Michael Fehlings
Friday, 29 May 2026 | 13:15 – 14:00

"The future of traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury management: Personalizing the approach using advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence"
Aldo Faisal
Thursday, 28 May 2026 | 15:30 - 15:50

"Clinical application of AI- Promise and pitfalls: Outstanding Leadership – Lessons from industry"
Posterior cervical decompression is best done through...
Thursday, 28 May 2026 | 13:50 – 14:45
... open decompression surgery only, Adrian Casey
... Muscle sparing MIS technique is best, Anna MacDowell
... endoscopic achieves best results and should be standard of care, Stefan Hellinger
Cervical Robotics assisted surgery: Game-changer or a tool looking for a problem?
Friday, 29 May 2026 | 11:30 - 12:15
Contra: Jake Timothy
Pro: Peter Douglas Klassen
Presidential lecture
Thomas Mroz represented by Alpesh Patel - CSRS Nort America
Thursday, 28 May 2026 | 11:50 – 12:05

Alpesh Patel is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery and serves as Co-Director of the Northwestern Center for Spine Health Chicago/US.
Ken Ishii - CSRS Asia Pacific
Friday, 29 May 2026 | 10:40 – 10:55

Dr. Ken Ishii is a world-renowned spine and spinal cord surgeon representing the Asia–Pacific region, known for his leadership in minimally invasive and endoscopic spinal treatments.