| Abstracts submision | 15 July 2012 |
| Early registration ffe | 25 September 2012 |
| Hotel reservations | 1 September 2012 |

| 06:30 | Secretariat opens |
| 07:00 - 07:35 | Best posters Chairpersons: Carlos SIMÓN – Laureano MOLINS Transesophageal fine-needle aspiration with an ultrasound bronchoscope as a complementary method to endobronchial ultrasonography Zoran STOJANOVIC, Spain A multivariate analysis of factors predicting survival in patients with resected thymic carcinoma Masahiko HARADA, Japan Validation of selective mediastinal lymph node dissection for clinical N0 non-small cell lung cancer Taichiro ISHIZUMI, Japan The effect of microscopic residual disease at the bronchial resection margin on recurrence and survival after curative surgery for non-small cell lung cancer Geun Dong LEE, Korea Hilum vessels control in lung resection: stapler versus polymeric clips (hem-o-lock®) Cosimo LEQUAGLIE, Italy Uk lung cancer survival: where are we going wrong? Henrietta WILSON, United Kindom |
| 07:40 - 07:55 | OPENING CEREMONY |
| VIDEO FORUM 1 | Surgery of the airway: Tricks for a successful operation Chairpersons: Douglas J. MATHISEN – Federico REA |
| 08:00 - 08:10 | Robotic lobectomy Robert CERFOLIO |
| 08:10 - 08:20 | Sleeve lobectomy Douglas J. MATHISEN |
| 08:20 - 08:30 | Sleeve pneumonectomy Federico REA |
| 08:30 - 08:40 | Sleeve broncho-angioplasty Abel GÓMEZ-CARO |
| 08:40 - 08:50 | Endotracheal procedures Josep María GIMFERRER |
| 08:50 - 09:00 | Resection of tracheal tumours Douglas J. MATHISEN |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Our experience in tracheal transplantation Pierre DELAERE |
| 09:10 - 09:25 | Discussion |
| SESSION 1 | Diagnosis and treatment of early lung cancer Chairpersons: Douglas J. MATHISEN – Laureano MOLINS |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Lung cancer & COPD Àlvar AGUSTÍ |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | What’s “early” lung cancer? Stephen D. CASSIVI |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | CT diagnosis Marcelo SÁNCHEZ |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Lung cancer screening: I-ELCAP-NLST Javier ZULUETA |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Endoscopic diagnosis Antoni ROSELL |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Pathologic diagnosis (Adeno/GGO) Josep RAMÍREZ |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Which operation? Raja M. FLORES |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Discussion |
| 11:00 - 11:25 | Coffee break |
| SESSION 2 | Multimodality treatment for stage IIIA-N2
non-small cell lung cancer Chairpersons: Stephen D. CASSIVI – Edurne ARRIOLA |
| 11:30 - 11:40 | Lessons learnt from clinical trials Enriqueta FELIP |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Need for proper restaging after induction treatment Paul VAN SCHIL |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | When to operate on N2 disease?: The Japanese view Shun-ichi WATANABE |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | When to operate on N2 disease?: The North American view Robert CERFOLIO |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | When to operate on N2 disease?: The European view Paul DE LEYN |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | What to do with unexpected intraoperative N2 Frank DETTERBECK |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Discussion |
| 13:00 - 13:55 | LUNCH SESSIONS |
| LUNCH SESSION 1 | Conference Room 1 Sponsored by: PALEX How to start a robotic programme (lobectomy,
thymectomy and oesophagectomy) |
| VIDEO FORUM 2 | Alternative treatments for early lung cancer Chairpersons: Frank DETTERBECK – Manuela IGLESIAS |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) Josep María SOLÉ i MONNÉ |
| 14:10 - 14:20 | Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) Alberto HIDALGO |
| 14:20 - 14:30 | PDT for endobronchial tumors Pablo DÍAZ-JIMÉNEZ |
| 14:30 - 14:40 | Wedge resections Bernward PASSLICK |
| 14:40 - 14:50 | Segmental resections Haruhiko KONDO |
| 14:50 - 15:00 | VATS Segmentectomy Raja M. FLORES |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Discussion |
| 15:30 - 15:55 | Coffee break |
| SESSION 3 | Basic molecular biology for thoracic surgeons Chairpersons: Thomas RICE – Christian ROLFO |
| 16:00 - 16:10 | What is an oncogene? Alfons NAVARRO |
| 16:10 - 16:20 | What are driver and passenger mutations? Luis MONTUENGA |
| 16:20 - 16:30 | How does the TK pathway work and why to inhibit it? Noemí REGUART |
| 16:30 - 16:40 | How does a target therapeutic agent work? Enriqueta FELIP |
| 16:40 - 16:50 | Epigenetic signatures for prognosis in non small cell lung cancer Juan SANDOVAL |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Discussion |
| SESSION 4 | Pneumonectomy Chairpersons: Jean DESLAURIERS – José BELDA-SANCHIS |
| 17:15 - 17:25 | Pneumonectomy after induction treatment Gilbert MASSARD |
| 17:25 - 17:35 | Quality of life after pneumonectomy Jean DESLAURIERS |
| 17:35 - 17:45 | Post-pneumonectomy syndrome José BELDA-SANCHIS |
| 17:45 - 17:55 | Indications for destroyed lung Souheil BOUBIA |
| 17:55 - 18:05 | Completion pneumonectomy Jean DESLAURIERS |
| 18:05 - 18:30 | Discussion |
| EXTRAORDINARY LECTURE 1 | Chairpersons: Ramón RAMI-PORTA – Roser SAUMENCH |
| 18:30 - 18:45 | Prognosis of radiological non-invasive peripheral lung adenocarcinoma; results of prospective cohort study (JCOG0201) Masahiro TSUBOI |
| 18:45 - 19:00 | Indications of systematic nodal dissection in subcentimeter lung cancer Kenji SUZUKI |
| 19:00 - 19:15 | Discussion |
| 19:30 | Secretariat closes |
| 19:45 - 21:15 | Official reception at Picasso Museum |