14th ESGENA Conference
In conjunction with the
Spanish Society of Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (AEEED)
Spanish Society of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endoscopy Nurses (AEEPD)
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of ESGENA, Spanish Society of Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (AEEED) and the Spanish Society of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Endosocopy Nurses (AEEPD) we have great pleasure inviting you to the 14th ESGENA Conference, which will be held during the 18th UEGW on 23-25 October 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
The three day conference will include state-of-the-art lectures, free papers & posters, lunch sessions, several workshops with hands-on-training and live transmissions. Interesting topics of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy will ensure a truly global context. We are hoping to provide a full and varied programme — to stimulate you into meeting and holding discussions with colleagues from all over the world. This format will encourage networking and communication between the delegates — both between individual nurses and national groups.
On Saturday, there will be an opportunity to attend several workshops organized in four parallel rooms. The workshops will have a more practical focus and will be held in smaller groups — up to 50 — to encourage discussion, questions, and exchanges of ideas.
Following success at previous conferences, we will be offering hands-on training using bio simulators for nurses on Saturday and Sunday. These workshops will be organised in close cooperation with ESGE. Nurses will also have access to the UEGW post graduate course.
The conference will officially open with the ESGENA Welcome Reception on Saturday evening. In the past, this has been a most enjoyable, informal evening with the opportunity to meet colleagues and friends from all over Europe and overseas. This evening will be organised by the Spanish nurses as local hosts of the conference.
On Sunday, the scientific programme, which includes two free paper sessions and a nurses’ poster session, will offer mainly nursing-oriented lectures in two parallel halls. In addition, 3 parallel lunch sessions will have a more practical focus. On Monday morning, we will have the Plenary Session with lectures in one hall. This will bring together all the delegates and we will award the prizes for the best free paper and the best poster. We will conclude with invitations to the next conferences.
The trade exhibition will open on Monday at lunchtime, and there should be enough time to browse the stands if the medical scientific programme does not tempt you back into the lecture halls.
We hope that we will be able to welcome you at the 14th ESGENA Conference in October 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.
Ulrike Beilenhoff
President of ESGENA
