ISW 2026 Program

Monday, 20 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	EARLY CAREER WRITERS' WORKSHOP WJS AdamGyedu Facilitator Ghana Dileep Lobo Facilitator United Kingdom GeorgeRakovich Facilitator Canada RowanParks Facilitator United Kingdom SamanthaDavies Facilitator United States Savio George Alberto da PiedadeBarreto Facilitator Australia Sherry M.Wren Facilitator United States Timothy CraigHardcastle Facilitator South Africa Victor Michael Zaydfudim Facilitator United States Monterrey A-C
08:30 10:00	ISW 2026 OPENING CEREMONY ISS/SIC Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States Gerard M. Doherty Guest United States Terrazza Room B-C
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
10:30 12:00	ISW 2026 OPENING SESSION ISS/SIC Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Gerard M. Doherty Guest United States Michael G. Sarr Guest United States Terrazza Room B-C
12:15 13:15	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor			POSTER WALK ISS/SIC Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor			EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING WJS Monterrey A-C
13:30 15:00	UPPER GI SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS HirotoshiKikuchi Moderator Japan Masashi Yoshida Moderator Japan Terrazza Room C	YOUNG BREAST CANCER 1 BSI Ines Buccimazza Moderator South Africa Molino Rey B	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC AmitGupta Moderator India DavidZonies Moderator United States Girasoles	STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE IASMEN Dileep Lobo Moderator United Kingdom Do Joong Park Moderator Korea (Republic of) Jardin	MANAGEMENT OF BURNS ISBI / AWS DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States LaurenNosanov Moderator United States Arco Iris	GLOBAL POLICTICS AND GLOBAL FUNDING FOR SURGICAL INITIATIVES ISS/SIC / G4 Miliard BeyeneDerbew Moderator Ethiopia Neil RobertWetzig Moderator Australia Camelias	SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B	SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B	FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Oaxaca A
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
15:30 17:00	COLORECTAL SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS Imran Hassan Moderator United States Tonia M. Young-Fadok Moderator United States V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Terrazza Room C	YOUNG BREAST CANCER 2 BSI Alberto Sahagun Moderator Mexico Jacqueline Sara Jeruss Moderator United States Molino Rey B	THE SILVER TSUNAMI – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC Girasoles	SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION IN ASIA IASMEN / ASSMN Ho-Seong Han Moderator South Korea Ming-TsanLin Moderator Taiwan, Province of China Jardin	PREEMPTIVE BURN TREATMENT TO REDUCE SCARRING ISBI AnthonyPapp Moderator Canada DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States Arco Iris	DATA-DRIVEN QUALITY INITIATIVES IN LMIC'S ISS/SIC / G4 Neil RobertWetzig Moderator Australia Camelias	SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B	SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B	ISS/SIC AND WSES JOINT VENTURE ISS/SIC / WSES Ari K. Leppäniemi Moderator Finland Oaxaca A
17:15 18:00	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor