Program
26th October 2025
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Find your local time for the conference below (Conference hours: 12:00 PM — 4:20 PM GMT).
Mexico: 06:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Cleveland (USA): 08:00 AM - 12:20 PM
São Paulo, Brazil: 09:00 AM - 01:20 PM
GMT (Greenwich): 12:00 PM - 04:20 PM
UK / Portugal: 01:00 PM - 05:20 PM
Italy / Germany / Egypt: 02:00 PM - 06:20 PM
Turkey: 03:00 PM - 07:20 PM
Pakistan: 05:00 PM - 09:20 PM
Indonesia: 07:00 PM - 11:20 PM
Adelaide: 09:30 PM - 01:50 AM (next day)
Times shown are for the conference date in October 2025 and account for local daylight-saving rules where applicable.
Sunday, 26th October 2025
Opening Session
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 – 12:05 | Opening Remarks | Kenan Arnautovic (USA) |
Innovation Session
Moderators: Boon Seng Liew (Taiwan) / Mahjouba Boutarbouch (Morocco)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12:05 – 12:13 | Robotics | Mirza Pojskic (Germany) |
| 12:14 – 12:22 | OLLIF | Nikolay Peev (UK) |
| 12:23 – 12:31 | Keynote: endoscopic spine surgery | Kang Taek Lim (Korea) |
| 12:32 – 12:40 | Keynote: Endoscopic lumbar fusion surgery | Hyeung Sung Kim (Korea) |
Neuro-oncology Session
Moderators: Cajethan Ebuka Nnamani (Nigeria)/ Manuel Encarnacion (Russia)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12:41 – 12:50 | Intramedullary Spinal Tumors – Tips & Tricks | Kenan Arnautovic (USA) |
| 12:51 – 12:59 | Supracerebllear approach to Falcotentorial meningiomas | Sandeep Vaishya (India) |
| 01:00 – 01:08 | Keynote: Endoscopic approach to ventricular tumor | Joachim Oertel (Germany) |
| 01:09 – 01:17 | What’s new in gliomas surgery | Areeba Tariq (Pakistan) |
| 01:18 – 01:26 | Gliomas - electrophysiology and 5-ALA | Jo Ee Sam |
| 01:27 – 01:35 | Vladimir Benes (CZ) - Interview | Marco Fontanella |
Young Neurosurgeons Session
Moderators: Chloe Chia (Ireland)/ Ahmed Aljarady (Yemen)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 01:36 – 01:44 | Meaning of minimal invasive neurosurgery | Abuzar Gungor (Turkey) |
| 01:45 – 01:53 | Approach Selection in Cranial Neurosurgery | Sabino Luzzi (Italy) |
| 01:54 – 02:02 | Remodelling of the neck & dome in clipping of aneurysm | Mehmet Sabri Gurbuz (Turkey) |
| 02:03 – 02:11 | Insular Anatomy – Tips for YNS | Pablo Gonzalez (Spain) |
| 02:12 – 02:20 | Challenges in Vascular surgery in LMIC | Mohammad Kusdiansah |
| 02:21 – 02:29 | Kenan Arnautovic (USA) - Interview | Ivana Roskova (CZ) |
Doing More with Less
Moderators: Onur Yaman (Turkey)/ Mahmood Qureshi (Kenya)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 02:30 – 02:38 | Ruptured aneurysm in resources limited countries in Africa | Abdessamad El Ouhabi (Morocco) |
| 02:39 – 02:47 | Doing more with less | Afifa Afsar (Pakistan) |
| 02:48 – 02:56 | Challenges in Health Systems in Africa | Yao Christian Hugues Dokponou (Morocco) |
| 02:57 – 03:04 | Make it Simple | Vladimir Benes (CZ) |
| 03:05 – 03:15 | WFNS 2025 | Nasser El Ghandour (Egypt)/ M AlOlama (UAE) |
Spine
Moderators: Yahya Guvenc (Turkey)/ Vanessa Milanese (Brazil)
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 03:16 – 03:26 | Keynote: Back Pain: WFNS Recommendations | Mehmet Zileli (Turkey) |
| 03:27 – 03:35 | New tools in spine surgery - Machine vision versus CT-guided navigation | Corinna Zygourakis (USA) |
| 03:36 – 03:44 | Doing more with less in Deformity | Yahya Guvenc (Turkey) |
| 03:45 – 03:53 | ACDF or Posterior foraminotomy | Michael Lumintang (Indonesia) |
| 03:54 – 04:02 | Innovation and new solution to difficult old problems | Christian Gragnaniello |
| 04:03 – 04:11 | Quiz | Nargiza (Uzbekistan)/ Greg (USA) |
| 04:12 – 04:20 | Closing Remarks | Miroslav Vukic (Croatia) |
Session Types
Keynote Session (Green)
Legend Interview (Orange)
Quiz (Lavender)
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