Website of the organizer - www.sympomed.pl

Place:
Kraków
Date:
8-9 October 2026

BAETS 2026
46th Annual Scientific Meeting

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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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11:45 - 17:00

PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOPS - Department of Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital, Kopernika 50 Street, Cracow (Separate registration for workshops required)

11:45 - 12:00
Registration, welcome
12:00 - 15:00
Pre-conference live surgery workshop with live streaming from the operating theater

Chairs: Marcin Barczyński (Krakow, PL), Aleksander Konturek (Krakow, PL), Tom Kurzawinski (London, UK)

  • Thyroid surgery with NerveTrend / NerveAssure IONM, PTeye, Ligsure Exact (Medtronic),
  • Parathyroid surgery with PTeye (Medtronic) and IOPTH (NBCL)

Max. 30 participants

15:00 - 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00
RFA thermal ablation of thyroid tumors workshop with hands-on (StarMed and Samsung)

Max. 30 participants

08:00 - 08:30
Registration & coffee
08:30 - 08:45
Welcome Address

Fiona Eatock, President BAETS
Marcin Barczyński, President PCES

08:45 - 10:00
Session 1: European Perspective on ATA 2025 Guidelines for DTC
  • Active Surveillance for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma (15 min)
  • Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma (15 min)
  • Surgery for low-risk DTC (15 min)
  • Management of intermediate-risk DTC (15 min)
  • Management of advanced DTC (15 min)
10:00 - 10:30
Free Papers Session (3 papers on DTC)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee & Posters
11:00 - 12:00
Session 2: Current management of adrenal incidentalomas
  • How to assess risk of malignancy? (15 min)
  • How to define and manage mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS)? (15 min)
  • Who should have surgical treatment and how should it be performed? (15 min)
  • What follow-up is indicated if the adrenal incidentaloma is not surgically removed? (15 min)
12:00 - 12:30
Free Papers Session (3 on adrenals)
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch & Posters
13:30 - 15:00
BJS Prize Session (8 papers)
15:00 - 15:30
Video Session (5 videos) & Audience Voting
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee & Posters
16:00 - 17:00
BAETS AGM
16:00 - 17:00
Prallel session: Trainee session / Allied Health Professional session
08:30 - 09:30
Session 3: Current controversies in the management of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)
  • Diagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism – Redefining Biochemical and Clinical Boundaries (10 min)
  • Preoperative localization in PHPT (10 min)
  • Surgical Management – Who Should Be Operated and When? (10 min)
  • Non-Surgical Management – Medical Therapy vs Thermal Ablation vs Active Surveillance (10 min)
  • Long-Term Outcomes – What Do We Know and What Remains Unclear? (10 min)
  • Discussion (10 min)
09:30 - 10:00
Free Papers (3 on parathyroids)
10:00 - 10:30
Medtronic Sponsored Lecture (30 min)
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee & Posters
11:00 - 11:30
Inomed Sponsored Lecture (30 min)
11:30 - 12:15
BJS Lecture: “Innovation and Mentorship in Endocrine Surgery: Lessons from Four Decades of Progress”

Quan Yang-Duh (San Francisco, USA)

Introduction: Marcin Barczynski (Kraków, PL)

12:15 - 13:00
Free Papers (4 miscellaneous)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch & Posters
14:00 - 14:30
Free Papers (3 miscellaneous)
14:30 - 15:30
Panel discussion: MDT with real-life cases of MEN
  • Case 1: Tba (PL)
  • Case 2: Tba (UK)
  • Case 3: Tba (PL)
  • Case 4: Tba (UK)
15:30 - 16:30
Session 4: Shaping the Future: AI, Simulation, and Surgical Education in Endocrine Surgery
  • Artificial Intelligence in Endocrine Surgery: From Decision Support to Autonomous Systems (12 min)
  • High‑resolution 3D visualization of endocrine organs with emphasis on thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal tumors—a new platform for medical education, mixed/virtual reality, and computational simulation (12min)
  • Simulation-Based Training in Endocrine Surgery: Current Standards and Future Directions (12 min)
  • Educational Strategies for TOETVA and Robotic Thyroidectomy: Building Competence in Novel Approaches (12 min)
  • Discussion (12 min)
16:30 - 16:45
Closing Address

Fiona Eatock, President BAETS
Marcin Barczyński, President PCES

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EVENT VENUE

Conference will take place at CKF13 Centrum Konferencyjne in Cracow.

 

Hotel Altus

Place:
CKF13 Centrum Konferencyjne

Adress:
ul. Fabryczna 13
31-553 Kraków.

Strona www:
https://ckf13.pl/

Contact

Contact for Participants Klaudia Paszkowska

 

Contact for Business Amanda Grabowska