08:00 - 9.40
Auditorium

Colorectal Focus

Chairs: Cat Boerboom (Nottingham) & Jim Khan (Portsmouth)

• Colonic volvulus. Nick Heywood (Blackburn)

• Pilonidal sinus. Steve Brown (Sheffield)
• Presacral lesions. Will Perry (USA)
• Acute lower GI bleeding.  Debby Keller (USA)

08:00-09:40
Hall 2A
Parallel Session

NBOCA Quality Improvement Workshop:
The Close It Quick Ileostomy Closure Quality Improvement collaborative & future priorities for reducing variation in oncological care

Chairs: Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge), Mike Braun (Manchester)

• What is the data on unwarranted variation in ileostomy closure after anterior resection?  Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• The Close It Quick QI collaborative and why it matters? Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• The Patient Perspective Robin Johnston (NBOCA PPI)

Panel discussion – Initial experience of hospitals participating in Close It Quick

• Setting the Vision for future QI collaboratives: Tackling variation in receipt of chemotherapy and severe toxicity for patients with Stage III colon cancer Mike Braun (Manchester), Catherine Hanna (Belfast)
• Future directions for QI in medical oncology Mike Braun (Manchester), Catherine Hanna (Belfast)

Panel Discussion

• Additional panellists:  Chris Cunningham (Oxford),Sheena MacSween (RCS England)
• Julie Cornish (Cardiff), Pawan Dhruva Rao (Carmarthen), Zobia Gundkalli (Norwich)

EndoVillage 

Ethicon IBD Workshop

Chairs: Celanteno / Orestis, faculty TBC

Coffee break

BJS Prize Session

Chairs: Julie Cornish (Cardiff) and and Jim Tiernan (Leeds)

• Presentations x 6

EDI Session

Chairs:  Kirsten Boyle (Leicester) & Nicola Eardley (Chester)

• Caring responsibilities - Danielle Brodgen (Tunbridge Wells) & Duaa Gumaa (Dartford)
• Patient perspectives on communication & consent - Hali Joli (PLG)

09.30

10.10-11.10
Parallel Session
Hall 2 B

ACPN Session

ACPN Networking Session

AI and Technology
Chairs: Cheryl Hides (ACPN Chair, Sheffield) and Liz Coni (ACPN Deputy Chair, Sussex) 

• The AI-Assisted Nurse: Practical Applications for Colorectal Care - James Kinross (London)

• AI in Practice: The opportunities, the weaknesses and the importance of AI Governance to demonstrate compliance - Peter Wright (Digital Law UK)

• Nurse perspective on AI (Speak TBC)

• 10 mins: Abstract 1 

• 10 mins : Abstract 2

Short papers 1

Welcome Address

Athur Harikrishnan (President, ACPGBI)

11:30 - 12:00
Auditorium

BJS Lecture

Chair: Debbie McNamara (Dublin)

• Foxtrot through the Decades - Dion Morton. (Birmingham UK)

13:00 - 14:00
Auditorium
 

Abdominal Wall Parastomal Hernia Management in 2026— Prevention, Repairs and Developments

Chairs: Adele Sayers (Sheffield) and Jonathan Evans (Nottingham)

• Parastomal hernias - an expected complication? Anna Sayers (Glasgow)

• Life with a stoma: do we need to be so negative? Suzanne Dore (Patient)

• Patient, pink and proud: What makes a good stoma? Lisa Massey (Nottingham)

• Can parastomal hernias be prevented? Elisa Makarainen (Finland)

13:00 - 14:00
Parallel Session
Hall 2A

Crossing Lines: Severe Endometriosis and the Colorectal Surgeon

Chairs: Ian Jenkins (London), Taner Shakir (London)

Severe endometriosis: Lessons from BSGE accredited centres. Arvind Vashisht (BSGE Immediate past president)

From scan to strategy: MDT planning in deep endometriosis. David Burling ( London), Shaun McGowan (Belfast)

Decision making: shave, disc or resection: How do we choose? Tim Rockall (Guilford), Andrew Kent (Guilford)

Why we need collaboration (Ian Jenkins)

Panel discussion with Fevzi Shakir (BSGE Council) & Carla Cressey OBE (Patient) & Rebecca Mallick (BSGE President)

13:15 - 14:15
Parallel Session
Meeting Room 1B

Short papers 2

14:00 - 14:30
Auditorium
 

Dukes' Club Lecture

Chair: Ioanna Drami -  (Dukes' Club President)

• Advanced rectal cancer: George Chang (USA)

14:00- 14:30
 

Coffee Break

Bowel Research UK Lecture

Chairs: Asha Senapati (representing BRUK) / Jim Tiernan (Leeds)

• Diverticular disease - state of the art - Dale Vimalachandran -  (Chester)

15:30 - 17:00
Auditorium

Organ Preservation in Early Rectal Cancer -
will recent trials change the practice of your MDT?

Chair: Chris Cunningham (Oxford), Dibyendu Bandyopadhyay (York)

• STAR TREC - Who is the ideal candidate for radiotherapy as primary treatment and when should we be cautious - Simon Bach (Birmingham)
• OPERA - What does contact brachytherapy add to external beam and is it for everyone? - Arthur Sun Myint (Wirral)
• TESAR - What is the value of local excision upfront? - Jurriaan Tuynman (Amsterdam)
• MDT clinical cases - Gina Brown (London), Catherine Hanna (Belfast) Maurice Loughrey (Belfast) 

Early Years Consultant Network

Chair:  Sree Mallappa (EYCN Chair)

• From fellowship to consultant practice: translating training into service delivery -Oroog Ali (Gateshead)
• Start well, stay well - wellbeing in the early years - Calum Arthur (Edinburgh)
• Setting up consultant practice and thriving in the early years – Perspectives from within and outside the UK
  
  Panel Discussion
• Ian Jenkins (London)
• Debby Keller (USA)
• Nuha Yassin (Birmingham)
• Jim Khan (Portsmouth)
• Gabrielle van Ramshorst (Belgium)

This session will be followed by drinks/canapes

Short papers 3

 15:45 - 18:00
Parallel Session
Meeting Room 2A

Short papers 4

Drinks Reception

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