Ponco Birowo

Prof. Ponco Birowo is a Professor of Urology in Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Indonesia, The top-ranking university, and largest teaching hospital in Indonesia. His special interests include Andrology, Endourology, Transplantation Urology, and Robotic Surgery. He is currently the President of the Urological Association of Asia as well as President-Elect of the Indonesian Urological Association. Porf. Ponco is actively involved in several international organizations, namely Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine (APSSM), Global Andrology Forum (GAF), and Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU).

14th August 2025

Time	Session

08:00 16:50	Asian Urological Society of Endoluminal Surgery & Technology (AUSET) Part I: Urolithiasis & Technology (Fundamental) Opening Remarks & Congratulatory Remarks from Experts Sung Yong Cho Korea (Republic of) Speaker Welcome ETS Cheng-Chia LinTaiwan Speaker Session: Reshaping Upper Tract Endourology Intervention Abhay MahajanIndia Moderator Cheng-Chia LinTaiwan Moderator Chong-Tsung WenSingapore Moderator How Suction Changed My Hospital Practice of Flexible Ureteroscopy Yi Quan TanSingapore Speaker Digitalization in Suction PCNL Can Change Practice Jaisukh KalathiaIndia Speaker Endoscopic Combined Intra Renal Surgery: New Frontiers Han Kyu ChaeKorea (Republic of) Speaker Navigating the Complex Renal Anatomy with FANS? Chu Ann Chai Malaysia Speaker Suction PCNL vs Suction RIRS? Do We Have a Winner Boyke SoebhaliIndonesia Speaker Q&A Session: Global Leaders Share the Evidence Anil ShresthaNepal Moderator Chinnakhet Ketsuwan Thailand Moderator Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Thullium Fibre Laser: A Unique Laser for Urological Use Mohamad Afzal Bin Farikhullah KhanMalaysia Speaker Do We Need Augmented Reality for Renal Stone Management? Takaaki InoueJapan Speaker Battle of the Robots in Flexible Ureteroscopy: What's the Verdict? Albert El HajjLebanon Speaker Transurethral En Bloc Resection of Bladder Tumor: Where Are We Now? Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Speaker Best Laser for UTUC Hsiang-Ying LeeTaiwan Speaker Q&A Session: Surgical Advancement of Asia for Stone Management: ECIRS Nguyen Ngoc ChauVietnam Moderator Jia-Lun Kwok Singapore Moderator Albert El HajjLebanon Moderator Impact of Ureteral Access Sheath on Kidney Stones before and after FANS Anggie N. RahwantoIndonesia Speaker How to Perform Supine PCNL in Pediatrics? Is It Different from Adults? Azimjon TursunkulovUzbekistan Speaker ESWL for Ureteric Stones: Art of Achieving 100% Stone Free Rate Shemeem Kachereente VitaQatar Speaker Discussion Part II: Endoluminal Technology Symposium (ETS), Advance Course of Urolithiasis & Technology, Company Sponsored Symposium 1st Company Session: Luncheon Symposium Hsiang-Ying LeeTaiwan Facilitator Majed AlharthiSaudi Arabia Facilitator Single-Use Cysto-Nephro Scope in ECIRS/ PCNL Yasser FarahatUnited Arab Emirates Speaker Experimental and Real World Take Away Messages on DISS Vineet GauharSingapore Speaker Q & A 2nd Company Session Jia-Lun Kwok Singapore Moderator Karl Marvin TanPhilippines Moderator The Power of Magneto and Vapour Tunnel in Holep Giorgio BozziniItaly Speaker Take Home Messages to Prevent Bladder Neck Contracture in Enucleation Sarvajit Biligere Singapore Speaker Q & A 3rd Company Session Joy CastilloPhilippines Moderator Steffi YuenHong Kong, China Moderator Intra Renal Pressure Defines Outcomes: Current Evidence Chinnakhet Ketsuwan Thailand Speaker Pressure Management Strategy in RIRS using Tidor System Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker Q & A 4th Company Session Sung Yong Cho Korea (Republic of) Moderator Vineet GauharSingapore Moderator The Power of Powerbend in Management of Lower Pole and Complex Stones. Steffi YuenHong Kong, China Speaker What I Need as a Clinician in Single Use Scopes Manint UsawachintachitThailand Speaker Q & A 5th Company Session Boyke SoebhaliIndonesia Moderator Takaaki InoueJapan Moderator Clearpetra the Sheath of Choice for Lower Pole Stones Anil ShresthaNepal Speaker How to Use Clearpetra Shetah to Minimize Post Operative Stenting after FANS Deepak Ragoori India Speaker Q & A TICC - 2F 201DE
08:30 17:00	Asian Robotic Urology Society (ARUS) Opening Remarks Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Speaker Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker ARUS–PRUS Partnership Ceremony: A New Chapter in Asia Robotic Urology Collaboration Jason Lui LetranPhilippines Speaker Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker Session 1: Advances in Robotic Surgery Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Moderator Chi-Fai NgHong Kong, China Moderator Enhancing Robotic Surgery with AI and Imaging Navigation: Bridging Precision and Efficiency Gang ZhuChina Speaker From Console to Cloud: The Evolution of Robotic Telesurgery in Urology – Innovations, Trials, and Ethical Frontiers Xu Zhang China Speaker Open Surgery Training: Is It Necessary in the Era of Robotics? John DavisUnited States Speaker Hinotori Robotic System in Urological Surgery: Clinical Applications and Future Potential Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker What's Next in Urologic Robotics in Asia: Future Perspectives Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) Speaker Panel Discussion Coffee Break Session 2: Robotic Prostate Surgery Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Moderator Jian-Ri LiTaiwan Moderator Lessons from 20,000 Robotic Prostatectomies: A Global Expert’s Perspective Vipul R. PatelUnited States Speaker Aquablation Revolutionizing BPH Treatment: A New Era of Minimally Invasive Therapy-Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital Experience Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker Debulking the Primary: Robotic Cytoreductive Radical Prostatectomy Isaac KimUnited States Speaker Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Trying to Fit the Right Surgery to the Right Patient Cheng-Kuang YangTaiwan Speaker Single-Port vs. Multi-Port Robotic Prostatectomy: Balancing Innovation, Precision, and Outcomes Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker Comparison of Hood technique vs Retzius sparing RARP: Beijing Hospital Experience. Ming LiuChina Speaker Panel Discussion Lunch Break Session 3: Robotic Kidney and Vascular Surgery Eddie ChanHong Kong, China Moderator Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Expanding horizons: SP for complex RAPN Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker Partial Nephrectomy: Managing Complications and Challenging Cases Hsiao-Jen ChungTaiwan Speaker Robotic IVC Thrombectomy: Expanding the Role of Robotics in Vascular Involvement Xuepei ZhangChina Speaker Panel Discussion Session 4: Robotic Reconstructive Surgery Jason Lui LetranPhilippines Moderator Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator Teng-Aik OngMalaysia Moderator Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: Techniques, Challenges, and Long-Term Outcomes Jimmy NomuraJapan Speaker Robotic Vesico-Rectal and Vesico-Vaginal Repair: Innovations in Complex Fistula Management Narasimhan RagavanIndia Speaker Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction: Managing Strictures and Injuries Xuesong LiChina Speaker Panel Discussion Coffee Break Session 5: Robotic Bladder Surgery Masatoshi EtoJapan Moderator Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Moderator Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator Mastering the Details: Tips and Tricks on Robotic Radical Cystectomy Kittinut KijvikaiThailand Speaker Step-by-Step: Intra-Corporeal Orthotopic Bladder Creation Wei-Yu LinTaiwan Speaker Robotic Pelvic LN Dissection: A critical Component of Bladder Cancer Surgery Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker Panel Discussion Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future: ARUS Business Session and Presidential Handover Xu Zhang China Speaker Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker ARUS Closing Remarks Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker Gang ZhuChina Speaker TICC - 1F 101D

