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

Songrong Wang, 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

Haifeng Wang, 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

Songrong 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

14:15–14:25

Symposium MicroPort - Clinical Application of Toumai Single-Port Robotic System in Thoracic Surgery

Shaoyuan Zhang, China

Session 4 — Navigation & Complex RATS after Induction Therapy

Moderators: Ming Li & Herbert Decaluwe

14:25–14:40

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

Kelvin Lau, United Kingdom

14:40–14:55

RATS after CT-IO

Ralph A. Schmid, Italy

14:55–15:10

Complex Case after CT-IO

Marion Durand, France

15:10 –15:40

Coffee Break - Visit of exhibition hall

Session 5 — Sleeves & Extended Resections

Moderators: Xavier Benoit D’Journo & Haifeng Wang

15:40–15:5

Surgical De-escalation after CT-IO

Jean-Marc Baste, France

15:55–16:10

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

Ilies Bouabdallah, France

16:10–16:25

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

Ming Li, China

16:25–16:40

Robotic Double-Sleeve Resection after CT-IO

Wenjie Jiao, China

16:40–16:55

Robotic Oesophageal Surgery after Induction Immunotherapy

Zhigang Li, China

Session 6 — Study Readout & Closing

Moderators: Pascal Alexandre Thomas & Zhigang Li

16:55–17:10

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

Lin Huang, China

17:10–17:30

Best Video Abstract Finalists: Presentation and Award

17:10–17:15

Two Robots, One Strategy: A combined endoscopic and robotic surgical approach to GGO

Alessia Caputo, Italy

17:15–17:20

Robot-assisted left upper lobectomy with pulmonary artery lateral stapled resection after neoadjuvant therapy

Lucas Leleu, France

17:20–17:25

Single-Port Robotic Left Upper Lobectomy via Subcutaneous Tunnel-Assisted Periareolar Incision

Zheng Bin, China

17:25–17:30

Deliberation - Jury

Pascal Alexandre Thomas, Zhigang Li & Haifeng Wang

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 MicroPort - Clinical Application of Toumai Single-Port Robotic System in Thoracic Surgery

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

Surgical De-escalation after CT-IO

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

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 and Award

Two Robots, One Strategy: A combined endoscopic and robotic surgical approach to GGO

Robot-assisted left upper lobectomy with pulmonary artery lateral stapled resection after neoadjuvant therapy

Single-Port Robotic Left Upper Lobectomy via Subcutaneous Tunnel-Assisted Periareolar Incision

Deliberation - Jury

Closing & Next Steps

Networking Refreshments