Ingest the best.

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.

It is our great pleasure to invite you to attend the 33rd ECP which will take place as an online congress from 29 - 31 August 2021.

The motto for the ECP 2021, ”Compass for Optimal Patient Therapy” alludes to Gothenburg's strong maritime tradition being the largest port in Sweden. We would have loved to organise a live meeting in Gothenburg, but in order to protect the health and safety of everybody involved in the congress, had to decide for a virtual congress. The ECP 2021 will be the centre for European international diagnostic and academic pathology. Pathologists and their collaborators, molecular biologists, geneticists, bioinformaticians, and information technologists will meet to share recent and important advances in our discipline that offer the latest diagnostic, prognostic and predictive information needed in the best patient care. For ECP 2021, the ESP working groups are busy preparing state-of-the-art organ-based sessions while collaborating pathology and clinical scientific societies will interact in joint scientific events. Exciting topics in the field of molecular pathology, digital pathology, AI in pathology, quality assessment, education and public awareness will be part of the scientific programme. Four keynote lectures by distinguished international experts will highlight fascinating topics in pathology and beyond. Thematic symposia on interstitial lung pathology and molecular findings in salivary gland tumours of diagnostic and predictive importance will take place.

We thank you for your continued support and we look forward to welcoming you to our virtual meeting in August 2021.

Holger Moch
President of the European Society of Pathology

Göran Elmberger
Chair of the Local Organising Committee of ECP 2021

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.

Dear colleagues,

It’s our pleasure to announce the inaugural event of

the Egyptian society of Crohn’s and Colitis (ESCCO)

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The programme of ESPEN 2021 offers a great opportunity for physicians, dietitians, pharmacists, nutritionists, scientists and nurses involved in the field of nutrition and metabolism to meet and discuss cutting edge science in an informal atmosphere, strengthening old and sparkling new collaborations.

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.

European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG) 2021 is organized by European Helicobacter and Microbiota Study Group (EHMSG).

On behalf of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), it gives us great pleasure to invite you to Digital NAFLD Summit 2021. The meeting will be held 16–17 September 2021.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease, not only in Western countries, but also across many other developed and developing countries.

In addition to state-of-the-art updates on disease definition, epidemiology, and pathophysiology from international research leaders, Digital NAFLD Summit 2021 will enable us to address many of the key challenges in clinical practice and drug development. These challenges include: identifying biomarkers for patient risk stratification, identifying disease subsets with distinct features, and developing therapeutic targets for testing in early and late phase clinical trials.

At EASL, we are committed to helping clinicians, researchers, and students to network with many and varied stakeholders in the field of hepatology. We strive to give them the opportunity to share their research and to learn among peers, across Europe and beyond.

The ESMO Congress is the yearly appointment in Europe for nearly 30’000 clinicians, researchers, oncology nurses, patient advocates, journalists and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry from all over the world to get together, learn about the latest advances in oncology and translate science into better cancer patient care.

The ESMO 2021 programme will be developed by a committee composed of more than 300 international experts and will span from basic research to the latest discoveries in immunotherapy of cancer, form oncology nursing to palliative care, from rare cancers to approval of medicines.

Paris will be the home of the ESMO annual congress for the first time, taking place from 17 to 21 September 2021 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, France.

The British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL) is dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of the biology and pathology of the liver for the optimal care of patients. BASL is composed of interested individuals from clinical medicine, clinical and basic research and allied health professions.
The BASL Committee has made the difficult decision to host their Annual Meeting virtually again in 2021 and will take place on the afternoons of Tuesday 21^st to Friday 24^th September 2021. The Annual Meeting is the highlight of the BASL calendar and usually attracts around 400 delegates throughout the week, bringing together clinicians, nurses, scientists and all those interested in liver disease and liver transplantation.
This is the perfect opportunity for the liver industry to virtually come together and share knowledge and collaborate through a virtual platform. Our virtual meeting allows for first-hand experience and exclusive insights from key leaders regarding best practice in managing and outsourcing in clinical trials through testing times, such as the pandemic we are currently living.

Visit www.basl.org.uk for more information on BASL2021.

#BASL2021
@BASLedu

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…

Welcome to the 16th Scientific and Annual Conference of the European Society of Coloproctology.

This year, the conference will be delivered to you 100% online and on demand with a programme of exciting content from Wednesday 22 to Friday 24 September 2021.

Join us for a unique educational experience. In this debate-style series, nationally recognized thought leaders take opposing sides on clinical, and sometimes controversial, topics currently disrupting the practice of GI oncology. To make this year's Great Debates & Updates in Gastrointestinal Malignancies series more accessible, all four dates of our 2021 series will now take place virtually.

ESID 2021 Online Symposium

27-29 September 2021

https://2021.esidmeeting.org/

Secondary immunodeficiencies become more and more common and widespread as they develop in the course of numerous diseases and result from a variety of therapeutic conditions. ESID 2021 is a unique multidisciplinary symposium bringing together professionals from different fields to share their expertise in the treatment and management of acquired immunodeficiencies.

Progress is in your hands. For more information, please visit the Symposium website - https://2021.esidmeeting.org/

Abstract submission for UEG Week Virtual 2021 will be open February 22 – April 9, 2021. With our congress in a virtual format, this year is truly your opportunity to share your voice, your research and your science with the entire world.

On behalf of the organizing committee of the ESBRA 2021 Congress, we are happy to welcome you to the 18th Congress of the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism in Timisoara, Romania. The congress will take place at the newly opened Timisoara Convention Center.

