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Ticketed Program Events

The ASC 2027 ticketed programs feature a selection of special events and experiences designed to enrich the Congress experience, offering opportunities for learning, cultural engagement and connection beyond the scientific program.

Explore the events on offer and secure your tickets as part of your Congress experience.

Wednesday, 28 April 2027

Private Screening – YURLU | COUNTRY

We are hosting a screening of award-winning YURLU | COUNTRY. Do not miss this powerful film, directed by Walkley Award-winning filmmaker Yaara Bou Melhem and co-created with Banjima Elder Maitland Parker. This deeply moving film follows his final year as he fights to heal his ancestral lands, scarred by the largest contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere – Australia’s own Chernobyl.

After sold out film festival screenings, international accolades and winning the 2025 Walkley Documentary award, we are proud to be screening the film as part of the 2027 Congress.

Completion of this activity will be recorded for 2 hours of CPD under ‘Education’. The activity also meets the CAPE requirements for: Cultural Safety, Addressing Health Inequity and Ethical Practice. Through the screening of YURLU | COUNTRY! delegates are invited to engage with the stories, histories, and cultural knowledge of the Traditional Owners connected to Wittenoom.

Time:

3.30pm
-5.00pm

Venue:

Hoyts Melbourne Central (located within Melbourne Central, Cnr Swanston &, La Trobe St, Melbourne)

Cost:

$45pp

All ticket proceeds will be donated to the Clean up Wittenoom Foundation, supporting community led efforts in cultural preservation, healing, and environmental remediation. Attendees must be registered for the RACS ASC 2027 to attend.

Click here to view the film trailer.

Viewer advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this film contains images, voices and names of deceased persons.

Friday, 30 April 2027

MASTERCLASS (MC01): Shared decision-making in surgery: Putting what matters to patients into practice

A technically successful operation may still fall short of what a patient expected. How can we make these conversations clearer before surgery? Through clinical cases and small-group discussion, this interactive masterclass explores shared decision-making in everyday surgical practice. The focus is on strengthening informed consent, understanding patient priorities and discussing expectations, particularly when the best way forward is uncertain.

*Cross Discipline* 

 

Time:

7.00am
-8.20am

Venue:

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Cost:

$40pp

Target audience: Surgeons, surgical trainees and clinicians involved in perioperative care and treatment decisions.

Learning objectives

  1. Recognise how shared decision-making supports informed consent in surgical practice.
  2. Explore patients’ priorities and expectations, including how these may differ from the anticipated surgical outcome.
  3. Develop practical communication skills for conversations where treatment choices or outcomes are uncertain.

Outcomes: Participants will be better equipped to identify gaps in understanding, discuss realistic expectations and agree on a treatment plan that reflects what matters to the patient.

MASTERCLASS (MC02): PH & Manometry Interpretation – The Surgically Naïve Patient Versus Previous OG Surgery

Time:

7.00am
-8.20am

Venue:

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition

Cost:

$40pp

Upper Gi Surgery, Bariatric And Metabolic Surgery

Description: This masterclass, targeted towards consultants and trainees, will cover the following case based topics:

  1. Achalasia and failed fundoplication
  2. Post-sleeve reflux
  3. Reflux in the patient with obesity: are we measuring the right things?
  4. Minimum diagnostic requirements for GORD, thresholds for surgery

A light breakfast will be included for all attendees.

Christian Medical Fellowship Breakfast

Time:

7.00am
-8.20am

Venue:

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Cost:

$65pp

*Cross Discipline* 

Saturday, 1 May 2027

MASTERCLASS (MC08): Fundamentals of Foregut Surgery : Principles, Pitfalls and Emergencies

Time:

7.00am
-8.20am

Venue:

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Cost:

$40pp

Upper GI Surgery

This masterclass, targeted towards consultants and trainees, will cover the following case based topics:

  1. The hostile hiatus: anatomy you need when things get difficult
  2. The perforated oesophagus: first principles and first decisions
  3. The acute giant hiatus hernia: reduce, resect or repair?
  4. Gastric catastrophe: perforation, necrosis and the unexpected stomach
  5. The foregut anastomosis: how to make it—and how to rescue it
  6. The foregut disaster: The giant DU perforation

A light breakfast will be included for all attendees.

Sunday, 2 May 2027

Sunday 2 May Women in Surgery Breakfast

Join us for the Women in Surgery Breakfast at RACS ASC 2027 – a morning dedicated to connecting, celebrating and supporting women in surgery.

Hear from an inspiring keynote speaker, enjoy great conversation and connect with colleagues from across the surgical community. Whether you’re a trainee, early-career surgeon or established consultant, it’s a wonderful opportunity to meet new people, share experiences and hear different perspectives on navigating a career in surgery.

Come along for a great morning of conversation, connection and inspiration.

Time:

7.00am
-8.20am

Venue:

Queen Victoria Women’s Centre - 210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Dress Code:

Wear something purple!

Cost:

$60pp