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NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

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PLENARY SESSION

POSTGRADE COURSE

SOCIETY SESSION

Sunday, 07 June, 2026

Time	Alexandra Trianti Hall	Nikos Skalkotas Hall	Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall	Exhibition Area	MC2	MC3	Poster Area
08:00-09:30	ESTS CUP
09:30-10:30	ESTS-CATS SESSION	FIT2PERFORM
10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12:00	VIDEO ABSTRACT SESSION 01	ESTS NEXTGEN SESSION: FUTURE THORACIC SURGEONS’ CAREER DEVELOPMENT
12:00-13:00	ESTS-KSTS SESSION: TOWARDS NEW EXTRATHORACIC APPROACHES AND NEW ROBOTIC PLATFORMS FOR THORACIC SURGERY: TREND OR GAME CHANGER?	ESTS-TISI SESSION
13:00-14:00	BREAK AND VISIT THE EXHIBITION
13:00-14:00		INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)	INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)		INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)	INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
14:00-15:00	ESTS – HCTSS SESSION: SURGERY OF THE TRACHEA
14:00-15:30		BIOLOGY CLUB: FLOATING GENES AS GENIES: THREE WISHES FOR LUNG HEALTH FROM THE BLOOD STREAM AND BAL
15:00-15:30	ESTS-EACTS EXPERT CONSENSUS DOCUMENT ON THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYPERHIDROSIS
15:30-16:00	COFFEE BREAK
16:00-17:00	ESTS -JACS SESSION ON OPEN CONTROVERSIES IN SEGMENTECTOMIES	ESTS DATABASE: NEW HORIZONS
17:00-18:00	NIGHTMARES IN THORACIC SURGERY	RAPID ORAL SESSION					JUNIOR POSTER SESSION
18:00-18:45	OPENING CEREMONY
18:45-19:45				WELCOME RECEPTION

Monday, 08 June, 2026

Time	Alexandra Trianti Hall	Nikos Skalkotas Hall	Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall	Exhibition Area	MC2	MC3	Poster Area
08:00-09:00	ESTS-STS SESSION	ABSTRACT SESSION (INNOVATIVE CLINICAL WORK/ NEW TECHNIQUES)
09:00-09:15	OPENING REMARKS
09:15-10:45	ESTS GOLDSTRAW AWARD SESSION
10:45-11:15	COFFEE BREAK
11:15-11:45	INVITED LECTURE
11:30-12:00			NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS
11:45-12:00	INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESIDENT
12:00-12:30	PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
12:30-13:30	BREAK AND VISIT THE EXHIBITION
12:30-13:30		INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)	INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)		INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)	INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
13:30-14:30	ABSTRACT SESSION - LOCALLY ADVANCED LUNG CANCER	ABSTRACT SESSION (MEDIASTINUM)
13:30-16:00			NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS
14:30-16:00	ABSTRACT SESSION (EVOLUTION IN MITS)	ESTS-ESDE SESSION
16:00-16:30	COFFEE BREAK
16:30-18:00	ABSTRACT SESSION: YOUNG INVESTIGATORS AWARD SESSION	ABSTRACT SESSION (TRANSPLANTS)	NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSONALS
17:00-18:00							ESTS- GREEK THORACIC SOCIETY PRIZE POSTER SESSION
18:00-19:00	GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Tuesday, 09 June, 2026

Time	Alexandra Trianti Hall	Nikos Skalkotas Hall	Dimitris Mitropoulos Hall	Exhibition Area	MC2	MC3
08:00-09:30	ABSTRACT SESSION (EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER 1)	ABSTRACT SESSION (PULMONARY NON-NEOPLASTIC)
09:30-10:00	ABSTRACT SESSION (VOGT-MOYKOPF LECTURE)	SURVEY SESSION: BEYOND THE OPERATING ROOM: HOW GLOBAL SURVEYS REDEFINE THORACIC SUCCESS
10:00-10:30	COFFEE BREAK
10:30-11:30	ABSTRACT SESSION (LATE BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS)	ABSTRACT SESSION (CHEST WALL/DIAPHRAGM/PLEURA)			EDITORS HANDS ON WORKSHOP - TICKETED EVENT
11:30-12:00	EXTRAORDINARY GUEST LECTURE
12:00-13:00	BREAK AND VISIT THE EXHIBITION
12:00-13:00		INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)	INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)		INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)	INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION (NOT PART OF MAIN CME/CPD CREDIT)
13:00-14:00	PRESIDENTIAL SESSION	ABSTRACT SESSION (EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER 2)
14:00-15:00	ABSTRACT SESSION (EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER III)	IASLC-ESTS: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF LUNG CANCER SURGERY: PERIOPERATIVE THERAPY AND THE POWER OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE
15:00-15:30	COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:30	ESTS-ITMIG: MANAGAMENT OF THYMIC TUMORS: HOT TOPICS	ABSTRACT SESSION (INFECTIOUS DISEASES)
16:30-17:30	VIDEO ABSTRACT SESSION 02	ABSTRACT SESSION (INTERESTING CASES & MISCELLANEOUS)