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Program

Lecture Theatre, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre,
William MW Mong Block, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,
The University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

08:15 - 08:30
Welcome & Opening 
Panel I

Panel I: Updates in Oropharyngeal Cancer Management

Moderators: Jimmy Chan / Roger Ngan

08:30

HPV Vaccination in The Prevention of Oropharyngeal Cancer – What Is the Current Evidence?

Ann Chan

08:50

Diagnostic Challenges in HPV Oropharyngeal Cancer

Wah Cheuk

09:10

Try, Try, Try Again: De-Escalating Non-Surgical Treatment of Oropharyngeal Cancer

Chris Holsinger

09:30

Ready for Prime Time? ctDNA As a Biomarker to Guide De-Escalation of Oropharyngeal Cancer

Chris Holsinger

09:50

Discussion

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Panel II
10:10 - 10:30
Break 

Panel II: Current Concepts in Nasopharyngeal Cancer Management

Moderators: Dora Kwong / Velda Chow

10:30

Fragmentomics As a New Dimension for Plasma EBV DNA Analysis

Jacky Lam

10:50

Current Updates in The Management of Locally Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Anne Lee

11:10

New Hope for Recurrent / Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma?

Roger Ngan

11:30

Treatment Algorithm for Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Jimmy Chan

11:50

Discussion

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William Wei Lecture
12:10 - 12:50
William I. Wei Lecture

Surgical Innovation and Evidence: Transforming H&N Surgical Care with Robotics and Clinical Trials

Chris Holsinger
12:50 - 14:00
Lunch 
(AGM + Council Meeting for HKHNS)

13:00 - 13:30
Lunch Symposium

Panelists: Velda Chow / Chris Holsinger / Yoon Woo Koh / Lei Tao / Huang Xiao Ming / Dora Kwong

Panel III: Latest Development in Thyroid Cancer Management

Moderators: Eric Lau / Terence Poon

Panel III

14:00

Clinical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Thyroid Cancer Care

Matrix Fung

14:20

Prevention Of Complications During Thyroidectomy

Valerie Ho

14:40

Robotic Approaches to The Thyroid

Yoon Woo Koh

15:00

Neoadjuvant And Adjuvant Therapies in The Management of Thyroid Cancer

Wendy Chan

15:20

Discussion

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15:40 - 15:50
Break 

Panel IV: Innovations in Head and Neck Cancer Treatment

Moderators: Ann Chan / Arthur Lo

Panel IV

15:50

Antibody Drug Conjugates in The Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer

David Johnson

16:10

Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Head and Neck Surgery: Coming soon to an OR near you

Chris Holsinger

16:30

Remote Robotic Surgery

Lei Tao

16:50

Applications of Symani Micro-Robotic Surgical System in the Head and Neck

Velda Chow

17:10

Discussion

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17:30 - 17:40
Closing

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