1. General Topics
	1.1 - History of Laparoscopy   Alex Gandsas 1.2 - Equipment and instrumentation   TBA 1.3 - Electrosurgery and other energy sources   TBA 1.4 - Anesthesia during laparoscopic surgery   TBA 1.5 - Pre operative and postoperative care in minimally invasive surgery   TBA 1.6 - Complications of laparoscopic surgery   TBA 1.7 - Simulation, virtual reality applied to laparoscopy training   TBA 1.8 - The role of laparoscopy in trauma and critical care   TBA 1.9 - Robotics and minimally invasive surgery   TBA 1.10 -The operating room of the future   TBA 1.11 - Role of laparoscopy and veterinary medicine   TBA
	2. Forgut Surgery
	2.1 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease   TBA 2.2 - Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication   TBA 2.3 - Laparoscopic Toupet Fundoplication   TBA 2.4 - Laparoscopic repair of paraesophageal hernia   TBA 2.5 - Revisional surgery after failed antireflux procedures   TBA 2.6 - Laparoscopic management of Achalasia   TBA 2.7 - Laparoscopic surgery for gastrointestinal stroma tumors   TBA
	3. Liver and Gallblader Surgery
	3.1 - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - Intraopertive cholangiogram   TBA 3.2 - Laparoscopic ultrasound of the biliary tree   TBA 3.3 - Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration   TBA 3.4 - Bile duct injury and intraoperative management   TBA 3.5 - Laparoscopic liver resection   TBA
	4. Small Bowel, Colon and Appendix
	4.1 - Laparoscopic surgery for benign small bowel disease   TBA 4.2 - Laparoscopic appendectomy   TBA 4.3- Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy   TBA 4.4 - Laparoscopic left hemicolectomy   TBA 4.5 - Laparoscopic surgery for inflammatory bowel disease   TBA 4.6 - The role of laparoscopic surgery in bowel obstruction   TBA 4.7 - Transanal endoscopic microsurgery   TBA
	5. Abdominal Wall Surgery
	5.1 - Prosthetic materials for hernia repair   TBA 5.2 - Laparoscopic Inguinal hernia repair   TBA 5.3 - The role of laparoscopy in recurrent inguinal hernia   TBA 5.4 - Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair   TBA 5.5 - Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair   TBA 5.6 - Intra and postoperative complications following laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair   TBA
	6. Endocrine Surgery
	6.1 - Laparoscopic spleenctomy   TBA 6.2 - Laparoscopic adrenalectomy   TBA 6.3 - Laparoscopic management of pancreatic pseudocyst   TBA 6.4 - Role of MIS in parathiroidectomy   TBA
	7. Obesity Surgery
	7.1 - Rational for surgery   TBA 7.2 - Laparoscopic gastric bypass   TBA 7.3 - Laparoscopic adjustable band   TBA 7.4 - Laparoscopic duodenal switch   TBA 7.5 - Revisional bariatric surgery   TBA 7.6 - Laparoscopic Complications following weight loss surgery   TBA
	8. Urology
	8.1 - Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy   TBA 8.2 - Laparoscopic prostatectomy   TBA 8.3 - Diagnostic laparoscopy with lymphadenectomy for prostate cancer   TBA
	9. Laparoscopic Surgery Children
	9.1 - The role of laparoscopy in the pediatric population   TBA
	10. Thoracic Surgery
	10.1 - The role of video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in Thoracic Surgery   TBA 10.2 - The role thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusion   TBA 10.3 - Thoracoscopy in the treatment of primary and recurrent pneumothorax   TBA 10.4 - The role of video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) in Thoracic Surgery   TBA 10.5 - Thoracoscopic lung resection   TBA
	11. Vascular Surgery
	11.1 - Laparoscopic aortic surgery   TBA 11.2 - Endoluminal vascular surgery   TBA