| 9:00–9:20 | Recent Advances and Clinical Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Hernia Repair
Chul Seung Lee (Hansol Hospital, Korea) |
| 9:20–9:40 | Robotic-Assisted Hernia Surgery: Current Practice
Youn Young Park (Kyung Hee Univ., Korea) |
| 9:40–10:00 | Personalized Surgical Strategies: Indications and Technology Selection in Inguinal Hernia Repair
Hitoshi Idani (Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Japan) |
| 10:00–10:20 | Case Discussion and Panel Discussion (Voting System)
Moonjin Kim (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea) |
| 10:50–11:10 | Overview of Mesh in Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Dong Gue Shin (National Medical Center, Korea) |
| 11:10–11:30 | Which Mesh Is the Best Choice in Inguinal Hernia Repair? – Open & MIS
Anil Sharma (Max Healthcare, India) |
| 11:30–11:50 | What Are the Key Factors in Choosing Mesh for Ventral/Incisional Hernia Repair?
Sujith Wijerathne (National University Hospital, Singapore) |
| 11:50–12:10 | Mesh in Contaminated Field and Specialized Anatomic Locations
Binggen Li (Southern Medical Univ., China ) |
| 12:10–12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:00-13:00 | TBD |
| 13:00-13:30 | Current Practice of Ventral Hernia in APHS Vimal Vasudevan (Gleneagles Medical Centre in Penang, Malaysia) |
| 13:50–14:10 | Optimizing Hernia Outcomes in Obese Patients: Key Concepts in Prehabilitation
Kiyotaka Imamura (Yotsuya Medical Cube, Japan, Japan) |
| 14:10–14:30 | Nutrition, Exercise, Breathing Technique, Additional Supportive Care in Perioperative Care
Sang Hyun Kim (Soonchunhyang Univ., Korea) |
| 14:30–14:50 | Concomitant Bariatric Surgery and Ventral Hernia Repair: Is It Safe?
Suthep Udomsawaengsup (Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand) |
| 14:50–15:10 | Prevention and Treatment for Internal Herniation After Bariatric Surgery
Dongjae Jeon (Seoul National Univ., Korea ) |
| 15:10–15:30 | Hiatal Hernia Repair During Sleeve Gastrectomy: Do or Not?
Won Jun Seo (Korea Univ., Korea) |
| 15:30–15:50 | Discussion |
| 16:20–16:40 | Mapping the Learning Curve in Hernia Repair: Learning Curve for Inguinal Hernia Repair
Toshiro Tanioka (Instituite of Science Tokyo, Japan) |
| 16:40–17:00 | Building a Competency Pathway in Hernia Surgery
Saseem Poudel (Hokkaido Univ., Japan) |
| 17:00–17:20 | How Much Should Residents Do?: Supervision–Autonomy Balance, Credentialing Case Volumes, and the Patient Safety–Education Trade-off
Jihoon Kim (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Korea) |
| 17:20–17:40 | Training Standardization and International Collaboration in Hernia Surgery
George Yang (Hong Kong Adventist Hospital, Hong Kong) |
| 17:40–17:50 | Discussion |