BIARGS 15th Annual Scientific Meeting – Abstract Submissions Now Open!
Dates: 21–22 November 2025
Venue: Historic Crewe Hall, Staffordshire
Dear BIARGS Member,
Share your research on a global stage and showcase your expertise at the BIARGS 15th Annual Scientific Meeting!
We invite you to submit abstracts for oral, video, or poster presentations. This is a fantastic opportunity to:
• Enhance your CV
• Develop presentation and public speaking skills
• Compete for prestigious prizes!
We look forward to seeing your innovative work and welcoming you to a vibrant scientific exchange in the beautiful setting of Crewe Hall.
| Time | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration, Tea, Coffee & Networking | Crewe Hall |
| 08:30 – 08:40 | Welcome & Opening Remarks | Conference Chairs: Zeiad El-Gizawy |
| 08:40 – 09:00 | BIARGS Presidential address- Leading beyond Console | Nahid Gul |
| Session 1: | Current Affairs in UK and Ireland | Chairs: Alison Wright & Usma Mahmood |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | How to implement robotic surgery in NHS gynaecological practice following NICE guidance |
Elaine Andrews |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Cost vs Clinical Benefit- Making Robotics Sustainable | Thomas Ind |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | How to keep up with rapidly emerging technology? Experience with Single port surgery | Amer Raza |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Discussion | |
| Session 2: | Theatre Team in Focus: “Powering the Platform” | Chair Carmine Civilli & Claudia So |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Setting the Stage: Robotic Theatre setup | Catherine Callanga |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Training and Upskilling the Robotic Nurse | Sandip Ark |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | The Bedside Surgeon: Challenges and Skills in Robotic Assistance | Carmine Civilli |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Safe Docking and Troubleshooting: Nursing insights for Avoiding Delays | Matthew Kobylarz |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | Patient safety and human factors within robotic surgery | Geraldine Gagasa |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Discussion | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Tea & Coffee; Poster Viewing; Industry Stands | |
| Session 3: | Free Communication (Thomas Ind price for best selected Video) | Chairs: Zeiad El-Gizawy & Nidhi Singh |
| 11:15 – 11:25 | Robotic-assisted repair of vesicovaginal fistula: A modern approach | Emily Leung |
| 11:25 – 11:35 | EYE vs ICG- Don’t be Fooled | Ammar Rafiq |
| 11:35 – 11:45 | Robotic Pectopexy : Enhancing Precision in Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery | Jacqueline John |
| 11:45 – 11:55 | Robotic-assisted Secondary Cytoreduction for Ovarian Cancer Recurrence: Complex Upper Abdominal Disease |
Elaine Leung |
| 11:55 – 12:05 | Robotic-assisted transabdominal cervical cerclage during pregnancy | William Farkas |
| 12:05 – 12:15 | Through the Anus or the Abdomen? Robotic NOSE in Stage IV Bowel Endometriosis and the Case for Comparison |
Megha Mistry |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Discussion | |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | John Shepherd Lecture: Intuitive Gold sponsor talk | Gaby Moawad |
| 12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch; Poster Viewing; Industry Stands, Networking | |
| Session 4: | Endometriosis & Complex Pelvic Surgery | Chairs: Amer Raza & Gaby Moawad |
| 13:30 – 13:45 | Complications in endometriosis robotic assisted surgery | Denis Tsepov |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Robotic assistance in Complex Myomectomy | Zeiad El-Gizawy |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | When we can’t use all of our robotic tools | Sujata Gupta |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Retroperitoneal anatomy: Strategies in Unfreezing the Frozen Pelvis | Nahid Gul |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Discussion | |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Industry Gold sponsor talk: Cooper Surgical: Robotic surgery for women with high BMI |
Simon Butler-Manuel |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Tea & Coffee | |
| Session 5: | Gynaeoncology | Chairs: Ali Kucukmetin & Emma Long |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Robotics for interval Debulking in Ovarian Cancer | Simon Butler-Manuel |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Fertility Sparing Oncology Surgery (Robotic trachelectomy, ovarian transposition, sarcoma/myoma distinctions). |
Marielle Nobbenhuis |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Robotic surgery in Endometrial Cancer | Mohamed Otify |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Near infra-red and ICG in robotic assisted Gynaecological Surgery | Felix Chan |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Industry Gold sponsor talk: CMR: Advancing Surgical Precision: The latest innovations of the Versius robotic system. |
Paul Stanciu |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Discussion. Sessions close, end of Day 1 | |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | BIARGS AGM Members only | |
| Social Programme | Crewe Hall | |
| 19:00 | Drinks reception | |
| 19:30-midnight | Magic/ Congress dinner & band |
| Time | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration, Tea & Coffee | Crewe Hall |
| Session 6: | Robotics in Urogynaecology & Pelvic Reconstruction | Chairs: Roopa Nair & Suruchi Pandey |
| 08:30 – 08:45 | Apical prolapse; Is robotic surgery now the gold standard? | Dina El-Hamamsy |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Bladder Endometriosis & Reconstruction / ureteric Reimplantation | Lyndon Gommersall |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Feasibility study: Comparing ureteric stenting and ICG | Gourab Misra |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Discussion | |
