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ABSTRACT SESSION

BREAK

EDUCATIONAL SESSION

INDUSTRY SESSION

NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

OTHER EVENT

PLENARY SESSION

POSTGRADE COURSE

SOCIETY SESSION

SUNRISE SESSIONS

Sunday, 07 June, 2026
Time Alexandra Trianti Hall Nikos Skalkotas Hall Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall MC3 MC2 Exhibition Area Poster Area
08:00-09:30
ESTS CUP
09:30-10:30
ESTS-CATS SESSION
FIT TO PERFORM
10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK
10:30-11:00
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
ESTS-EACTS EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT ON THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYPERHIDROSIS
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 MC3 MC2 Exhibition Area Poster Area
08:00-09:00
ESTS-STS SESSION
ABSTRACT 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
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
ABSTRACT SESSION - PRO - CON (LOCALLY ADVANCED LUNG CANCER)
ABSTRACT SESSION (MEDIASTINUM)
13:30-16:00
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS
14:30-16:00
ABSTRACT SESSION (EVOLUTION IN MITS)
ESTS-ESDE SESSION
16:00-16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:00-16:30
16:30-18:00
ABSTRACT SESSION: YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD SESSION
ABSTRACT SESSION (TRANSPLANTS)
NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS
17:00-18:00
GREEK PIONEER POSTER SESSION
18:00-19:00
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Tuesday, 09 June, 2026
Time Alexandra Trianti Hall Nikos Skalkotas Hall Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall MC3 MC2 Exhibition Area
08:00-09:30
ABSTRACT SESSION (EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER)
ABSTRACT SESSION (PULMONARY NON-NEOPLASTIC)
09:30-10:00
ABSTRACT SESSION (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)
ABSTRACT SESSION (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
ABSTRACT SESSION (PULMONARY NEOPLASTIC II)
14:00-15:00
ABSTRACT SESSION (PULMONARY NEOPLASTIC III)
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
ABSTRACT SESSION (INFECTIOUS DISEASES)
16:30-17:30
VIDEO ABSTRACT SESSION 02
ABSTRACT SESSION (INTERESTING CASES & MISCELLANEOUS)