Day 1
8:30 – 8:45 am
Kick off / Logistics
Dirk Winkler, MD, Ronny Grunert, PhD, University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
8:45 – 9:10 am
Welcome State Government of Saxony
Sebastian Gemkow, Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture, and Tourism
9:10 – 9:30 am
University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
Christoph Josten, MD, Welf-Guntram Drossel, PhD, University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
9:30 – 10:00 am
A Spatial Vision: The Future of Medicine
Dirk Winkler, MD, Ronny Grunert, PhD, University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU
Morning Break: 10:00 – 10:30 am
10:30 – 10:50 am
Breaking the Spatial Boundaries of the OR
Christy Gaudet, Global Head of Solutions, Karl Storz
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
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
1:50 – 2:00 pm
Spatial Computing in MicroNeurosurgery: The Surgeree Experience
Marco Cenzato, MD, Niguarda Hospital Milano

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

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 speaker
Afternoon Break: 2:45 – 3:15 pm

3:35 – 3:45 pm
Spatial Computing Applications in Interventional Radiology: Early Experience and Use Cases
Andrew Gordon, MD, PhD, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago
3:45 – 3:55 pm
Application of Spatial Computing in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (sarcoma)
Christian Kleber, MD, University Hospital Leipzig
3:55 – 4:05 pm
Navigating shoulder surgical implants on Apple Vision Pro (Shoulder)
Till Bay, PhD, CEO, Comerge, Zürich

4:05- 4:15 pm
Spatial Computing navigation in arthroscopic joint surgery: concepts and perspectives
Pierre Hepp, MD, University Hospital Leipzig

4:15 – 4:25 pm
Spatial Computing as the Canvas for Surgery Intelligence: Practical Lessons from the OR on Apple Vision Pro.
Kathryn Issac, MD, University of British Columbia
4:25 – 4:40 pm
Q&A all speaker
Summit Day 1 Summary: Key Takeaways & Q/A 4:40 – 5:00 pm
Franziska Rubin, MD, Dirk Winkler, MD, Ronny Grunert, PhD, University Hospital Leipzig, Fraunhofer IWU









