Mr Gary Crosthwaite and Associate Professor Luis Prado 

Chairs: Mr Gary Crosthwaite and Mr Phil Smart  

08:40 – 09:00 Hernia repair in the United States: Current situation and trends including mesh vs no mesh - Professor James G. Bittner

09:00 – 09:20 Clinical assessment / Decision making / Should I operate at all? - Dr Keith Towsey

09:20 – 09:35 Radiological assessment / Anatomy of a hernia - Dr Brooke Sawyer

09:35 – 09:50 Optimising the patient - Mr Rod Jacobs

09:50 – 10:05 What mesh should I use? - Dr Su Mei Hoh

10:05 – 10:30 Location Location Location: Mesh location impacts outcomes - Professor James G. Bittner

Chairs: Mr David Wardill and Mr Satish Warrier

10:50 – 11:05 Robotic assisted repair of recurrent groin hernias - Professor James G. Bittner

11:05 – 11:20 Trends in approach TAP, TEP and Open - Mr Alvin Cham

11:20 – 11:35 What to do with the recurrence - Mr Darrin Goodall-Wilson

11:35 – 11:50 Post-operative pain – What to do - Dr Karin Jones

11:50 – 12:05 Discussion

12:05 – 12:30 Evolving new techniques – MILOS, TESLAR, SCOLA, WTF? Dr Keith Towsey

Chairs: Associate Professor Peter Danne and Mr Alvin Cham 

13:15 – 13:35 The difficult ventral hernia - options - Dr Keith Towsey

13:35 – 13:50 Outcomes of open versus lap ventral hernias - Mr Gary Crosthwaite

13:50 – 14:05 Parastomal hernias - Associate Professor Craig Lynch

14:05 – 14:20 Placement and fixation - optimising the operation - Mr Rod Jacobs

14:20 – 14:45 Addressing complications and recurrences after component separation - Professor James G. Bittner

14:45 – 15:00 Discussion

Chairs: Mr Craig Lynch and Mr Rod Jacobs

15:30 – 16:00 Robotic-assisted hernia repair: You know you want to - but what about the economics? Professor James G. Bittner

16:00 – 16:30 Learning new tricks eTEP and RoboTAR - Mr David Wardill

16:30 – 16:50 Panel discussion - Difficult cases / Problem solving / Tips and tricks / Robot hernia cases / Medico legal issues - CR Fellow

16:50 – 17:00 Closing comments