Masaaki Ito Japan

National Cancer Center Hospital East Dr. Masaaki Ito is the Deputy Director and Head of Department of Colorectal Surgery as well as the head of Division of Surgical Technology at the Next Medical Device Innovation Center of the National Cancer Center Hospital East in Chiba, Japan. He received his MD from the Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University in 1993 and PhD from Chiba University in 2001. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost surgeons who are highly skilled in intersphincteric resection for rectal cancer. Today, he is also engaged in the development of innovative surgical instruments and operative procedures with notable surgeons and engineering technologists all over the world.

Main Congress Day 1 - 14 February 2025

Time	Session

14:30 16:00	SYMPOSIUM 2B: SURGICAL EDUCATION Andee Dzulkarnain Moderator Ismail Sagap Moderator Robotic Education and Training Pathway James Ngu Chi Yong Speaker Collaborative Colorectal Training and Research Alaa El-Hussuna Speaker Mentoring the Millennials April Camilla Roslani Speaker Optimising Sustainable Technology for Surgical Precision Masaaki Ito Speaker Q&A Sipadan 1
16:45 18:15	SYMPOSIUM 3A: ROBOTIC SURGERY Dr Chong Hoong Yin Moderator Siti Mayuha Binti Rusli Moderator Value of Robotic Surgery in overcoming traditional pit-falls Roger Gerjy Speaker Overcoming Challenges in Robotic LLND Masaaki Ito Speaker Expanding the Horizons of Robotic surgery in Pelvic Multivisceral Resection Kim Seon Hahn Speaker Single-port Robotics: Is it the Next Frontier? Simon Ng Speaker Q&A Sipadan 2

Main Congress Day 2 - 15 February 2025

Time	Session

14:00 15:30	SYMPOSIUM 6A: PROFESSOR'S CORNER April Camilla Roslani Speaker Masaaki Ito Speaker Michael Solomon Speaker Peter Chien-Chih Chen Speaker Surendra Mantoo Speaker Aini Ibrahim Moderator Zaidi Zakaria Moderator Sipadan 2