14th Scientific & Annual Meeting

25-27 September 2019, Vienna, Austria

ESCP’s 14th Annual Meeting took place in beautiful Vienna, famous for its imperial atmosphere, and historic sights and elegant architecture, music and art. 

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Pre-Congress Courses

'Hands-On' Courses and Workshops will take place on Tuesday 24 September 2019.

Wednesday 25 September 2019

All breaks are in the Exhibition Area


Plenary Hall AParallel Hall BParallel Hall F2Parallel Hall NParallel Hall MSmall Hall

Symposium: Mistakes are the portals of discovery - a tip, a trick and an error trap

09:00 - 10:30

   

Educational:

Core Subject Update

09:00 - 12:00

   

Keynote Lecture: Increasing incidence of rectal cancer in the young

10:35 - 11:05

       

Official Opening Ceremony

11.10 - 11.15

       

Consultants' Corner

11:15 - 12:40

       
 

Educational: How to develop guidelines

12:05 - 13:25

(packed lunch provided)

     

Light Lunch,
Exhibition, Posters

12:30 - 13:30

 
 

ESCP AGM

12:45 - 13:25

Small Hall Session

13:00 - 13:25

Surgical Video Session

13:30 - 15:00

International Trials Results Forum

13:30 - 15:00

 

Free Papers

Pelvic Floor / Functional and IBD

13:30 - 14:30

ESCP women: Past, Present and Future

13:30 - 14:00

 

Coffee Break, Exhibition, Posters

15:00 - 15:25

Young ESCP Session

15:00 - 16:55

Small Hall Session

15:00 - 15:25

The Great Debate: Is it a must or is it dust?

15:25 - 16:25

Pelvic Floor session

15:25 - 16:50

Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposium

16:00 - 17:00

   

Keynote Lecture:

Redefining boundaries with the PelvEx and REACCT global collaboratives

16:25 - 16:55

       

The Lars Påhlman EBSQ medal

16:55 - 17:00

         

Educational: New technologies - how to become a proficient robotic surgeon

17:05 - 18:30

Educational: Best publication of the year

17:05 - 18:05

 

Free Papers

Neoplasia

17:00 - 18:00

Free Papers

Miscellaneous

17:00 - 18:00

 

ESCP Fellowships Update

18:10 - 18:40

       

ESCP Welcome Reception, Welcome Posters (in the Exhibition Area on Level 0)

18:30 - 19:30

11th Anorectal & Pelvic Floor Ultrasound Workshop will take place on Wednesday 25 September. Please click the link for the programme and venue details.


Thursday 26 September 2019

All breaks are in the Exhibition Area

Plenary Hall AParallel Hall F2Parallel Hall NParallel Hall MSmall Hall

New Trials Forum

07:45 - 09:15

 

Educational: Trainee Video Session 1

08:00 - 09:30

Free Papers

Neoplasia

08:00 - 09:30

Free Papers

Patient Reported Outcomes and Miscellaneous

08:00 - 09:30

Joint ESCP/EAES Symposium

09:15 - 10:15

ESCP   EAES

A snapshot of Chinese Colorectal Surgery Today

09:10 – 10:10

     

Long Coffee Break, Exhibition,
Posters

10:15 - 11:25

Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposium

10:25 - 11:25

Educational: Trainee Video Session 2

09:35 - 11:05

 

Small Hall Sessions

10:25 - 10:50
10:55 - 11:20

Keynote Lecture: Management of malignant rectal polyp/early rectal cancer

11:25 - 11:55

       

ESCP President's Address

12:00 - 12:20

       

International Travelling Fellow Free Papers

12:25 - 12:55

       

Lunch, Exhibition, Posters

12:45 - 14:00

Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposium

13:00 - 14:00

  

Small Hall Sessions

13:00 - 13:25
13:30 - 13:55

Six Best Free Papers

14:00 - 15:20

Industry Sponsored Satellite Symposium

14:05 - 15:05

Educational:

How to get surgical information in 2020

14:00 - 15:30

   

Symposium: Atypical colitis, proctology and anal neoplasia

15:25 - 16:40

Joint ESCP/ECCO Symposium

15:25 - 16:40

ESCP   ECCO

 

EuroSurg Student Session

15:30 - 17:30

EuroSurg: European Student Research Network

 

Coffee Break, Exhibition, Posters

16:25 - 17:05

Small Hall Session

16:35 - 17:00

Keynote Lecture: Prehabilitation, nutrition and optimisation for major surgery

17:05 - 17:35

Colorectal Disease

 

Educational: Interactive Trainee Workshop

16:30 - 18:00

   

Global Surgery

17:40 - 18:40

Free Papers

Neoplasia

17:40 - 18:40

Free Papers

Neoplasia

17:40 - 18:40

 

ESCP Party at Säulenhalle

19:30 until late


Friday 27 September 2019

All breaks are in the Exhibition Area

Plenary Hall AParallel Hall F2Parallel Hall NParallel Hall MSmall Hall

Symposium: Ileal Pouch Options

07:45 - 09:15

Free Papers

Neoplasia, Proctology and Miscellaneous

08:00 - 09:00

Educational: Trainee Round Table Session

07:45 - 09:15

Free Papers

Randomised Clinical Trials

08:00 - 09:00

Free Papers

Student papers

08:00 - 09:00

Coffee BreakExhibition, Posters

09:15 - 09:45

 

ESCP Honorary Member Awards

09:45 - 10:00

       

ESCP Awards

10:05 - 10:15

       

Symposium: Strategies for managing locally advanced colonic cancer

10:20 - 11:50

Symposium: Trials Methodology
10:20 - 11:40
 

Joint ESCP/EHTG Symposium

10:20 - 11:35

ESCP   European Hereditary Tumour Group

 

Educational: Optimising pre and post operative care, improving outcome and reducing complications

11:00 - 12:30

 

Brunch, Exhibition, Posters

11:35 – 12:45

 

Small Hall Session

11:40 - 12:05

Symposium: Simple solutions for challenging perineal problems

12:30 - 14:00

 

Educational: The Big Debate - CME Open vs Laparoscopic

13:00 - 14:00

 

Small Hall Session

12:15 - 12:40

Closing ceremony

14:00 - 14:05

EBSQ examinations

EBSQ examinations will be held on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 September 2019.

The written examination will take place on Friday afternoon. Individual oral examinations will be scheduled on Saturday 28 September, and venue details/timings will be available on the UEMS website nearer the time of the ESCP meeting.

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