10:00 - 12:00h Morning session Chair(s): Chris Cunningham (Oxford, UK) & David Jayne (Leeds, UK)

10:00 - 10:30h Surgical roadmap and prognostic value of high-resolution MRI staging for rectal cancer Gina Brown

10:30 - 11:00h Investigations and natural history of diverticular disease: when not to treat Ronan O'Connell

11:00 - 11:30h Tailored surgical management of acute diverticulitis Desmond C. Winter

11:30 - 12:00h Emergency laparoscopic colorectal resections Willem Bemelman

12:15 - 13:10h at Lecture Hall Lunch Symposium - MSD

13:30 - 15:30h Afternoon session (part 1 of 2) Chair(s): Søren Laurberg (Aarhus, DK) & P. Ronan O'Connell (Dublin, IE)

13:30 - 14:00h Laparoscopic lavage: moving beyond resection Jaap Bonjer

14:00 - 14:30h Preferred approach for Hartmann’s reversal Chris Cunningham

14:30 - 15:00h NOTES in colorectal surgery Antonio Lacy

15:00 - 15:30h Prediction and detection of anastomotic leaks in colorectal surgery David Jayne

15:30 - 16:15h Coffee break

16:15 - 17:45h Afternoon session (part 2 of 2) Chair(s): Michel Adamina (Winterthur, CH) & Antonio Lacy (Barcelona, ES)

16:15 - 16:45h Quality of life and anorectal function after resection for diverticular disease Søren Laurberg

16:45 - 17:15h Reconstruction of continence: beyond anal sphincter repair Bruno Roche

17:15 - 17:45h IBD in 2014: perspectives and wisdom for the general surgeon Neil Mortensen

8:00 - 9:00h at Lecture Hall Breakfast Symposium - Intuitive Surgical

9:00 - 12:00h Morning session Chair(s): Werner Hohenberger (Erlangen, DE) & Timothy A. Rockall (Surrey, UK )

9:00 - 12:00h Live Surgery Markus Büchler, Beat Müller

12:15 - 13:15h at Lecture Hall Lunch Symposium - Covidien

13:30 - 15:30h Afternoon session (part 1 of 2) Chair(s): Brendan Moran (Basingstoke, UK) & Béla Teleky (Vienna, AT)

13:30 - 14:00h Advanced endoscopic resections for premalignant and malignant lesions Brian P. Saunders

14:00 - 14:30h The best of both worlds: combined laparoendoscopic resections Robin Kennedy

14:30 - 15:00h Transanal approaches to low rectal tumors: transanal, TEM, TAMIS, TEO Mark H. Whiteford

15:00 - 15:30h Enhanced recovery pathways: moving to single-day colectomy? Timothy A. Rockall

15:30 - 16:15h Coffee break

16:15 - 18:15h Afternoon session (part 2 of 2) Chair(s): Robin Kennedy (London, UK) & Mark H. Whiteford (Portland, USA)

16:15 - 16:45h Medical oncology for colorectal cancer: highlights Richard Herrmann

16:45 - 17:15h Quality of life measures in islamic rectal carcinoma patients receiving counseling Ayhan M. Kuzu

17:15 - 17:45h Indications and results of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraoperative chemotherapy Brendan Moran

17:45 - 18:15h Proactive management of patients at high risk for peritoneal metastases Paul H. Sugarbaker

8:00 - 9:00h at Lecture Hall Breakfast Symposium - Karl Storz

9:00 - 10:30h Morning session (part 1 of 2) Chair(s): Neil Mortensen (Oxford, UK) & Cornelis J. H. van de Velde (Leiden, NL)

9:00 - 9:30h Metastatic colorectal cancer – does palliative surgery harm or help Iain Anderson

9:30 - 10:00h Surgical resection of recurrent colonic cancer Peter Sagar

10:00 - 10:30h Eurecca: auditing colorectal cancer care in Europe Philip Quirke

11:30 - 12:30h Morning session (part 2 of 2) Chair(s): Lars Påhlman (Uppsala, SE) & Ziv Yehiel (Tel Aviv, IL)

11:30 - 12:00h Benefits and limits of stenting for obstructing colonic cancer Roel Hompes

12:00 - 12:30h Update on image guided surgery for colorectal cancer Cornelis J.H. van de Velde

12:45 - 13:45h at Lecture Hall Lunch Symposium - Ethicon

14:00 - 15:00h Afternoon session (part 1 of 2) Chair(s): André D'Hoore (Leuven, BE) & Danilo Miskovic (Leeds, UK)

14:00 - 14:30h Clinical analytic systems to improve outcomes and efficiency in colorectal surgery Conor Delaney

14:30 - 15:00h Using simulation to improve OR performance Teodor Grantcharov

15:45 - 17:45h Afternoon session (part 2 of 2) Chair(s): Conor P. Delaney (Cleveland, USA) & Peter Sagar (Leeds, UK)

15:45 - 16:15h Raising up a nation to laparoscopic surgery as a standard of care: the UK experience Danilo Miskovic

16:15 - 16:45h Right hemicolectomy by 3D laparoscopy Jianping Gong

16:45 - 17:15h Robotic total mesorectal excision: clinical experience and scientific evidence Herand Abcarian

17:15 - 17:45h Resection margin in low rectal cancer after radiotherapy – How much is enough? Lars Påhlman

20:00 - 23:00h at Hofbräuhaus (Munich) Festive Evening

9:00 - 11:00h Morning session Chair(s): Richard J. Heald (Basingstoke, UK) & Paris Tekkis (London, UK)

9:00 - 9:30h Staple line reinforcement: hope or hype Anthony J. Senagore

9:30 - 10:00h Laparoscopic natural site extraction colectomy: indications, morbidity and functional results André d'Hoore

10:00 - 10:30h Transanal open and laparoscopic total mesorectal excision: oncological and functional results Cristiano Huscher

10:30 - 11:00h Local control and survival after extralevator abdominoperineal excision Torbjörn Holm

11:00 - 12:00h at Lecture Hall Coffee Break Symposium - Olympus

12:00 - 13:00h Afternoon session Chair(s): Herand Abcarian (Chicago, USA) & Lars Påhlman (Uppsala)

12:00 - 12:30h Pelvic exenteration: technique and limits Paris Tekkis

12:30 - 13:00h The impact of 'complete response' thinking on future practice in rectal cancer Richard J. Heald

13:00 - 13:30h Scientific Summary of the Congress and Poster Award Ceremony Michel Adamina

13:30 - 14:00h Closing words and Bavarian Farewell

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