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Y-ECCO Mentorship Forum

This stand-alone event is aimed at transferring career and scientific knowledge from senior experts to juniors gastroenterologists within the field of IBD. The Y-ECCO Mentorship Forum is about questioning, challenging, guiding and encouraging young doctors to develop skills and take steps to become the professional they want to be. In addition, this forum should enable the participants to network with their peers and senior KOLs for potential future scientific collaboration.

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3rd Y-ECCO Mentorship Forum

Application Deadline

December 20, 2024 - now closed!

Date

June 27 - 28, 2025

Venue and Place

Roomz Hotel, Vienna, Austria

Organisation

Young ECCO (Y-ECCO) Committee 

Target audience

Young doctors under the age of 35 or still in training

Registration fee

No registration fee.
Travel and accommodation costs to be covered by ECCO

ECCO Membership

Y-ECCO Membership 2025
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Programme

  1. 08.00–08.30
    Welcome & Introduction

    How to become a KOL in IBD?

  2. 08.30–11.30
    Tips & Tricks for funding your research Moving countries: why and how

    What every PI needs to know? What makes a good mentor, and how to find one? How to review a paper? How to be an IBD expert with kids? How to use social media for IBD education?

  3. 13.00–15.35
    What is research, why do research and how to get started?

    Group Work, Presentation of outcome and feedback

  4. 15.30–15.35
    Closing remarks

Invited KOLs

  1. Fernando Magro
    Porto, Portugal
  2. Britta Siegmund

    Berlin, Germany

  3. Gionata Fiorino

    Rome, Italy

  4. Marietta Iacucci

    Cork, Ireland

  5. Edouard Louis

    Liège, Belgium

  6. Shaji Sebastian

    Hull, United Kingdom

  7. Charlotte Hedin

    Stockholm, Sweden

  8. Bram Verstockt

    Leuven, Belgium

Impressions from 2nd Y-ECCO Mentorship Forum

Impressions from 1st Y-ECCO Mentorship Forum