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

10:30 – 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

14:00 – Artificial Intelligence

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

• 14:00 – Guiding treatment – George Bou Kheir
• 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 – 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 AI improve surgical outcomes in endoscopic surgery? – Carl Van Haute
• 17:15 – Integration of AI in the electronic patient file – Sam Ward

17:30 – Sponsored lecture

Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer: an evolving landscape – Julien Van Damme

17:45 – President’s lecture
Moderators: Thomas Adams & Emmanuel Dardenne

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

19:30 – Gala Dinner at the Oude Vismijn

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) – George Bou Kheir & Wietse Claeys
• 11:10 – Can AI solve difficult cases better than a urologist? (Endo-urology) – Eva Van Bos & Victor Declerck
• 11:35 – Can AI solve difficult cases better than a urologist? (Uro-oncology) – François Legrand & Rania Belkebir
• 12:05 – “Foley Grail 2025” – Alexander Giesen & Mauro Van den Ende

12:15 – Sponsored Lecture
Moderator: Karel Decaestecker

The Next Step in Robotic Urology: First Impressions of the da Vinci 5 – Christian Wagner

12:30 – Walking Lunch and visit the Exhibitors

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

• Targeted, Perilesional and Distant Biopsy in Prostate Cancer – Arthur Baudewyns
• From Uniform Risk to Size-Based Stratification: Challenging the Dogma of Mandatory Biopsy for All PI-RADS 4 Lesions – Valentin Colinet
• Renal Tumor Size Matters, But What Is The Most Optimal Measurement Method? – Joris Vangeneugden

14:50 – Healthcare burden of urological pathologies (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)