Three Pillars of a Future-Oriented Scientific Program
CLINICAL EXCELLENCE AND CORE HERNIA SURGERY
- Groin hernia surgery
- Primary ventral and umbilical hernias
- Complex abdominal wall reconstruction
- Hiatal and diaphragmatic hernias
- Strategies for complex abdominal wall defects
- Hernia center development and certification
- Specialization in abdominal wall surgery
- Guidelines, evidence and quality assurance
- Surgical education and training
SCIENCE, INNOVATION AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
- Robotic and digital surgery
- Artificial intelligence and data-driven medicine
- Advanced imaging technologies
- New surgical technologies
- Mesh science and biomaterials
- Translational research
PATIENTS, OUTCOMES AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
- Complications and pain
- Registry-based research
- Real-world data
- Health systems and reimbursement
- Global access to hernia care
- Sessions with continental hernia societies
- Regional perspectives on hernia surgery
- Surgery in low-resource vs. highly industrialized healthcare systems