Management of thoracic cancer is an increasingly complex landscape to understand and negotiate. The recent studies on perioperative targeted and immunotherapies on resectable lung cancers, the increasing evidence for sublobar resections in select patients, development of advance next generation robotic surgical systems as well as the rapid rise of endobronchial therapy options have provided better outcomes and more tailored therapies for patients with thoracic malignancies.
It again gives me great pleasure to invite you to the Asia Thoracic Cancer Care Summit (ATCCS), Hong Kong in 2025. The theme of the meeting is "Breaking Boundaries towards Personalized Therapies", which is reflected in the topics with their diverse approach to pre-treatment planning as well as tailored approach to diagnosis and treatment across different specialties. Of note, tumour localization and surgical planning, advance uniportal VATS, robotic surgery utilizing different robotic platforms and approaches, non-invasive endobronchial cancer therapies, and more novel concepts of AI are some of the exciting areas that will be explored during this meeting. The leading institutes in the world from US, Europe and throughout Asia on thoracic cancer management have again lent their generous support this year in creating this truly inspiring program. Through lectures, discussions and dry lab workshops, we hope to bring you the most updated information and latest trends, to allow you to experience the technology, share with you our research and innovative ideas, and inspire you with a glimpse of future techniques and technologies.
We warmly welcome you to this vibrant city to celebrate with our renowned faculty recent progress and future developments, to start new and rekindle old friendships, and to be part of innovating more personalized therapies for the benefit of your patients with thoracic malignancies.
Calvin NG
Programme Director
Environmental Foundation Professor of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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| 08:30 | Registration | |
| 09:00 | Welcome Speech | Calvin SH NG |
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Session 1: Changing Face of VATS Chairpersons: Hyun Koo KIM, Calvin NG |
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| 09:10 | VATS Anatomical Lung Resection for the Treatment of Lung Cancer: Present & Future | Rene PETERSEN |
| 09:25 | VATS to RATS - Adoption & Teaching | Yin Kai CHAO |
| 09:40 | Uniportal VATS - Crossing Boundaries over the World | Diego GONZALEZ-RIVAS |
| 09:55 | MIS-Approach & Results from a Mega-Thoracic Unit | Lei JIANG |
| 10:10 | Coffee Break & Booth Visit | |
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Session 2: Advance & Single Port VATS - Metamorphosis Chairpersons: Jessica DONINGTON, Toshihiko SATO |
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| 10:50 | Tips & Tricks for Single Port VATS Sleeve / Double Sleeve Resections - What's new | Diego GONZALEZ-RIVAS |
| 11:05 | Latest Update & Techniques for Subxiphoid VATS Mediastinal Procedures | Takashi SUDA |
| 11:20 | Latest Development and Techniques in Subxiphoid Lung Resection | Lei JIANG |
| 11:35 | Segmentectomy with 3D Reconstruction | Rene PETERSEN |
| 11:50 | Less is More: Tubeless Uniportal VATS | Shuben LI |
| 12:05 | Photo Session | |
| LUNCH SYMPOSIUM / followed by Booth Visit |
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| Session 3: Lung Cancer Management - Now & Future Chairpersons: Rene PETERSEN, Aliss CHANG |
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| 13:40 | Lung Cancer Screening: New Technologies on the Horizon | Molly LI |
| 13:55 | Artificial Intelligence Empowered Thoracic Surgery Innovations | Jianxing HE (TBC) |
| 14:10 | RFID & Other Localization Techniques in Japan - Update | Toshihiko SATO |
| 14:25 | ICG & Other Emerging Targeted Markers - Current & Future Roles | Hyun Koo KIM |
| 14:40 | Hybrid OR Use in Thoracic Surgery - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Yin Kai CHAO |
| 14:55 | Coffee Break & Booth Visit | |
| *Dry Labs | ||
| 15:25 - 17:15 |
Dry Labs Nos. 1 to 3 | |
| *Enrolled delegates will be organized to rotate through the Dry lab rooms for Hands-on Experience, Test-Drive, etc. | ||
| 18:30 | Gala Dinner | |
| 08:00 | Registration | |
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Session 4: Immune Modulation & Targeted Approach to Lung Cancer Chairpersons: Lei JIANG, Rainbow LAU |
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| 08:30 | Role & Experience of Induction Immunotherapy VATS / RATS for Advanced Lung CA | Jessica DONINGTON |
| 08:45 | Updates on Targeted & Immunotherapy for Resectable Lung Cancer | Molly LI |
| 09:00 | Complexed Airway Reconstruction Following Neoadjuvant Targeted or Immunotherapy | Shuben LI |
| 09:15 | Endobronchial Intratumoral Immunotherapy | Daniel STERMAN |
| 09:30 | TBC | Naveed ALAM |
| 09:45 | Coffee Break & Booth Visit | |
| Session 5: Advances in Endobronchial Diagnosis & Therapy Chairpersons: Daniel STERMAN, Joyce CHAN |
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| 10:35 | Recent Advances in Navigation and Robotic Bronchoscopy for Diagnosis | Kyle HOGARTH |
| 10:50 | Robotic Bronchoscopy Experience & Ablation Experiences | Rainbow LAU |
| 11:05 | Endobronchial Ablation - One Shop One Stop Approach & Moving into the Future | Calvin NG |
| 11:20 | Navigation, Robotic Bronchoscopy & Ablation in China | Jiayuan SUN |
| 11:35 | Photo Session - All Faculty | |
| LUNCH SYMPOSIUM / followed by Booth Visit |
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| 12:00 | ||
| Session 6: Robotic Surgery Chairpersons: Rene PETERSEN, Yin Kai CHAO |
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| 13:10 | Robotic Surgery for Anterior Mediastinum: Tips & Tricks, & Best Practices | Jens RUCKERT |
| 13:25 | Robotic Segmentectomy & Subsegmentectomy | Hecheng LI |
| 13:40 | Subxiphoid Robotic Surgery - Setup, Technique & Results | Takashi SUDA |
| 13:55 | Single Port Robotic Surgery - State of the Art | Diego GONZALEZ-RIVAS |
| 14:10 | SP-Da Vinci Robotic Surgery - Different Approaches & Experience | Hyun Koo KIM |
| 14:25 | Up and Coming Robots in Japan: Clinical Trials and Progress | Toshihiko SATO |
| 14:40 | Concluding Remarks | Calvin NG |
| 15:00 | Coffee Break |
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| *Dry Labs (TBC) | ||
| 15:25 - 17:15 |
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| *Enrolled delegates will be organized to rotate through the Dry lab rooms for Hands-on Experience, Test-Drive, etc. | ||
