Organising Committee

Chief, Pelvic Floor Unit & Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Treviso Regional Hospital, Italy.

Director, Italian School of Pelvic Floor Ultrasonography and Past President, Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR).

Internationally renowned expert in Endoanal Ultrasonography. Editorial Board Member of leading international journals, author of 300+ peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and five landmark textbooks.

Head of the Robin Phillips Fistula Research Unit, St Mark’s Hospital, The National Bowel hospital , UK.

Co-author of the ESCP Guidelines for cryptoglandular fistula management and co-developer of the TOpClass Classification for Fistulising Perianal Crohn’s Disease

Co-founder of the TOpClass Consortium (2021), advancing global collaborative research in perianal Crohn’s disease.

Consultant Surgeon, IATROS Medical Centre & Ljubljana Medical Faculty, Slovenia

Secretary General, International Society of Laser Proctology (ISOLP)

Dr. Valentin Sojar is an internationally recognized expert in minimally invasive laser proctology and a pioneer in Laser-Assisted Fistula Surgery.

Emeritus Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Head, Colorectal Surgery Center, Bumrungrad International Hospital, Thailand

Professor Dr. Francis Seow-Choen is a world-renowned colorectal surgeon and one of Asia’s Pioneers In Colorectal Surgery, having helped establish the first dedicated colorectal surgery department in Asia at Singapore General Hospital. He is the founding President of the Asian Federation of Coloproctology and the Eurasian Colorectal Technology Association, and a past President of the Society of Colorectal Surgeons of Singapore. An internationally acclaimed academic, he has authored over 260 peer-reviewed publications and 39 textbook chapters, received and has Excellence for Singapore Award for his outstanding contributions to coloproctology.