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The World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO) appointed the Czech Society of Gastroenterology to host its biyearly international conference, Gastro 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic.

As an event organized jointly by WGO and the Czech Society of Gastroenterology together with the Czech Society of Hepatology, Czech Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology, and Czech Society of Surgery, Gastro 2020, is to be held in 3–5 December 2020.

The 32nd Congress of the European Society of Pathology and the XXXIII International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology will as in 2016 be organised as a joint venture between the ESP and the BDIAP. It will be held from 5 - 9 December 2020 in the Scottish Events Campus in Glasgow, Scotland.

On behalf of the European Society of Pathology and the International Academy of Pathology we would like to invite you to join us in Glasgow for an exciting and stimulating congress that will reflect recent developments in diagnostic and molecular pathology.

The motto of the Congress – Glasgow 2020: A Vision for the Future – will reinforce the future role of pathology as a strong partner for the different clinical specialties.

After the great success of the meeting last year we are delighted to announce the 2nd Common Ground Meeting on Chronic Inflammation at the Swiss Tech Convention Center on January 28, 2021. This meeting aims at empowering rheumatologists, dermatologists, gastroenterologists, immunologists, nephrologist and pneumologists, internists, and other healthcare professionals to interact and learn from each other in order to advance the care of patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) such as psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, spondylarthritis, hepatitis, interstitial lung disorders, glomerulomephritis, ect. 

• Discuss and identify common clinical problems and solutions as well as upcoming treatments
• Share knowledge and experience and foster interdisciplinarity
• Describe the relationship between the pathophysiology of immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases
• Understand future opportunities and challenges of precision medicine for immune mediated inflammatory diseases across disciplines

We are putting together an exciting program with lectures from leading experts, plenary sessions and enough time for networking and discussions. 

Hepatology is an incredibly dynamic field. Discoveries, breakthroughs, and cures are evolving. The Nobel Prize 2020 shines a light on the victories of discovering and finding a cure for hepatitis C. Yet fighting liver cancer, affecting vast numbers of people worldwide, remains a burning priority.

The Digital Liver Cancer Summit 2021, building on EASL’s success of Digital ILC 2020, puts you again at the forefront of research, development, and strategies for treating patients. In a dynamic, exciting, interactive, digital environment.

Join us at the Digital Liver Cancer Summit 2021 to get the absolute latest on basic, translational, and clinical data – including on hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and rare primary liver cancers.

Why you should attend

The comprehensive updates offered at Digital Liver Cancer Summit 2021 will directly impact future clinical practice worldwide, because all the new data related to clinical trials will be presented to participants and discussed intensely.

• Attend this meeting to get concise yet comprehensive update on the most current and important scientific, clinical, and translational aspects of liver cancer.
• Listen in and take part in stimulating discussions between clinicians and researchers from all over the world.
• Seize the numerous opportunities to share your research results and draw inspiration for your career.
• Selected abstracts will be presented as oral presentations, poster blasts, and eposters.
• Meet Key Opinion Leaders of liver cancer speaking at this meeting
• The programme offers an excellent balance between clinical and basic science

 Meeting objectives

• Improve your knowledge on the clinical treatment of liver cancer
• Facilitating interactions, such as among clinicians, researchers, and patient organisations
• Enabling young researchers and clinicians to adopt new translational views on liver cancer

The Annual Meeting will run from 8th – 11th February 2021. The Gastroenterology and GP Masterclasses will take place on Monday 8th Feb, followed by the main meeting from Tuesday to Thursday. Exhibition, industry symposia and poster sessions take place on Tuesday through Thursday, alongside key programme topics each day .

Canadian Digestive Diseases Week™ (CDDW™) is Canada's premiere educational conference which showcases the best of Canadian gastroenterology and hepatology research. It provides a venue for colleagues and partners to meet. Whether you work in patient care, research, education or administration, CDDW™ is the place to be!

This year CDDW™ will be presented virtually.

