Home Conference 2026 Speakers The 2026 BASO Plenary Award Recipients BASO Raven Lifetime Award Professor John Primrose Geoff Oates Award Miss Nicola Fearnhead Uccio Querci della Rovere Award Professor Michael Baum Card Title Card Text The speakers who will feature at the 2026 Conference: Dr Zubir Ahmed Ex-Minister for Health Innovation and Safety, Department of Health & Social Care Professor Alberto Arezzo Distinguished Full Professor of Surgery, University of Torino, Torino, Italy Dr Scott Arthur MP Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West Card Title Card Text Mr Shazad Ashraf Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University of Birmingham Mr Aidan Bannon Robotic Lead, ASiT; General Surgery Registrar, Manchester Dr Marcel den Dulk Assistant Professor HPB Surgery, Netherlands Card Title Card Text Mr Jordan Fletcher Colorectal General Surgery Specialist Trainee, Yorkshire & Humber Professor Fiona Gilbert Professor of Radiology, The University of Cambridge Professor Mark Halling-Brown Head of Scientific Computing, Royal Surrey County Hospital Card Title Card Text Professor Anastasios Kanatas Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Leeds teaching Hospital Mr Hassan Malik Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, University Hospital Aintree Mr Nicholas Raison Consultant Urological Surgeon, King's College London Card Title Card Text Professor Niki Rashidian Professor of Innovative Computer-Assisted Surgery, HPB Surgeon, Ghent University Hospital Dr Saladin Sawan Consultant Surgeon, Gynaecology Oncology and Robotics, St Mary’s Hospita Professor Jayant Vaidya Professor of Surgery and Oncology, UCL Dr Ganesh Vigneswaran A/Professor of Interventional Radiology and Medical AI, University of Southampton Professor Tony Young OBE National Clinical Director for Innovation, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Southend University Hospital NHS FT
