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?
    Azimdjon N. 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
  • Power Bend Technology with Macrolux Scope: No More PCS Challenges
    Steffi YuenHong Kong, China Speaker
  • Single Use Scope in Modern Endourology
    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
    Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) 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
    Bo DaiChina Moderator
    Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator
    KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) 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
    Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator
    Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator
    Shancheng RenChina 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
    Jianming GuoChina Moderator
    Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator
  • Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: Techniques, Challenges, and Long-Term Outcomes
    Shingo MoriyamaJapan 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
    Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Moderator
    Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator
    Zhuo-Wei LiuChina Moderator
  • TBC
  • Step-by-Step: Intra-Corporeal Orthotopic Bladder Creation
    Wei-Yu LinTaiwan Speaker
  • TBC
  • TBC
  • TBC
  • Panel Discussion
  • Closing Remarks
    Gang ZhuChina Speaker
    Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker
TICC - 1F 101D

15th August 2025

Time Session
08:30
10:00
Plenary Session 1-1
  • UAA Lecture: Kidney Stones; It's Not All about 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: Which to Follow?
    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