Schedule

• 08:40 - 08:50     Welcome and Introduction by the Organizers

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• 08:50 - 09:20     Federica Ferraguti
                                      Trustworthy Robotic Assistance in Minimally Invasive Surgery

• 09:20 - 09:50     Hongliang Ren
                                      Endoluminal Robotics & Embodied AI in vivo

• 09:50 - 10:20      Michael Yip  
                                      Are Humanoid Robots in Medicine Unrealistic or Are They Inevitable? A Technological Perspective
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• 10:20 - 10:35     Poster Presentation 1 (No.1-14) 

• 10:35 - 11:05     Poster Session 1 and Coffee Break
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• 11:05 - 11:20     David Noonan
                                      Collaborative Surgical Robotics in the Era of Embodied AI: The Maestro System

• 11:20 - 11:50     Fanny Ficuciello
                                      Autonomy in Surgical Robotics: Future Challenges and Opportunities

• 11:50 -12:00      Paolo Fiorini
                                     (Startup Presentation 1): AI and Robotics in Surgery: from Academia to MedTech

• 12:00 - 12:30     Christos Bergeles
                                      Towards An Intelligent Robotic Endoscope Holder

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• 12:30 - 13:40      Lunch Break

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• 13:40 - 14:10     Mahdi Tavakoli
                                      Enhancing Surgical Task Autonomy Through Simulations and Robot Learning

• 14:10 - 14:20      Axel Krieger
                                      (Startup Presentation 2): The Path to Autonomous Surgery: Designing 'Driver-Assist' Systems for Expert Surgeons

• 14:20 - 14:50      Riccardo Muradore 

                                     AI-empowered Robotic Solutions for Semi-autonomous Surgery: Examples from Upper G.I. to Ophthalmology

• 14:50 - 15:05      Gerardo Mendizabal
                                      Automation by Imitation: Capturing Embryologist Expertise for the Next Generation of IVF Robotics

• 15:05 - 15:15      Ayelagbe Timothy

                                          (Startup Presentation 3): SafeSurg Robotics: Advancing Haptic-Enabled Surgical Simulation and Intelligent Robotic Assistance for Accessible Healthcare

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• 15:15 - 15:30      Poster Presentation 2 (No.15-28)

• 15:30 - 16:00      Poster Session 2 and Coffee Break

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• 16:00 – 16:30     Elena De Momi
                                      AI Hype or Something We Can Truly Rely on?

• 16:30 – 16:45     Lin Zhang
                                      Towards the Future of Surgery: Exploring Digital Surgery and Surgical AI

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• 16:50 – 17:40     Panel Discussion, Q&A, and Poster Award