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It brought together global and national experts in robotic cardiac surgery.", "The scientific programme covered recent advances in robotic cardiac surgery, multidisciplinary cardiovascular care, patient selection, risk assessment and hands-on surgical education. The summit included a hands-on robotic workshop.", "The main hall sessions ran in the King Salman Auditorium. 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Wet Lab: the Comparative Medicine building, where 20 participants in three groups rotated through three stations: A, the Si robot (console and bedside practice); B, the Xi and dV5 robots with a bovine heart model; C, minimally invasive and AF ablation skills (long instruments, knots, chordae, Cor-Knots, AF ablation).", "programme": [ { "title": "Summit programme: Main Hall", "note": "King Salman Auditorium, 16 September 2026, 7:00 to 15:50. The programme booklet as published by the summit.", "pdf": "/assets/docs/mrcs-2026-main-hall-programme.pdf", "pages": [ { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/program-1.jpg", "alt": "MRCS Summit main hall programme, page 1" }, { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/program-2.jpg", "alt": "MRCS Summit main hall programme, page 2" }, { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/program-3.jpg", "alt": "MRCS Summit main hall programme, page 3" }, { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/program-4.jpg", "alt": "MRCS Summit main hall programme, page 4" } ] }, { "title": "Robotic Cardiac Surgery Wet Lab programme", "note": "Comparative Medicine building, hands-on skills course, 16 September 2026, 8:00 to 16:30. The programme booklet as published by the summit.", "pdf": "/assets/docs/mrcs-2026-wet-lab-programme.pdf", "pages": [ { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/wetlab-1.jpg", "alt": "MRCS wet lab programme, page 1" }, { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/wetlab-2.jpg", "alt": "MRCS wet lab programme, page 2" }, { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/wetlab-3.jpg", "alt": "MRCS wet lab programme, page 3" }, { "src": "/assets/photos/events/mrcs-2026/wetlab-4.jpg", "alt": "MRCS wet lab programme, page 4" } ] } ] } ] }