{"id":11896,"date":"2025-10-22T14:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/?p=11896"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:18:34","slug":"main-conference-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/main-conference-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Conference 2025: Re-thinking the Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-raft-fg-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b399d195dfafce984861fe37c043186d is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-22-2025-06_26_04-PM-1.png&apos;);background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28dadce6f990068c5e8b7660360f8e34 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained has-background\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Re-thinking the Cut: Scalpel&#8217;s 17th annual conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0fDate &#8211; Saturday 22nd November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u23f0Time &#8211; 09:00-18:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\ud83d\udccdVenue &#8211; University Place, Manchester<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3e6e1fb59f13168126ad010aa9a4834c is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Thank you to all who attended! We are extremely grateful to our speakers for their inspiring talks and to all surgeons who ran such a wide range of workshops. Congratulations to all who presented a poster, oral presentation or Hackathon presentation at the conference. If you missed us this time, we will be back for Main Conference 2026! We hope to see you there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 Main Conference team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Conference events page now available (click below)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/re-thinking-the-cut-events-page\/\">Re-thinking the Cut events page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Welcome to <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scalpel&#8217;s 17th Annual Conference: Re-thinking the Cut<\/span><\/strong>. This year&#8217;s conference focuses on the theme of surgical innovation, exploring recent developments in surgery that have challenged the status quo, and considering how the field may continue to evolve in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">At the conference, you can expect to hear from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>speakers at the forefront of their fields<\/strong><\/span>, leading work in minimally invasive surgery and implementing novel applications of robotics and AI, <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">participate in your choice of 15+ workshops<\/span><\/strong> covering the full range of surgical specialties, observe (or present your own!) <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">high-quality oral and poster presentations<\/span><\/strong> from students and recent graduates on their surgery-themed research work, and observe the winning project pitches from the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scalpel x MedTech Hackathon: Innovating Surgical Oncology<\/span><\/strong>. Also featuring the ever-popular <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;Battle of the Surgical Specialties&#8217;<\/span><\/strong> panel debate &#8211; this time student-led, with representatives from each major University of Manchester specialty surgical society, in a contest to see which surgical specialty comes out on top!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">An overview of the talks and workshops taking place at Scalpel&#8217;s 17th Annual Conference: Re-thinking the Cut has now been revealed (see below)! Stay tuned for more information regarding speakers, talks, presentations and workshops; these will be posted in the coming days on our Instagram (@scalpelsurgical).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4.png 952w, https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-4-768x770.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">4 amazing surgery-themed talks<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Covering a range of surgical topics and themes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also touching on innovations such as robotics and AI in surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Oral and poster presentations<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS NOW CLOSED!<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are primarily looking to accept abstracts from medical students or newly qualified doctors, on any topic relating to surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accepted abstracts will be chosen for either oral or poster presentations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All accepted abstracts our published in our journal &#8211; The Scalpel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">15+ high-quality hands-on workshops<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Covering the full range of surgical specialties &#8211; there will be something for everyone!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Portfolio and careers workshops<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Valuable advice from surgeons on how to develop your portfolio and research skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hackathon presentations (Innovating Surgical Oncology)<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PLEASE NOTE: The Hackathon is a separate event taking place on Sun 16th Nov 09:00-17:00 at University Place, with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">project presentations ONLY<\/span> taking place on the day of the conference<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participate in the Hackathon on 16th Nov for a chance to be selected to present your project to a panel of prestigious judges on 22nd Nov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For info on the Hackathon: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalpelmanchester.com\/new\/hackathon-x-medtech\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for updates &#8211; we look forward to seeing you all on 22nd November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-thinking the Cut: Scalpel&#8217;s 17th annual conference \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0fDate &#8211; Saturday 22nd November 2025 \u23f0Time &#8211; 09:00-18:00 \ud83d\udccdVenue &#8211; University Place, Manchester Thank you to all who attended! 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