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Programme
Pre-conference Workshop
Certification Course on Fluorescence-Guided Surgery with Gliolan® (29 October 2026, Thursday)
*Included with main conference registration
TIME
AGENDA
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
18:00 - 21:30
Certification Course on Fluorescence-Guided Surgery with Gliolan®
A/Prof Yeo Tseng Tsai, Singapore
21:30
End of Workshop
Comprehensive Hands-On Brain Tumour Surgery Workshop
(30 October 2026, Friday)
TIME
AGENDA
08:30 - 09:00
09:00 - 09:10
Registration & Welcome Refreshments
Welcome & Orientation
Group Allocation by Training Level
09:10 - 12.10
12:10 - 13:00
13:00 - 16:00
Skill Stations 1 - 4
Co-directors:
Adj A/Prof Vincent Nga, Singapore
Adj Asst Prof Aaron Foo, Singapore
Station 1: Optimizing Hemostasis in Brain Tumour Surgery
Clin Asst Prof Goh Chun Peng, Singapore
Prof Julius July, Indonesia
Station 2: Managing CSF Leak Related to Brain Tumor Surgery
Dr Nivedh Dinesh, Singapore
Dr Ng Wei Ping, Malaysia
Station 3: Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Approaches
Dr Audrey Tan, Singapore
Assoc Prof Jiun-Lin (Jimmy) Yan, Taiwan
Station 4: Maximizing Safe Tumor Resection: Brain Mapping & Fibre Tracking & US Integration
Adj Asst Prof Swati Jain, Singapore
Dr Selfy Oswari, Indonesia
Lunch Break
Skill Stations 5 - 8
Co-directors:
Adj A/Prof Vincent Nga, Singapore
Adj Asst Prof Aaron Foo, Singapore
Station 5: Ultrasonic Aspirator and Dura Substitutes in Brain Tumor Surgeries
Dr Samantha Ang, Singapore
Asst Prof Lin Ya-Jui, Taiwan
Station 6: Robotic Assisted Stereotactic Needle Biopsy (Burrhole and Autoguide Robot)
Dr Adriel Leong, Singapore
Dr A Aravin Kumar, Singapore
Station 7: Drilling and Skull Reconstruction
Dr Tan Chin Lik, Singapore
Dr Irwan Barliab, Indonesia
Station 8: Intra-Operative Neuromonitoring and Brain Mapping Techniques
Dr Justin Ker, Singapore
Ms Jelena Barać, Singapore
14:30 - 16:00
Afternoon Tea Break
Main Conference Day 1
(30 October, Friday)
TIME
AGENDA
10:30 - 11:30
“Good, Better, Best: A Framework for Critiquing Your Own Radiotherapy Plan” – Radiation Plan Assessment Workshop
Prof Makus Bredel, United States of America
Moderator:
Adj Assoc Prof Balamurugan Vellayappan, Singapore
12:10 - 13:00
Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00
Demonstrating the Real Benefits of Proton Therapy in CNS Tumours
Asst Prof Chakkapong Chakkabat, Thailand
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Moderator:
Dr Looi Wen Shen, Singapore
14:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:00
Afternoon Tea Break
From Sequencing Report to Treatment Plan: Practical Use of NGS in Primary Brain Tumours
Dr Richard Hickman, United States of America
Moderators:
Clin Asst Prof Chuang Ding Fang, Singapore
Dr Wu Bing Cheng, Singapore
17:00 - 18:30
MDT Round Table
Cases Span Low-grade Glioma, High-grade Glioma, Meningioma & Metastatic Disease; Regional Specialists Comment on Optimal Management
Panelists: TBC
Moderator: TBC
Case 1 – High Grade Glioma
TBC, Malaysia
Case 2 – Meningioma
TBC, Singapore
Case 3 – Low Grade Glioma
TBC, Indonesia
Case 4 – Brain Met
TBC, Taiwan
18:30
19:00 onwards
End of Conference Day 1
Faculty Dinner (By Invitation only)
Main Conference Day 2
(31 October, Saturday)
TIME
AGENDA
08:00 - 08:30
08:30 - 08:33
08:33 - 09:29
Registration & Welcome Refreshments
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Keynote Lecture 1
WHO CNS 2021 and Beyond: How Molecular Classification Has Changed the Management of Primary Brain Tumors including cIMPACT-NOW Update 12
Dr Richard Hickman, United States of America
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Minimally Invasive Brain Tumor Surgery Approaches
Assoc Prof Jiun-Lin (Jimmy) Yan, Taiwan
How Proton Beam Therapy has Changed Practice in Paediatric CNS Practice in Singapore
Dr Looi Wen Shen, Singapore
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Maximal Safe Resection: How Far Should We Go?
Dr Ng Wei Ping, Malaysia
09:29 - 10:25
Keynote Lecture 2
Updates on the Management of CNS Haemangioblastoma
Prof Julius July, Indonesia
H3K27 Diffuse Midline Glioma - Cancer of Deranged Neuromaturation
Adj Asst Prof Aaron Foo, Singapore
Proteostasis and Nuclear Export: A Vulnerability in Glioblastoma
Dr Dexter Thng, Singapore
My Approach to Primary CNS Lymphoma
Clin Asst Prof Chuang Ding Fang, Singapore
10:25 - 10:55
10:55 - 11:45
11:45 - 11:55
11:55 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:00
13:00
Morning Tea Break
Tea Symposium (15 mins)
Scientific Oral Presentations
Prize Awards - Top 3 Oral Abstracts
Closing Remarks
Lunch
End of Conference Day 2
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