Program
September 11, 2026
08:40–09:00
08:40–09:00
Registration & Coffee
08:30–08:40
08:30–08:40
Opening Remarks
Session 1 — Selection, Timing & Readiness
08:40–09:00
08:40–09:00
The Immunotherapy Era for Resectable Lung Cancer: From Tumor Response to Long-Term Control
Fabrice Barlesi, France
09:00–09:20
09:00–09:20
Prehabilitation and follow up during induction: embedding ERAS into the CT-IO timeline and focus IO severe related toxicities
Wenzhao Zhong, China
09:20–09:40
09:20–09:40
CT-IO to surgery: down-staging & extent of resection (baseline CT vs post-induction imaging: what should drive the plan?)
Herbert Decaluwe, Belgium
09:40–10:00
09:40–10:00
The Nero-R-Touch study, SBRT plus IO in neoadjuvant therapy of NSCLC
Zhigang Li, China
10:00–10:30
10:00–10:30
Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall
Session 2 — Restaging & Resection Strategy
10:30–10:50
10:30–10:50
Pathologic Response after induction IO: What Surgeons Need to Read in the Report & Role of frozen section?
Nicolas Piton, France
10:50–11:10
10:50–11:10
Mediastinal restaging after CT-IO: Is it worth it?
Bin Zheng, China
11:10–11:30
11:10–11:30
LND in the IO-CT era: radical or not? Is the robot a nice tool for LND?
Carlos Galvez, Spain
11:30–11:50
11:30–11:50
Jian You, China
11:50–12:20
11:50–12:20
Symposium
12:20–13:00
12:20–13:00
Lunch Break - Visit of exhibition hall
13:00–13:30
13:00–13:30
Symposium
Session 3 — Localisation, Approach & Tips
13:30–13:50
13:30–13:50
ION-guided localisation & dye-marking in post-IO RATS: workflow & pitfalls
Kelvin Lau, United Kingdom
13:50–14:10
13:50–14:10
Teaching Reimagined: How well anticipated pre op strategy help surgeon with difficult cases (3D planning, tele mentoring…)?
Guangsuo Wang, China
14:10–14:30
14:10–14:30
RATS post CT-IO: Necessity of an International robotic database and why the robot should be the new gold standard?
Ralph A. Schmid, Italy
14:30–14:50
14:30–14:50
Complex case after IO-CT: tips & tricks for a safe procedure (vessel control, flap in robotic surgery…)
Marion Durand, France
14:50–15:20
14:50–15:20
Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall
Session 4 — Sleeves & Extended Resections
15:20–15:40
15:20–15:40
Robotic sleeve lobectomy after CT-IO: how I do it in Europe (right side)
Ilies Bouabdallah, France
15:40–16:00
15:40–16:00
Robotic sleeve lobectomy after CT-IO: how I do it in China (left side)
Ming Li, China
16:00–16:20
16:00–16:20
Robotic double sleeve after CT-IO: how experts do it?
Wenjie Jiao, China
16:20–16:40
16:20–16:40
Surgical de-escalation after CT-IO: is adjacent organs (chest wall, vessels…) resection still necessary?
Jean-Marc Baste, France
Session 5 — Study Readout & Closing
16:40–17:10
16:40–17:10
Results of the Sino-European prospective study on robotic surgery after CT-IO
Lin Huang, China
17:10–17:20
17:10–17:20
Closing & Next Steps
17:20–18:00
17:20–18:00
Networking Refreshments
September 11, 2026
08:40–09:00
08:40–09:00
Registration & Coffee
08:30–08:40
08:30–08:40
Opening Remarks
Session 1 — Selection, Timing & Readiness
08:40–09:00
08:40–09:00
The Immunotherapy Era for Resectable Lung Cancer: From Tumor Response to Long-Term Control
Fabrice Barlesi, France
09:00–09:20
09:00–09:20
Prehabilitation and follow up during induction: embedding ERAS into the CT-IO timeline and focus IO severe related toxicities
Wenzhao Zhong, China
09:20–09:40
09:20–09:40
CT-IO to surgery: down-staging & extent of resection (baseline CT vs post-induction imaging: what should drive the plan?)
Herbert Decaluwe, Belgium
09:40–10:00
09:40–10:00
The Nero-R-Touch study, SBRT plus IO in neoadjuvant therapy of NSCLC
Zhigang Li, China
10:00–10:30
10:00–10:30
Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall
Session 2 — Restaging & Resection Strategy
10:30–10:50
10:30–10:50
Pathologic Response after induction IO: What Surgeons Need to Read in the Report & Role of frozen section?
Nicolas Piton, France
10:50–11:10
10:50–11:10
Mediastinal restaging after CT-IO: Is it worth it?
Bin Zheng, China
11:10–11:30
11:10–11:30
Pathologic Response after induction IO: What Surgeons Need to Read in the Report & Role of frozen section?
Carlos Galvez, Spain
11:30–11:50
11:30–11:50
Jian You, China
11:50–12:20
11:50–12:20
Symposium
12:20–13:00
12:20–13:00
Lunch Break - Visit of exhibition hall
13:00–13:30
13:00–13:30
Symposium
Session 3 — Localisation, Approach & Tips
13:30–13:50
13:30–13:50
ION-guided localisation & dye-marking in post-IO RATS: workflow & pitfalls
Kelvin Lau, United Kingdom
13:50–14:10
13:50–14:10
Teaching Reimagined: How well anticipated pre op strategy help surgeon with difficult cases (3D planning, tele mentoring…)?
Guangsuo Wang, China
14:10–14:30
14:10–14:30
RATS post CT-IO: Necessity of an International robotic database and why the robot should be the new gold standard?
Ralph A. Schmid, Italy
14:30–14:50
14:30–14:50
Complex case after IO-CT: tips & tricks for a safe procedure (vessel control, flap in robotic surgery…)
Marion Durand, France
14:50–15:20
14:50–15:20
Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall
Session 4 — Sleeves & Extended Resections
15:20–15:40
15:20–15:40
Robotic sleeve lobectomy after CT-IO: how I do it in Europe (right side)
Ilies Bouabdallah, France
15:40–16:00
15:40–16:00
Robotic sleeve lobectomy after CT-IO: how I do it in China (left side)
Ming Li, China
16:00–16:20
16:00–16:20
Robotic double sleeve after CT-IO: how experts do it?
Wenjie Jiao, China
16:20–16:40
16:20–16:40
Surgical de-escalation after CT-IO: is adjacent organs (chest wall, vessels…) resection still necessary?
Jean-Marc Baste, France
Session 5 — Study Readout & Closing
16:40–17:10
16:40–17:10
Results of the Sino-European prospective study on robotic surgery after CT-IO
Lin Huang, China
17:10–17:20
17:10–17:20
Closing & Next Steps
17:20–18:00
17:20–18:00
Networking Refreshments