| Session 7: | Gynaecological Training: “United for excellence: BIARGS, BSGE, BSUG, BGCS & RCS on Robotic Surgical Training” |
Nahid Gul & Arvind Vashisht |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Training the Gynae Surgeon: Current Gaps & Aspiration BIARGS view | Nahid Gul, BIARGS Training Chair |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Training the Gynae Surgeon: Current Gaps & Aspiration BSGE view | Donna Ghosh BSGE Honorary Secretary |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Trainee access and equity across deaneries; is this achievable? | David Iles BSUG Training Chair |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Trainer Development and Accreditation | Simon Buttler- Manuel BGCS Training Chair |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | A National Robotic Training Framework: What would it take? | Nuha Yassin RCS Robotic & Digital Surgery Chair |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Discussion | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Discussion, Tea & Coffee; Poster Viewing; Industry Stands | |
| Session 8: | “Crossing Planes: Robotics beyond the Pelvis” | Chairs: Simon Buttler- Manuel & Dina El-Hamamsy |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | Anaesthesia in the Robotic Era: Challenges and innovations in Gynae Surgery | Vidya Kasipandian |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | “Robotic Rectum: The Role of Colorectal Surgeons in Complex Endometriosis Cases” |
Deena Hiraji |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | “Beyond the pelvis: Recognising and Managing Thoracic Endometriosis” | Paul Stanciu |
| 12:00 – 12:10 | Discussion | |
| Session 9: | Free communication (Selected Oral presentations: Jeremy Wright prize for best oral presentation) |
Chairs: Sujata Gupta & Hannah Pierce |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Developing robotic assistants | Tim Hookway |
| 12:20 – 12:30 | Global Disparities in Access to Robotic Gynaecological Surgery: A Scoping Review | Olushola Ariyo |
| 12:30 – 12:40 | Communication and Patient Safety in Robotic-Assisted Surgery: The Impact of Human Factors |
Mandy Mangham |
| 12:40 – 12:50 | Neuroplasticity and its role in surgical coaching and training | Rabbie K. Hanna |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | The Surgical Paradox: Balancing Clinical Excellence with Environmental Responsibility |
Zahra Azeem |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Discussion | |
| 13:10 – 14:00 | Lunch; Poster Viewing; Industry Stands | |
| Session 10: | Robotic training | Chairs: Nahid Gul & Nuha Yassin |
| 14:00 – 14:15 | How does RCOG see robotic surgery in future training of gynaecologists? | Ian Scudamore RCOG VP Education and training |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Bridging the gap; Robotic training as an RCOG trainee to Robotic SITM | Sarah Rizeq |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | “Mastering Robotic Pedagogy! Empowering Trainer to Shape the Future” | Sharmila Gupta, LAPCO trainer |
| 14:45 – 15:00 | Debate: “Robotics is beneficial for specialist surgical training | Tom Coia |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Debate: Robotics impedes access to surgical training” | Naomi Harvey |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Q&A | |
| Session 11: | Smarter Surgery: AI, Data & Surgical Innovation: Future of Robotic surgery | Chairs: Arohan Sapkata & Marielle Nobbenhuis |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Digital transformation of robotic surgery- AI and surgical innovation | Justin Collins / Nuha Yassin |
| 15.45 – 16:00 | “Innovating Robotic Gynaecology: From Data to Digital Twins” | Nicolas Bourdel |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | “Virtual Reality and Simulation for Robotic Training” | Mohamed Mabrouk |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | “Remote Surgery, Real impact: The future of Telementoring and Telesurgery” | Jim Khan |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Discussion | |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Prizes announced; meeting closure; date and venue next meeting. ASM 2026, End of conference |
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Presentation Categories & Awards
Free Communication – Video Presentations
(Thomas Ind Prize)
• 1st Prize: £250
• 2nd Prize: £150
Free Communication – Oral Presentations
(Jeremy Wright Prize)
• 1st Prize: £250
• 2nd Prize: £150
Important Dates
• Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 15 September 2025 (23:59 UK time)
• Notification of Acceptance: Monday, 29 September 2025
• ePoster Submission Deadline: Monday, 27 October 2025
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BIARGS Social Event
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at the BIARGS Social Event where networking meets celebration!
Join peers and friends for a night of:
Meaningful Connections: Mingle with professionals from every corner of the field – swap ideas, spark collaborations, and grow your network in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.
Delicious Dinner: Savour a wonderful three-course menu, with vegetarian and vegan options that will delight every palate.
Live Entertainment & Dancing: Our DJ will keep the dance floor busy all night long – whether you’re showing off your best (robot) dance moves or cheering from the sidelines!
Good Company: Bring your friends, make new ones – this is the perfect opportunity to catch up, laugh, and make memories that last well beyond the evening.
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