Organisées par la SNFGE, Société Nationale Française de Gastro-Entérologie, en collaboration avec la FMC-HGE, Association Nationale Française de Formation Continue en Hépato-Gastro-Entérologie, les JFHOD, Journées Francophones d’Hépato-gastroentérologie et d’Oncologie Digestive, sont le congrès francophone de référence des maladies et cancers de l’appareil digestif.

Les JFHOD rassemblent chaque année plus des participants venant d’une soixantaine de pays dont des hépato-gastroentérologues et oncologues, mais également des chirurgiens digestifs, pédiatres gastroentérologues, chercheurs, radiologues, internistes, biologistes, anatomo-pathologistes, médecins généralistes, internes, étudiants en médecine…

A chaque édition, une thématique proche de l’hépato-gastroentérologie et de l’oncologie digestive est mise en avant, un pays francophone et une société savante européenne sont invités. En 2021, la thématique sera la Prévention, le pays francophone invité la Belgique représentée par la SRBGE, Société Royale Belge de Gastro-Entérologie, et la société européenne invitée l'EASL, European Association for the Study for the Liver.

We are excited to announce that the 2021 Gastric Cancer Congress will be held in Houston, Texas, March 31 - April 3, 2021.

Gastric Cancer continus to be a major health problem in America, Europe, in the Asian-Pacific Region, Middle East and Africa. From a worldwide perspective almost 1 Million patients are diagnosed with gastric cancer a year. Research on gastric cancer is developing fast. New insights into tumor biology and progress in health care delivery allow for more precise diagnostics, more efficacious treatment and better quality of care.

We are excited to announce that the 2021 Gastric Cancer Congress will be held in Houston, Texas, March 31 - April 3, 2021.

Gastric Cancer continus to be a major health problem in America, Europe, in the Asian-Pacific Region, Middle East and Africa. From a worldwide perspective almost 1 Million patients are diagnosed with gastric cancer a year. Research on gastric cancer is developing fast. New insights into tumor biology and progress in health care delivery allow for more precise diagnostics, more efficacious treatment and better quality of care.

The Local Organising Committee is pleased to announce they have succeeded in setting new dates for the FNM 2020 meeting; April 14-17, 2021. This will mean that the enormous amount of planning will still benefit the Neurogastroenterology community. The meeting will continue to be referred to as “FNM 2020”. Adelaide, South Australia will remain as the destination, with the Adelaide Convention Centre as the meeting venue. We are very pleased that our down-payments for the conference centre have been transferred, in full, to the new dates.

Registrations which have already been received will remain valid for the rescheduled meeting. The program of FNM2020 will remain substantially unchanged, but speakers will be invited to update their presentations. Over the next 12 months we intend to develop an online version of the meeting, which will provide an exceptional conference experience for anyone who cannot travel to Adelaide due to International border restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.

The Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH), was founded in São Paulo in 1968, under the leadership of Prof. Silvano Raia. Its first meeting was held in São Paulo in 1968, with the participation of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela. Although these countries remain engaged in the organisation of the society, member countries have grown and now include several from South and Central America.

Started in 1983 and held every year in June, this meeting has become established as one of the largest European Workshops in its field, gathering around 400-500 participants coming from 55 to 60 different countries worldwide.

In 2020, it is the first time since its creation that GEEW could not be held due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We will miss this annual opportunity to exchange with our audience and Faculties.

38th GEEW is therefore postponed to June 20-22, 2021 and we will make sure it will be stronger and even more attractive. The meeting is designed for endoscopists and gastroenterologists but also for physicians in training as well as for nurses and GI assistants. It will include live video demonstrations permitting interchanges between faculty and registrants during procedures, using our interactive App, lectures and quizzes. The audio-visual transmission to the Brussels Exhibition Centre on Monday and Tuesday will be broadcast live from 4 endoscopic suites located at Erasme Hospital and each procedure will be performed by international expert physicians selected for their outstanding teaching capabilities in collaboration with members of the local staff.

