Lectures: Making the transition from open RYGB to LRYGB - How was it done? - Dr. Bruno Dillemans (Belgium) Is the LRYGB still the gold standard metabolic operation in the United States? - Dr. Samuel Szomstein (USA) Why has the ASAMS not ratified the MGB/OAGB as a mainstream bariatric operation? - Professor Scott Shikora (USA) Experts' Discussion Forum: Internal Hernia - the Achilles Heel of LRYGB - Professor Antonio Claudio Jamel Coelho (Brazil) Discussion Panel: Dr. Pearl Ma (USA) Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala (India) Dr. Vandana Soni (India) Dr. Camilo Boza (UK) Mr. Chetan Parmar (UK) Professor Antonio Jose Torres Garcia (Spain) Dr. Adriana Rotundo (UAE)

Lectures: Discussion #1 Swallowable Balloons will replace endoscopically placed Intragastric Balloons in the near future. - Professor Eduardo Grecco, Professor Salman K Al-Sabah, Dr. Anna Carolina Hoff Discussion #2 Air filled Balloons will replace fluid filled Balloons in the near future. - Dr. Helmuth Billy, Professor Mohammed Rizwan, Dr. Reem Sharaiha How Can We Mitigate the Complications of Intragastric Balloons? Discussion Panel: Professor Levon N. Grigoryan, Mr. Ecangelos Efthimiou, Professor Gontrand Lopez-Nava, Dr. Christine Stier, Dr. Sonja Chiappetta, Professor Alfredo Genco, Professor Gustavo Carvalho, Professor Barham Abu Dayyeh

Lectures: How does Severe Obesity make Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Challenging? - Dr. Camilo Boza ICG in Cholecystectomy and the Obese patient - Professor Santiago Horgan Is Synchronous Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass & Cholecystectomy - Professor Natan Zundel Major Bile Duct Injury in a Patient with a Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass - A Hepatobiliary Surgeon's Perspective - Professor Horacio Asbun Latest Endoscopic Bile Leak Management Strategies In a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Patient Post-Cholecystectomy - An Interventional Gastroenterologist's Perspective - Professor Barham Abu Dayyeh

Top global experts discuss the latest developments on Covid-19 and surgery on Obese, Diabetic patients. Metabolic surgery and Cancer surgery has also been affected by the disease.

Lecture: Strategies to Minimise Bleeding in Gastric Bypass Surgery in Patients who Refuse Blood Products - Professor Safwan A. Taha How to Avoid & Manage Splenic Injury during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy - Dr. Diego R. Camach How to Control Bleeding During Sleeve Gastrectomy in Pathients with Cirrohsis - Dr. Christine Stier Aortic Injury in Bariatric Surgery - Professor Almino Ramos How to Minimize Bleeding Complications in Robotic Bariatric Surgery - Professor M. Mahir Ozmen

Lectures: Covid-19 and Thromboembolism: The Known Unknown - Dr. Sonja Chiappetta How Covid-19 Harms the Pregnant Patient - Professor Liza Maria Pompa Gonzalez Is Portomesenteric Vein Thrombosis After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Preventable? - Professor George Fielding Latest VTE Thrombopropylaxis Strategies in Bariatric Surgery - Professor Phil Schauer