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Program

ABSTRACT SESSION

BREAK

EDUCATIONAL SESSION

INDUSTRY SESSION

NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

OTHER EVENT

PLENARY SESSION

POSTER DISCUSSION ON BOARDS

POSTGRADE COURSE

SOCIETY SESSION

SUNRISE SESSIONS

Sunday, 07 June, 2026
Time Alexandra Trianti Hall Nikos Skalkotas Hall Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall MC2 MC3 Exhibition Area Poster Area
08:00-09:30
ESTS CUP
09:30-09:35
SHORT BREAK
09:30-09:35
09:35-10:35
ESTS-CATS SESSION
FIT2PERFORM
10:35-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
10:35-11:00
11:00-12:00
VIDEO ABSTRACT SESSION 01
ESTS NEXTGEN SESSION: FUTURE THORACIC SURGEONS’ CAREER DEVELOPMENT
12:00-13:00
ESTS-KSTS SESSION: TOWARDS NEW EXTRATHORACIC APPROACHES AND NEW ROBOTIC PLATFORMS FOR THORACIC SURGERY: TREND OR GAME CHANGER?
ESTS-TISI SESSION
13:00-14:00
BREAK AND VISIT THE EXHIBITION
13:00-14:00
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
14:00-15:00
ESTS – HCTSS SESSION: SURGERY OF THE TRACHEA
14:00-15:30
BIOLOGY CLUB: FLOATING GENES AS GENIES: THREE WISHES FOR LUNG HEALTH FROM THE BLOOD STREAM AND BAL
15:00-15:30
GUIDELINES SESSION
15:30-16:00
COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:00
16:00-17:00
ESTS -JACS SESSION ON OPEN CONTROVERSIES IN SEGMENTECTOMIES
ESTS DATABASE: NEW HORIZONS
17:00-18:00
NIGHTMARES IN THORACIC SURGERY
RAPID ORAL SESSION
JUNIOR POSTER SESSION
18:00-18:45
OPENING CEREMONY
18:45-19:45
WELCOME RECEPTION
Monday, 08 June, 2026
Time Alexandra Trianti Hall Nikos Skalkotas Hall Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall MC2 MC3 Exhibition Area Poster Area
08:00-09:00
ESTS-STS SESSION
INNOVATIVE CLINICAL WORK/ NEW TECHNIQUES
09:00-09:15
OPENING REMARKS
09:15-10:45
ESTS GOLDSTRAW AWARD SESSION
10:45-11:15
COFFEE BREAK
10:45-11:15
11:15-11:45
INVITED LECTURE
11:30-12:00
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS - ORAL SESSION I: THE ROLE OF CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST: COMPARATIVE PRESENTATIONS OF ADVANCED NURSING FUNCTIONS ACROSS COUNTRIES
11:45-12:00
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESIDENT
12:00-12:30
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
12:30-13:30
BREAK AND VISIT THE EXHIBITION
12:30-13:30
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
13:30-14:30
LOCALLY ADVANCED LUNG CANCER
MEDIASTINUM
13:30-14:10
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS - ORAL SESSION II: ADDRESSING THE CHALENGES OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER SURGERY: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO PATIENT RECOVERY
14:10-15:00
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS - ORAL SESSION III: TECHNOLOGY- SUSTAINABILITY- AND THE EVOLVING NURSE IN THORACIC SURGERY
14:30-16:00
EVOLUTION IN MITS
ESTS-ESDE SESSION
15:00-16:00
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS - ORAL SESSION IV: OPTIMIZING THE PERIOPERATIVE PATHWAY: THE IMPACT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND EDUCATION ON SURGICAL OUTCOMES
16:00-16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:00-16:30
16:30-18:00
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD SESSION
TRANSPLANTS
16:30-17:30
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS - ORAL SESSION V: BEYOND THE HOSPITAL WALLS: ADDRESSING INEQUALITY- SYMPTOM BURDEN AND THE CHALLENGES OF RETURNING TO “NORMAL LIFE”
17:00-18:00
ESTS- GREEK THORACIC SOCIETY PRIZE POSTER SESSION
17:30-18:00
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS - POSTER SESSION
18:00-19:00
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Tuesday, 09 June, 2026
Time Alexandra Trianti Hall Nikos Skalkotas Hall Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall MC2 MC3 Exhibition Area
08:00-09:30
EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER 01
PULMONARY NON-NEOPLASTIC
09:30-10:00
VOGT-MOYKOPF LECTURE
SURVEY SESSION: BEYOND THE OPERATING ROOM: HOW GLOBAL SURVEYS REDEFINE THORACIC SUCCESS
10:00-10:30
COFFEE BREAK
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:30
ABSTRACT SESSION (LATE BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS)
CHEST WALL/DIAPHRAGM/PLEURA
EDITORS HANDS ON WORKSHOP - TICKETED EVENT
11:30-12:00
EXTRAORDINARY GUEST LECTURE
12:00-13:00
BREAK AND VISIT THE EXHIBITION
12:00-13:00
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
13:00-14:00
PRESIDENTIAL SESSION
EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER 2
14:00-15:00
EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER 3
IASLC-ESTS: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LUNG CANCER SURGERY: PERIOPERATIVE THERAPY AND THE POWER OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE
15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:30
ESTS-ITMIG: MANAGAMENT OF THYMIC TUMORS: HOT TOPICS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
16:30-17:30
VIDEO ABSTRACT SESSION 02
INTERESTING CASES & MISCELLANEOUS