Day 1:

Day 1 Cocktail Function:

Day 2:

Day 2 Nitida Dinner:

Day 3:

Time: 08h00 - 08h05
Title: Opening Address
Speaker: President - Lipalo Mokete

Time: 08h05 - 08h35
Title: Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Lee Naik - CEO TransUnion South Africa

Time: 08h35 - 08h50
Title: The Role of Technologies in Individual Total Knee Arthroplasty
Speaker: Patrick Sadoghi

Time: 08h50 - 09h05
Title: Small Implants and New Technologies
Speaker: Stefano Campi

Time: 09h05 - 09h20
Title: Future Prospects of AI in Knee Arthroplasty
Speaker: Michael Hirschmann

Time: 09h20 - 09h35
Title: Orthopaedic Tech: Addressing Global Needs
Speaker: Dan Hoeffel

Time: 09h35 - 09h50
Title: The Value of Robotics as a Modern Teaching Tool in Knee Arthroplasty
Speaker: Atul Kamath

Time: 09h50 - 10h05
Title: A Pragmatic View About Robotics in UKA and TKA
Speaker: Andrew Porteous

Time: 10h05 - 10h20
Title: Why a Good Surgeon is More Important than Robots, PSI guides, Navigation of Fluoroscopy
Speaker: Justin Cobb

Time: 10h20 - 10h35
Title: Discussion
Speaker: All speakers in the session

Time: 11h05 - 11h15
Title: What is the current consensus amongst orthopaedic surgeons in South Africa regarding the use of robotic assisted total joint arthroplasty?
Speaker: Bayanda Ndindwa, Richard Peter Almeida, Nkhodiseni Sikhauli, Lipalo Mokete, Allan Sekeitto, Jurek Pietrzak

Time: 11h15 -11h25
Title: Opinions of South African Orthopaedic Surgery Registrars Regarding Robot-Assisted- Knee Arthroplasty
Speaker: Bayanda Ndindwa, Jurek Pietrzak, Nkodiseni Sikauli, Lipalo Mokete, Allan Roy Sekeitto, Richard Almeida

Time: 11h25 -11h35
Title: Comparison Of Outcomes In Obese And Non-Obese Patients Undergoing Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Using A Handheld Imageless System
Speaker: Nabila Goga, Jurek Pietrzak, Michael De Buys, Nkhodiseni Sikhauli, Lipalo Mokete

Time: 11h35 - 11h45
Title: Robotic total knee arthroplasty in haemophiliacs
Speaker: Allan Roy Sekeitto, Richard Almeida, Jurek Pietrzak,Nkhodiseni Sikhauli, Lipalo Mokete

Time: 11h45 - 11h55
Title: Does HIV status have an impact on outcomes following robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty using a handheld imageless system?
Speaker: Nabila Goga, Nkhodiseni Sikhauli, Lipalo Mokete, Allan Roy Sekeitto, Jurek Pietrzak

Time: 11h55 - 12h05
Title: The effect of preoperative alignment on outcomes following robot-assisted total knee arthroplasty
Speaker: Nabila Goga, Jurek Pietrzak, Nkhodiseni Sikhauli, Lipalo Mokete, Allan Roy Sekeitto

Time: 12h05 - 12h15
Title: The Magic Number is SIXTY
Speaker: Johan van der Merwe, Mareza Brink

Time: 12h15 - 12h25
Title: Robotic Total Knee Arthroplasty Through a Value Lens
Speaker: Duwayne Vermaak

Time: 12h25 - 12h35
Title: Correlating patella tracking with clinical outcome
Speaker: Werner van der Merwe

Time: 12h35 - 12h50
Title: How Phenotyping the Knee Complements Robotic Assisted TKA
Speaker: Michael Hirschmann

Time: 13h45 - 14h00
Title: Alignment Philosophies and Considerations Between Different Strategies
Speaker: Andrew Porteous

Time: 14h00 - 14h15
Title: Every Knee is Unique - What are Functional Knee Phenotypes or CPAK
Speaker: Michael Hirschmann

Time: 14h15 - 14h25
Title: Increased prevalence of valgus constitutional alignment subtypes in a South African arthritic population group using the Coronal plane alignment of the knee (CPAK) classi-fication
Speaker: Kaylem Coetzee, Johan Charilaou, Marilize Burger, Jacobus Jordaan

Time: 14h25 - 14h35
Title: Can ligament laxity between different CPAK types of knees be used to enable machine learning for robotic knee replacement planning?
Speaker: Allan van Zyl, Johan van der Merwe

Time: 14h35 - 14h50
Title: Kinematic Alignment in TKA: Rationale and Evidence
Speaker: Patrick Sadoghi

Time: 14h50 - 15h05
Title: Why the Switch from Mechanical to Kinematic Alignment
Speaker: Stefano Campi

Time: 15h05 - 15h15
Title: Bone Balancing Technique for Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) maintains the Medial Joint Spaces and Joint Line.
Speaker: Ponky Firer

Time: 15h15 - 15h30
Title: Kinematic Alignment Using Medial Pivot TKA with The Calipered Technique
Speaker: Patrick Sadoghi

Time: 15h30 - 15h40
Title: X-ray measurement of posterior tibial slope: Correlation between mechanical axis measurement and short film measurement methods
Speaker: Praval Dawadi, Brad Gelbart, Ponky Firer, Matthew Street

Time: 15h40 - 15h55
Title: Discussion
Speaker: All speakers in the session

Time: 16h15 - 16h30
Title: The Compartment Approach to Knee Arthrosis - Reducing Risk and Improving Function
Speaker: Justin Cobb

Time: 16h30 - 16h45
Title: Current Indications for Unicompartmental Knee Replacement
Speaker: Stefano Campi

Time: 16h45 - 17h00
Title: Balancing The Third Space of a "Physiological" TKA
Speaker: Michael Hirschmann

Time: 17h00 - 17h10
Title: The medial compartment wear pattern in Anterior Cruciate Ligament deficient knees suitable for Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
Speaker: Christiaan Oosthuizen

Time: 17h10 - 17h20
Title: The results of the modified Knee Osteoarthritis Grading System (mKOGS)
Speaker: Christiaan Oosthuizen

Time: 17h20 - 17h30
Title: Anterior Cruciate Deficiency in Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Surgery: To reconstruct or not to reconstruct
Speaker: Hanan Wilson

Time: 17h30 - 17h40
Title: Using short limb knee radiographs and full-limb radiographs in evaluating coronal alignment in patients requiring unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
Speaker: Caterina Nicolaou, Richard Almeida, Christof Oosthuizen

Time: 17h40-17h55
Title: Discussion
Speaker: All speakers in the session