5. UROART Basel Symposium

Date

28.01.2027 - 29.01.2027

Event location

Universitätsspital Basel
4031 Basel

Organizer

UROART Basel

Deadline for applications

28.01.2027

Online registration

We are pleased to invite you to the 5th UROART Symposium, taking place on January 28–29, 2027, in Basel at the University Hospital Basel.

Are you interested in current developments and future perspectives in urology and related disciplines?

Then save the date for the 5th UROART Symposium. Once again, the symposium will provide a platform for scientific exchange, clinical insights, and interdisciplinary dialogue.

We look forward to welcoming you to Basel in January 2027.

Program Donnerstag, 28. Januar 2027

Time	Topic	Moderation/Speaker
11:30	Registration & Welcome coffee
12:00	Welcome Address	Prof. Helge Seifert, Basel, Switzerland
12:10	Robotic platforms comparison: Xi, Dv5, and SP - choosing the right tool	Prof. Dr. med. Christian Fankhauser, Winterthur, Switzerland
12:40	Live surgery: Mona-Lisa Biopsy	Viktor Alargkof, Basel, Switzerland
12:50	Live surgery: prostatectomy unplugged: a step-by-step guide to RARP	Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Hamburg, Germany
13:45	Retzius vs Anterior Approach for Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer	Prabhakar Rajan, London, UK
14:10	Lymphadenectomy: Yes, No – or When?	Tobias Maurer, Hamburg, Germany
14:30 - 15:00	Coffee break and industry exhibition
15:00	Anatomy Is Key: Optimizing Nerve Sparing in Radical Prostatectomy	Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Marseille, France
15:30	Case presentation: nightmares in RARP	Dr. med. Svetozar Subotic, Basel, Switzerland Dr. med. Christian Engesser, Basel Switzerland Prof. Ashkan Mortezavi, Zurich, Switzerland
16:00	Panel discussion: Complications in RARP - what experts don’t show	Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Marseille, France Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Hamburg, Germany Prof. Ashkan Mortezavi, Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Prabhakar Rajan, London, UK Representatives of Swiss Residents in Urology
16:30	Closing remarks	Prof. Helge Seifert, Basel, Switzerland

Program Freitag, 29. Januar 2027

Time	Topic	Moderation/Speaker
08:30	Registration & Welcome coffee
08:45	Welcome Address	Prof. Helge Seifert, Basel, Switzerland
09:00 - 12:15	LIVE SURGERY	Chairs: Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Hamburg, Germany Prof. Andreas Skolarikos, Athens, Greece
09:00	Live surgery 1
	Retzius Sparing	Prof. Karen Fransis, Antwerp, Belgium
09:15	MRI vs. Micro-Ultrasound: who owns prostate imaging—urologists or radiologists?	Dr. med. Petr Macek, Paris, France
09:40	Live surgery 2
	Nerve Sparing	Prof. Abolfazl Hosseini, Stockholm, Sweden
10:00	PSMA PET – Clinical revolution or diagnostic overuse?	Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Marseille, France
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break and industry exhibition
11:00	Live surgery 1 Live surgery 2
11:15	Keynote presentation: To biopsy or not? - mastering patient selection in the Era of AI	Prof. Caroline Moore, London, UK
11:45	Live surgery 1 (closing remarks) Live surgery 2 (closing remarks)
12:15 - 13:15	Lunch and industry exhibition
13:15	Live surgery 3	Chair: Prof. Dr. Kae Jack, Singapore Prof. Dr. med. Ashkan Mortezavi
13:15	Single Port Surgery	Prof. Dr. med. Agostino Mattei, Lucerne, Switzerland
13:30 - 15:00	Optimizing treatment in localized prostate cancer: Who, when and why
13:30	Neoadjuvant therapy in localized prostate cancer: patient selection & rationale	Prof. Steven Joniau, Leuven, Belgium
14:00	Rapid fire session - Biomarker-driven decision making: translating prostate cancer genomics into practice	Representatives of Swiss Residents in Urology
14:30	Live surgery 3
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee break and industry exhibition
15:30 - 17:15	Tailoring therapy: Mastering personalized prostate cancer treatment selection	Chair: Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Marseille, France Prof. Antti Sakari Rannikko, Helsinki, Finland
15:30	Option 1: Focal therapy	Prof. Dr. Tay Kae Jack, Singapore
15:45	Option 2: Radiotherapy	Dr. Alison Tree, Sutton, UK
16:00	Option 3: Surgery	Prof. Prabhakar Rajan, London, UK
16:15	The prostate cancer treatment showdown: three approaches, one decision
17:15	Closing remarks	Prof. Helge Seifert, Basel, Switzerland
17:15	End of Symposium

Program subject to change

General downloads

Programm UroArt 2027

Prices in CHF

What	Seats	Designation	Price
Participation fee	100	Both days 195.00 Thursday 65.00 Friday 140.00
Residents	100	Both days 160.00 Thursday 65.00 Friday 110.00

Cancellation conditions

Thank you for your binding registration. Please note our cancellation policy below.

If you cancel 30 to 15 days before the event, we charge 50% - 14 days before the event or if you don’t show up, we charge 100%. If the participant cancels before the deadlines mentioned above, we reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee for administrative costs.
Amount: CHF 30.-However, you always have the option to send a substitute. By signing up, you confirm that you have read and accepted these terms.

Deadline for applications

28.01.2027

Online registration

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