The overall goal of this course is to provide information about current technology and to enhance knowledge in gastroenterology and endotherapy. Moreover, new techniques and new accessories will be demonstrated and discussed with the audience. In controversial cases, a consensus will be sought by means of the GEEW App.

Further information and updates are available at https://www.live-endoscopy.com.

The annual congress 2021 of the Society for Phytotherapy (Germany) is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the society with a key subject in phytotherapy, the gastrointestinal tract and the phytotherapy in this field. The congress will be a hybrid meeting taking place in Bonn, with the possibility to participate online. 
Key lecturers in the field will present state-of-the-art views on key aspects of gastroenterology and other fields of phytotherapy, while new data will be presented in short lectures and posters. The submission of contributions is highly welcome.  

Dear Colleagues,

Let me invite you to the ECCO'21 Congress - which has now been decided to feature an exceptional summer-time congress experience in Copenhagen, July 7-10, 2021 in order to minimise any risk related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the beginning of the new decade, 2021 will be a crucial year to look into "IBD precise".
With its steadily increasing number of participants, the ECCO Congress has become the leading world congress for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and we look forward to welcoming you to a highly diverse programme with a major focus on precision medicine for IBD.

Among the highlights of the 2021 Scientific Programme are topics like direct comparison and combination of drugs. In 2021, we should be able to determine the role of artificial intelligence in IBD, to choose the safest therapeutic option in an era of multiple medications and to tailor therapeutic strategies to patients' profile such as age.

Top specialists will also provide new insights on the real burden of IBD, the optimal managment of disease complications, the best way to monitor our patients and the ultimate therapeutic goals.

There will be a Basic Science Session dedicated to "The microbiome as game changer in IBD?" that will discuss implementation of recent findings into practice. 

Having multiple tandem talks, and several sessions that involve all the different ECCO Committees with live discussions during the presentation of clinical cases will guarantee direct interaction with the audience.

As every year, alongside the Scientific Programme, we have planned various educational activities before the start of the Congress, such as the 12th N-ECCO School and also the first edition of the brand new 1st Postgraduate Course, the 6th D-ECCO Workshop directed at clinical trialists, and the 15th N-ECCO Network Meeting as well as S-ECCO and H-ECCO Masterclasses.

Do not wait and check out the new ECCO 2021 Congress website and register on time to secure your seat for our educational activities!

Looking forward to welcome you to the world's biggest Congress for IBD - the ECCO Congress - in summer-time Copenhagen.

Yours sincerely,
Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet
ECCO President 2020-2022 

The Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and the International Scientific Committee, present the 5^th AISDD 2021 (Athens International Symposium on Digestive Diseases) to be held on 9 & 10 July, 2021 at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Greece.

An interdisciplinary update in digestive diseases and gastrointestinal cancer prevention. New advancements in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, advanced case management, expansion into Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Related advancements will be the core of the lectures and demonstrations. The scientific program includes: abstract presentations, lectures of the best scientists worldwide, live cases demonstration of effective techniques of therapeutic interventions, hands-on Courses for both novice and experienced colleagues.

This course is designed for gastroenterologists, surgeons, advanced endoscopists, health care providers, internists, general practitioners, trainees, nurses and technicians.

The Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation (APDWF) comprises four professional medical non-profit organizations, namely, the Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE), the Asian-Pacific Society of Digestive Endoscopy (A-PSDE), the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL), and the International Society for Digestive Surgery-Asian Pacific Section (ISDS).

These societies have common interest in diseases of the digestive system, including the oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestine and bowel.

The ISDE World Congress for Esophageal Diseases brings together multiple specialties focused on the clinical management and research of patients with esophageal diseases including physicians, surgeons, basic scientists, other health professionals and members of related industries.

