Gala Night
June 4, 2026
Fellowship Night
June 5, 2026
APSS-PSS 2026 in 3 Days
June 4-6, 2026
PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE
June 4-6, 2026
Day 1: Shangri-La Mactan
04 June 2026
MORNING SESSIONS
0800-0900 Free Paper Session I (Degenerative)
Moderators: Rommel L. Tan (Philippines) & Abdul Kadir Hadar (Indonesia)
Craniocervical Junction: Anatomy, Instability and Decision-Making (From congenital and rheumatoid pathology to real-world fixation options)
Session Chair: Gilbert J. Rañoa
Moderators: Gilbert J. Rañoa (Philippines) and Seok Woo Kim (South Korea)
0900-0908 Evolving Concepts in Craniovertebral Junctional Instability: Anatomy to Alignment [Dong Ho Lee/South Korea]
0909-0916 Management of Basilar Invagination [Dipak Shrestha/Nepal]
0917-0924 Complications in Cranio-cervical Junction Surgery: Prevention, Recognition and Salvage [Gilbert J. Rañoa/Philippines]
0925-0934 Open Forum
0935-0942 Cervical Fusion for the Chiari I Malformation [Eric Dennis C. Legaspi/Philippines]
0943-0950 Video: C1C2 Fusion using Navigation [Michael Louis A. Gimenez/Philippines]
0951-1000 Open Forum
1000-1230 Opening Ceremony [Marquee Tent]
1230-1330 Industry Sponsored Lecture (Medtronic) [Mactan Ballroom]
1330-1400 Lunch Symposium (Baxter) [Mactan Ballroom]
AFTERNOON SESSIONS (Mactan Ballroom)
Plenary Lectures
Moderators: Ronald P. Tangente (Philippines) and Gabriel Liu (Singapore)
1430-1430 KSSS Plenary Lecture (Prof. Yong Chan Kim): Decision of Surgical Strategies for Severe Dynamic Sagittal Imbalance
1430-1500 IOSSA Plenary Lecture (Prof. Luthfi Gatam)- Lumbar Disc Replacement, Overview and Outcome
1500-1530 Coffee Break
1530-1600 JSSR Plenary Lecture (Prof. Masaya Nakamura): Regenerative medicine for spinal cord injury using iPS cells
1600-1700 APSS General Assembly
1800-2100 Gala Night [Marquee Tent]
Day 2: Shangri-La Mactan
05 June 2026
Venue: Mactan Ballrooms
APSS Fellowships: Building Your Regional Career Path (How to choose a fellowship, get published and stay engaged with APSS)
0800-0805 Opening; Program Spotlights – Host Centres [Alvin Pun/Australia]
0805-0811 National University Hospital [Gabriel Liu/Singapore]
0811-0817 Keio University [Kota Watanabe/Japan]
Alumni Stories – Life as an APSS Fellow
0817–0820 UMMC/ Chi-Wei Chen
0820–0823 UMMC/ Abdullah Al Mamun Choudhury
0823–0826 UMMC/ Guna Pratheep Kalanchiam
0826–0829 UMMC/ Ana Rosario Merceditas Sta. Ana-Famador
0829–0832 Ganga/ Kyaw Linn Linn
0832–0835 Ganga/ Jun-Hao Tan
0835–0838 Ganga/ Md Monowar Tarik
8038–0841 APSS Medtronic Fellowship/ Bhaskar Sarkar
0841–0844 APSS Medtronic Fellowship/ Chia Yu Lin
0844–0847 APSS Medtronic Fellowship/ Wongthawat Liawrungrueang
0847–0855 Panel: Designing the Ideal Fellowship & Giving Back/ Panel
0855–0900 Wrap-up & Take-Home Messages
Cervical Degenerative Case Controversies (Failed surgery, border-line indications, and “what I would do
differently next time”)
Session Chair: Rommel F. Fernando
Moderators: Rommel F. Fernando (Philippines) & Binod Bijukacche (Nepal)
0900-0902 Opening
0903-0925 Case 1 Discussion: Degenerative Cervical Spine Complex Cases and Morbidities (Anterior or Posterior or Both) [Kuniyoshi Abumi/Japan; Wong Chung Chek/Malaysia]