15th August 2025

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	Plenary Session 1-1 UAA Lecture: Innovations in Renal Stone Surgery Man-Kay LiSingapore Moderator John DenstedtCanada Speaker Reflecting on the Past, Shaping the Present, and Envisioning the Future of UAA Yasser FarahatUnited Arab Emirates Moderator Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker EAU Lecture: AI to Support Informed Decision Making (INSIDE) for Improved Literature Analysis in Oncology. Shin EgawaJapan Moderator Arnulf StenzlGermany Speaker AUA Lecture: 2025 Update of AUA and EAU NMIBC Guidelines Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker A Programmatic Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator David PensonUnited States Speaker PSMA PET Scan in Diagnosing Early/Advanced Localized Prostate Cancer Especially Comparing Various Radioactive Tracers Ponco BirowoIndonesia Moderator Declan MurphyAustralia Speaker TICC - 3F Plenary Hall
12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 9【Taiwan Laser (Pusen, Quanta)】 Role of Single-Use Flexible Cysto-Nephro Scope in ECIRS and PCNL Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker HoLEP – The New Advancement Using Magneto Technology Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Giorgio BozziniItaly Speaker Choosing the correct Laser and Flex scope combination in suction ureteroscopy can be the deal breaker Cheng-Chia LinTaiwan Moderator Vineet GauharSingapore Speaker TICC - 3F Banquet Hall
13:30 15:00	South Asian Association of Urological Surgeons (SAUS) Session (3): MIS & Reconstructive Hammad Ather Pakistan Moderator Parash Mani ShresthaNepal Moderator Ponco BirowoIndonesia Moderator RIRS in Infants - Is It Worth Considering and Why? Kandarp ParikhIndia Speaker Sexual Function Preservation in MIS for BPH Vinod K.VIndia Speaker Two Stages versus Single Stage Repair of Obliterative Long Anterior Urethral Stricture Md. Nasir UddinBangladesh Speaker Management of Bulbar Urethral Necrosis: Flap Vs Graft Suman ChapagainNepal Speaker Session Wrap Up MIS in the Management of Urethral Stricture Abdullah AzizPakistan Speaker Session (4): Reconstruction and Techniques in Urology Michael WongSingapore Moderator Srinath K. ChandrasekeraSri Lanka Moderator Suman ChapagainNepal Moderator Penile Reconstruction Following Total Penectomy Sanjay PandeyIndia Speaker Post Priapism Penile Prosthesis: What and When Sasikumar SubramaniamSri Lanka Speaker Low-Cost Malleable Penile Prosthesis- South Asian Prospective Vineet MalhotraIndia Speaker Session Wrap Up Conclusion Remarks Rajeev TPIndia Speaker TICC - 1F 101D