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2025 BASO ANNUAL CONFERENCE -WEBCASTS

DAY1 - 10th November 2025

• State of the Art Lectures

'Screening by Clinical Examination for Early Detection of Breast Cancer and Other Stories' (Professor Indraneel Mittra, Dr Ernest Borges Chair in Translational Research, Professor Emeritus, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India)

'AI and Global Initiatives in Cancer Care' (Mr Shazad Ashraf, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospitals Birmingham, UK)

• Global Health: Improving Surgical Outcomes Through Collaborative Research

'The Global Surgery Network: Transforming Patient Lives' (Professor Dion Morton, Barling Professor of Surgery, Head of Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham, UK)

'Financing Global Cancer Surgery: In Crisis Opportunity' (Professor Richard Sullivan, Professor of Cancer and Global Health, King's College London, UK)

• KEYNOTE TALK

'Surgical Safety in the UK: Steps we can all take to improve on the global stage' (Mr Will Hawkins, Deputy Programme Director CORESS, Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, University Hospitals Sussex NHS FT, UK)

• PLENARY AWARDS and ORATIONS

2025 BASO Raven Lifetime Achievement Award

'Beyond the Keyhole: Reimagining the Future of Cancer Surgery' (Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham, OM,KBE,PC,FRS, Director of Institute of Global Innovation, Imperial College London, UK)

2025 Geoff Oates Award

'In the Spirit of Geoff Oates: Reflections on Innovation in Colorectal Surgery' (Professor David Jayne, Professor of Sugery, St. Jame's University Hospital Leeds, UK)

2025 Uccio Querci della Rovere Award

'Changing the Management of the Axilla: A Personal Perspective' (Professor Armando E. Giuliano, Linda and Jim Lippman Chair in Surgical Oncology, Director - Breast Surgical Oncology Regional Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Cancer-Breast Oncology, USA)

• KEYNOTE LECTURE

'Risk of Organ Preservation in Rectal Cancer' (Professor Geerard L. Beets, ESSO President, Professor of Surgical Oncology, Chair of Dept. of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands)

• Global Curriclum in Surgical Oncology

'Theoretical and Practical Knowledge Curriculum for Breast Surgeons Across Europe and Globally' (Professor Lynda Wyld, Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK)

'General Surgery Curriculum and Oncology in UK' (Mr Bala Piramanayagam, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, George Eliot Hospital, Nuneaton, UK)

DAY2 - 11th November 2025

• How do I do it? Key Surgical Steps

'Rectal Cancer' (Professor Jim Khan)

'Pancreatic Cancer' (Mr Zaed Hamady)

• Global Forum of Surgeons

'The Value of Accreditation in Rectal Cancer' (Professor Steven D. Wexner,MD, The Executive Director and System Chief for Colorectal Surgery, Vice Chair for Professional Development for the Dept. of Surgery at Georgetown University/ MedStar Health in Washington DC, USA)

'Surgical Quality in Training and Randomised Clinical Trials' (Professor George Hanna, Professor of Surgical Oncology, Head of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, UK)

• Open Forum: Cancer Care Delivery Across Border

'Cancer Care in Portugal' (Mr Jose de Azevedo, Consultant Digestive and Colorectal Surgeon, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal)

'Our Work to Improve Cancer Care' (Professor Steven D. Wexner,MD, The Executive Director and System Chief for Colorectal Surgery, Vice Chair for Professional Development for the Dept. of Surgery at Georgetown University/ MedStar Health in Washington DC, USA)

'Certified Cancer Care in German - Perspectives of Centralisation of Care' (Professor Tobias Keck, Professor of Surgery, University Medical Center Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lubeck, Germany)

• EJSO Reaching the Global Surgical Oncology

(Miss Dawn Aggett, Publisher EJSO | Elsevier)

• Cancer Surgery and care Without Borders

'Accessibility and Equity in Global Cancer Surgery' (Mr J S Fanus Dreyer, President -International Federation of Surgical Colleges and Socities, Consultant Surgeon, NHS Dumfries & Galloway, UK)

'Emerging Crisis in Global Surgery & the Research Needed to Solve Them' (Mr James Glaseby, NIHR Clinical Lecturer & Associate Professor in Global Surgery & Digital Health, General Surgery StR, University of Birmingahm, UK)

• Patient's Perspective

(Miss Sue Blackwell, Patient Rep)

• 2023 BASO/ROSTREES Research Grants in Cancer Surgery Awards - REPORT

(Mr Chase Ng, Clinical Research Fellow - Global Oncology Group, King's College London, UK)