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Greetings from World Psychiatric Association!

Together with our valued member societies & The Psychiatric Association of Austria, WPA looks forward to welcoming you to the 23^rd WPA World Congress of Psychiatry in Vienna, Austria, 28^th September – 1^st October 2023.

There are exciting times for the practice of psychiatry as psychiatry and mental health are witnessing rapid changes, especially with the current pandemic that is placing a big impact on health care systems around the globe. Today, treatment and recovery of mental disorders go hand in hand with promotion and prevention, and there is an increased interest in rehabilitation and psycho-social interventions.

I am pleased that WPA is organizing its 23rd World Congress in Vienna, Austria, with the theme Psychiatry: current knowledge and perspectives for action.

We will examine and discuss all the crucial issues in psychiatry and mental health and are setting up an exciting scientific program with numerous sessions and lectures that convey our present scientific and technological revolution. Delegates will certainly profit from up-to-date research data, the best lectures from experts in all fields of mental health, high-quality scientific content, interaction between mental health & other health & social care professionals, patients and carers, and relevant peer-to-peer networking.

Furthermore, whether your contribution is in the field of psychopathology, biologic psychiatry, pharmacotherapy, psychiatric training, psychotherapy, social psychiatry, rehabilitation, prevention, or services organization, it will surely be an opportunity to share our knowledge.

We are particularly excited to be hosting such a significant event in Europe.  The diversity of the region encourages diversity in the program, with opportunities to explore how we work in scarce resources versus high-income settings, and how we can share best practices across settings of all kinds across the world.  We will review the 2017-2020 Action Plan and its themes of collaboration, reaching those living with adversity, and the rich and varying ways in which the role of a psychiatrist can be legitimately expressed.  We will investigate how the time-honored approaches and the newest techniques in psychiatry – including those in psychotherapies, neuromodulation, pharmacology, digital technologies, and social therapies – can be used practically to support people affected by mental ill-health, their families and friends, and community groups. These groups will join researchers and mental health professionals to consider advocacy, planning, and policymaking across sectors to promote the advancement of psychiatry and mental health in all countries.

Vienna is considered among one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. In addition to attending a high-quality scientific deliberation, you will have the chance to enjoy this beautiful part of the world which has been consistent, over the last several years, coming as one of the most favorable travel destinations for its amazing historical patrimony, culture, natural wonders, and the warm-welcoming people.

Join colleagues and thought leaders from across the globe for learning, sharing, and networking.

Needless to say, in our Congress, you will find a memorable reception, informed scientific discussions, great networking prospects, and enjoyable cultural and gastronomical events from our Austrian hosts.

We look forward to seeing you in Vienna, Austria from 28^th September -1^st October 2023.

Dr Afzal Javed

President

World Psychiatric Association

The 37th EACTS Annual Meeting

Join us in Vienna this year between 4-7 October for the 37th EACTS Annual Meeting!

Don’t miss the opportunity to DISCOVER, EDUCATE and INNOVATE the future of cardiothoracic surgery to raise the bar and improve patient outcomes.

The annual ECNP Congress is Europe’s premier scientific meeting for disease-oriented brain research, annually attracting more than 5,000 psychiatrists, neuroscientists, neurologists and psychologists from around the world. Join us at #ECNP2023!

The Panamerican Gastroenterology Organization (OPGE) is a scientific entity whose mission is to promote the development of Gastroenterology in the countries of America in the widest sense.

In order to fulfill its objectives, OPGE has a directive made up of specialists from all over the Americas, which maintains the vitality and activity of the organization, which enriches the relations between the countries that it integrates.

Submissions for the XXIV FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics are currently closed. You can read more about the submission requirements in our guidelines below.

Submissions open: 10 October 2022

Submissions close: 21 November 2022

Programme announced and registration open: January 2023

Late-breaking abstract submissions open: April 2023

to be announced

Keep up with the latest and greatest scientific advancements while engaging as one connected myUEG Community! Our dynamic UEG Week and PGT programmes feature scientific highlights in extremely interactive ways. In every session, delegates have the opportunity to interact in real-time via our Q&A tool both in-person and virtually.

Join the International Society of Microbiota (ISM) for their 10th Annual Meeting on Targeting Microbiota on October 17-19, 2023, in Venice, Italy. Targeting Microbiota 2023 will update you with the latest research, innovations, and strategies pivotal to the future of microbiome medicine.

