Program

08:00–08:30

Registration & Coffee

08:30–08:40

Opening Remarks

Ilies Bouabdallah, France & Zhigang LI, China

Session 1 — Selection, Timing & Readiness

Moderators: Jean-Marc Baste & Lin Huang

08:40–08:55

The Immunotherapy Era for Resectable Lung Cancer: From Tumor Response to Long-Term Control

Fabrice Barlesi, France

08:55–09:10

Prehabilitation and follow up during induction: embedding ERAS into the CT-IO timeline and focus IO severe related toxicities

Benyuan Jiang, China

09:10–09:25

CT-IO to surgery: down-staging & extent of resection

Herbert Decaluwe, Belgium

09:25–09:40

The Nero-R-Touch study, SBRT plus IO in neoadjuvant therapy of NSCLC

Zhigang Li, China

09:40–10:10

Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall

Session 2 — Restaging & Resection Strategy

Moderators: Fabrice Barlesi & Wenjie Jiao

10:10–10:25

Pathologic Response after Induction Immunotherapy

Nicolas Piton, France

10:25–10:40

Mediastinal restaging after CT-IO: Is it worth it?

Bin Zheng, China

10:40–10:55

LND in the IO-CT era

Carlos Galvez, Spain

10:55–11:10

Lobectomy versus Segmentectomy for Tumours Smaller than 2 cm after Induction Therapy

Jian You, China

11:10–11:40

Symposium Medtronic - Hybrid Stapling in Robotic Thoracic Surgery: The Best of Both Worlds

Ilies Bouabdallah, France

11:40–13:00

Lunch Break - Visit of exhibition hall

13:00–13:30

Symposium Intuitive - Integrating Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy and Subcostal da Vinci Robotic Surgery in the Era of Perioperative Immunotherapy

Stéphane Renaud, France

Session 3 — Education, Safety & the Future of Robotic Surgery

Moderators: Ilies Bouabdallah & Tianxiang Chen

13:30–13:45

Teaching Reimagined

Guangsuo Wang, China

13:45–14:00

Robotic surgery safety

Jean-Marc Baste, France

14:00–14:15

Robotic Telesurgery and Results from the Shanghai Chest Hospital Experienc

Zhigang Li, China

14:15–14:30

Symposium

Session 4 — Navigation & Complex RATS after Induction Therapy

Moderators: Ming Li & Herbert Decaluwe

14:30–14:45

ION-Guided Localisation and Dye Marking in Post- IO RATS

Kelvin Lau, United Kingdom

14:45–15:00

RATS after CT-IO

Ralph A. Schmid, Italy

15:00–15:15

Complex Case after CT-IO

Marion Durand, France

15:15 –15:45

Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall

Session 5 — Sleeves & Extended Resections

Moderators: Xavier Benoit D’Journo & Jian You

15:45–16:00

Robotic Sleeve Lobectomy after CT-IO: Right- Sided Procedures

Ilies Bouabdallah, France

16:00–16:15

Robotic Sleeve Lobectomy after CT-IO: Left-Sided Procedures

Ming Li, China

16:15–16:30

Robotic Double-Sleeve Resection after CT-IO

Wenjie Jiao, China

16:30–16:45

Surgical De-escalation after CT-IO

Jean-Marc Baste, France

16:45–17:00

Robotic Oesophageal Surgery after Induction Immunotherapy

Zhigang Li, China

Session 6 — Study Readout & Closing

Moderators: Pascal Alexandre Thomas & Zhigang Li

17:00–17:15

Results of the Sino-European Prospective Study on Robotic Surgery after CT-IO

Lin Huang, China

17:15–17:30

Best Video Abstract Finalists – Presentation & Award

17:30–17:45

Closing & Next Steps

17:45–18:15

September 11, 2026

Opening Remarks

Session 1 — Selection, Timing & Readiness

The Immunotherapy Era for Resectable Lung Cancer: From Tumor Response to Long-Term Control

Prehabilitation and follow up during induction: embedding ERAS into the CT-IO timeline and focus IO severe related toxicities

CT-IO to surgery: down-staging & extent of resection

The Nero-R-Touch study, SBRT plus IO in neoadjuvant therapy of NSCLC

Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall

Session 2 — Restaging & Resection Strategy

Pathologic Response after Induction Immunotherapy

Mediastinal restaging after CT-IO: Is it worth it?

LND in the IO-CT era

Lobectomy versus Segmentectomy for Tumours Smaller than 2 cm after Induction Therapy

Symposium Medtronic - Hybrid Stapling in Robotic Thoracic Surgery: The Best of Both Worlds

Lunch Break - Visit of exhibition hall

Symposium Intuitive - Integrating Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy and Subcostal da Vinci Robotic Surgery in the Era of Perioperative Immunotherapy

Session 3 — Education, Safety & the Future of Robotic Surgery

Teaching Reimagined

Robotic surgery safety

Robotic Telesurgery and Results from the Shanghai Chest Hospital Experienc

Symposium

Session 4 — Navigation & Complex RATS after Induction Therapy

ION-Guided Localisation and Dye Marking in Post- IO RATS

RATS after CT-IO

Complex Case after CT-IO

Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall

Session 5 — Sleeves & Extended Resections

Robotic Sleeve Lobectomy after CT-IO: Right- Sided Procedures

Robotic Sleeve Lobectomy after CT-IO: Left-Sided Procedures

Robotic Double-Sleeve Resection after CT-IO

Surgical De-escalation after CT-IO

Robotic Oesophageal Surgery after Induction Immunotherapy

Session 6 — Study Readout & Closing

Results of the Sino-European Prospective Study on Robotic Surgery after CT-IO

Best Video Abstract Finalists – Presentation & Award

Closing & Next Steps

Networking Refreshments