PROGRAMME

The programme is subject to minor changes.

FRIDAY 05 DEC 2025

09:30 – Registration, Welcome Coffee and visit the Exhibitors

10:30 – Session 1: What’s changing in urological subdisciplines
Moderators: Thierry Roumeguère & Frank Van der Aa

  • 10:30 – What’s changing in the treatment of prostate cancer – Ruben De Groote
  • 10:50 – What’s changing in endo-urology – Guillaume Krings
  • 11:10 – What’s changing in andrology – Amandine Degraeve
  • 11:30 – What’s changing in the treatment of female incontinence – Tim Brits
  • 11:50 – What’s changing in reconstructive urology – Maxime Sempels
  • 12:10 – What’s changing in pediatric urology – Anne-Françoise Spinoit

12:30 – Walking Lunch and visit the Exhibitors

14:00Session 2: Artificial Intelligence

Round table discussion: prediction models in urology
Moderators: Wouter Everaerts & Yannic Raskin

  • 14:00 – Guiding treatment – TBC
  • 14:10 – Surgical outcomes – Pieter De Backer
  • 14:20 – Oncological/survival outcomes – Steven Joniau
  • 14:30 – Discussion

Debate
Moderator: Pieter Uvin & Matthias Boeykens

  • 14:50 – Will AI replace the pathologist? – Thomas Gevaert
  • 15:00 – Will AI replace the radiologist? – Geert Villeirs
  • 15:10 – Discussion

15:30 – Coffee Break and visit the Exhibitors

16:00 – Session 3: Innovation and visualization
Moderators: Filip Ameye & François Legrand

  • 16:00 – Virtual reality aiding tools in surgical procedures: do we still need an anesthesiologist? – Vladimir Nechifor
  • 16:15 – What’s on the horizon for robots in urology: laparoscopic surgery – Karel Decaestecker
  • 16:30 – What’s on the horizon for robots in urology: endoscopic surgery – Peter Schatteman
  • 16:45 – Are we ready to implement 3D models in the standard pre-operative planning of robotic surgery? – Camille Berquin
  • 17:00 – Can real time pathology detection during endoscopic surgery improve surgical outcomes? – Carl Van Haute
  • 17:15 – Integration of AI in the electronic patient file – Sam Ward

17:30 – Sponsored lecture

17:45 – Session 4 (President’s lecture)
Moderators: Thomas Adams & Emmanuel Dardenne

The influence of generative language models on how and what we read and write –

19:30 – Gala Dinner at the Vismijn

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SATURDAY 06 DEC 2025

08:30 – Welcome Coffee and visit the Exhibitors

09:00 – ESRU session (part 1)
Moderators: Steffi Fauconnier, Siska Van Bruwaene & Joris Vangeneugden

  • 09:00 – “Awareness of AI in Urology, results from a large international survey” – Loïc Baekelandt
  • 09:15 – AI in the urology clinics: the Resident’s perspective – Charbel Salame
  • 09:30 – AI in scientific work: the Resident’s perspective – Mauro Van den Ende
  • 09:45 – CoPilot in surgery – Wouter Bogaert & Joris Vangeneugden
  • 10:00 – Discussion

10:15 – Coffee Break and visit the Exhibitors

10:45 – ESRU session (part 2)
Moderators: Marc Claessens, Alexander Giesen, Alexandre Peltier & Laurien Smeyers

  • 10:45 – Can AI solve difficult cases better than a urologist? (Functional urology) – Lisa Moris
  • 11:10 – Can AI solve difficult cases better than a urologist? (Endo-urology) – Eva Van Bos
  • 11:35 – Can AI solve difficult cases better than a urologist? (Uro-oncology) – François Legrand
  • 12:05 – “Foley Grail 2025” – Alexander Giesen & Laurien Smeyers

12:15 Sponsored Lecture

12:30 – Walking Lunch and visit the Exhibitors

14:10 – BAU Poster Session & Poster Award Winning Ceremony
Moderators: Marjan Waterloos

14:50 – Healthcare burden of urological pathologies (Session Ethics & Economics)
Moderators: Lieven Goeman & Thomas Tailly

  • Sustainable Healthcare: Looking Beyond Clinical and Economic Metrics – Delphine De Smedt
  • Implementation of European guidelines in structuring patient data – Katleen Janssens (Health Data Agency)