October 17: Special Sessions
1. Symposium
Topic: “Understanding Probiotics and Microbiota Supplements: Strain Specificity and Clinical Applications for Disease Management”
2. Workshop
Topic: “The Microbiota Business: From Science to Market”

October 18 – 19: Conference
Theme: “Targeting Microbiota 2023: Towards Clinical Revolution”

Key Sessions:

• Disease-Targeting Advancements in Microbiota
• The "One Health" approach: Environment, Lifestyle, and Microbiota
• Microbiota's Role in Future Medicine: Preventative & Therapeutic avenues
• 8-minute pitches for various stakeholders: start-ups, academics, industries & investors

About ACG

The 2023 ACG Annual Scientific Meeting & Postgraduate Course will convene in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from October 20 to 25, 2023. The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is a recognized leader in educating GI professionals and the general public about digestive disorders. Our mission is to advance world-class care for patients with gastrointestinal disorders through excellence, innovation, and advocacy in the areas of scientific investigation, education, prevention, and treatment. To learn more about ACG, visit our

The ESMO Congress is the most influential oncology platform for clinicians, researchers, patient advocates, journalists and healthcare industry representatives from all over the world. 

ESMO 2023 will disseminate the latest cutting-edge data, provide high quality education and unparalleled networking opportunities for oncologists and other stakeholders from all around the world.

Save the date for ESMO 2023, taking place in Madrid, Spain, 20-24 October 2023.

Masterclass on Chronic Pancreatitis

A multidisciplinary online and face-to-face learning experience

Online phase: November 2023
Face-to-face course: December 1 - 2, 2023 
Vienna, Austria

This intensive training programme is highly interactive for both faculty and participants, maximising learning outcomes and expanding participants’ knowledge using the latest training standards.

With our perfect blend of online and on-site (face-to-face) education, clinicians currently specialising in the field will be given an ultra-modern learning, networking and developing experience featuring top faculty in the field of chronic pancreatitis. 

Application is open until June 16, 2023.

Workshop Venue:

Congress Centre San Servolo
Isola di San Servolo n.1 – 30124 Venezia
Italy

Workshop Language:

The workshop will be held in English.

This workshop is organised by ESGAR, an EACCME Trusted Provider.

The 31st Japan Digestive Disease Week (JDDW 2023) will be held over four days from November 2 (Thu.) to 5 (Sun.), 2023, at Kobe Convention Center. The general program will run for the first three days, with the fourth day dedicated entirely to the Educational Lectures. JDDW 2023 will be host to the 65th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the 105th Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the 27th General Meeting of the Japan Society of Hepatology, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, and the 61st General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening.

It is my pleasure and privilege as Dean of St Mark’s Academic Institute to welcome you to London to our 21st Annual Frontiers in Colorectal and Intestinal Disease. This year the spotlight is on colorectal cancer. We look forward to welcoming a face-to-face audience to the magnificent Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Place, London Bridge, London, SE1 9DD.

In addition, we are delighted to welcome our online audience from around the world. We will be making full use of high quality audio visual facilities to give our audience an excellent experience, whether you are with us in person, or joining us from elsewhere in the world. 

The Congress will cover a broad range of topics, all of which are multidisciplinary, and encompass real issues that we deal with day-to-day in our clinics, presented by leading experts.

We will also present cutting edge research, and are honoured to have James East (UK) as our Sir Francis Avery Jones Visiting Professor, Eloy Espín Basany (Spain) as our Sir Alan Parks Visiting Professor, Rodrigo Perez (Brazil) delivering the Professor John Lennard-Jones State of the Art Lecture and Andrea Cercek (USA), who will be delivering the Basil Morson State of the Art Lecture.

We will combine medical, endoscopic, radiological, oncological, surgical, nursing and nutritional expertise throughout the programme, and also ensure that our patients’ voice is loudly heard. We hope that you will join us at this conference.

Professor Ailsa Hart, Dean

to be announced

The workshop will be live streamed in a Zoom Webinar format. The session times are CET.

The aims of this workshop are to discuss imaging strategies and to have a view of the pathological conditions of the acute abdominal pain. The workshop will include lectures and interactive case-based discussions to create imaging strategies and to illustrate the diagnosis of acute abdominal conditions.

