SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
According to AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Time Zone
Starting from September 20th, 2025, Saturday
22:55-23:00 WELCOME ADDRESS
Speaker: Bahadir M. Gulluoglu
GReTA
23:00-23:05 Chapter Introduction
Speakers: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
Session I: AI and Machine Learning in Surgical Planning
Moderators: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
23:05-23:08 Introduction
Speakers: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
23:08-23:19 Using AI for preoperative imaging, tumor mapping
Speaker: Valeria Romeo
23:19-23:31 Using AI for preoperative risk prediction
Speaker: Renato Cuocolo
23:31-23:43 Applications in improving decision-making and reducing complications
Speaker: Giuseppe Catanuto
23:43-23:57 Discussion
Discussants: Pedro Gouveia, Giuseppe Catanuto, Valeria Romeo, Renato Cuocolo
23:57-00:02 Mini Break
Session II: Digital Twins and Immersive Technologies in Breast Surgery
Moderators: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
00:02-00:05 Introduction
Speakers: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
00:05-00:16 Agentic AI workflows for breast cancer imaging
Speakers: João Santinha
00:16-00:26 Breast cancer digital twins
Speaker: Tiago Marques
00:26-00:38 Immersive technologies for improved breast cancer surgery planning and intra-operative navigation
Speaker: Pedro Gouveia
00:38-00:54 Discussion
Discussants: Valeria Romeo, Renato Cuocolo, Pedro Gouveia, Tiago Marques, João Santinha
00:54-00:59 Mini Break
Session III: Robotic and Video-assisted Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy (NSM)
Moderators: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
00:59-01:02 Introduction
Speakers: Nicola Rocco, Giuseppe Catanuto
01:02-01:13 Endoscopic NSM
Speaker: Lidia Blay
01:13-01:23 Robotic NSM
Speaker: Antonio Toesca
01:23-01:45 Discussion
Discussants: Pedro Gouveia, Nicola Rocco, Lidia Blay, Antonio Toesca
01:45-01:50 Closure
Speakers: Nicola Rocco, Susanna Polotto
01:50-02:00 BREAK
iBreastBook
02:00-02:03 Chapter Opening & Welcome
Speaker: Yazan Masannat
Session I: Aesthetic Outcomes After Surgery
Moderators: Yazan Masannat, Ricardo Pardo, Andreas Karakatsanis & Ashutosh Kothari
02:03-02:05 Introduction
Speakers: Yazan Masannat, Ricardo Pardo, Andreas Karakatsanis & Ashutosh Kothari
02:05-02:17 Breast aesthetics
Speaker: Kristalyn Gallagher
02:17-02:23 Outcomes of different quality of life assesment modalities after breast cancer therapy
Speaker: Stavroula Lila Kastora
02:23-02:33 Patient factors affecting aesthetic outcomes
Speaker: Michael Boland
02:33-02:52 Factors affecting aesthetic outcomes: Surgery (Volumes and complications after OPBS)
Speaker: Eirini Pantiora
02:52-03:12 Factors affecting aesthetic outcomes: Surgery (Decisions & complications after mastectomy & reconstruction)
Speaker: Aadil Khan
03:12-03:28 Factors affecting aesthetic outcomes: Radiation therapy
Speaker: Tom Richards
03:28-03:45 Discussion
Discussants: All faculty
03:45-03:50 Mini Break
Session II: Patient-related Issues in Breast Surgery
Moderators: Yazan Masannat, Ricardo Pardo, Andreas Karakatsanis & Ashutosh Kothari
03:50-03:52 Introduction
Speakers: Yazan Masannat, Ricardo Pardo, Andreas Karakatsanis & Ashutosh Kothari
03:52-04:02 Patient recorded experience and expectations
Moderator: Terri Coutee
Speakers: Abi Iyer & Nikki McCoy
04:02-04:12 Preoperative preparation (prehabilitation) and rehabilitation for breast cancer surgery
Speaker: Jenny Heiman
