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Research Session

Chair: Jim Tiernan (Leeds)

An update of ongoing studies and choices of future studies

• Introduction - Jim Tiernan (Leeds)
• BRUK Update - Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)
• Breaking trials:
  • SUNRRISE - Richard Wilkin (Birmingham)
  • PPAC2 - Jennifer Law (Liverpool)
  • FOxTROT 1 & 2 - Jenny Seligmann (Leeds)
  • ROSSINI 2 Interim Results - Thomas Pinkney (Birmingham)
• The future of PROMS in clinical trials - Tom Pinkney (Birmingham)
• Live Audience Trial Design: Come and design the next ACPGBI research study
• Wrap up - Jim Tiernan (Leeds)

Symposium: Emergency General Surgery

Chairs: Gill Tierney (Derby), Osman Chaudhary (Southend), James Wheeler (Cambridge), 

• Delivery of EGS - Constantinos Simillis (Cambridge)
• Challenges of the old frail patient - Susan Moug (Glasgow)
• Damage limitation - David Bailey (US Air Force)
• The laparoscope and emergency colorectal surgery: LaCES2 - Deena Harji (Manchester)

Debate: This house believes that a dedicated EGS service is an unnecessary distraction

Chair: Sonia Lockwood (Bradford)

• For: Tim Cook (Gloucester)
• Against: Giles Toogood (Leeds)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Creating an Inclusive Environment

Chairs: Gabrielle Van Ramshorst (Ghent, Belgium), Kiran Altaf (Liverpool)

• International medical graduates and SAS doctors in colorectal surgery: what do we (not) know - Evripidis Tokidis (Sheffield)
• The hidden cost of mental health on the NHS - Pawan Mathur (London)
• Diversity and inclusion: perspective from RAF - Wing Commander D Bhasin MBE
• "There is light at the end of the tunnel" video vignette - Peter Kyle (London)
• Impact of EDI on patient care and outcomes: a patient’s perspective - Azmina Verjee, PLG Representative (London)
• Uncomfortable truths which must be spoken: a Q&A session with national EDI experts - Nuha Yassin (Wolverhampton) and Tamzin Cuming (London)

Coffee break

CMR Sponsored Symposium

• Welcome to Verius Virtual Reality!’ - Justin Collins, Associate Medical Director, CMR Surgical

Symposium: Pelvic Floor for the Coloproctologist

Chairs: Karen Telford (Manchester) Lillian Reza (London) and Kim Gorissen (Oxford)

• The acutely constipated patient presenting on the emergency take - Tom Dudding (Southampton)
• The chronic constipated patient - Emma Carrington (London)
• State of the art update on IBS: the new BSG guidelines - Dipesh Vasant (Manchester)
• Tricky cases with interactive voting

Early Years Consultant Network Session

Chairs: Jared Torkington (Cardiff), Katie Adams (London)

• EYCN Introductions - Katie Adams (London)
• What I wish I had known when starting as a consultant - Bob Steele (Dundee), introduced by Aaron Quyn (Leeds)
• Videos of 'What I wished I had known' and 'What I hope it to be' - Catherine Boereboom (Nottingham)
• Mentorship corner - Ash Bhalla (Derby), Catherine Boereboom (Nottingham), Charles Maxwell Armstrong (Nottingham), Justin Davies (Cambridge), Baljit Singh (Leicester), Kirsten Boyle (Leicester)
• Mentorship: Choose your own adventure - Ahsan Javed (Blackburn), Katie Adams (London)
• 2023 Trailer with new EYCN Chair, Ash Bhalla (Derby)

Intuitive Sponsored Symposium

• Expanding da Vinci indications within our robotics programme - Nuha Yassin (Wolverhampton)

Colorectal Disease Lecture

Chair: Neil Smart, Editor in Chief Colorectal Disease (Exeter)

• Incontinence: looking back to look forward - Charles Knowles (London)

Awards, Prize-giving and Presidential Handover

Symposium: The Troubles I’ve Seen

Chairs: Nicola Eardley, Shahab Siddiqi

• What gets folk into trouble - Karen Nugent (Southampton)
• What gets folk out of trouble - Charles Maxwell-Armstrong, (Nottingham)
• Keeping sane - Peter McDonald (Northwick Park)
• And when it really goes badly wrong - Ian Jenkins (London)
• What you should know about lawyers - Carolynne Vaizey (London)

The Dukes’ Club Lecture

Chair: Panchali Sarmah (Leicester)

• Burnout - Judith Johnson (Leeds)