The Korea Digestive Disease Week 2023 (KDDW 2023)

• When. 16-18 November 2023
• Organizer: Organizing Committee of KDDW 2023)
• Location: The Grand Walkerhill Seoul, in Seoul, Korea.
• Website: https://www.kddw.org
• Email: [email protected]
• Abstract Submission Deadline: August 30, 2023
• Awards:  Young Investigatior Award, Excellent e-poster Award, KGFID Award, KDDW Contribution Award
• Grants: e-Academin Grant, e-Travel Grant
• Pre-Registration Deadline: September 30, 2023

More information to come

It is with great pleasure that EAGEN and ESGE announce a series of live porcine hands-on ESD and Third Space Endoscopy workshops in the training centers of the Erasmus School of Endoscopy in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the School of Health Sciences – University of Minho (ECS-UM) in Braga, Portugal and the Experimental-Research Center ELPEN, in Athens, Greece.

ESD and Third Space Endoscopy related techniques are increasingly practiced in Europe with a growing need for intensive individual training. We have developed a training program to master these techniques in a realistic setting using a live porcine model.

Next to hands-on training, the management of potential complications such as bleedings and perforations will be taught under guidance of an international faculty consisting of renowned experts in the field.

We hope that this unique workshop will serve the need for advanced training in this exciting and developing area of interventional endoscopy and look forward to welcoming you in Athens, Braga and Rotterdam!

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Fully equipped live porcine model workstations

Limited participation (3 per workstation)

Twelve hours of hands-on training per team

One-on-one hands-on instructions and teaching from highly skilled experts in the field

COURSE DIRECTORS

Arjun Koch, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

VENUE

ErasmusMC – SkillsLab

Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam,

The Netherlands

Local secretariat:

[email protected]

Masterclass on Chronic Pancreatitis

A multidisciplinary online and face-to-face learning experience

Online phase: November 2023
Face-to-face course: December 1 - 2, 2023 
Vienna, Austria

This intensive training programme is highly interactive for both faculty and participants, maximising learning outcomes and expanding participants’ knowledge using the latest training standards.

With our perfect blend of online and on-site (face-to-face) education, clinicians currently specialising in the field will be given an ultra-modern learning, networking and developing experience featuring top faculty in the field of chronic pancreatitis. 

Application is open until June 16, 2023.

More information to come

It is with great pleasure that EAGEN and ESGE announce a series of live porcine hands-on ESD and Third Space Endoscopy workshops in the training centers of the Erasmus School of Endoscopy in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the School of Health Sciences – University of Minho (ECS-UM) in Braga, Portugal and the Experimental-Research Center ELPEN, in Athens, Greece.

ESD and Third Space Endoscopy related techniques are increasingly practiced in Europe with a growing need for intensive individual training. We have developed a training program to master these techniques in a realistic setting using a live porcine model.

Next to hands-on training, the management of potential complications such as bleedings and perforations will be taught under guidance of an international faculty consisting of renowned experts in the field.

We hope that this unique workshop will serve the need for advanced training in this exciting and developing area of interventional endoscopy and look forward to welcoming you in Athens, Braga and Rotterdam!

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Fully equipped live porcine model workstations

Limited participation (3 per workstation)

Twelve hours of hands-on training per team

One-on-one hands-on instructions and teaching from highly skilled experts in the field

COURSE DIRECTORS

Arjun Koch, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

VENUE

ErasmusMC – SkillsLab

Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam,

The Netherlands

Local secretariat:

[email protected]

Colorectal Surgery, Robotics, Diverticular Diseases, Endometriosis, Malignant Colorectal Disease,

ECC Course: Masterclass in Colorectal Surgery, Course in Proctology and Robotic Course

Large exhibition of a wide range of conventional and novel biomedical products
National and international representatives of numerous companies
Variety of opportunities for interactions

Format:

• Onsite Event, exclusive on demand online access to live endoscopy sessions
• Live-Demonstrations by an internationally renowned faculty from the endoscopy unit of the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
• Mini Symposia and Satellite Symposia
• Satellite symposium for nurses
• Update on research and new technologies
• State of the art lectures, Break-out sessions
• New: Certified high-quality hands-on training course

Main topics:

• New imaging technologies: impact on advanced endoscopic diagnosis
• AI in endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, decision making and quality control
• Evidence-based treatment of early gastrointestinal neoplasia
• Advances in cholangiopancreatoscopy
• EUS – from tissue acquisition to advanced drainage and lumen apposition
• Sustainability of endoscopic service versus infection prevention
• Prevention, recognition and management of adverse events
• New endoscopic technologies

