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106th edition
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Venue
McCormick Place Lakeside CenterConvention centre · 27,870 m² · 3 halls
Part of the McCormick Place convention complex in Chicago, the Lakeside Center features over 300,000 sq ft of exhibition space, a 4,000-seat theater, and over 100 meeting rooms, designed for trade shows, conventions, and meetings.
📍 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, US
Operated by ASM Global
Organizer
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
Nonprofit · Beverly, United States · Founded 1917
A professional organization for cardiothoracic surgeons to promote education and research in thoracic diseases.
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Speakers
33 speakers at AATS Annual Meeting
PhD · Harvard Medical School
"David J. Sugarbaker Memorial Lecture: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Surgery: What’s Next?"
Director of Programs · Maker Ed
"Performing the World's First Fully Robotic Double Lung Transplant"
What happens when makers apply to college? How do they appear in the college admissions process, and how can they make their technical creativity more legible? Chris Peterson, Assistant Director at MIT Admissions and Stephanie Chang, Director of Programs at Maker Ed, will talk about strategies & processes for makers applying to college.
Also speaking at ASJA Annual Conference, Maker Faire Benin Cotonou
MD, PhD
"Leading Large Clinical Trials as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon"
Also speaking at 2026 STS Perioperative & Critical Care Conference, Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions
"Free Solo Mindset"
Alex is climbing’s transcendent breakout star, inspiring millions around the world with his free solo, rope-less style of climbing. His free solo climb of El Capitan was documented in the Academy Award–winning film Free Solo, and Skyscraper Live, a Netflix Live event, captured him conquering Taipei 101. Beyond his climbing career, Alex is a New York Times bestselling author, co-host of the Climbing Gold and Planet Visionaries podcasts, and founder of the Honnold Foundation, a nonprofit supporting solar energy access in underserved communities.
Also speaking at ITC Vegas, The smarter E Europe, Aspen Ideas Festival
Panelist
"Pioneer Panel: Speedbumps, Detours and Road Construction"
Dr. Gilda Barabino, a national leader in the efforts to engage engineers in the development of solutions to health disparities, will open the session with data that speaks to the disparity around us in science and healthcare and ways to move forward.
Columbia University
"From Treating Illness to Maintaining Wellness: The Era of Implantable Intelligence"
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
"Legends Luncheon: Congenital"
Anchor · PBS NewsHour
"Pioneer Panel: Speedbumps, Detours and Road Construction"
Also speaking at Aspen Ideas Festival
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management
"From Data to Decisions: AI Across the Cardiothoracic Care Continuum"
Moderator
"Pioneer Panel: Speedbumps, Detours and Road Construction"
Dr. Yolonda Colson, AATS President.
The George Washington University
"Congenital Legends Luncheon"
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Thoracic Legends Luncheon"
Moderator
"Pioneer Panel: Speedbumps, Detours and Road Construction"
Dr. Lars Svensson, AATS President-Elect.
Keynote Speaker
"Plenary Session and Keynote Speaker: Siddhartha Mukherjee"
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a pioneering physician, oncologist, and author who has redefined our public discourse on human health, medicine, and science. A profoundly influential voice in the scientific community, he is best known for his books, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, which earned him the 2011 Pulitzer Prize, and The Gene: An Intimate History which won international awards and was recognized by the Washington Post and The New York Times as one of the most influential books of 2016. Most recently he has released, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human published October 2022.
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