Day 1
8:30 – 8:45 am
Kick off / Logistics
Franziska Rubin, MD, Dirk Winkler, MD, Ronny Grunert, PhD, University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
8:45 – 8:55 am
Welcome State Government of Saxony
Sebastian Gemkow, Saxon State Minister for Science, Higher Education and Research, Dresden
8:55 – 9:05 am
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
9:05 – 9:20 am
Opening Remarks University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
Welf-Guntram Drossel, PhD, Fraunhofer IWU, Chemnitz, Christoph Josten, MD, University Hospital Leipzig

9:20 – 9:30 am
Opening Remarks Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen
Stefan Ort, Chief Operating Officer
9:30 – 9:55 am
A Spatial Vision: The Future of Medicine
Dirk Winkler, MD, Ronny Grunert, PhD, University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
Syndeo Restaurant, Lobby
Morning Break – Networking, Demos and Tours: 9:55 – 10:30 am
10:30 – 10:50 am
Breaking the Spatial Boundaries of the OR
Christy Gaudet, Global Head of Solutions, Karl Storz, Los Angeles
10:50 – 11:10 am
Spatial Computing: The Future of Clinical Work
Tommy Korn, MD, Chief Spatial Computing Officer, Sharp HealtCare San Diego
11:10 – 11:30 am
Spatial Computing in Automotive Production
Gerd Rupp, CEO, Porsche Leipzig, Lukas Basan Factory digitization projects, Head of Manufacturing Systems in Final Assembly, Porsche Leipzig

11:30 – 11:50 am
Fireside Chat with Apple
Asha Narasimhan Chesnutt, MD Clinical Specialist, Apple, Cupertino
Syndeo Restaurant, Lobby
Lunch – Networking, Demos and Tours: 11:50 – 1:30 pm
1:30 – 1:40 pm
Streaming of 3D exoscope video to Vision Pro for more precise brain surgery
Randy D’Amico, MD, Lenox Hill Hospital New York
1:40 – 1:50 pm
From Conjoined Twins to Autonomous Exoscopes: World First in Spatial Computing for Neurosurgery
Ali Haddad, MD, CEO, XRlabs, London
1:50 – 2:00 pm
Endoscopic Endonasal Skull Base Surgery – An Exciting New Era with Apple Vision Pro
David S. Baskin, MD, Houston Methodist Hospital

2:00 – 2:10 pm
Improving neuroendovascular outcomes – How spatial computing can make a difference
Kyriakos Lobotesis, MD, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

2:10 – 2:20 pm
Immersion Meets Precision: Virtual Reality as a Tool for Neurosurgical Mastery
Attill Saemann, MD Neurosurgery, University Hospital Basel

2:20 – 2:30 pm
Stereotactic Procedures – New Possibilities with Spatial Computing
Dirk Winkler, MD, University Hospital Leipzig
2:30 – 2:45 pm
Q&A all speakers
2:45 – 3:05 pm
Apple Vision Pro in Healthcare
Yanna Zhu, Vision Pro Product Marketing, Apple, London
Syndeo Restaurant, Lobby
Afternoon Break – Networking, Demos and Tours: 3:05 – 3:30 pm

3:30 – 3:40 pm
Spatial Computing Applications in Interventional Radiology: Early Experience and Use Cases
Andrew Gordon, MD, PhD, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago

3:40 – 3:50 pm
Digital Evolution in Surggery – The Rizzoli Experience
Marco Innocenti, MD, Orthoplastic at the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna
3:50 – 4:00 pm
Application of Spatial Computing in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Christian Kleber, MD, University Hospital Leipzig
4:00 – 4:10 pm
Navigating shoulder surgical implants on Apple Vision Pro
Till Bay, PhD, CEO, Comerge, Zurich

4:10- 4:20 pm
Spatial Computing navigation in arthroscopic joint surgery: concepts and perspectives
Pierre Hepp, MD, University Hospital Leipzig

4:20 – 4:35 pm
Spatial Computing as the Canvas for Surgery Intelligence: Practical Lessons from the OR on Apple Vision Pro.
Kathryn Isaac, MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
4:35 – 4:50 pm
Q&A all speakers
Cabana Rooftop Terrace Bar