Onsite Event, exclusive on demand online access to live endoscopy sessions
Live-Demonstrations by an internationally renowned faculty from the endoscopy unit of the Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
Mini Symposia and Satellite Symposia
Satellite symposium for nurses
Update on research and new technologies
State of the art lectures, Break-out sessions
New: Certified high-quality hands-on training course

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
New imaging technologies: impact on advanced endoscopic diagnosis
AI in endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, decision making and quality control
Evidence-based treatment of early gastrointestinal neoplasia
Advances in cholangiopancreatoscopy
EUS – from tissue acquisition to advanced drainage and lumen apposition
Sustainability of endoscopic service versus infection prevention
Prevention, recognition and management of adverse events
New endoscopic technologies

It gives me great pleasure to invite you all to the 19^th ECCO Congress. We are venturing further north this time and will see each other for the first time in Stockholm on February 21-24, 2024.

IBD must now be considered a global disease, so ECCO's mission is to provide the best possible care for IBD patients beyond the borders of our continent. The Congress theme for ECCO 2024 - Crossing Borders - follows from this.

In order to actively cross borders, we have already announced the Global Grant for the first time in the run-up to the Congress, which is intended to stimulate network building between ECCO member countries and IBD centres from low or lower-middle income countries. The large number of applications received shows the need and also the opportunities that can arise through such networks.

The programme has a number of borders that we need to cross. These include personalized therapy strategies, combination therapies, biomarkers but also the critical questioning of current and development of new therapeutic targets. However, we also want to take a look at the development of IBD worldwide and discuss the different perspectives on therapeutic options and strategies. Similarly, treatment limitations arise when we have younger patients in family planning or older patients with comorbidities. In addition, there are new aspects of imaging and diagnostics, as well as a critical look at clinical trials and how they compare to real world data. Additional highlights are sessions on the gut brain axis, the crosstalk of inflammation and metabolism as well as the impact of nutritional therapy from paediatric to adult care. The programme will be complemented by excellent abstracts, which will include all other innovative and current topics.

Additionally, the Scientific Programme will be live streamed and available on-demand on our virtual platform once the Congress is over.

In any case, it is worthwhile to have a look at the versatile Educational Programme and to inform yourself in time about the numerous courses such as Basic Imaging Course, IBD Intensive Course for Trainees, N-ECCO School, EPICOM Workshop, N-ECCO-Research Forum to name just a few. The more personal format of the Educational Programme allows for intensive discussion and exchange.

I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone again in Stockholm to work together towards our goal of providing better care for our patients. 

Do not wait and check out the ECCO 2024 Congress website and register on time to secure your seat for our educational activities!

This is an online course where participants will:
1.  Review the presentation (approximately 20 minutes in duration).

2.  Review 9 videos and be asked to identify if they have seen LA GRADE A, B, C, D, or no esophagitis.  The correct answer is made available, as is a video which marks the region of the lesion, after entering the answer to each of the 9 videos.  Videos can be reviewed again if desired. 

3.  Review 5 videos and be asked to identify if they have seen LA GRADE A, B, C, D, or no esophagitis. The correct answer is made available, as is a video which marks the region of the lesion, after all 5 videos are reviewed and completed.  Videos can be reviewed again if desired.  Those attaining 80% correct answers are able to download a certificate of completion.

4.  A resource library is available and contains all presentation, videos, and related literature.

Note: participants can enter and exit the course at any time and return to pick up where they left off.

Welcome to the 56th meeting of the European Pancreatic Club (EPC), a unique opportunity to interact and promote collaboration on research and study of the pancreas.
 
The event will take place in Santiago de Compostela in Spain – a historic town with a strong cultural background always keen to welcome everyone.
 
The capital of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, Santiago, was declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO in recognition of its multicultural nature, extraordinary conservation and monumental beauty, in addition to marking the final destination of a thousand-year-old pilgrim route: the Way of St James. Thousands of visitors come in pilgrimage every year trying to reach this finis terrae.

With such rich cultural vibrancy, university tradition, huge legacy and charm, Santiago has much to offer.

To those joining the 2024 EPC meeting, we look forward to meeting you in Santiago!

Dr. Enrique Domínguez-Muñoz
EPC President 2024