Scientific Program

Time	Hall A	HALL B	HALL C	HALL D
08:00-08:30	REGISTRATION
08:30 -10:30	Hands on course I- Basic Laparoscopy	Hands on course II- Basic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	Hands on course III- Bronchoscopy- Airway	Hands on course IV - Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing-FEES
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	Hands on course I- Basic Laparoscopy	Hands on course II- Basic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	Hands on course III- Bronchoscopy- Airway	Hands on course IV - Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing-FEES
12.30-13:30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13:30-15:30	Hands on course V- Advanced Laparoscopy	Hands on course- VI Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	Hands on course VII- Basic robotic surgery	Workshop I- Principles of Nutritional Treatment
15:30-16:00	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break
16:00-17:30	Hands on course V- Advanced Laparoscopy	Hands on course- VI Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy	Hands on course VII- Basic robotic surgery	Workshop I- Principles of Nutritional Treatment

Time	Hall A	Hall B
08:00-08:30	REGISTRATION
08:30 -10:30	PAAFIS I- Airway Malformations	AERODIGESTIVE I- Airway surgery
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	PAAFIS II- Upper GI Anomalies	AERODIGESTIVE II- Dysphagia
12.30-13:30	Lunch	Lunch
13:30-15:30	PAAFIS III- Other Foregut Anomalies	AERODIGESTIVE III- Laryngeal surgery
15:30-16:00	Coffee break	Coffee break
16:00-17:30	PAAFIS IV- Rare Diseases of Foregut	AERODIGESTIVE IV- Complications in AD

Time	Hall A
08:00-09:00	Quality of Life Research in Esophageal Atresia Results of international QOL initiative QOL in adult EA patients QOL from the perspective of patients and parents
09:00-10:00	Transition to Adulthood Core outcome sets in esophageal atresia Experience of parents A real-life follow-up of adult EA patients: What are the challenges?
10:00-10:30	Coffee break
10:30-11:30	Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Atresia Tips and tricks in thoracoscopic repair of EA Surgical treatment of long-gap EA Novel treatment modalities in EA: Future perspectives
11:30-12:30	Satellite Symposium – Nutrition in Esophageal Atresia Patients
12:30-13:30	Lunch Break and Poster Walk
13:30-14:10	Patient Registries How to develop a population-based EA registry? Establishing international collaboration by using national EA registries
14:10-15:10	Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in Esophageal Atresia Routine use of PPI in children under 1 year of age: Should it still be recommended? Should there be a standard or a personalized treatment for GERD in EA patients? Surgical treatment of GERD in EA patients: Indications, techniques and outcomes
15:10-15:30	Coffee break
15:30- 16:30	Global Esophageal Atresia Initiative: Experts Forum
16:30-17:30	Oral Presentations
17:30-18:30	Difficult Cases

Time	Hall A
08:00-09:00	Respiratory Problems in Esophageal Atresia Challenges and long-term concerns in the respiratory care of patients with EA and TEF Management of tracheal pouch after EA repair Bronchiectasis in EA patients
09:00-10:00	Tracheomalacia in Esophageal Atresia Conservative management of tracheomalacia in EA-TEF patients Surgical treatment of tracheomalacia: To whom and how? Does presence of EA change the management plan of laryngeal cleft anomalies?
10:00-10:30	Coffee break
10:30-11:30	Anastomotic Strictures Optimal management of anastomotic strictures in 2025 Use of steroids in dilatation treatment Management of recurrent and recalcitrant strictures
11:30-12:30	Satellite Symposium
12:30-13:30	Lunch Break and Poster Walk
13:30-14:10	Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Esophageal Atresia Patients Endoscopy and diagnostic approach to EoE in EA patients When and how to treat EoE in EA patients
14:10-15:10	Congenital and Recurrent Tracheoesophageal Fistula Management of congenital H-type TEF Diagnosis and surgical treatment of recurrent TEF Endoscopic treatment of congenital and recurrent TEF
15:10-15:30	Coffee break
15:30- 16:30	Dysphagia and Swallowing Problems in Esophageal Atresia Assessment of swallowing problems in patients with EA Treatment of dysphagia and oral aversion after EA-TEF repair: Strategies to maintain the swallowing skills How do we feed an EA patient with swallowing problems?
16:30-17:30	Oral Presentations
17:30-18:10	Basic Science and Future Research Does tissue engineering promise a new replacement method in EA? Has experimental work in EA translated into the clinical grounds?
18:10-18:30	CLOSING REMARKS