Programme:

07:30 – 08:15 Registration, come together
08:15 – 08:25 Organisers – Welcome address (Gregor Kunst, Jurij Gorjanc)
08:25 – 08:35 Organisers – Welcome speech (EHS representative) (Cesare Stabilini)
08.35 – 08:50 Musical introduction (Mojca Bitenc, soprano, Simon Dvoršak, piano)
  MORNING SESSION – Chair: Gorjanc, Hubad, Miklavčič
08:55- 09:00 Hernia repairs in Slovenia-where are we at the moment? (Sabrina Petrovič)
09:00- 09:10 Minimally Invasive APPROACH: Indications and guidelines (Cesare Stabilini)
09:10 – 09:25 Lap IPOM, lap IPOM plus: a  dying-out technique or a method being reborn ? (Rudolf Schrittwieser)
09:25 – 09:40 MILOS, e-MILOS: Is it universal because it is born from sublay and anybody can do it ? (Jurij Gorjanc)
09:40 – 09:55 Lap eTEP  – is it too difficult for an »average«  laparoscopic surgeon? (Victor Radu)
09:55 – 10:10 EaLAR: Which are good indications and how to do it ? (Ferdinand Köckerling)
10:10 – 10:25 THT (Tomaž Jakomin)
10:25 – 10:40 Which approach is the best according to Herniamed registry – (Ferdinand Köckerling)
10:40 – 11:10 Common Discussion
11:10 – 11:40 Coffee break 
  NOON SESSION – Chair: Kunst, Mateska, Benkovič
11:40 – 11:50 ROBOTIC APPROACH: Indications and guidelines ( Cesare Stabilini)
11:50 – 12:05 rTAPP – a robotic start-up operation for ventral hernias ? (Andraž Hubad)
12:05 – 12:20 Robotic retromuscular repair for ventral hernia (Umberto Bracale)
12:20 – 12:35 Robotic Component Separation (David Chen)
12:35 – 12:50 How to close abdominal wall correctly to avoid hernias (Rene Fortelny)
12:50 – 13:05 What about rectus diastasis (Jan Kukleta)
13:05 – 13:20 Can we avoid component separation (Botulinum toxin A, Intraoperative fascial traction, Pneumoperitoneum) (Jan Kukleta)
13:20 – 13:50 Common Discussion
13:50 – 14:50 LUNCH
 
PRESENTATIONS FROM SLOVENIA AND NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES
 
AFTERNOON SESSION I  – Chair: Jakomin, Petrovič, Samardžič
14:50 – 15:00 A retrospective review of our initial experience with the eTEP approach (Gregor Kunst)
15:00 – 15:10 Pre-eTEP (ETEPP) in primary ventral hernia repair-technical aspects and short-term results (Denis Kravtsov)
15:10 – 15:20 Rectospective analysis of eTEP Rives- Stoppa repair of umbilical and egigastric hernia with concurrent diastasis recti (Bojan Jovanović)
15:20 – 15:30 Hernia ventralis in Croatia (Renata Čanić Bobnić)
  AFTERNOON SESSION II  – Chair: Myint, Legiša, Jovanović
15:30 – 15:40 A hernia registry as esential equipment for any hospital that wants to get serious about hernia surgery (Tatjana Gelebeševa Mateska)
15:40 – 15:50 Results of hernia repair in MC IATROS- follow up in the Herniamed registry (Tatjana Gelebeševa Mateska)
15:50 – 16:00 Decision-making in inguinal hernia repair. A study on hospital practice (Milena  Legiša)
16:00 – 16:10
Hernia Surgery education-role of sugical society (Josip Samardžić)
16:10 – 16:40 Common Discussion
16:40 Final words (Cesare Stabilini, Umberto Bracale, Gregor Kunst, Jurij Gorjanc)