!!! CALL FOR ABSTRACT !!!

Dear Colleagues and surgical trainees,

The Monday Video Session needs little introduction. This year’s edition, the BGES/BAST Alexis Buggenhout Video Competition, will be
held online on Monday, November 30th, 2026, at 8 p.m., and we are inviting submissions for the five video presentations that will
make up the programme. We are looking for videos of laparoscopic, robotic, endoscopic and other procedures that carry genuine clinical
interest: a novel technique, an original approach to a difficult problem, or the management of an unusual intraoperative situation.
Recordings of standard procedures will not be considered.

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should state the clinical setting, the procedure and what the video demonstrates, and be sent to
bartsmet@outlook.com before midnight on November 15th, 2026, together with the name, training year and institution of the
presenting trainee. Selected candidates will be notified by November 19th. The connection link will be sent by email to all registered
participants during the week before the session.

Presentations must be given live by a trainee, in English, and must not exceed fifteen minutes including discussion. Each will be
graded on a five-point system covering the PowerPoint, the video, the presentation, the quality of the subject and the handling of
questions. Money prizes will be awarded to the two best presentations, and for the first time this year the results will be published the
morning after the session on the official BGES website, https://bges.odoo.com/.

We encourage all trainees with a video worth sharing to submit, and we look forward to an evening that is, as always, both stimulating
and educational. Any questions may be addressed to the BGES secretariat at the address above.

Best regards,
The BAST & BGES board