Deadline for Abstract Submission: July 15, 2025 | Evaluation & Confirmation: July 30, 2025 | Manuscript Deadline: October 30, 2025 | Early Registration Deadline: July 30, 2025

Preliminary Scientific Program

08:30-13:00

Registration

  HALL 1 HALL 2 HALL 3
13:30-15:30 Laparoscopy Course
Steven Rothenberg, Sameh Shehata, Dariusz Patkowski, Ülgen Çeltik

Colorectal Course
Lucie Pos, Gonca Topuzlu Tekant, Ernesto Leva

Neonatal Surgery Course
Amadeo Zanotti, Miguel Guelfand, Michal Rygl, Shilpa Sharma, Udo Rolle, Kenneth Wong, Joel Cazares Rangel
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30

Laparoscopy Course
Steven Rothenberg, Sameh Shehata, Dariusz Patkowski, Ülgen Çeltik

Colorectal Course
Lucie Pos, Gonca Topuzlu Tekant, Ernesto Leva
Neonatal Surgery Course
Amadeo Zanotti, Miguel Guelfand, Michal Rygl, Shilpa Sharma, Udo Rolle, Kenneth Wong, Joel Cazares Rangel
  HALL 4 HALL 5 HALL 6
13:30-15:30 Oncology Course
Sharon Cox, Sajid Qureshi, Paul Losty, Andrew Davidoff
Microsurgery Course
Orkan Ergün
Ultrasound and Us Guided Interventions Course
Udo Rolle, Horacio Questa, Judith Lindert, Özlem Boybeyi
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Oncology Course
Sharon Cox, Sajid Qureshi, Paul Losty, Andrew Davidoff
Microsurgery Course
Orkan Ergün
Ultrasound and Us Guided Interventions Course
Udo Rolle, Horacio Questa, Judith Lindert, Özlem Boybeyi
  HALL 7 HALL 8  
13:30-15:30 Endourology Course
Sajid Sultan, Sibel Tiryaki, Ali Sezer
Endoscopy & Bronchoscopy Course
Çiğdem Ulukaya Durakbaşa, Tutku Soyer
 
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Endourology Course
Sajid Sultan, Sibel Tiryaki, Ali Sezer
Endoscopy & Bronchoscopy Course
Çiğdem Ulukaya Durakbaşa, Tutku Soyer
 
  HALL 10
17:30-19:30 Exco Meeting
19:30-20:30 Welcome Drink
  HALL A HALL B
08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:00-09:30 Keynote Lecture: Udo Rolle
09:30-10:00 Keynote Lecture: Sajid Qureshi
The Role of the Surgeon in a Multidisciplinary Team
Keynote Lecture: Sajid Sultan
Controversies in the Management of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Oral Presentations I (Upper GI) Oral Presentations II (Urology)
12:00-13:30 Lunch / Poster Walk / Meet The Expert
13:30-14:00 Keynote Lecture: Ernesto Leva
How Fetal Surgery May Change The World Of Pediatric And Neonatal Surgery: 10 Years Of Experience
Keynote Lecture: Yosra Kerkeni
Management of Urethral Injuries in Low Income Countries: From Challenges to Solutions
14:00-15:00 Panel Session I:
Image Guided Surgical Procedures In Pediatric Surgery

Joel Cazares Rangel: The Usefulness of Indocyanine Green (ICG) Fluorescence in Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery in Children
Hiroo Uchida: What Does Artificial Intelligence (AI) Offer Pediatric Surgery?
Steven Rothenberg: 3D Simulation Models in Pediatric Surgery; Applications in Training and Operating Room
Panel Session II:
Esophageal Reconstruction for long gap EA – Pros and Cons

Dariusz Patkowski: Traction And Delayed Primary Repair
Sylvio Avilla: Kimura Procedure
Tutku Soyer: Long Term Results
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Oral Presentations III (Lower GI) Oral Presentations IV (Pediatric Thoracic Surgery)
19:00-22:00 Presidential Reception
  HALL A HALL B
08:30-09:30 Panel Session III:
How Do I Do It?

Gonca Topuzlu Tekant: Transanal Vs. Laparoscopic Procedures – Patient Selection
Ernesto Leva: Laparoscopic Management of ARM
Lucie Pos: Laparoscopic Management of Hirschsprung's Disease
Panel Session IV:
How Do I Do It?
Chair: Haluk Emir

Maximillian Cervellione: Baltimore Modern Staged Closure
Marc David Leclair: Kelly Soft Tissue Mobilization Technique

09:30-09:50

Boix Ochoa Lecture: Sameh Shehata
09:50-10:00 Wofaps Lifetime Achievement Awards
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Oral Presentations V (Burns and Trauma) Panel Session V:
How Do We Challenge Ourselves in Pediatric Hepatobiliary Surgery:

Hiroo Uchida: Minimally Invasive Procedures for Choledochal Cysts in Children
Joel Cazares Rangel: Short and Long-term Results of Minimally Invasive Correction of Biliary Atresia and/or Re-do Biliary Atresias
12:00-12:30 Satellite Symposium (Pectus Repair) Satellite Symposium (Pectus Repair)
12:30-13.30 Lunch / Poster Walk / Meet The Expert
13:30-14:30 My Worst Complication:

Yosra Kerkeni: Pediatric General Surgery (7+3)
Amadeo Zanotti: Newborn Surgery (7+3)
Cenk Büyükünal: Pediatric Urology (7+3)
Kenneth Wong: Pediatric Hepatobiliary Surgery (7+3)
Michal Rygl: Pediatric Trauma Surgery (7+3)
Steven Rothenberg: Pediatric Minimal Invasive Surgery (7+3)
Oral Presentations VI (Hepatobiliary)
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-16:00 General Council
16:00-17:30 Oral Presentations VII (Wofaps Foundation Award Presentations) Oral Presentations VIII (Oncology)
19:00-22:00 Gala Get Together Entertainment Night
  HALL A HALL B
08:30-09:30 Panel Session VI:
Surgical Oncology

Paul Losty: Surgeon Volunteer Roles With The Irish Charity - Operation Child Life - Working in Vietnam
Andrew Davidoff: Advocacy
Panel Session VII:
Neonatal Surgery

Miguel Guelfand, Amadeo Zanotti
09:30-10:00 Case and Video Presentations IX
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 History Session
Alp Numanoglu: History of Pediatric Surgery in South Africa
Shilpa Sharma: History of Pediatric Surgery in India
Cenk Buyukunal: History of Pediatric Surgery in Turkiye
Amadeo Zanotti: History of Pediatric Surgery in South America
Udo Rolle: History of Pediatric Surgery in Germany
Sameh Shehata: History of Pediatric Surgery in Egypt
Steven Rothenberg: History of Minimally Invazive Surgery and History of Pediatric Surgery in North America
Child Abuse / Child in War / Transition to Adulthood
12:00-13.30 Lunch/Poster Walk/Meet the Expert
13:30-15:00 Grand Finale: Women Pediatric Surgeons' Champions League
15:00-16:00 Closing Remarks