This year’s 47^th Millin Lecture will be delivered by Ms Christina Fleming PhD FRCSI, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, University of Limerick Hospital Group. This prestigious lectureship, now in its 47th year, is entitled ‘Future-Proofing Surgical Training - A Template for New Technologies’.

Throughout surgical training and early consultant practice, Christina has held many leadership positions in the area of training and education including Vice President and National Representative of the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT), Chair of the Irish Surgical Research Collaborative (ISRC), European Surgical Association (ESA) Next Generation Working Group and ESCP Robotic Colorectal Surgery Guideline Development Group. This experience and contribution to the literature has facilitated a broad understanding and contribution to standardized pan specialty training structures that can be applied to new technologies using the evolving journey through robotic surgery training as a template and this is the focus of this year’s Millin Lecture.