özcan
15:05 – 15:15 Discussion
15:15 – 16:10 Session – 5 – Modern MIST for BPO — Ejaculation-Preserving, or Overpromised?
  Chairs: Christopher Netsch, Fatih Kurtuluş
15:15 – 15:22 iTind: Temporary Implant, Lasting Effect?
15:22 – 15:29 UroLift: Mechanical Opening Without Ablation / Petros Tsafrakidis
15:29 – 15:36 Rezum: Thermal Ablation with Minimal Invasiveness / Serkan Altınova
15:36 – 15:43 Transperineal Prostate Laser Ablation: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives
15:43 – 15:53 Drug-Coated Balloons and Intraprostatic Injections: Ready for Practice?
15:53 – 16:00 Durability after MIST: Retreatment, Failure and Patient Counselling
16:00 – 16:10 Discussion
16:10 – 16:40 Coffee Break
16:40 – 17:30 Session – 6 TURBT Excellence: Resection Quality, Imaging and Oncological Safety
  Chairs: ÖmerDemir, Mustafa Sofikerim
16:40 – 16:50 Perfect TURBT: How to Achieve Complete, Safe and Staging-Accurate Resection / Altug Tuncel
16:50 – 17:00 En-bloc Resection: Patient Selection, Technique and Pathology / Mahmoud Laymon
17:00 – 17:10 Bipolar vs Laser ERBT: Does the Energy Source Matter? / Volkan Şen
17:10 – 17:20 Enhanced Imaging and AI-Assisted Detection: Do We See What We Miss? / İsmail Önder Yılmaz
17:20 – 17:30 Discussion
17:30 – 18:10 Session – 7 Endoscopic Management of UTUC: Patient Selection, Technique and Follow up
  Chairs: Deniz Bolat, Haluk Akpinar
17:30 – 17:40 Who Is the Right Patient for Kidney-Sparing UTUC Treatment? / Sümer Baltacı
17:40 – 17:50 Pushing the limits of Endoscopic Management of UTUC / M. İlker Gökçe
17:50 – 18:00 How to follow up after endoscopic management of UTUC / Kristian Krpina
18:00 – 18:10 Discussion
January 16, 2027 Saturday
08:30 – 08:50 OPENING PLENARY: Future of Laparoscopic & Robotic Urology
  Chairs: Giuseppe Simone, Burak Turna
08:30 – 08:40 The Future of Minimally Invasive Urology / Jihad Kaouk
08:40 – 08:50 Endourology and Robotic Surgery from Türkiye to the World: Current Achievements and Future Perspectives / Ali Rıza Kural
08:50 – 09:40 Session – 1 Robotic Surgery – Current Standards & Future
  Chairs: Levent Sağnak
08:50 – 09:00 Robotic Radical Prostatectomy in 2027: What Has Really Changed? / Jihad Kaouk
09:00 – 09:10 Retzius-Sparing versus Standard RARP: Anatomy, Selection and Trade-offs / Levent Türkeri
09:10 – 09:20 Functional Outcomes After Single Port Robotic Prostatectomy: Is it The Next Frontier? / Giuseppe Simone
09:20 – 09:30 Emerging New Platforms in Robotic Surgery and Competition / Burak Argun
09:30 – 09:40 Adapting and Transforming Robotic Skills to a New Platform / Ugur Boylu
09:40 – 09:50 AI, Augmented Reality and Digital Twins in Robotic Surgery: Ready for the OR? / Daniele Amparore
09:50 – 10:00 Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:40 Session – 2 Complex Robotic Kidney Surgery: Precision, Function and Rescue
  Chairs: Tarık Esen
10:30 – 10:40 Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Zero Ischemia and New Techniques
10:40 – 10:50 Complex Renal Tumors: Robotic Reconstruction Strategies ICG & New Molecular Imaging Modalities
10:50 – 11:00 Robotic Surgery for IVC Thrombus: Selection, Team and Bailout Strategy
11:00 – 11:10 Retroperitoneal Robotic Surgery: When and Why? / Murat Binbay
11:10 – 11:20 Robotic Renal Transplantation: Is it the future? / Burak Koçak
11:20 – 11:30 Retroperitoneal Robotic Nephroureterectomy: Oncological Principles and Bladder Cuff Strategy / Zhenjie Wu
11:30 – 11:40 Discussion
11:40 – 12:40 Session – 3 Laparoscopy as an Essential Skill in the Robotic Era
  Chairs: Nasser Simforoosh, Oktay Üçer
11:40 – 11:50 Is There Still a Role for Pure Laparoscopy in 2027? / Öner Şanlı
11:50 – 12:00 Conversion and Bailout in Robotics: When to Go Open or Laparoscopic?
