13 May Scientific Summits conference – Sint-Martens-Latem, 7 & 8 November 2025
Picture Auberge du Pêcheur: © Arne De Corte
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Celebrate 10 years of Scientific Summits with us!
We have the honour and the pleasure to invite you to our second Scientific Summits conference of 2025, which will take place on Friday November 7 & Saturday November 8.
TOP SPEAKERS, TOP CONTENT
Friday 7 & Saturday 8 November 2025
Live meeting
Auberge du Pêcheur - Pontstraat 41, 9831 Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
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Program – Scientific Summits
Friday November 7
12h30 – 14h05
Lunch and WELCOME
14h05 – 15h00
Bladder cancer
Moderator: Dr. Marc Claessens, Urology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium.
14h05 – 14h25:
Intensification of treatment strategies in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Evanguelos Xylinas, Urology, Bichard-Claude Bernard Hospital, APHP, Paris University, France.
14h25 – 14h45:
AI-Driven Insights in Robotic Cystectomy: The Next Frontier.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Nikhil Vasdev, Urology, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK.
14h45 – 15h00:
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Charles Van Praet, Urology, Gent University Hospitals, Belgium.
Dr. Thomas Van Den Broeck, Urology, ZAS, Antwerp, Belgium.
Dr. Thomas Meyskens, Medical Oncology, AZ Klina Brasschaat, Belgium.
Dr. Yannic Raskin, Urology, ZOL, Belgium.
15h00 – 16h00
Kidney and upper genito-urinary tract cancer
15h05 – 15u25:
Resection and renorraphy techniques during RAPN: is there an added value?
Speaker: Dr. Joris Vangeneugden, Urology, Ghent University Hospitals, Belgium.
15h25 – 15u45:
Recent insights in perioperative treatment strategies
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christof Vulsteke, Medical Oncology, AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium.
15h45 – 16u00:
Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Charles Van Praet, Urology, Ghent University Hospitals, Belgium.
Dr. Thomas Van Den Broeck, Urology, ZAS, Antwerp, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Karel Decaestecker, Urology, Maria Middelares Hospitals, Ghent, Belgium.
Dr. Nico De Graeve, Urology, AZ Sint-Lucas Ghent, Belgium.
16h00 – 16u20
Coffee break
16h20 – 17h20
Prostate cancer – early detection and active surveillance for everyone?
Moderator: Dr. Marc Claessens, Urology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium.
16h20 – 16u40:
Where are we with early detection in Europe?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Em. Hein Van Poppel, Urology, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.
16h40 – 17u00:
Individualised diagnostic algorithms in prostate cancer.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roderick van den Bergh, Urology, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
17u00 – 17u20:
Case presentation: TBC + Q&A
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Geert Villeirs, Radiology, Ghent University Hospitals, Belgium.
17u20 – 17u40
Break
17u40 – 18u15
Satellite symposium – Bayer
Advancements and Optimizations in mHSPC and mCRPC Treatment Strategies.
Speaker: Dr. Julien Vandamme, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer, Radiotherapy, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.
Dr. Robbe Waterschoot, Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospitals, Belgium.
Dr. Edward Lambert, Urology, AZorg, Aalst, Belgium.
19h00
Networking Reception & Congress Dinner
Saturday November 8
09h30 – 11h10
Prostate cancer
Moderator: Dr. Marc Claessens, Urology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium.
09h30 – 10h20:
Postoperative radiotherapy: timing and volumes.
Case presentation: TBC
Early salvage radiotherapy: the value of the volume.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gert De Meerleer, Radiotherapy, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.
PSA Relapse: when do you need to act?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Urology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France.
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Engels, Radiation Oncology, AZorg, Aalst, Belgium.
Dr. Kato Rans, Radiation Oncology, AZ Turnhout, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, Urology, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.
10h20 – 11h10:
Localised prostate cancer.
Case presentation: Dr. Bram Vansevenant, Resident, Urology, AZ Delta Roeselare, Belgium.
Radical prostatectomy is still the treatment of choice.
Speaker: Dr. Ruben De Groote, Urology, AZorg, Aalst, Belgium.
The case for stereotactic body radiotherapy.
Speaker: Prof. Dr. David Dearnaley, Radiation Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
Panel:
Prof. Dr. Benedikt Engels, Radiation Oncology, AZorg, Aalst, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, Urology, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Urology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France.
11h10 – 11h30
Coffee break
11h30 – 12h30
The pelvic lymph nodes: a source of disagreement?
Case presentation: Dr. Thibault Duvillier, Resident, Urology, AZ Sint-Jan Brugge, Belgium.
How to optimise communication between radiologists, nuclearists and surgeons?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tobias Maurer, Urology, Martini Klinik, Hamburg, Germany.
Regional lymph node staging for high-risk and locally advanced prostate cancer: are there any pittfalls?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Urology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France.
Panel:
Dr. Kato Rans, Radiation Oncology, AZ Turnhout, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Steven Joniau, Urology, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.
Prof. Dr. Jochen Walz, Urology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes Cancer Centre, Marseille, France.
Prof. Dr. Karolien Goffin, Nuclear Medicine, Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium.