10th NASCE Scientific Meeting 2026
November 5. - 6. 2026
Trondheim, Norway
NASCE 2026 in Trondheim, Tentative program
Day 1– Thursday, November 5.th
08:30 – 09:00 Registration & Coffee
09:00 – 09:15 Opening & Welcome
09:30 Technical Skills & Simulation
Cecilie Våpenstad – Surgical simulation training: strengths, limitations and ongoing challenges
Robin Gaupseth – LapCoNor, Cadaver based training
Per Even Storli / William Lossius – 2 x MiDT LapaRo lectures on models for training
+ abstracts submitted and accepted for oral presentation
Coffee & Networking
11:00 Technology
Thomas Langø, St. Olavs hospital and SINTEF – AI and Robotics in Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Diganostics and Therapy
Hanna Helga Sulimahn, St. Olavs hospital – From Prototype to 3D Printed Simulator: An Iterative Development Process
Gabriel Kiss – How AR/VR and AI are Redefining Medical Education and Patient Safety
Maria S. Tjønnås – Stress and effects on surgical performance
+ abstracts submitted and accepted for oral presentation
12:30 Poster session I
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00 Non-Technical Skills
Inger Ulrika Eriksson – Who is the instructor? Roles, feedback and feed forward in simulation-based training
Leif Martin Hokstad – Pedagogy and simulation
Dara O’Keeffe – Train the trainer, what is it and what is the benefit of it?
Lecture from Medical Simulation Center, St. Olavs hospital
Sesam lecture
+ abstracts submitted and accepted for oral presentation
Coffee & Networking
15:00 Poster session II
Poster session
Coffee & Networking
16:30 NASCE Board meeting
17:00 Break-out sessions
Break-out session 1: The Trondheim laparoscopy training box
Break-out session 2: The GastroCheck model trainer for gastroscopy skills
Break-out session 3: The Trondheim Hernia trainer
Break-out session 4: …
Day 2 – Friday, November 6.th
08:30 Coffee & Networking
09:00 Forging the future
Marco Versluis (Netherlands) – Empowering the future global surgeon
Christine Høyvik – Surgical procedure volumes
Maria Siyana Kanistus – The Medikus project
Ruiyi Li – Game on, Surgical competition
+ abstracts submitted and accepted for oral presentation
Coffee & Networking
Best Poster lecture – TBD at Congre
Coffee & Networking
11:00 – Global health perspectives, surgical skills and training
Session: Modern Surgical Training in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
Title: Training needs of Surgical Workforce in Liberia
- Juul M. Bakker (CapaCare Liberia / NTNU Trondheim Norway)
Title: A New Model for Standardized Surgical Training Using a Digital Platform:
Experiences from Ghana and Sierra Leone
- Irina Balieva (Alfred Surgery / Norwegian International Hernia Team)
- Robbert-Jan Lindeman (Alfred Surgery / Norwegian International Hernia Team)
Title: Surgical training and low-cost simulations in District Hospitals in India
- Priyansh Nathani (The George Institute / New Delhi)
- Tej Prakash Sinha (All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India)
Title: Surgical Training for non-specialist health workers in Sierra Leone
- Marco Versluis (Unveristy of Gronigen, the Netherlands)
- Sheku Farnah (CapaCare Sierra Leone / Masanga Hospital Sierra Leone)
12:30 Closing Remarks & NASCE 2027 Preview
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