04:12-04:33 Aesthetic outcome in breast conservation surgery: Correcting problems & classifications
Speaker: Farid Meybodi
04:33-04:52 Case discussion
Discussants: All faculty
04:52-04:53 Chapter Closure
Speaker: Yazan Masannat
04:53-05:00 BREAK
Oncoplastic Academy-Brazil
05:00-05:03 Welcome to Oncoplastic Academy
Speakers: Cícero Urban, Maurício Resende & Régis Paulinelli
Session I: Level II Oncoplastic Surgery
Moderators: Cícero Urban, Maurício Resende & Régis Paulinelli
05:04-05:05 Introduction
Speaker: Tufi Hassan
05:06-05:20 Planning and choosing the technique for partial breast reconstruction
Speaker: Maurício Resende
05:21-05:35 Therapeutic mammoplasties
Speaker: Benigno Acea Nebril
05:36-05:50 Volume replacement techniques
Speaker: Régis Paulinelli
05:51-06:20 Discussion/Q&A
Panelists: Jorge Alexander Rodriguez, Fábio Bagnoli, Francisco Abed
06:21-06:25 Mini Break
Session II: Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
Moderators: Cícero Urban, Maurício Resende & Régis Paulinelli
06:26-06:28 Introduction
Speaker: Eduardo Gonzàlez
06:29-06:43 Implant-based reconstruction
Speaker: Cícero Urban
06:44-06:58 The use of fat grafting in breast reconstruction
Speaker: Eduardo Gonzàlez
06:59-07:13 When to use myocutaneous flaps?
Speaker: Fabrício Brenelli
07:14-07:43 Discussion/Q&A
Panelists: Juan Manuel Donaire, Juan Pablo Molina, Luis Pendola
07:43-07:45 Chapter Closure
Speakers: Cícero Urban, Maurício Resende & Régis Paulinelli
07:45-08:00 BREAK
American Society of Breast Surgeons
08:00-08:02 Chapter Opening & Welcome
Speaker: Jill Dietz
Session I: De-Escalation of Breast Surgery
Chair: Jill Dietz
08:02-08:03 Introduction
Speaker: Jill Dietz
08:03-08:17 De-Escalation of the axilla after neoadjuvant chemotherapy – I-SPY2 trial
Speaker: Judy C. Boughey
08:17-08:18 Introduction
Speaker: Jill Dietz
08:18-08:31 Cryoablation for breast cancer: 2025 update
Speaker: Michael Berry
08:31-08:32 Introduction
Speaker: Jill Dietz
08:32-08:48 DCIS and De-Escalation updates on the COMET trial
Speaker: Michael Alvarado
08:48-08:56 Mini Break
Session II: Fireside Chat with Henry Kuerer
Moderator: Shawna Willey
08:56-08:59 Introduction
Speaker: Shawna Willey
08:59-09:27 Fireside Chat with Henry Kuerer
Guest: Henry Kuerer
09:27-09:32 Mini Break
Session III: Case Presentations
Chair: Kay Yoon-Flannery
09:32-09:34 Introduction
Speaker: Kay Yoon-Flannery
09:34-09:41 De-Escalation of the axilla after NAC
Speaker: Mara Piltin
09:41-09:54 Case reflections
Panelist: Judy C. Boughey
09:54-09:56 Introduction
Speaker: Kay Yoon-Flannery
09:56-10:03 Exceptional responders
Speaker: Helen M. Johnson
10:03-10:19 Case reflections
Panelists: Michael Alvarado, Helen M. Johnson, Jill Dietz, Shawna Willey & Kay Yoon-Flannery
10:19-10:21 Introduction
Speaker: Kay Yoon-Flannery
10:21-10:28 Cryoablation
Speaker: Nimmi S. Kapoor
10:28-10:43 Case reflections
Panelists: Michael Berry, Nimmi S. Kapoor, Jill Dietz, Shawna Willey & Kay Yoon-Flannery
10:43-10:45 Chapter Closure
Speaker: Kay Yoon-Flannery
10:45-11:00 BREAK
Breast Surgeons of Australia & New Zealand
Session I: Staging of The Axilla
Moderator: Melanie Walker
11:00-11:02 Welcome to Australia
Speaker: Melanie Walker
11:02-11:15 Pre-operative radiological staging of the axilla (pre and post chemo, restaging)
Speaker: Kate Moodie
11:15-11:22 Marking of the axilla pre-treatment and localisation techniques
Speaker: Peter Newton
11:22-11:32 Case discussion/Q&A
Presenter: Kate Moodie
Discussants: All faculty
11:32-11:37 Mini Break
Session II: Can We Really De-escalate The Axilla?
