14:00–15:00 Session 1: Innova et performa!
Panel: Raf Bisschops, Guido Costamagna, Michal Kaminski, Zornica Gorcheva
14:00 Talk 1: Beyond drainage! LAMS 2.0: Innovative applications in therapeutic EUS
Andrea Anderloni
14:15 Talk 2: Metabolic endoscopy: From bariatrics to regeneration! Ivo Boskoski
14:30 Talk 3: To close or not to close? Cristiano Spada
14:45 Talk 4: One-man band! Vincenzo Cennamo
15:00 Discussion/Q&A
15:15–16:00 Session 2: Why on earth are we still debating?! Colorectal P-EMR or ESD?!
Panel: Francisco Da Baldaque-Silva, Alanna Ebigbo, Leon Moons
15:15 Talk 1: EMR is here to stay! (TBC)
15:30 Talk 2: ESD is the present and the future! Hironori Yamamoto
15:45 Discussion/Q&A
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30–18:00 The International AEM Advanced Endoscopy Challenge Part I
Edward John Despott, Alberto Murino & Fellows
18:00–18:10 Closing Remarks for Day 1
18:15–23:00 The International AEM Grand Networking Reception at a secret historic location
07:30–08:00 Registration
08:00–08:30 Official opening speeches: Edward John Despott, Alberto Murino,
The Hon Dr Jo Etienne Abela, Mr Clarence Pace, Hironori Yamamoto
08:30-09:30 Session 3: Fifty shades of cutting!
Panel: Marcel Tantau, Amyn Haji, Erasmia Vlachou
08:30 Cold cut! Michal Kaminski
08:45 Chopping the trunk! (safely) David Tate
09:00 Deep cut! Leon Moons
09:15 Discussion/Q&A
09:30–11:00 Session 3: On the frontline! Emergency endoscopy
Panel: Wafaa Khannoussi, Sami Boudabous, Albrecht Neese, Marianna Arvanitakis
09:30 Talk 1: Blocked! The food bolus obstruction Alberto Murino
09:45 Talk 2: Red and black! Handling the upper GI bleed Raf Bisschops
10:00 Talk 3: Is there such a thing as ‘an emergency colonoscopy’?! Cesare Hassan
10:15 Talk 4: Yellow fever! Emergency biliary drainage Guido Costamagna
10:30 Talk 5: It’s the small-bowel! Hironori Yamamoto
10:45 Discussion/Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30–13:00 Session 4: A conscientious patient-centred partnership: What does the industry provide?
Panel: Hironori Yamamoto, Edward John Despott, Cristiano Spada, Alberto Murino
11:30: Fujifilm Healthcare Europe: Mr Tayah
11:40: Olympus Medical: Mr Forster
11:50: Boston Scientific: Mr Lengel
12:00: Erbe: Mr Luca Cirillo
12:10: Pentax Medical: Mr John Kroeze
12:20: Discussion/Q&A
13:00: Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 Session 5: The International AEM 3-D Matrix spotlight symposium
Panel: Edward John Despott, Alberto Murino, Amyn Haji, Raf Bisschops
14:00: RADA16: But what on earth is it?? Amyn Haji (TBC)
14:15: Does it work? Clinical applications & emerging indications Edward John Despott
14:30: Radiation proctopathy 2026: Shift gear & optimise your management! Cesare Hassan
14:45 Discussion/Q&A
15:00-16:00: Session 6
Panel: Vincent Huberty, Federico Barbaro, David Tate, Leon Moons
15.00 Talk 1: Dive in: Saline is the future! Optimal technique & the growing evidence
Edward John Despott
15:15 Talk 2: Pull it! I still use traction… (TBC)
15:30 Talk 3: Come-on guys! It’s the best of both worlds… Alanna Ebigbo
15:45 Discussion/Q&A
16:00 –16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 –17:30 Session 7 The International AEM Endoscopy Challenge Part II
Panel: TBC
17:30: Closing Remarks for Day 2
19:00 –23:30 Networking Drinks on the terrace of the Sacra Infermeria (with spectacular views of the Grand Harbour) followed by a Networking Buffet in the historic Knights Hall of the Sacra Infermeria
The International AEM Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) Hands-on Training Course with International Experts
08:30 Dedicated ESD Course Lectures I:
08:30 The Pocket Creation Method (PCM) Hironori Yamamoto
08:45 ESD technical tips & tricks (TBC)
09:00 Diathermy for ESD Francisco Baldaque-Silva
09:15 ESD hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Dedicated ESD Course Lecture II:
13:30 Management of ESD adverse events David Tate
13:45 ESD hands-on training
17:00 Close
The International AEM London ERCP & EUS Hands-on Training Course with International Experts
08:30 Dedicated ERCP Lectures
08:30 Indications Guido Costamagna
08:45 Anatomy and anatomical variations Andrea Anderloni
09:00 Biliary & pancreatic cannulation Guido Costamagna
09:15 Sphincterotomy & pre-cut Sami Bouddabous
09:30 Dedicated EUS Lectures
09:30 EUS imaging of mediastinal lymph nodes and the oesophagus Wafaa Khannoussi
09:40 EUS Imaging of the stomach and pancreas (TBC)
09:50 EUS-FNA Albrecht Neese
10:00 Therapeutic EUS Andrea Anderloni
10:15 ERCP & EUS hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 ERCP & EUS hands-on training
17:00 Close
The International AEM Haemostasis Hands-on Training Course with International Experts
08:30 Dedicated haemostasis Lectures
08:30 Preparation: Resuscitation, preparing the team, equipment required, preparing the room, non-technical skills Zornica Gocheva
08:45 Non-variceal bleeding: Injection, diathermy, clipping (including OTSC), topical agents, tips & pitfalls Marcel Tantau
09:00 Variceal: Banding, injection therapy: tips & pitfalls Mostafa Ibrahim
09:15 Haemostasis hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Haemostasis hands-on training
17:00 Close
The International AEM Endoscopic Suturing, Bariatric & Defect Closure Hands-on Training Course with International Experts
07:30 Registration opens
08:30 Preparation: Preparing the team, equipment required, preparing the room, non-technical skills
08:45 Basic suturing skills with different devices
09:00 Apollo Endosurgery Overstitch™, Endotools Endomina™
09:15 Endoscopic gastroplasty suturing technique
09:30 Potential adverse events and their management
09:45 Closure of defects - TTSC, OTSC, Boston Scientific Mantis Clip™, Apollo Endosurgery X-Tack™
10:00 Hands-on training
13:15 Lunch
14:15 Hands-on training
16:45 Close
The International AEM Endoscopic Polypectomy & EMR Training Course with International Experts
08:30 Lesion characterisation Raf Bisschops
08:45 Pedunculated polypectomy Alanna Ebigbo
09:00 En bloc EMR Bogdan Miutescu
09:15 P-EMR (TBC)
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