The Technology and Training (T&T) in Endourology was born in Torino (Italy) in 2011, from the desire of Dr. C. M. Scoffone to organize an event that he would have liked to attend himself. Thus, this course reflects the passion and personal commitment of the organizers, and year after year it has become a very dynamic meeting, and a platform of mutual enrichment between audience and keynote speakers on endourology.
Every year more than 100 participants gather in Torino for the T&T Meeting, providing plenty of opportunities for onsite cooperation and updating of technological and clinical knowledge.
The event has always been sponsored by very many companies (see flyers) and supported by the EULIS and ESUT subsections of EAU, as well as by IEA and SIU.
The 1st T&T took place in 2011, from November 10th to November 12th. The 70 attendees came from all over Italy and the official language was Italian, in spite of the presence of some international guests and Faculty experts.
The 2nd T&T took place in 2012, from November 8th to November 10th. The Faculty of experts was broadened, and out of the 80 attendees the vast majority came from Italy but some of them also from abroad. So slides were all prepared in English.
The 3rd T&T took place in 2013, from November 7th to November 9th. The Faculty of experts was rich and international, as well as the participants, therefore simultaneous translation was organized in order to easy communication and discussion.
The 4th T&T took place in 2014, from November 6th to November 8th. The scheme of the meeting was roughly always the same, with interactive discussion facilitated by the presence of a simultaneos translation service.
The 5th T&T took place in 2015, from November 11th to November 13th. From this year onwards the official language was only English, because of the international footprint acquired by the event.
The 6th T&T took place in 2016, from September 22nd to September 23rd. This was a special edition under many respects: in fact it was preceded by a 2-day EULIS Workshop on Stone Treatment, from September 20th to September 21st. For the first time continuous sessions of Hands-On-Training for upper and lower urinary tract with tutors were held, and Live Surgeries were alternated to Recorded Surgeries, enriching the landscape of surgical approaches. The great innovation of this edition was the additional introduction of continuous Hand-On-Training sessions with training models and dedicated tutors, both for stone and BPH endoscopic techniques.
The 7th T&T took place in 2017, from November 8th to November 10th. The Congress was held in the new Conference Hall of Cottolengo Hospital. More than 200 attendees and 60 faculty members. Live Surgeries were alternated to Recorded Surgeries, enriching the landscape of surgical approaches, Round Tables, presentations and discussion.
The 8th T&T took place in 2018, from November 7th to November 9th. The Congress was held in the Conference Hall of Cottolengo Hospital. More than 200 attendees and 55 faculty members. Live Surgeries were alternated to Recorded Surgeries, Round Tables, presentations and discussion.
The 9th T&T took place in 2019 from November 6th to November 8th. The Congress was held in the Conference Hall of Cottolengo Hospital. More than 200 attendees and 61 faculty members and 52 young urologists from EU, South America, Asia, Africa and Middle East.
Live Surgeries were alternated to Recorded Surgeries, Round Tables, presentations, discussion and 2 live broadcasted surgery from India also 2 broadcasted presentations from US and from Austria.
The 10th T&T took place in 2020 from November 4th to November 6th. The Congress was held as WEB-Congress broadcast from the Conference Hall of Cottolengo Hospital. More than 400 on-line attendees and 86 faculty members from all over the world.
Recorded Surgeries, Round Tables, presentations, discussions.
More than 300 attendees visited the Virtual booths exhibition area.
The 11th T&T took place in 2021 from November 10th to November 12th. The Congress was held in the Conference Hall of Cottolengo Hospital and it was the first congress after the COVID
More than 50 participant in attendance, 62 faculty members and 32 young urologists from all over the world.
Recorded Surgeries, Round Tables, presentations, discussions.
More than 150 on line attendees.
The 12th T&T took place in 2022 from November 23th to November 25th. The Congress was held in the Conference Hall of Cottolengo Hospital. More than 90 attendees, 56 faculty members and 70 young urologists from EU, South America, Asia, Africa and Middle East, also 273 on-line attendees.
Live Surgeries were alternated to Recorded Surgeries, Round Tables, presentations and discussion.
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