Moderators: Caroline Baker, Alex Brown & Yvonne Zissiadis
11:37-11:40 Welcome to New Zealand
Speaker: Alex Brown
11:40-11:50 The Australian targeted axillary dissection (TAD) experience: Results from the Australian TAD registry
Speaker: Adam Ofri
11:50-12:05 Update on B51: Radiation oncologist's approach
Speaker: Michael Ng
12:05-12:23 NSABP-51 Surgical implications: Practice Changing De-escalation of treatment
Speaker: Samriti Sood
12:23-12:38 Current controversies for axillary dissection for ER+ and HER2- SLN positive patients
Speaker: Ran Li
12:38-12:53 Case discussion/Q&A
Presenters: Caroline Baker & Alex Brown
Discussants: All faculty
12:53-12:56 Mini Break
Session III: Technical Innovations for Axillary Surgery
Moderator: Elisabeth Elder
12:56-12:58 Introduction
Speaker: Elisabeth Elder
12:58-13:09 Single incision trans mammary/Breast sentinel node biopsy
Speaker: Farid Meybodi
13:09-13:25 Immediate lymphovenous anastomosis as prevenative treatment of lymphoedema: Problem solved?
Speaker: Reuven Gurfinkel
13:25-13:41 LVA: the Westmead experience
Speaker: Frank Hsieh
13:41-13:51 Case discussion/Q&A
Presenter: Yang Huang
Discussants: All faculty
13:51-13:53 Chapter Closure
Speaker: Yang Huang
13:53-14:00 BREAK
Chinese Society of Breast Cancer
14:00-14:04 Chapter Opening
Speaker: John Wu
Session I: Autologous Reconstruction-I
Chair: Jian Yin
14:04-14:05 Introduction
Speaker: Jian Yin
14:05-14:30 Strategy and process management of autologous flap transplantation breast reconstruction
Speaker: Da Jiang Song
14:30-14:31 Introduction
Speaker: Jian Yin
14:31-14:52 Principles for severe complication management after implant-based breast reconstruction
Speaker: Zhu Min Yin
14:52-14:54 Introduction
Speaker: Jian Yin
14:54-15:13 Radiotherapy considerations for autologous breast reconstruction
Speaker: Xiao Li Yu
15:13-15:15 Introduction
Speaker: Jian Yin
Session II: Autologous Reconstruction-II
Chair: Shun Rong Li
15:15-15:17 Introduction
Speaker: Shun Rong Li
15:17-15:37 The DIEP flap learning curve - A beginner's roadmap
Speaker: Shuang Hao
15:37-15:40 Introduction
Speaker: Shun Rong Li
15:40-16:12 Case discussion of free flap of breast reconstruction
Speaker: Jie Jie Hu
Panelists: Hua Xu, Yang Yu
16:12-16:14 Introduction
Speaker: Shun Rong Li
16:14-16:56 Panel discussion – 3 topics
Moderator: Ben Long Yang
Panelists: Jia Sheng Dong, Zan Li, Zhen Zhen Liu, Chun Jun Liu
16:56-17:00 Chapter Closure
Speaker: John Wu
Association of Breast Surgeons of India
17:00-17:03 Welcome
Speaker: DG Vijay
Session I: Young Breast Cancer & Updates on Neoadjuvant Therapy
Chairs: Ashish Jaketiya, Satsish Kumar, Bhavana Parikh
17:03-17:06 Introduction
Speakers: Ashish Jaketiya, Satsish Kumar, Bhavana Parikh
17:06-17:16 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in operable triple-negative breast cancer
Speaker: Diptendra Sarkar
17:16-17:26 Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in operable HER2-enriched breast cancer