0926-0950 Case 2 Discussion: Degenerative Cervical Spine Complex Cases and Morbidities (Anterior or Posterior or Both) [Brian Hsu/Australia; Sub-ri Park/South Korea]
0950-1000 3D printing and templating technology: Current applications in Degenerative Cervical Spine Surgery [Rafael C. Bundoc/Philippines]
1000-1030 Coffee Break/Snack Symposium (Brainlab/Taisho) [Mactan Ballroom]
APSS-IOSSA Collaborative Session: Cervical & Lumbar Degeneration - Global Principles and Treatment
Pathways (What international guidelines and registries tell us about when and how to operate)
Session Chairs: Yudha Mathan Sakti (Indonesia) and Jose Miguel T. Lumawig/Philippines
Session 1: Moderator Primadenny Airlangga (Indonesia)
1030-1038 The Benefit of Multilevel CDR will be [Dennis Hey/Singapore]
1039-1046 The Role of Endoscopic Decompression in Degenerative Cervical Spine [Abdul Kadir Hadar/Indonesia]
1047-1054 Open Forum
Session 2: Moderator Asrafi Rizki Gatam (Indonesia)
1055-1104 Current review and comparison of fusion and motion preservation in Lumbar
degenerative stenosis [Wongthawat Liawrungrueang/Thailand]
1105-1113 Multilevel posterior fusion is not obsolete [Rommel L. Tan/Philippines]
1114-1122 En Bloc Discectomy via Anterior Lumbar Approach for Lumbar Disc Replacement: A
Technical Note [Harmantya Mahadipta/Indonesia]
1122-1130 Open Forum
1130-1230 Industry Sponsored Lecture (Globus Medical) [Mactan Ballroom]
1230–1330 Lunch Symposium (Raynham/Dragon Crown Medical/Variance) [Mactan Ballroom]
Lumbar Degenerative Disease: Choosing the Right Operation (Disc arthroplasty, fusion and MISS—
matching procedure to patient and pathology)
Session Chair: Eric Astelo O. Belarmino (Philippines)
Moderators: Jose Joefrey F. Arbatin, Jr. (Philippines) & Prof. Tsai-Sheng Fu (Taiwan)
1330-1338 Lumbar Lordosis Alignment: Where are We Now and How Did We Get There? [Jonathan
N. Sembrano/USA]
1339-1346 Use of Patient Specific Rods in Spinal Deformity Surgery [Jonathan N. Sembrano/USA]
1347-1354 Combined OLIF/ Posterior Fusion in ASD [Dong-Gune Chang/South Korea]
1355-1404 Open Forum
1405-1413 SI Joint Dysfunction (Diagnosis and Treatment) [Alvin Pun/Australia]
1414-1422 Advancing Minimally Invasive Fusion: The Role of Biportal Endoscopy in Lumbar Fusion
[Tran Vu Hoang Duong/Vietnam]
1423-1430 Open Forum
1430–1530 Free Paper Session IV (Deformity)
Moderators: Ryan Conrad A. Carnero (Philippines)
1530-1600 Coffee Break (ASpine) [Mactan Ballroom]
APSS-SFG: New Evidence in AIS: Growth Prediction, Brace Weaning, and Alignment Strategies from the
APSS-SFG Multicenter Studies
Session Chair: Hideki Shigematsu
Moderators: Hideki Shigematsu (Japan) & Kenny Yat Hong Kwan (Hong Kong)
1600-1607 International Multicenter Validation of the DRU Classification [Hideyuki Arima/Japan]
1608-1615 Skeletal Maturity Assessment and Prediction of Curve Progression after Brace Weaning
[Chih-Wei Chen/Taiwan]
1616-1624 Determinants of Shoulder Balance in Lenke 1 and 2 Curves [Chris Chan/Malaysia]
1625-1632 Integrated Decision-Making in AIS: From Growth Assessment to Surgical Planning
[Ajoy Prassad Shetty/India]
1633-1640 Benefits and Hurdles in Robotic AIS Surgery [Daisuke Sakai/Japan]
1640-1650 Open Forum
1700-1720 KSSS Plenary Lecture: Severe but Silent Cervical Stenosis- How to diagnose and manage?
