13h00

• Registration

13h45

• Introduction

14h00

• Young researcher prize I

15h30

• Coffee break

16h00

• Young researcher prize II

17h30

• Adjournment

9h45

• Welcome and introduction

10h00

• Session I: Fundamentals about standard anastomosis
  
  1. Overview of arterial pathology after implantation of a biomaterial.
  Renu VIRMANI, Gaithersburg, USA
  
  2. Textile physics of vascular grafts: Compliance mismatch.
  Bhupender GUPTA, Raleigh, USA
  
  3. Anastomosis and fluid dynamics.
  Thien HOW, Liverpool, UK
  
  4. Mechanical characterisation of suture filaments.
  Jean-François LE MAGNEN, Mulhouse, France
  
  5. Clinical implications of anastomosis related complications.
  Pierre-Edouard MAGNAN, Marseille, France
  
  6. Aortic wall changes throughout the cardiac cycle.
  Frans MOLL, Utrecht, The Netherlands

12h05

• Satellite Symposium I - sponsored by COOK

12h45

• Welcome allocution

13h00

• Lunch on site

14h00

• Session II: The endovascular anastomosis I
  
  7. Influence of stents design and material composition on their mechanical characteristics and procedure outcome.
  Gerhard HOLZAPFEL, Graz, Austria
  
  8. Endoprosthesis-to-artery healing characteristics: Is there something that should be improved?
  Paul QUAX, Leiden, The Netherlands
  
  9. Assessment of endoprosthesis migration risks: Reliability of in vitro testing.
  Daniel MATHIEU, Mulhouse, France
  
  10. Assessment of endoprosthesis fatigue life: Reliability of in vitro bench fatigue testing.
  Scott ANDERSON, Eden Prairie, USA
  
  11. Assessment of endoprosthesis migration risks: Reliability of numerical simulation.
  Peter WALKER, Leeds, UK
  
  12. Clinical data about endoprosthesis motion in humans.
  Pascal DESGRANGES, Creteil, France

16h00

• Coffee break, visit the sponsors and posters

16h20

• Satellite Symposium II - sponsored by BARD
  
  

  "Peripheral Stents: How are they tested? How I use them?"

  1. How peripheral self-expandable stents are tested? and clinical evaluation result.
  Eric Steimetz,CHRU de DIJON
  
  2. Use of the covered stents in branched endoprostheses
  Stéphan Haulon,CHRU de LILLE
  
  3. A new sutureless technique for end-to-end and end-to-side vascular anastomosis
  Carmine Sessa (1), Paolo Porcu (1), Emmanuel Cochet (1), Gianmario Careddu (3), Gerolamo Masala (3), Jean Luc Magne (1), Eraldo Sanna Passino (3), Philippe Cinquin (2)
  
  (1) Département de chirurgie vasculaire, thoracique et endocrinienne CHU de Grenoble
  (2) Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG CNRS et Centre d’Innovation Technologique CHU Grenoble
  (3) Istituto di Clinica Veterinaria Università di Sassari

17h00

• Session III: The endovascular anastomosis II
  
  13. What we know about endoprosthesis migration risk, neck enlargement, and endoprosthesis characteristics in the abdominal aorta.
  Piergiorgo CAO, Perugia, Italy
  
  14. The main technical specifications taken into account when constructing an abdominal aortic endoprosthesis in order to decrease the risk of migration.
  Blayne ROEDER,West Lafayette, USA
  
  15. How to avoid migration in the abdominal aorta in clinical practice?
  Eric STEINMETZ, Dijon, France
  
  16. Mechanical behaviour of branched thoraco-abdominal endoprostheses.
  Stephan HAULON, Lille, France

18h30

• Welcome cocktail

21h00

• Dinner and Young researcher prize

9h00

• Session IV: The endovascular anastomosis III
  
  17. What we know about endoprosthesis migration risk and endoprosthesis characteristics in the thoracic aorta?
  Vincent RIAMBAU, Barcelona, Spain
  
  18. The main technical specifications taken into account when constructing a thoracic aortic endoprosthesis in order to decrease the risk of migration.
  Logan HAGAMAN, Flagstaff,USA
  
  19. How to avoid migration in the thoracic aorta in clinical practice?
  Jan BRUNKWALL, Cologne, Germany
  
  20. Mechanical behaviour of endoprostheses in the aortic arch.
  Piotr KASPRZAK,Regensburg, Germany

10h25

• Satellite Symposium III - sponsored by GORE

11h05

• Coffee break, visit the sponsors and posters

11h30

• Session V: The laparoscopic/robotic anastomosis I
  
  21. State of the art and future needs for the laparoscopic anastomosis.
  Yves-Marie DION, Québec, Canada
  
  22. Aortic automatic suture: past and current developments.
  Yves ALIMI, Marseille, France
  
  23. Clinical indications and future of laparoscopy at time of the EVAR area?
  Marc COGGIA, Paris, France
  
  24. Robotic-assisted aortic suture: another step in laparoscopic surgery?
  Petr STADLER, Prague, Czech Republic

13h15

• Session VI:The laparoscopic/robotic anastomosis II
  
  25. The future of robotic assisted surgery.
  Luc SOLER, Strasbourg, France
  
  26. Does robotic technology meet assisted surgery requirements?
  Michel BASSET, Mulhouse, France
  
  27. Anchoring a biomaterial in the aortic root: Requirements.
  Frederic HEIM, Mulhouse, France

14h15

• Final allocutions. Adjournment