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Scientific Programme

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The scientific programme is structured around basic science, traditional medicine and clinical sessions given by some of the world's top specialists. It includes oral presentations of the best abstracts, the announcement of ECCO Fellowships and Grants and summary presentations of new ECCO Guidelines. Scientific sessions will be held Thursday to Saturday, July 8-10, 2021. No parallel sessions are scheduled. The congress registration fee includes access to all scientific sessions.

Highlights of the Scientific programme:

• Sophisticated strategies within reach
• Safety first?
• Hot and (almost) happening
• Next generation diagnostics
• The young and the old
• Bottoms behaving badly
• Milestones in clinical care
• IBD Horizons
• Basic Science: The microbiome as game changer in IBD?
• CD and UC: Similar disease burden and treatment goals? Is it the organ or the disease process?
• Personalised medicine
• ECCO Lecture
  
  
  

Educational Programme

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The educational programme of the 16th Congress of ECCO is scheduled prior to the official start of the ECCO Congress, July 2-3, 2021. It covers activities for ECCO's different interest groups including young gastroenterologists, surgeons, paediatricians, pathologists, IBD Nurses and allied health professionals and scientists. Participation in any of the courses of the educational programme requires additional registration and ECCO Membership 2021 (except for 5^th Advanced ECCO: EduCational COurse for Industry). 

• 1^st ECCO Postgraduate Course in IBD
• 2^nd Guideline Methodology and GRADE Workshop
• 3^rd ECCO Basic Imaging Workshop in collaboration with ESGAR
• 4^th School for Clinical Trialists
• 5^th Advanced ECCO: EduCational COurse for Industry
• 6^th H-ECCO IBD Masterclass
• 6^th D-ECCO Workshop
• 7^th Y-ECCO Basic Science Workshop
• 8^th ECCO Ultrasound Workshop - Advanced in collaboration with ESGAR
• 8^th P-ECCO Educational Course
• 9^th SciCom Workshop
• 10^th S-ECCO IBD Masterclass
• 12^th N-ECCO School
• 15^th N-ECCO Network Meeting
• 19^th IBD Intensive Course for Trainees

Preliminary programmes of the educational programme and scientific programme are now available.