| 8:00am | REGISTRATION OPEN |
| 8:30am | Session 5 - Surgical Leader's Forum Chair: Dr Sanjeev Naidu |
| 8:30am | Dr Sanjeev Naidu - Forum Introduction A QLD workforce model to improve regional access to surgery |
| 8:45am | Dr Bridget Clancy - RACS Rural Health Equity Strategy |
| 9:00am | TBC |
| 9:15am | Dr Sarah Gray - Breaking stigma and disrupting the status quo |
| 9:30am | TBC |
| 9:45am | Dr Paul Bumbak - TBC |
| 10:00am | Q&A |
| 10:10am | MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY |
| 10:30am | Session 6 - Building the future Surgical Workforce: Education, Regulation and Mentorship Chair: |
| 10:30am | Ms Hayley Copley and Mr Matt Vincent - RACS Surgical Planning Across Australia |
| 10:45am | Associate Professor Emma Kennedy (Flinders Medical Centre) - Surgical undergraduate education developing curriculum and keeping the goal in mind |
| 11:00am | Professor Di Stephens (Charles Darwin University) - Building surgical education from the ground up - CDU's inaugural medical program |
| 11:15am | Professor Tarun Gupta (James Cook University) - TBC |
| 11:30am | Dr Christine Lai - Mentoring the Next Generation of Female Surgeons/State of RACS |
| 11:50am | TBC |
| 12:05pm | Panel Discussion |
| 12:15pm | LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY |
| 12:55pm | Session 7 - Free Papers Chair: |
| 12:55pm | |
| 2:25pm | AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY |
| 2:45pm | Session 8 - NTASM Forum - TBC Chair: |
| 3:50pm | Announcement of Free Papers Winner |
| 3:55pm | Dr Ravi Mahajani - Thank You and Closing Remarks |
| 4:00pm | 2026 TRISTATE ASM CONCLUDES |