Provisional Programme
The Congress has been awarded 30 CPD for the full Congress.
| Tuesday 4th May | |
| 0930 - 1100 | Short Paper Sessions |
| 1100 - 1130 | Break - Surgical Yoga with Dr Divya |
| 1130 - 1300 | Short Paper Sessions |
| 1300 - 1400 | Break |
| 1400 - 1405 | Welcome by ASGBI President |
| 1405 - 1430 | ASGBI at 100: A Look at the Past present and future of surgeons and surgery |
| 1430 - 1530 | Symposium: Joint ASGBI/ASiT: Everybodymatters - training matters - trainees matter |
| 1530 - 1545 | Break |
| 1545 - 1615 | Ipsen Industry Symposium: A short course in the surgical management of neuroendocrine tumours |
| 1545 - 1700 | Sympsium: Patients Matter |
| 1700 - 1715 | Break |
| 1715 - 1830 | ASGBI-NIHR Surgical Medtech Co-operative Symposium: Innovation Matters |
| Wednesday 5th May | |
| 0930 - 1030/1100 | ASGBI AV Prize & Short Paper Sessions |
| 1100 - 1130 | Break - Surgical Yoga wth Dr Divya |
| 1130 - 1300 | Prize Paper Session & Short Paper Sessions |
| 1300 - 1400 | Break |
| 1400 - 1405 | Welcome & Announcement of Moynihan Prize Winner |
| 1405 - 1430 | BJS Symposium![]() BJS Lecture: Communicating with Surgeons - Professor Julio Mayol, Spain |
| 1430 - 1500 | ASGBI/BJS Best Prize Paper |
| 1500 - 1530 | Joint ASGBI/SRS: 3 Best Surgical Papers |
| 1400 - 1520 | Symposium: What you can't get from a textbook |
| 1530 - 1545 | Break |
| 1545 - 1645 | Symposium: COVID-19: Research & Lessons Learnt |
| 1645 - 1700 | Break |
| 1700 - 1830 | Parallel Symposium: Medicolegal session |
| 1700 - 1815 | Parallel Symposium: Professional Life |
| Thursday 6th May | |
| 0930 - 1100 | Short Paper Sessions |
| 1100 - 1130 | Break - Surgical Yoga with Dr Divya |
| 1130 - 1300 | Short Paper Sessions |
| 1300 - 1315 | Break |
| 1315 - 1340 | 3MI: Closed incision negative pressure wound therapy reduces surgical site infection following emergency laparotomy |
| 1340 - 1400 | Break |
| 1400 - 1405 | Welcome |
| 1405 - 1420 | Presentation of Intuitive and PCUK Fellowships |
| 1420 - 1600 | Symposium: Hernia |
| 1600 - 1615 | BD: Future Best Practice - Prevention of incisional Hernies |
| 1615 - 1715 | Intuitive Sponsored Session Symposium: Robotics in general surgery: state of the art practice |
| Friday 7th May | |
| 0930 - 1100 | Short Paper Sessions |
| 1100 - 1130 | Break- Surgical Yoga with Dr Divya |
| 1130 - 1300 | Short Paper Sessions |
| 1300 - 1330 | Ethicon sponsored symposium: Helping Make Surgery Greener |
| 1330 - 1400 | Olympus sponsored symposium: Reimagining the Clinical Space Using Virtual Technology |
| 1300 - 1400 | Break |
| 1400 - 1405 | Welcome by ASGBI President, Mr Neil Welch |
| 1405 - 1545 | Symposium: Human Factors and all things resillience |
| 1545 - 1600 | Break |
| 1600 - 1645 | Parallel Symposium: Sustainability Session |
| 1600 - 1800 | Paralled Symposium: Inclusivity at the ASGBI |
| 1645 - 1700 | Break |
| 1700 - 1800 | Symposium: Emergency General Surgery: Bad Day on Call |
| Saturday 8th May | |
| 0855 - 0900 | Welcome - Gill Tierney |
| 0900 - 0920 | IST improved - Paul Sadler |
| 0920 - 0940 | The role of the School of Surgery - Esther McClarty |
| 0940 - 1000 | #NoTrainingTodayNoSurgeonsTomorrow - Jon Lund |
| 1000 - 1020 | The Multi-consultant Report - Keith Jones |
| 1020 - 1040 | LTFT - the best of both Worlds? - Rebecca Fish |
| 1040 - 1100 | The new Curriculum - Tim Cook |
| 1100 - 1115 | Rights and Responsibilities of a 21st Century Trainee - Joshua Burke |
| 1115 - 1130 | Break |
| 1130 - 1200 | General Wisdom - Averil Mansfield |
| 1200 - 1230 | Launch of the Moynihan Academy and Introduction of the inaugural committee - Gill Tierney |
Provisional Education Sessions
There will be a number of on demand sessions available on the virtual platform.
| Extreme Pancreatitis - Giles Bond-Smith | |
| Vascular emergencies for the General Surgeon - Keith Jones | |
| The retroperitoneal and abdominal wall sarcoma for the general surgeon, how to investigate and what to refer? - Hasan Malik | |
| Incidentaloma - Rae Brindle | |
| Technical tips for difficult cholecystectomy - Giles Toogood | |
| Adhesion prevention, does laparoscopy really prevent numbers of patients? - Ewen Griffiths | |
| Emergency General Surgery Challenges for transplant patients - Vassilios Papalois | |
| Delivery of care in resource limited setting - P. Raghu Ram | |
| Acute inflammatory bowel disease for the general emergency surgeon - Laura Hancock | |
| Caval filters/indications/timing/complications/timing of removal/new developments etc - Pete Thurley | |
| CPOC - finding a new path with perioperative care - Scarlett McNally | |
| Moynihan Travelling Fellowship - Omar Mownah | |
| The History of ASGBI - Micahel Crumplin |
| College Lectures | |
| Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - Sir Robert Shields Lecture | Global surgery, have we really delivered - Prof Ewan Harrison |
| Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow - Macewan Lecture | Breast Cancer: The Past, the Present and the Future - Dr Julie Doughty |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Robert Smith Lecture | Mr David Moore |
| RCS Moynihan Lecture | Making data meaningful for surgeons and patients - Prof Tim Underwood |
| RCS Hunterian Lecture | Mr Siong Liau |

