13:00 Registration opens
14:00-15:00 Session 1: Innova et performa!
Panel: Prof Raf Bisschops, Prof Guido Costamagna, Prof Michal Kaminski, Dr Begona Gonzalez-Suarez
14:00 Beyond drainage! LAMS 2.0: innovative applications in therapeutic EUS - Prof Andrea Anderloni
14:15 Metabolic endoscopy: from bariatrics to regeneration!
- Prof Mostafa Ibrahim
14:30 To close or not to close? - Prof Cristiano Spada
14:45 One-man band! - Dr 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: Dr Francisco Da Baldaque-Silva, Prof Alanna Ebigbo, Prof Leon Moons
15:15 P-EMR is here to stay! - Prof Michal Kaminski
15:30 ESD is the present and the future! - Prof Hironori Yamamoto
15:45 Discussion/Q&A
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30-18:00 Session 3: The International AEM Advanced Endoscopy Challenge Part I
Prof Edward John Despott, Prof Alberto Murino & Fellows
18:00-18:10 Closing Remarks for Day 1
18:15-23:00 The International AEM Grand Networking Buffet Reception at the
Historic 18th Century Palazzo Parisio
07:30-08:00 Registration opens
08:00-08:30 Official opening speeches: Prof Edward John Despott,
Prof Alberto Murino, The Hon Dr Jo Etienne Abela, Mr Clarence Pace, Prof Hironori Yamamoto
08:30-09:30 Session 4: Fifty shades of cutting!
Panel: Prof Marcel Tantau, Mr Amyn Haji, Dr Nima Mottacki, Dr Erasmia Vlachou
08:30 Cold cut! - Prof Marcel Tantau
08:45 Chopping the trunk! (safely) - Dr David Tate
09:00 Deep cut! - Prof Leon Moons
09:15 Discussion/Q&A
09:30-11:00 Session 5: On the frontline! Emergency endoscopy
Panel: Dr Wafaa Khannoussi, Dr Sami Boudabbous, Prof Albrecht Neese,
Prof Pierre Ellul, Mr Clifford Caruana
09:30 Blocked! The food bolus obstruction -Prof Alberto Murino
09:45 Red and black! Handling the upper GI bleed - Prof Raf Bisschops
10:00 Is there such a thing as ‘an emergency colonoscopy’?!
-Prof Cesare Hassan
10:15 Yellow fever! Emergency biliary drainage - Prof Guido Costamagna
10:30 It’s the small bowel! - Prof Hironori Yamamoto
10:45 Discussion/Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session 6: A conscientious patient-centred partnership: What does the industry provide?
Panel: Prof Hironori Yamamoto, Prof Edward John Despott, Prof Cristiano Spada, Prof Alberto Murino
11:30 FujiFilm Healthcare Europe: Mr Salim Tayah
11:40 Olympus Medical: Mr Alexander Forster
11:50 Boston Scientific: Mr Rory Telfer
12:00 Erbe Presentation
12:10 Pentax Medical: Mr John Kroeze
12:20 Discussion/Q&A
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 Session 7: The International AEM 3D Matrix spotlight symposium
Panel: Prof Edward John Despott, Prof Alberto Murino, Mr Amyn Haji, Prof Raf Bisschops
14:00 RADA16: But what on earth is it?? - Prof Cesare Hassan
14:15 Does it work? Clinical applications & emerging indications - Prof Edward John Despott
14:30 Radiation proctopathy 2026: shift gear & optimise your management! - Mr Amyn Haji
14:45 Discussion/Q&A
15:00-16:00: Session 8: Next generation ESD from saline to traction and beyond
Panel: Prof Zornica Gorcheva, Prof Vincent Huberty, Dr David Tate, Prof Leon Moons, Dr Erasmia Vlachou
15:00 Dive in! Saline is the future: optimal technique & the growing evidence
- Prof Edward John Despott
15:15 Pull it! I still use traction… - Dr Francisco Baldaque-Silva
15:30 Come-on guys! It’s the best of both worlds…- Prof Alanna Ebigbo
15:45 Discussion/Q&A
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Session 9: The International AEM Endoscopy Challenge Part II
Prof Edward John Despott, Prof Alberto Murino, Prof Hironori Yamamoto & Team
17:30 Day two: closing remarks
18:00-23:00 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
07:30 Registration opens
08:30 Dedicated ESD Course Lectures I:
08:30 The Pocket Creation Method (PCM) - Prof Hironori Yamamoto
08:45 ESD technical tips & tricks - Dr Francisco Baldaque-Silva
09:00 Diathermy for ESD - Prof Hironori Yamamoto
09:15 ESD hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Dedicated ESD Course Lecture II:
13:30 Management of ESD adverse events - Dr David Tate
13:45 ESD hands-on training
16:45 Close
The International AEM London ERCP & EUS Hands-on Training Course with International Experts
07:30 Registration opens
08:30 Dedicated ERCP Lectures
08:30 Indications - Prof Guido Costamagna
08:45 Anatomy and anatomical variations - Prof Andrea Anderloni
09:00 Biliary & pancreatic cannulation - Prof Guido Costamagna
09:15 Sphincterotomy & pre-cut - Dr Sami Boudabbous
09:30 Dedicated EUS Lectures
09:30 EUS imaging of mediastinal lymph nodes and the oesophagus - Dr Wafaa Khannoussi
09:40 EUS Imaging of the stomach and pancreas - Dr Bogdan Miutescu
09:50 EUS-FNA - Prof Albrecht Neese
10:00 Therapeutic EUS - Prof Andrea Anderloni
10:15 ERCP & EUS hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 ERCP & EUS hands-on training
16:45 Close
The International AEM Haemostasis Hands-on Training Course with International Experts
07:30 Registration opens
08:30 Dedicated Haemostasis Lectures
08:30 Preparation: Resuscitation, preparing the team, equipment required,
preparing the room, non-technical skills - Prof Zornica Gorcheva
08:45 Non-variceal bleeding: injection, diathermy, clipping (including OTSC), topical
agents, tips & pitfalls - Prof Marcel Tantau
09:00 Variceal: banding, injection therapy: tips & pitfalls - Prof Mostafa Ibrahim 09:15 Haemostasis hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Haemostasis hands-on training
16:45 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 - Prof Mostafa Ibrahim
08:45 Apollo Endosurgery Overstitch™, Endotools Endomina™ - Prof Vincent Huberty
09:00 Endoscopic gastroplasty suturing technique - Prof Ivo Boskoski
09:15 Potential adverse events and their management - Prof Vincent Huberty
09:30 Closure of defects - TTSC, OTSC, Boston Scientific Mantis Clip™, Apollo
Endosurgery X-Tack™ - Prof Ivo Boskoski
10:00 Bariatric hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Bariatric hands-on training
16:45 Close
The International AEM Endoscopic Polypectomy & EMR Training Course with International Experts
08:30 Lesion characterisation - Prof Raf Bisschops
08:45 Pedunculated polypectomy - Prof Alanna Ebigbo
09:00 En bloc EMR - Dr Erasmia Vlachou
09:15 P-EMR - Prof Raf Bisschops
09:30 EMR hands-on training
12:30 Lunch
13:30 EMR hands-on training
16:45 Close
