Opening Context (5 minutes): Welcome, goals, framing questions, and challenges.
Session 1: Keynote Talk (25 minutes): SCR (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
Session 2: Spotlight Talks (30 minutes): two invited talks (12 min + 3 min Q&A each)
Session 3: Lightning Talks (20 minutes): 8-10 accepted papers each presented as 2 minutes lightning talks with single Q&A session from the audience.
Coffee Break (30 minutes): including poster interactions, demo session, overlapping recess for walk/talk and coffee break.
Session 4: Keynote Talk (25 minutes): invited talk (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
Session 5: Spotlight Talk (15 minutes): invited talk (12 min + 3 min Q&A each)
Session 6: Keynote Talk (25 minutes): invited talk (20 min + 5 min Q&A each)
Session 7: Panel Discussion (35 minutes)
Topic: “Closing the Translation Gap: Aligning Research, Industry, and Clinical Practice for Safe, Deployable Intelligent Healthcare Robotics”
Session 8: Awards: (10 minutes): Presentation of awards to best poster presenters.
Closing Remarks (5 minutes).
Welcome, goals, framing questions, and challenges.
Presentation Kn001:
Speaker: Professor Hongliang Ren, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Title: Endoluminal Robotics & Embodied AI in vivo.
Time: 20 min + 5 min Q&A
Presentation Sp001:
Speaker: Dr. Dandan Zhang, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Title: Embodied intelligence in microsurgical robotics.
Presentation Sp002:
Speaker: Dr. Sabrina Schoenborn, Queensland University of Technoogy, Australia
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Time: 12 min + 3 min Q&A (each)
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Time: 3 min (audience can have more detailed discussions and Q&A with poster authors)
Time includes recess for walk/talk, coffee break, and networking.
Presentation Kn002:
Speaker: Dr. Elahe Abdi, Monash University, Australia
Title: Smarter Surgery, Shared Control: Advancing Autonomy in Minimally Invasive Procedures.
Time: 20 min + 5 min Q&A
Presentation Sp003:
Speaker: Dr. Tiancheng Li, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Title: Human-robot teaming in orthopedic surgery
Time: 12 min + 3 min Q&A (each)
Presentation Kn003:
Speaker: TBD
Title: TBD
Time: 20 min + 5 min Q&A (each)
Topic:
Closing the Translation Gap: Aligning Research, Industry, and Clinical Practice for Safe and Deployable Intelligent Robotics in Surgery.
Panelists:
Professor Shoudong Huang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Professor Hongliang Ren, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Jordan Erskine, Convergence Medical, Australia
Associate Professor Zixing Ye, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Moderators:
Professor Liang Zhao, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Leo Wu, University of New South Wales, Australia
Time: 30 min + 5 min Q&A
Presentation of awards to best posters.
Synthesis of outcomes and community roadmap.
Action plans for next steps.