23rd Symposium
Focus – Longevity in Urology
Program 2026
08:30 – 09:00
Registration/ Coffee
09:00 – 09:45
Age-Related Low Testosterone → Life extension through anabolism and libido” vs. “We’re breeding prostate cancers and heart attacks.
Prof. Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Hammersmith Campus, United Kingdom versus
Prof. Channa Jayasena, Clin Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology, Imperial College London.
Jury: Philip Braude
09:45 – 10:30
Dr. med. Joel Capraro, Stv. Chefarzt, Leitender Arzt Endokrinologie, Diabetologie und Metabolismus, Kantonsspital Aarau
Prof. Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Emeritus Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Hammersmith Campus, United Kingdom
Prof. Channa Jayasena, Clin Professor in Reproductive Endocrinology and Andrology, Imperial College London.
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:45
Erectile function into the 90s: Pills vs. stents, shockwaves and prothesis
Dr. Christof Achermann versus PD. Dr. Peter Rehder
11:45 – 12:30
Active therapy in 75-year-old patients (SPCG-19 study)
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30 – 14:15
Diagnostic factors for uric acid stones and conservative and preventive options to avoid anesthesia and stone surgery
Dr. Matteo Bargagli, Stv. Oberarzt, Inselspital Bern versus Dr. Christoph Schregel, Oberarzt Klinik für Urologie, Kantonsspital Winterthur
14:15 – 15:00
Hiprex, methenamine, formaldehyde and the microbiome as the fountain of youth
Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Silvio Brugger, Leitender Oberarzt, Klinik für Infektionskrankheiten und Spitalhygiene, Universitätsspital Zürich versus tbd.
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:15
Old does not mean frail – who needs ADT monotherapy or intensification in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer?
Prof. Noel Clarke, Within The Christie Management of complex urological oncology, Director GU Research Group Paterson Institute, Director MCRC Pan-Manchester Biobank
16:15 – 17:00
Neoadjuvant ARPI and PROTEUS: divine prophecy, or a serpent approaching in sealskins?
Prof. Noel Clarke, Within The Christie Management of complex urological oncology, Director GU Research Group Paterson Institute, Director MCRC Pan-Manchester Biobank
17:00 – 17:30
Special Guest
Credits:
CME credits have been requested
23rd Symposium
Urology Arena
November 20th 2026 – Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport
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— PD Dr. Räto Strebel (Chur, CH)
— Prof. Nicolas Barry Delongchamps (Paris, FR)
— Prof. Nicolas Barry Delongchamps (Paris, FR)
— Prof. Tiago Bilhim (Lisbon, PT)
— Prof. Thomas Herrmann (Frauenfeld, CH)
— Prof. Thomas Herrmann (Frauenfeld, CH)
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— Dr. David Niedrig, Zurich CH
— Prof. Dr. Jean de la Rosette, Amsterdam NL
— Prof. Dr. Christophe Vaessen, Paris FR
— Prof. Dr. Wolf Langewitz, Basel CH
— Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Eberli, Zurich CH
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— Dr. Laurent Vaucher, Lausanne, Switzerland
— PD Dr. Alexander Müller, Schlieren, Switzerland
— Prof. Dr. Michael Müntener, Zurich, Switzerland
— Prof. Pilar Laguna Pes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
— Prof. Paul Abrams, Bristol, United Kingdom
— PD Dr. Malte Rieken, Basel, Switzerland
— Mr. Bertie Leigh, London, United Kingdom
— Mr. Bertie Leigh, London, United Kingdom
— Prof. Dr. Michael Müntener, Zurich, Switzerland
— PD Dr. Malte Rieken, Basel, Switzerland
— Prof. Franz Recker, Aarau, Switzerland
— Prof. Hashim U. Ahmed, London, United Kingdom
— PD Dr. Daniel Nguyen, Bern, Switzerland
— PD Dr. Christian Seitz, Vienna, Austria