Robotics • Innovation • Surgery • Education
RISEUK26 was only the beginning.
In September 2026, RISEUK26 brought together an extraordinary international community at ICC Birmingham — surgeons, healthcare leaders, educators, innovators, industry and the organisations shaping the future of surgery.
Across two days, RISE went beyond simply showcasing new technology. The conversation tackled the questions that will define the next generation of surgical care: how we train, how we credential, how we innovate, how we implement and how we safely take robotics, artificial intelligence and telesurgery from possibility to everyday practice.
The response demonstrated something important.
There is a global appetite for a different kind of surgical meeting.
“Not simply another conference — a meeting about where surgery goes next.”
RISE was created to bring clinical leaders, health systems, academia and industry into the same conversation — and to turn innovation into meaningful change for surgeons and patients.
From Birmingham to Riyadh.
Following the success of RISEUK26, the conversation becomes international. In October 2027, RISE moves to one of the world's most ambitious centres of healthcare transformation, technology and innovation.
↓RISE-KSA27
An international meeting bringing together leaders in surgery, healthcare systems, academia, education, technology and industry to explore the next era of robotics, innovation and surgical excellence.
The future of surgery, in one room.
RISE-KSA27 will explore not only what emerging surgical technology can do, but how it can be responsibly trained, evaluated, adopted and scaled across modern healthcare systems.
Robotic Surgery
The next generation of robotic platforms, clinical applications and surgical practice.
Artificial Intelligence
Surgical intelligence, data, decision support and the evolution of the intelligent operating theatre.
Training & Credentialling
Building safe, scalable pathways for training the robotic surgeons of the future.
Telesurgery
Connected operating theatres, remote surgery and the possibilities of borderless surgical care.
Implementation
Moving beyond innovation itself to adoption, governance, economics and health-system transformation.
Global Collaboration
Connecting clinicians, health systems, academia and industry across countries and continents.
Where healthcare, technology and human expertise meet.
RISE was founded on a simple idea: the future of surgery cannot be built by any one profession, organisation or industry alone.
It requires surgeons and trainees. Healthcare leaders and policymakers. Universities and educators. Engineers and entrepreneurs. Technology companies and health systems.
RISE-KSA27 will bring those worlds together.
Speaker, partnership, sponsorship and programme announcements will follow.
Put yourself in the room.
Register your interest and be amongst the first to hear about faculty announcements, the programme, delegate registration, sponsorship, exhibition and partnership opportunities.
Birmingham was the beginning.
Riyadh is the next chapter.
RISE-KSA27 • Riyadh • October 2027
