The annual Charter Meeting will take place in RCSI from Tuesday, 10 February to Saturday, 14 February 2026.

Online registration is essential.

Registration will open in November 2025.

Below is a draft overview of the Charter Week Meetings and is subject to change.

Tuesday, 10 February 2026

• National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) Conference
• 20th Intercollegiate Case Presentations

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

• RCSI National Clinical Programmes Meeting

Thursday, 12 February 2026

Robot and Technology Learning Village

Morning Sessions

• Keynote lecture
• Symposium I: A Healthier Future
• Symposium II: Next Generation Cancer Care

Afternoon Sessions

• Johnson & Johnson Lecture
• Parallel Group I (Neurosurgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, IIOP)
• Awards and medal presentations
• Symposium III: Preparing the Surgical Workforce for AI
• 101st Abraham Colles Lecture
• 36th Annual VideoSurgery Meeting

36th Annual VideoSurgery Meeting

The call for abstracts has now closed for the 2026 VideoSurgery Meeting.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit video presentations, which will also feature in the Video Teaching Library, a valuable resource for medical students and surgical trainees, shared across our online platforms. This is a great opportunity to highlight real-world clinical decision-making, share surgical tips, and contribute to medical education.

We will be in touch with all submitting authors in due course with an update on their submission. For queries, contact charter@rcsi.ie.

Friday, 13 February 2026

Robot and Technology Learning Village

Morning sessions

• Parallel Group II (Cardiothoracic Surgery, Colorectal/Regional, Emergency Medicine, Global Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Ophthalmic Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Plastic Surgery,  Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology and Vascular Surgery)
• Symposium IV: Best Practice in Surgical Clinical Governance

Afternoon sessions

• 33rd Carmichael Lecture
• Symposium V: The Early Careers Surgical Network
• The President's Lecture

Saturday, 14 February 2026

• Annual Meeting of the Irish Surgical Training Group (ISTG) – including the Bosco O’Mahony Lecture

Programme sponsors

Programme sponsors will be announced in due course.

More information

CPD credits will be available for each day. Please ensure you check in at the registration desk each day.

Please note: CPD points cannot be awarded unless we have verification of your attendance. 

For queries, email charter@rcsi.ie.