History and principles of colon and rectal surgery, Robert Nagan; colonoscopy for management of colorectal neoplasms, Christopher Wood; colonoscopy for management of benign colorectal conditions, Kenneth Forde; management of rectal prolapse, incontinence and rectocele, Marvin Corman; minimally invasive management of anorectal rpoblems, Philip Gordon; diagnostic laparoscopy in staging and second look for colorectal malignancies, Frederick Green; ultrasonography for preoperative and intraoperative staging for colorectal malignancies, Bernard Sigel; transanal endoscopic microsurgery, Gerhardt Buess; principles of stapling for colonic anastomosis, Philip Gordon; minimally invasive approach to volvulus, Robert Beart; laparoscopic resection of right-sided colon, APR and rectal lesions, Morris Franklin; laparoscopic resection of left-sided colon lesions, total colectomies, ileal pouches, Moises Jacobs; laparoscopic appendectomy, Les Nathanson; philosophical considerations with laparoscopic colectomies, Peter Fielding.