This is the first time to have an ESBRA conference or any meeting on Alcoholism in Romania. Romania is a diverse and beautiful country in the South Eastern Part of Europe with a long and rich history and cultural heritage, one of the most dynamically growing economies in Europe.

As part of ESBRA’s major goal to support, network and promote education, science and patient care in alcohol-related disorders, we are establishing for the first time a general CME credited postgraduate course on Alcoholism and Alcohol-related disorders, targeted not only for the specialist but also to wider audience including medical students and general practitioners or specialists from other medical areas.

EASL is delighted to announce the launch of Bleeding, Thrombosis, and Vascular Liver Diseases, taking place 7–9 October in Geneva (Switzerland).

Liver disease is associated with haemostatic alterations that may lead to both bleeding and thrombotic complications that are an important cause of morbidity and mortality. This EASL–VALDIG meeting will focus on the pathogenesis and management of patients with haemostatic alterations. Special interest will be paid to multidisciplinary management and identification of future areas of research.

The programme will outline the current and newly generated evidence regarding haemostatic alterations, in relation to thrombosis and bleeding complications in patients with liver disease. The programme will cover the main areas of interest such us management of haemostatic alterations in patients undergoing invasive procedures and treatment of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in liver transplant candidates. A part of the programme will be dedicated to reviewing the new data generated in the field of vascular liver diseases. To highlight the importance of the multidisciplinary management and the strong need to perform collaborative studies, we will provide a mix of speakers, from different clinical and scientific backgrounds, patient organisations, and European policy officers. Moreover, we will revise and compare the available guidelines on haemostasis in patients with liver disease.

The United Russian Gastroenterology Week is the largest and most representative Congress of gastroenterology and related specialties in Russian Federation and CIS. The scientific program, full of interesting and meaningful presentations, lecturers and clinical cases, enables this year the virtual participants to tap deeper into the latest achievements of the GUT diseases etiology and pathogenesis exploration. Most important, it gives audience the tools to further development their diagnosis and treatment competency.

We are proud to offer a virtual education event, for which a “best of” Postgraduate Teaching from previous UEG Weeks has been selected.

The American College of Gastroenterology is a recognized leader in educating GI professionals and the general public about digestive disorders. There 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.

The 9^th EGEUS Congress will approach all the hot topics and will provide cutting edge information about the latest practices and ongoing research in EUS.

Due to the current pandemic situation, this year the meeting will have the format of a hybrid event with limited on spot participation.

The hybrid event developed for this meeting, will show features of a real onsite meeting/course with participants remotely connected to attend real time live demonstrations, lectures, debates, and video presentations. Formats are intended to offer all opportunities for interaction allowing attendees to interact by asking questions to the speakers, participate in the discussion, all this with speakers, faculty members and attendees remotely connected from any location worldwide.

This congress will be organized under the auspices of the European Group for Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EGEUS) in collaboration with the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology (SRGH), the Romanian Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SRED) and the Romanian Working Group of Endoscopic Ultrasonography (GREUS).

Join us for a unique educational experience. In this debate-style series, nationally recognized thought leaders take opposing sides on clinical, and sometimes controversial, topics currently disrupting the practice of GI oncology. To make this year's Great Debates & Updates in Gastrointestinal Malignancies series more accessible, all four dates of our 2021 series will now take place virtually.

The 29th Japan Digestive Disease Week (JDDW 2021) will be held over four days from November 4 (Thu.) to 7 (Sun.), 2021. JDDW is comprised of four official member societies, namely the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the Japan Society of Hepatology, and the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, and a participating society, namely, the Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening (JSGCS).

It is one of Japan’s largest organizations in the field of digestive diseases. JDDW 2021 will also host the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, the 102nd Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, the 25th General Meeting of the Japan Society of Hepatology, the 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery, and the 59th General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Screening.

JDDW 2021 may change to hold the congress in a hybrid congress (both on-site and virtual) depending on the infection status of COVID-19.

European Cancer Summit 2021   

17 & 18 November 2021, Brussels & Virtual    

From Plans to Action      

Every year, the European Cancer Organisation (E.C.O.) brings together leading oncology experts, experienced patient advocates, key opinion leaders, policy makers and politicians to discuss key issues in reducing the burden of cancer, saving, and improving the lives of patients and the public.        

The European Cancer Summit 2021 on 17 & 18 November will focus on the implementation of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission’s recommendations, including through the nine E.C.O. Focused Topic Networks.     

More information about the European Cancer Summit 2021 programme, confirmed speakers and registration is available at europeancancer.org/summit.   

WCES 2021 will be held in Barcelona, Spain from Wednesday 24 November through Saturday 27 November 2021.

The 15th European Colorectal Congress (ECC 2021) might be held in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland in 2021

The European Colorectal Congress brings together experts who will provide pearls of wisdom for the contemporary management of a wide range of colorectal diseases in a didactic format, including surgical anatomy and techniques, imaging, and perioperative care.

The 15th European Colorectal Congress (ECC 2021) might be held in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland in 2021

The European Colorectal Congress brings together experts who will provide pearls of wisdom for the contemporary management of a wide range of colorectal diseases in a didactic format, including surgical anatomy and techniques, imaging, and perioperative care.

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 9–11 December 2021.

This event - Gastro 2021 Prague A Joint Meeting WGO/CSG is taking place ONLINE.

WCOG  the World Congress of Gastroenterology  is organized by World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO), Emirates Gastroenterology and Hepatology Society (EGHS). This onsite medical conference will be held from Dec 12 - 15, 2021 at Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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.