After close monitoring of the global risk assessment by the World Health Organization of the COVID-19 pandemic, on behalf of the ISDE Executive Committee, we wish to share with you that the 17th ISDE World Congress for Esophageal Diseases (ISDE 2020), originally scheduled on September 21 to 23, 2020 in Toronto, Canada will be postponed to August 19 to 21, 2021 in Toronto, Canada.

The European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM) announces NeuroGASTRO 2021, to be held in Bucharest, Romania, September 2nd to 4th, 2021. The meeting takes place at Crowne Plaza Bucharest.

NeuroGASTRO 2021 (#NGM2021) will be another unique opportunity to present your work, discuss your neurogastroenterology research and clinical practice with numerous colleagues and a distinguished faculty from Europe and around the globe.

NeuroGASTRO is a well-established European event that brings together leading experts and emerging young investigators actively involved in neurogastroenterology, digestive motility and functional gastrointestinal diseases from Europe and from all around the world to discuss cutting-edge research.

Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten mit der Sektion für gastroenterologische Endoskopie (DGVS) begeht ihre 75. Jahrestagung zusammen mit der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie (DGAV).

Since mid-March, we have been living in a different reality, unknown to us so far, created by the COVID-19 epidemic. This reality is characterized by a tendency to avoid direct interpersonal contacts, both professional and social. Scientific and educational congresses are the essence of such contacts, and any attempts to restrain them would reduce the global effect of such ventures. The date of the PTG-E Congress, for which I and my team are responsible, was scheduled for September 24-26, 2020.

We have been closely following the processes of "defrosting" particular spheres of life and plans for the organization of other large medical events envisaged for autumn this year They are usually canceled or limited by software and converted into webinars. I am afraid that you would not like this form of Congress, apart from the technical issues of ensuring uninterrupted transmission of video and audio from 4 conference rooms with the possibility of active participation of participants in discussions.

After consultations with the Management Board of PTG-E and Termedia, which is responsible for congress logistics, we came to the conclusion that the only right solution would be to postpone the date of the Congress to the next year, more precisely to 16-18 September 2021.

ESCP Barcelona 2021

Following the success of ESCP Virtually Vilnius, the 15th Scientific and Annual Conference, we are delighted to announce that in 2021 we will be meeting in person as well as digitally in Barcelona, September 22-24.

The 16th Scientific and Annual Conference in Barcelona will offer our members and delegates to meet face to face for the first time since 2019 in Vienna. We will also be introducing virtual conference elements that have had great success in 2020.

Key topics to look forward to will include:

• Stem cell therapy
• Changing epidemiology of cancer
• Rescue of the failed anastomosis
• Colitis and liver disease
• Genetics in young colorectal cancer
• Current status of new robotic equipment

Further details are to be announced soon and we welcome you to watch our teaser video on the exciting conference to come…

Uruguay is honored to host the Pan-American Gastroenterological Association-OPGE (according to its acronym in Spanish) for the period 2018-2021.

Among our commitments for this period, we are in charge of organizing the Pan-American Digestive Disease Week, which will take place on October 25-28, 2021, at the Punta del Este Convention Center. It is expected to be the most relevant scientific event in this area within the whole continent, since it will include multiple disciplines.

It is a great challenge and commitment for us, since it will be a scientific event with a large number of participants but also an opportunity to make our country and its institutions known around the globe.

The SPED Scientific Committee, made up of professionals with national, regional and world renowned experience, is attempting to develop a Scientific Program of excellence, in line with the relevance and significance of the event.

The World Endoscopy Organization (WEO) is a non-profit umbrella organization leading the promotion of high quality and safe endoscopy worldwide, through training, education and research.

WEO has successfully organised global endoscopy meetings first in Hyderabad, India in 2017 and the second meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil earlier in 2020. Both these meetings had over 3,000 delegates in attendance coming from more than 70 countries.

ENDO 2022, the third edition of the World Congress will be organized in conjunction with the 103rd Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society and will take place in Kyoto, Japan in May 13-15, 2022.

For more information visit the WEO website at http://www.worldendo.org.