| 18:30 | Faculty Dinner (Faculty & by invitation only) | |
# The organizer reserves the right to change the above programme without prior notice.
Registration Fee
| CUHK staff/medical students; HK registered doctors / allied health professionals | Fee waived |
| General Participants | HKD900 |
Members of partnering Societies, Institutes & Industries
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HKD450 |
Dry Labs (First-come, first-served)
The Dry Labs are scheduled for the afternoon of Day 1, while those on Day 2 are tentatively planned and subject to be confirmed.
Enrolled delegates will be organized into groups to rotate through various Dry Labs for the hands-on experience with the latest equipment.
Social Programme
Gala Dinner (19 June 2025)
Faculty Dinner (20 June 2025) (Faculty & by invitation only)
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Notification of cancellation must be made in writing to the Secretariat. For cancellation request received on or before 30th April, 2025, 50% of the registration fee deducting the handling charge by the bank will be refunded. No refund will be made for cancellation request thereafter.
Private Policy Statement
The personal data provided by registrants / applicants will be used by the Department of Surgery, CUHK for the purposes of processing registration for the workshops / conferences and delivering information of current and future events. The data will not be transferred to other external parties except for the co-organizers of events for communication of programmes / events purpose. Under the provision of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, registrants / applicants have the rights to access to and request the correction of the personal data. Applicants may submit written request to ATCCS2025@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk if necessary.
Conference Venue
New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel
72 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
Official Language
The official language of the conference is English.
Certificate of Attendance
An electronic Certificate of Attendance will be issued to the registered delegates who have attended the conference within four weeks following the conference.
Academic Accreditation
Continuing Medical Education (CME) will be granted to local participants as appropriate.
Insurance
The Organizer does not shoulder any responsibility for individual’s medical, travel or personal insurance. Delegates are strongly advised to make or review their own policies.
Secretariat
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
4/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 3505 2629 / 3505 3586
Fax: (852) 2637 7974
Email: ATCCS2025@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk
Website: www.surgery.cuhk.edu.hk/ATCCS2025
New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel (Conference Hotel)
72 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong
InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong
70 Mody Road, East Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
64 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
The Royal Garden
69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong
The Weather
Hong Kong has sub-tropical climate. The weather in June is generally fine with bright sunshine. It is hot and humid with occasional showers and thunderstorms. Temperature ranges from 26°C to 31°C. Relative humidity is around 80%. Detailed weather information is obtainable from the Hong Kong Observatory. Website: http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm
Passport & Visa Requirement
Visitors to Hong Kong should hold a passport with at least six months' validity. Nationals of over 170 countries and territories may visit Hong Kong visa-free for a period ranging from 7 days to 180 days. The Organizer is NOT responsible for individual’s visa arrangement. Participants should check with the Chinese Embassy or Consulate at respective home town for the visa information. For more information on visa/entry permit requirements, you may refer to the "Visit Visa / Entry Permit Requirements for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" webpage.
Language
Chinese and English are the official languages with Cantonese being the de facto official spoken language in Hong Kong. Most people in the service industry speak Cantonese, English and Mandarin.
Currency
The local currency unit is Hong Kong dollar (HK$) which is currently linked to US dollar (US$) at an exchange rate of HK$7.8=US$1. Most foreign currencies are easily exchanged at banks, hotels and money changers. Credit cards are widely accepted at major hotels, large restaurants, department stores and shops.
Local Transportation
Hong Kong is a geographically compact city. It is highly mobile with efficient public transport system. Mass Transit Railway, bus, mini bus, tram, ferry, etc. are the major transportation means. "Red" taxis serve most of the territory-wide area except for Tung Chung Road and the south side of Lantau Island. "Green" taxis are fundamentally confined to the suburban areas in the New Territories. "Blue" taxis operate only on Lantau Island. All taxis can go to and from the Hong Kong International Airport. Road signs in Hong Kong are bilingual in both English and Chinese.
Hong Kong Attractions
Visitors may learn more about travelling in Hong Kong from the Hong Kong Tourism Board. Website: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/index.html
