Thursday June 26th

08: 00                        Welcome
08: 10                        Live Surgery: Sessions 1A & 1B
                                                 Cholesteatoma: canal wall up
                                                 & canal wall down technique
                                                 (operations run simultaneously)
                                                 Benoit Gratacap, Thibaud Dumon
10: 00                        Refreshment Break / Exhibit
10: 20                        Technical considerations: chronic ear surgery
                                                 Retraction pocket: Neil Sperling
                                                 Endoscopy in chronic ear surgery: David Bowdler
11: 10                        Live Surgery: Sessions 2A & 2B
                                                 EAC stenosis
                                                 & Vibrant Soundbridge middle ear implant
                                                 (operations run simultaneously)
                                                 Benoit Gratacap, Thibaud Dumon
12: 30                        Lunch
14: 00                        Meet the surgeons: questions/answers
                                                 Sessions 1 & 2: Benoit Gratacap & Thibaud Dumon
14: 15                        Honorary guest lecture
                                                  Jacob Sadé
14: 45                        The Grand Inquisition*: Ossiculoplasty
                                                 Grand Inquisitor: Ashesh Bhumkar
                                                 Court: the audience
                                                 Panel: Karl-Berndt Hüttenbrink, Thomas Lenarz,
                                                Chris Aldren, David Bowdler, Sady Da Costa, Ashim Desai
15: 45                        Refreshment Break / Exhibit
16: 05                Honorary guest lecture
                                                  Karl-Berndt Hüttenbrink
16: 35                Prospective evaluation and audit in otology
                                                 The Otology Neurotology Database (ONDB)
                                                 Robert Vincent
16: 55                        The Grand Inquisition*: implantable hearing aids                                    
                                                 Grand Inquisitor: Jonathan Osborne
                                                 Court: the audience
                                                 Panel: Karl-Berndt Hüttenbrink, Thomas Lenarz,
                                                 Thibaud Dumon, Oswaldo Cruz
17: 55                        Adjourn
19: 55                        Welcome reception at the Chateau de la Tour
                                                  Spanish Dressage Horses Show
                                                 (Departure by bus from the Clinic at 19: 45)

* Panel discussion and case presentation with interactive vote system. Specific questions to the panel can be submitted on-line in advance
by the delegates at: www.clinique-causse.com/course2008

Friday June 27th

08: 00                        Welcome
08: 10                        Live Surgery: Sessions 3A & 3B
                                                Otosclerosis: primary & revision surgery
                                                (operations run simultaneously)
                                                Renaud Pialoux, Robert Vincent
09: 10                        Technical considerations: stapes surgery
                                                Otosclerosis: Wilko Grolman & Ashim Desai
                                                Tympanosclerosis: Sady Selaimen Da Costa
10: 10                        Refreshment Break / Exhibit
10: 30                        Live Surgery: Sessions 4A & 4B
                                                Otosclerotis & congenital malformation of the middle ear
                                                (operations run simultaneously)
                                                Renaud Pialoux, Robert Vincent
11: 30                        Honorary guest lecture
                                                Thomas Lenarz
12: 00                        Lunch
14: 00                        Meet the surgeons: questions/answers
                                                Sessions 3 & 4: Renaud Pialoux & Robert Vincent
14: 15                        Honorary guest lecture
                                                Guy Van Camp
14: 45                        Genetic hearing loss: past and future
                                                Guy Van Camp, Christian Hamel
15: 30                        Refreshment Break / Exhibit
15: 50                        Stapes surgery: otosclerosis & congenital
                                                malformations. Rules & hints
                                                John Oates, Robert Vincent
16: 50                        The Grand Inquisition*: Stapes Surgery
                                                Grand Inquisitor: Neil Sperling
                                                Court: the audience
                                                Panel: Karl-Berndt Hüttenbrink, Thomas Lenarz,
                                                Wilko Grolman, Silvio Caldas, Anand Shah, Ashesh Bhumkar
17: 50                        Adjourn
20: 00                        Official dinner
                                                Hotel Chateau de Lignan
                                                (Departure by bus from the Clinic at 19: 15)

* Panel discussion and case presentation with interactive vote system. Specific questions to the panel can be submitted on-line in advance
by the delegates at: www.clinique-causse.com/course2008

Saturday June 28th

09: 00                        Welcome
09: 10                        Live Surgery: Sessions 5A & 5B
                                                Ossiculoplasty with middle ear prosthesis
                                                Malleus Relocation & Silastic Banding
                                                (operations run simultaneously)
                                                Thibaud Dumon, Robert Vincent
10: 00                        Technical considerations: ossiculoplasty
                                                Chris Aldren, Oswaldo Cruz
10: 40                        Refreshment Break / Exhibit
10: 50                        Live Surgery: Sessions 6A & 6B
                                                Ossiculoplasty with middle ear prosthesis
                                                Malleus Relocation & Silastic Banding
                                                (operations run simultaneously)
                                                Benoit Gratacap, Renaud Pialoux
12: 00                        Meet the surgeons: questions/answers
                                                Sessions 5: Thibaud Dumon, Robert Vincent
                                                Session 6: Benoit Gratacap, Renaud Pialoux
12: 30                        Adjourn & buffet closure

* Panel discussion and case presentation with interactive vote system. Specific questions to the panel can be submitted on-line in advance
by the delegates at: www.clinique-causse.com/course2008