Programme

At A Glance

Full schedule across the pre-congress workshop and main congress. Programme is subject to change; final topics and speakers will be announced closer to the event.

Pre-Congress Workshop25 September 2026

Time	Lecture Hall A	Lecture Hall B
09:00 – 17:00	Workshop 1	Workshop 2

Day 1 — Main Congress26 September 2026

Time	Lecture Hall A	Lecture Hall B
08:00 – 08:50	Plenary Lecture 1: Neurosurgery in Pahang: From Humble Beginnings to New Frontiers 0800Advent of Neurosurgery in Pahang — Prof Dato' Dr Mohamed Saufi Awang 0845Q&A Session — All Speakers 0830Paradigm Shift in Management of Stroke in MOH Neurosurgery Service — Dr Azmi Alias 0815From Vision to Service: The Evolution of Neurosurgery in Pahang — Dr Ramissh Paramasivam
09:40 – 10:00	Tea Symposium 1: MEDI-LIFE (M) & UMMI SURGICAL SDN BHD	—
07:15 – 08:00	Registration
08:50 – 09:40	Plenary Lecture 2: Advanced Technology in Neurosurgery – Beyond Border
10:15 – 10:35	Plenary Lecture 3 — Advances in Spine 10:15Management of Mass Lesions at the Craniocervical Junction — Haroon Choudhri 10:30Q&A Session — All Speakers
10:35 – 11:00	Hall Turnover for Opening Ceremony
11:00 – 12:00	Opening Ceremony
12:00 – 12:40	Lunch Symposium
12:40 – 13:30	Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:20	Plenary Lecture 4 — Advances in Neuro-Oncology 13:30Advance Neuro-Oncology Imaging — Assoc Prof Radhiana 13:45Beyond Extent of Resection: What Should 'Good' Glioma Surgery Mean in 2026? — Prof Vairavan Narayanan 14:00Advances in Neuro-Oncology Treatment — Dato' Dr Fuad Ismail 14:15Q&A Session — All Speakers
14:20 – 15:10	General Neurosurgery 14:20Futile Neurosurgery — Knowing Our Limit — Dr Nujaimin Udin 14:35Building an AWAKE Brain Mapping Surgery — Lessons from a Young Neurosurgeon — Wei-Lin Hsu 14:50TBC — Selfy Oswari 15:05Q&A Session — All Speakers	Skullbase 14:20The Dogma in Neurosurgery — Prof Dr Vickneswaran Mathaneswaran 14:35Surgical Outcomes of the Endoscopic Transseptal Transsphenoidal Approach for Pituitary Tumours — Le Duc Tam 14:50Endoscopic Endonasal Excision of Clival Chordoma — Dr Donald Liew Ngian San 15:05Q&A Session — All Speakers
15:10 – 16:00	Spine 2 15:10TBC — Dr Mohammed Azman Mohammad Raffiq 15:25Management of Lumbar/Sacral Tumors — Dr Haroon Choudhri (USA) 15:40Minimal Invasive Spinal Decompression — Dr Regunath Kandasamy 15:55Q&A Session — All Speakers	Epilepsy 15:10Epilepsy — Dr You Xinli 15:25Neuromodulation in Epilepsy — Dr Saiful Azli Mat Nayan 15:40VNS for Epilepsy — Dr Ang Song Yee 15:55Q&A Session — All Speakers
16:00 – 16:20	Tea Symposium 3: RENEURON REICHERT TECH SDN BHD	Tea Symposium 4: Xiao En Centre
16:20 – 16:30	Tea Break
16:30 – 17:30	YNS Sharing Session 1 16:30TBC — Dr Abdul Haleem Noorsham 16:40The Journey to Malaysia's First Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair — Dr Ng Pei Meng 16:50From Adult to Child: Rethinking CSF Diversion — Gravitational Control and Shunt Function Assessment — Dr Alarmelu Nithya Ramanathan 17:00Utilisation of Intraoperative CT in Aneurysm Surgery — Dr Saravanan Sridharan 17:10Beyond Graduation: Perceived Preparedness Among Young Malaysian Neurosurgeons — Dr Soon Bee Hong 17:20Q&A Session — All Speakers	Free Paper Presentation 16:30TBC — TBC 16:40TBC — TBC 16:50TBC — TBC 17:00TBC — TBC 17:10TBC — TBC 17:20Q&A Session — All Speakers

Day 2 — Main Congress27 September 2026

Time	Lecture Hall A	Lecture Hall B
07:15 – 08:30	Registration
08:30 – 09:30	Paediatric / Epilepsy	YNS
09:30 – 10:30	Trauma	Medicolegal
10:30 – 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 – 12:00	Pain	Radiosurgery
12:00 – 13:00	Spine / MSS	Allied Health
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00	Spine / MSS	General Neurosurgery
16:30 – 17:00	Closing Ceremony & Award Presentation