12:00 – 12:10 Advanced Laparoscopic Skills: Tips from Expert
12:10 – 12:20 Managing Major Laparoscopic Complications: Prevention, Recognition and Rescue / Theodoros Tokas
12:20 – 12:30 Training the Next Generation: Laparoscopy vs Robotics / A. Erdem Canda
12:30 – 12:40 Discussion
12:40 – 13:40 Lunch
13:40 – 14:20 Session – 4 Robotic Pelvic Surgery & Reconstruction
  Chairs: Cemil Uygur
13:40 – 13:50 Robotic Radical Cystectomy: Patient Selection and Contemporary Evidence
13:50 – 14:00 Intracorporeal Neobladder: Technique, Complications and Functional Outcomes / Derya Balbay
14:00 – 14:10 Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction and Reimplantation
14:10 – 14:20 Discussion
14:20 – 15:20 Session – 5 Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery: Techniques That Still Matter
  Chairs: Theodoros Tokas
14:20 – 14:30 Laparoscopic Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy: Contemporary Technique and Outcomes / Hakan Vuruşkan
14:30 – 14:40 Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy in Complex Renal Masses / Selçuk Erdem
14:40 – 14:50 Laparoscopic Adrenal Surgery: Large, Functional and Locally Advanced Tumours / Cenk Murat Yazıcı
14:50 – 15:00 Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy: Maintaining Oncological Quality / Önder Kara
15:00 – 15:10 Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy / Naşide Mangır  
15:10 – 15:20 Discussion
15:20 – 15:35 Session – 6 Keynote Speaker
  Chairs: Cemil Aydın
15:20 – 15:35 Remote Surgery and Tele-Robotics / Fuad Guliyev
15:35 – 16:25 Session – 7 Masterclass – Challenging Cases (Semi-Live videos)
  Chairs: Mudhar Hasan
15:35 – 15:45 RARP after Previous Prostate Interventions
15:45 – 15:55 Multiple Renal Tumours: Planning and Reconstruction / Volkan İzol
15:55 – 16:05 Difficult RARP Cases
16:05 – 16:15 Post-Chemotherapy Robotic RPLND: Vascular Risk / Yakup Kordan
16:15 – 16:25 Challenging Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction
16:25 – 16:40 Session – 7 Keynote Speaker
  Chairs: Kaloyan Davidoff
16:25 – 16:40 The Future Surgeon: Skills Needed in 2030
16:40 – 17:10 Coffee Break
17:10 – 19:00 Session – 8 Expanding the borders of Endourological Society – Current overview of laparoscopy and robotics technologies in Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Eurasia and MENA
  Chairs: John Denstedt, Christopher Netsch, Burak Turna, A. Erdem Canda
17:10 – 17:40 Region 1: Central Europe
17:40 – 18:10 Region 2: Southeastern Europe / Balkans
18:10 – 18:40 Region 3: Eurasia / Archil Chkhotua
18:40 – 19:00 Region 4: Middle East & North Africa (MENA) / Mohamed Elshazly
19:00 Closing Remarks