Time Slot Title Speaker
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM Inauguration
SESSION 1 : Fundamentals & Pre-operative Planning
08:30 AM – 08:40 AM Patient Selection & Optimisation – Who? When? How? Dr. Ajith Kumar
08:40 AM – 08:50 AM Modern Implant Designs: What's New? What's Next? Dr. Manan Shah
08:50 AM – 09:00 AM The Medial Pivot Knee Dr. Sameer Ali
09:00 AM – 09:10 AM Implant Surfaces & Materials Update Dr. Srinivas Thati
09:10 AM – 09:20 AM Isolated Medial Compartment OA Dr. Mukesh Laddha
09:20 AM – 09:30 AM Panel Q&A – Session 1
SESSION 2 : Anaesthesia & Pain Management
09:30 AM – 09:40 AM Don't do a Bilateral TKA. Unless... Dr. Vaibhav Bagaria
09:40 AM – 09:50 AM Best Practices from an Anaesthetist Dr. Renny Chacko
09:50 AM – 10:00 AM Periarticular Cocktails and Managing Post-operative Pain Dr. Manan Shah
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM TEA BREAK + INDUSTRY EXHIBITION (45 Minutes)
Exhibit halls open · Industry partners · Hands-on product displays · Network with faculty
SESSION 3 : Alignment Philosophy & Definitions
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM Definitions & Principles of Alignment Dr. Payam Tarassoli
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM CPAK in the Indian Population Dr. Jai Thilak
11:10 AM – 11:20 AM Mechanical Alignment — Principles & Evidence Dr. John T John
11:20 AM – 11:30 AM Balancing a KA knee Real time Dr. Brett Fritsch
11:30 AM – 11:40 AM Kinematic Alignment — Rationale & Evidence Dr. Payam Tarassoli
11:40 AM – 11:50 AM Combined Panel Session 2 & 3
11:50 AM -12:05 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS (15 minutes) — Why Robotics? The Case for Technology in Arthroplasty: Brett Fritsch
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch (45 minutes)
Faculty lunch room, Delegate lunch area open
1:00 PM-2:00 PM Robotic Platform Workshop (60 minutes)
SESSION 4 :Technology & The Robot
2:00 PM – 2:10 PM Robotic TKA — Platforms & Workflow Overview Dr. Murukan Babu
2:10 PM – 2:20 PM The Evidence & Registry: What Does the Data Really Show for Robotics? Dr. Payam Tarassoli
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM The Learning Curve — Steps Before the Leap Dr. Vikram Shetty
2:30 PM – 2:40 PM Using Technology to Achieve a Better Balanced TKR Dr. Brett Fritsch
2:40 PM – 2:50 PM Patella Resurfacing & Robotics Dr. Mukesh Laddha
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM Sagittal Plane Considerations & Errors Dr. George Jacob
3:00 PM – 3:10 PM ROI on the Robot Dr. Adarsh Annapareddy
3:10 PM – 3:20 PM Technology & the Unicompartmental Knee Replacement Dr. Sameer Ali
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM Complex Primary & Revision Arthroplasty with Robotics Dr. Ashok K
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM AI & Arthroplasty, the Coming Wave Dr. Payam Tarassoli
3:40 PM – 3:55 PM Panel Q&A — Session 4
SESSION 5 : Controversies & Current Evidence
4:00 PM- 4:10 PM Cement-less TKA? Again? Dr. Adarsh Annapareddy
4:10 PM – 4:2O PM The Hypoplastic LFC Doesn't Exist — Data Over Dogma Dr. Brett Fritsch
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM Subvastus vs Medial Parapatellar Approach Dr. Manan Shah
SESSION 6 : Post-operative Care & Future
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM TKA & Infection Prevention — What Does the Evidence Say? Dr. Srinivas Thati
4:40 PM - 4:50 PM Fast-Track Protocols: Same-Day Discharge — Are We Ready? Dr. Vikram Mhaskar
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Common Early Complications & the Dissatisfied TKA Dr. Vikram Mhaskar
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM Modern TKA Rehab, Trackers & New Horizons Dr. Raviteja Rudraraju
5:10 PM-5:30 PM EXPERT PANEL, CLOSING REMARKS & VOTE OF THANKS
Where are we headed? What did we learn today?