14th ESGENA Conference

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of ESGENA, AEEED and AEEPD we have great pleasure welcoming you to the 14th ESGENA Conference, which will be held during the 18th UEGW on October 23 – 25, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.

The three day conference includes state-of-the-art lectures, free papers and 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.

On Saturday, there will be an opportunity to attend several workshops organised 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 Teaching
Programme.

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, three 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 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 wish you a successful ESGENA Conference and UEGW.

Ulrike Beilenhoff