Chairs: Netu Sarkaria (USA) – Matthew Read (Australia) – Andrés Francisco Navarrete Molina (Chile)   

1. Why and when to resect thoracic duct during RAMIE and in which anatomical plane? Hiroyuki Daiko (Japan)
2. da Vinci Single Port subcostal Esophagectomy – How to and first results? Jasmina Kuvendjiska (Germany) 
3. Cardia Cancer – how to treat different compared to esophageal AC? Andrés Francisco Navarrete Molina​ (Chile)    
4. Vision of Robot Assisted Cervical Esophagectomy (RACE). Peter Grimminger (Germany)
5. Results of the randomized prospective multi-center ROBOT-2 Trial of MIE vs RAMIE. Felix Berlth (Germany) 
6. Different robotic systems (also for esophageal surgery) what does make sense? Simone Giacopuzzi (Italy)