[KSSS Past President Jong-Beom Park]
1800–2300 Fellowship Night [The Mactan Newtown Beach Rotunda]
Day 3: Shangri-La Mactan
06 June 2026
Venue: Mactan Ballrooms
Pediatric Spinal Deformities: Timing, Techniques and Long-Term Follow-up (Congenital, early-onset and post-infectious deformities in growing spines) [Mactan 1 & 2]
Session Chair: Frederick Patrick I. Nicomedez (Philippines)
Moderators: Frederick Patrick I. Nicomedez and Dr. Md Sarwar Jahan (Bangladesh)
0800-0808 Rapid Recovery Protocols for in Deformity Correction in Pediatric Patients [Dato’ Mun-Keong Kwan/Malaysia]
0809-0816 Early Onset Scoliosis: Is there still a role for bracing? What if GR are not available, other options out there? [Paul Koljonen/Hong Kong]
0817-0824 Passive Correction and Fusion for Congenital Scoliosis - When and Why? [Chee Kidd Chiu/Malaysia]
0825-0830 Open Forum
0831-0838 Post-infection Deformity in children [Frederick Patrick Nicomedez/Philippines]
0839-0847 Hemivertebra Resection in Small Children [Ahmet Alanay/Turkey]
0848-0856 Congenital Scoliosis: When they do it and what to do, anything new? [Ahmet Alanay/Turkey]
0857-0900 Open Forum
Adult Spinal Deformity – Meet the Masters: Strategy, Correction and Complication Rescue (Master
case discussions on ASD, flatback and revision deformity) [Mactan 1 & 2]
Session Chair: Ken Jeffrey O. Magcalas
Moderators: Ken Jeffrey O. Magcalas (Philippines), Prof. Tomohiko Hasegawa (Japan) & Ryan Conrad A. Carnero (Philippines)
0900-0908 Choosing the right approach in lumbar spine deformities: anterior, posterior, combined [Yat Wa Wong/Hong Kong]
0909-0916 Surgery for ASD in the elderly: Risky or Life-Changing [Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran/India]
0917-0924 Most challenging case [Yukihiro Matsuyama/Japan]
0925-0934 Open Forum
0935-0940 High Grade Spondylolisthesis [Aju Bosco/India]
0940-1000 Panel Discussion [Yukihiro Matsuyama/Japan; Yat Wa Wong/ Hong Kong; Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran/ India; Kota Watanabe/Japan]
1000-1030 Coffee Break (Sanyou Medical/Regenesys) [Mactan Ballroom]
JSS-APSS Session: Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD)
Session Chair: Hideki Shigematsu (Japan)
Moderators: Mario R. Ver (Philippines) and Hideyuki Arima (Japan)
1030-1034 Overview
1035–1042 Role of Exercise Therapy in Adult Spinal Deformity: Limitations and Potential [Shinji Takahashi/Japan]
1043–1050 Surgical Indications and Strategies in Adult Spinal Deformity [Jose Manuel F. Ignacio/Philippines]
1051–1058 Preventing Neurological Complications in Osteotomy-Based ASD Surgery [Masashi Miyazaki/Japan]
1059–1106 Management of Mid- to Long-Term Mechanical Complications [Tetsuro Ohba/Japan]
1107-1114 Postoperative ADL Disability and Management [Mikhail Lew P. Ver/Philippines]
1115-1130 Open Forum
1130–1200 Lunch [Mactan Ballroom]
1200–1240 Lunch Plenary Panel: Future of Spine Care
Moderators: Ronald Tangente (Philippines) and David Cabatan (Philippines)
Panelists:
• Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran/India
• Keith DK Luk/Hong Kong
• Gabriel Liu/Singapore
• Yukihiro Matsuyama/Japan
• M. Arif Khan/Pakistan
• Antonio B. Sison/Philippines
1240-1350 Closing Ceremony & Awards [Mactan Ballroom]