Speaker: Sudeep Gupta
17:26-17:36 Fertility preservation in young breast cancer
Speaker: Navneet Kaur
17:36-17:46 Mainstreaming breast cancer genetics: challenges in LMIC
Speaker: SVS Deo
17:46-17:56 Discussion/Q&A
Discussants: All faculty
17:56-18:01 Mini Break
Session II: Breast Surgery Videos
Chairs: Sandeep Kumar, Rudradeep Benerjee, Shalaka Joshi
18:01-18:04 Introduction
Speakers: Sandeep Kumar, Rudradeep Benerjee, Shalaka Joshi
18:04-18:11 ICG videos
Speaker: Rohit Kumar C
18:11-18:18 LTAP/TDAP
Speaker: Sanjit Agarwal
18:18-18:25 Extreme oncoplasty
Speaker: Shalaka Joshi
18:25-18:32 Implant-based breast reconstruction- Mesh/ADM
Speaker: Ashutosh Mishra
18:32-18:39 S Lympha
Speaker: Jay Anam
18:39-18:49 Discussion/Q&A
Discusants: All faculty
18:49-18:54 Mini Break
Session III: Mixed Bag & Recent Advances
Chairs: Naidu C K, Manish Kaushal, Madhumita Mukopadhyay
18:54-18:57 Introduction
Speakers: Naidu C K, Manish Kaushal, Madhumita Mukopadhyay
18:57-19:07 Proton therapy in breast cancer
Speaker: Sapna Nangia
19:07-19:17 CanAssist Breast: Affordable prognostication tool for early breast cancer patients with global validation
Speaker: Somasekhar SP
19:17-19:27 Oligometastatic breast cancer
Speaker: Ramya Y
19:27-19:37 Robotic mastectomy: Current status
Speaker: Manish Gaur
19:37-19:47 Discussion/Q&A
Discusants: All faculty
19:47-19:50 Chapter Closure
Speaker: SVS Deo
19:50-20:00 BREAK
Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons (EXEM) / SENATURK
20:00-20:05 Chapter Opening
Speakers: Basil Venizelos, N. Zafer Canturk, Omar Z. Youssef
Session I: Understanding Breast Cancer Risk: Genetics, Assessment & Prevention
Moderators: Kornilia Anastasakou, Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Maher Hassan
20:05-20:10 Introduction
Speakers: Kornilia Anastasakou, Guldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Maher Hassan
20:10-20:25 Genetic predisposition for breast cancer
Speaker: Cengiz Yakıcıer
20:25-20:40 Overview of non-genetic risk factors
Speaker: Anette Heie
20:40-20:55 Breast cancer risk assessment
Speaker: M. Umit Ugurlu
20:55-21:10 Risk-reducing mastectomy
Speaker: Petros Charalampoudis
21:10-21:25 Screening/monitoring in high-risk women
Speaker: Erkin Aribal
21:25-21:40 Discussion/Q&A
Discusants: All faculty
21:40-21:45 Mini Break
Session II: Patient-centered decision-making in risk management
Moderators: Michalis Kontos, Sophocles Lanitis
21:45-21:50 Introduction
Speakers: Michalis Kontos, Sophocles Lanitis
21:50-22:55 Case panel with live voting
Presenters: George Metaxas, Stergios Douvetzemis, Konstantinos Zacharioudakis, Hasan Karanlik
Panelists/Discussants: Basak Oyan Uluc, M. Umit Ugurlu, Florentia Fostira, Norran Hussein Said, Omar Z.Youssef, Raghavan Vidya
22:55-23:00 Chapter Closure
Speakers: Basil Venizelos, N. Zafer Canturk, Omar Z. Youssef
23:00 ADJOURN
Speakers: Breastics24h BoD Members